Google reader's successor service Feedly first 500,000 new registrations in 48 hours

Google announces that it will close the feed reader service "Google Reader" on July 1st, And Google Reader users of the whole world began to consider the service to change in a hurry. Among them, being the most influential areFeedlyIt is clear that there were more than 500,000 registrations in 48 hours since the announcement.

Priorities: Keeping the site up, listening and adding new features. | Building Feedly
http://blog.feedly.com/2013/03/15/priorities-keeping-the-site-up-and-adding-new-features/


The end of "Google Reader" was announced on 13th local time. Although it may have ended up being rumored to be "ended", the grace period from announcement to completion may be three months or so, and many users may be asked to "move to next service Would you do it? "

Although there was no more opportunity for those providing similar services, Feedly seems to have registered more than 500,000 people in 48 hours.

Due to an increase in users at a stretch, Feedly will continue in the next 30 days
1:We will increase the bandwidth by 10 times and also introduce a new server and maintain the service as usual
2:Collect opinions from new users
3:Add new features every week
I will make three points.

By the way, the world's largest signature platform "Change.org"Signature activities calling for continued service by Google Reader have been conducted, and over 120,000 have been gathered so far.

Petition | Google: Keep Google Reader Running | Change.org
https://www.change.org/petitions/google-keep-google-reader-running


Even though not all users will transition to Feedly, you can see that the current number of active Google Reader users visible from this is not that much. Google's SNS "Google+" has more than 100 million active users as of September 2012, so it is said that "Google Reader will terminate the service because the number of users has decreased" I am convinced for a moment.