It has become quite the blogging trend lately to display your Feedburner subscribers. Some may think it is an ego thing, but really I think most people do this as a strategy to attract new subscribers. I know many people that auto-subscribe to any blog they stumble upon that has 500+ subscribers, so this is often a very good strategy for a blogger than has already built up a following. On the other hand, if you have less than 200 subscribers, it is probably best not to display the chicklet until you have reached the 200 subscriber benchmark. Otherwise it could have the opposite effect on your blog where people don’t subscribe due to your smaller following.
If you are someone that likes to display your subscriber count on your WordPress blog, but you don’t want to use the Feedburner chicklet, WordPress now has a plugin available called FeedCount. This plugin allows you to display your Feedburner count and style it to look they way you want it to look via CSS. Here is a sample of how the plugin can look with the right styling to blend into your theme:
I personally like the Feedburner chicklet just fine, and it is nice and compact, but I have to admit I’ve seen some very nice designs using this plugin.
Kyle Eslick
Kyle Eslick is the founder and primary author of WordPress Hacks. You can learn more about him at KyleEslick.com or you can follow his personal tweets here.
Thanks for this great tut, I've got one problem, after modification, my comment navigation disappeared, is this happen to you ...
these are great themes for sure.i loved mabbo one.at the end i was able to get what i wanted.thanks 
Awesome! Simply awesome. Thanks for sharing. 
nice collection, thanks for sharing 
Nice, best post I found on the subject.
If you add code of a full page template using your code ...
best collection 
Thanks for the heads up Kyle, I like that idea better than the chicklet.
Interesting plugin. I agree with your thoughts on when to publicly display a blogs subscriber count. Too little and people get the impression the blog sucks, too many and people subscribe automatically because everyone else thinks the site is good enough. I too prefer the feedburner chicklet but I have it displayed at the bottom of the site. I only have 400 RSS subscribers so I’m not sure if I should move it to the top of leave it down there.
At any rate, glad to see there are other options available to show off your popularity.
@ Richard – I think it depends on the blog setup, but I think in many cases it could be better than the chicklet.
@ Jeffro – Right on! Whether it is right or not, it is a fact that people will judge your blog by your subscriber count, and that includes negatively. And they don’t check to see how old the blog is first before making their judgment.
I like the Feedburner chicklet, but I like the idea of this for some themes where you can style it to look good on the theme. This plugin has really allowed some people to get very creative!
This post came at the right time when I was asking myself why isn’t there a plugin that would count the # of subscribers?
That’s the reason why I rely on your blog for any WordPress-related tips.
@ Yan – Glad you found the post useful! As long as people keep reading, we’ll keep writing.
That’s pretty awesome, once I reach 100 or more followers on my blog I’ll have to start using it.
nice, but i dont know where i must copy the following code to show chikletize?
plz help me:(