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2016 Annual Summary
Launch Date: July 2006
Since launch:
- CDC RSS Feeds increased almost 70% over the prior year. In 2016 they reached over 277 million.
- The most popular CDC RSS feed is RSS: CDC E. coli: Outbreak Updates_280 with 47,587,052 instances.
- CDC Podcasts Downloads increased slightly at 3.5% over the prior year. Podcasts were downloaded over 4.9 million times in 2016.
- The most popular Podcast download is Podcast (a): Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease with 54,820 downloads (an audio podcast).
| Instances | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSS: Feed | 130,225,364 | 108,569,133 | 194,852,764 | 165,169,119 | 277,268,324 |
| RSS: Click Throughs | 27,660,557 | 48,419,905 | 57,571,506 | 92,725,262 | 134,782,393 |
| Podcast: Feed | 7,339,953 | 6,568,205 | 7,848,346 | 8,765,433 | 8,790,519 |
| Podcast: Download | 6,081,602 | 5,623,144 | 7,710,281 | 4,764,433 | 4,932,219 |
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Most Popular RSS Feeds |
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|---|---|---|
| Rank | RSS Feed Title | Instances |
| 1 | RSS: CDC E. coli: Outbreak Updates_280 | 47,587,052 |
| 2 | RSS: CDC Outbreaks – US Based_513 | 40,937,712 |
| 3 | RSS: Food Safety_146 | 22,678,676 |
| 4 | RSS: CDC Facebook Feed_199 | 14,862,253 |
| 5 | RSS: CDC Twitter Feed_200 | 14,719,978 |
| 6 | RSS: CDC Features Series_198 | 8,459,235 |
| 7 | SS: CDC Online Newsroom_183 | 7,832,882 |
| 8 | RSS: CDC Listeria: Outbreak Updates_429 | 5,378,965 |
| 9 | RSS: CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response: Recent Outbreaks and Incidents_233 | 4,901,428 |
| 10 | RSS: CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response: What”s New_19 | 4,419,479 |
| 11 | RSS: CDC Outbreaks – US Based and International_525 | 4,307,979 |
| 12 | RSS: FDA: Drug Recall Information_18 | 3,698,295 |
| 13 | RSS: CDC Travel Notices_66 | 3,553,743 |
| 14 | RSS: CDC Salmonella: Outbreak Updates_334 | 3,384,060 |
| 15 | RSS: CDC Cancer Research_327 | 3,372,100 |
| 16 | RSS: CDC en Español – Especiales CDC_151 | 3,116,704 |
| 17 | RSS: Kids” Health RSS_355 | 3,053,016 |
| 18 | RSS: Latest from Dr. Frieden_417 | 2,661,725 |
| 19 | RSS: Health Alert Network (HAN)_177 | 2,650,786 |
| 20 | RSS: Five Minutes or Less for Health Widget Feed_282 | 2,411,631 |
| 21 | RSS: HIV/AIDS_10 | 2,341,051 |
| 22 | RSS: CDC Flu Updates_20 | 2,261,937 |
| 23 | RSS: Preventing Chronic Disease Journal_6 | 2,159,056 |
| 24 | RSS: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)_5 | 2,089,674 |
| 25 | RSS: CDC Global Health: What’s New_407 | 1,886,325 |
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Most Popular Podcast Downloads |
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|---|---|---|
| Rank | Podcast Title | Downloads |
| 1 | Podcast (a): Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease | 54,820 |
| 2 | Podcast (a): Pink Eye: What To Do | 16,550 |
| 3 | Podcast (t): Food Environment, Diet, and Obesity Among LA County Adults | 15,623 |
| 4 | Podcast (t): Women and Cancer: Examining Breast Cancer-Screening Behaviors and Survival | 15,554 |
| 5 | Podcast (t): Making Texas Restaurants Healthier for Children | 15,425 |
| 6 | Podcast (t): Mobile Fruit and Vegetable Vendors’ Impact on Food Deserts | 15,407 |
| 7 | Podcast (t): High School Students’ Use of Sunscreen and Tanning Beds | 15,219 |
| 8 | Podcast (a): Leprosy and Armadillos | 13,537 |
| 9 | Podcast (v): Mantoux Tuberculin Skin Test | 13,080 |
| 10 | Podcast (a): Mantoux Tuberculin Skin Test | 12,713 |
| 11 | Podcast (a): Fungal Wound Infection | 12,294 |
| 12 | Podcast (t): Vital Signs – Presión arterial alta (High Blood Pressure) | 11,676 |
| 13 | Podcast (a): Determinants and Drivers of Infectious Disease Threat Events in Europe | 11,558 |
| 14 | Podcast (a): Rat Lungworm Expands into North America | 11,243 |
| 15 | Podcast (a): Threat from Emerging Vectorborne Viruses | 11,076 |
| 16 | Podcast (a): Zika and Pregnancy: What Pregnant Women Need to Know | 10,586 |
| 17 | Podcast (a): Louseborne Relapsing Fever in Europe | 10,516 |
| 18 | Podcast (a): Watch Your Head (A Cup of Health with CDC) | 10,083 |
| 19 | Podcast (a): Factors Related to Fetal Death in Pregnant Women with Cholera, Haiti, 2011–2014 | 8,970 |
| 20 | Podcast (a): Is Climate influencing Cryptococcus gattii on Vancouver Island? | 8,739 |
| 21 | Podcast (a): Why We Need West Nile Virus Testing | 8,581 |
| 22 | Podcast (a): Nipah Virus Transmission from Bats to Humans Associated with Drinking Traditional Liquor | 8,530 |
| 23 | Podcast (t): Public-Private Partnerships in Chronic Disease Prevention-Part 7 | 8,137 |
| 24 | Podcast (a): 75 Years of Histoplasmosis Outbreaks in the United States | 7,952 |
| 25 | Podcast (a): Dengue Returns | 7,248 |
Legend:
- Podcast (v) = A video podcast
- Podcast (c) = A captioned video podcast
- Podcast (a) = An audio podcast
- Podcast (t) = A transcript download of an audio or video podcast
- Page last reviewed: August 10, 2015
- Page last updated: February 7, 2017
- Content source:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Page maintained by: Office of the Associate Director for Communication, Division of Public Affairs