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Step 1
Log in to your Google Reader account. Click on the "Trends" link.
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Step 2
Note your Trends summary. It will describe your reading behavior over the last 30 days.
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Step 3
Look at the graph to determine which days you used Google Reader, and how much reading you did on a particular day. This graph also gives you the option to determine the times of day or day of the week that you use Google Reader the most.
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Step 4
Check the "Reading" trends section to learn which feeds you are reading most regularly. This section tallies the number of entries read as well as the percentage of the entire feed. Here you can also keep up with your pattern of sharing or emailing any of the items you have read.
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Step 5
Study the "Subscription" trends area to determine the feeds updated most frequently. Google Reader will show an average of the items per day that is added to each feed, and the percentage of them you have read. There is also an "Inactive" tab, which indicates feeds that have not updated for several months.
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Step 6
Use the "Reading" and "Subscription" trends sections to decide which feeds you may be able to remove from Google Reader. The trash can icon is located next to the feed link in each of these sections so you can easily unsubscribe from feeds that you aren't reading or that aren't being updated.
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Step 7
Utilize the "Tags" section of Google Reader Trends to access any entries on a particular topic. The larger tags indicate the amount of items that include that tag. The tags that are darker in color show your history of reading items including that tag.
