How Do People Read Your Blog?

I remember when RSS feeds started becoming popular in 2005.  Many bloggers said RSS was going to be the death of e-mail. Some even made the bold prediction that e-mail newsletters would be obsolete in a couple of years.
Well it’s 5 years later, and even though RSS is more well known and understood, there are thousands of people who still prefer e-mail updates.
Take my blog for example.  I usually publish my posts on Monday, but my Feedburner e-mail goes out Tuesday morning.  That’s also when I get the majority of my comments on any given post.
Also, my Feedburner e-mail subscription count recently passed my RSS feed reader count.
Now, a lot of this may have to do with my niche.  I tend to target beginners so that could be a reason why I have so many people who still prefer e-mail.  Perhaps a large part of my audience still doesn’t understand RSS.
On the flip side, a blog about Internet technology may have opposite results.  So I do think the niche plays a role.
Nevertheless, as I was checking my stats over the weekend, it brought me back to the days when people predicted RSS would kill e-mail.  That hasn’t happened quite yet.
So if you aren’t giving people the option to subscribe to your blog by e-mail, you could be hurting your readership.
How about you?  Have you noticed any trends with your blog readership?  Do you follow blogs with RSS readers, or do you read them the old fashioned way?