https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/rss-feeds-send-me-more-traffic-than-google/
RSS certainly is not dead, but it takes a long term commitment to publish regularly and have something to say.
Google traffic is nice but a lot of it is junk traffic.
I guess my point is, if you are blogging it is worth it to publish both a RSS feed and a newsletter if you have the option.