Recommended number of items in an RSS feed

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I'm creating an RSS for an existing website and I was just wondering if there is a recommended number of feed items to be shown in an RSS feed?

Can output any number of feeds I want? Like 50 feeds at a time if it is needed?

The purpose of the RSS is to keep the subscribers on the website updated of any new content.

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I assume you're talking about the amount of articles in a feed? If so, start with about 25 or 30 feeds.

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I'd say it really depends on how often you push new content.

If you're only pushing 1-2 new articles per day, then 5-10 results should be fine.

Keep the total results to no more than what your site pushes in a week.