Tracking podcast download with feedburner feed?

Hello, I'd like to track the amount of downloads of my itunes podcast. If I use a feedburner feed for my itunes podcast feed will feedburner track the amount of times the podcast is downloaded in itunes?
thanks

I believe that FeedBurner does offer this sort of facility but it's something you would need to take up with them. I'm sure their web site will shower you with this sort of information.

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