Top 100 Blogs — Technorati Versus Compete Ranking
We looked at the top 100 blogs ranked by authority on Technorati.com, and then looked up the unique monthly visitors on Compete.com.
From the Technorati blog:
Technorati Authority is the number of blogs linking to a website in the last six months. The higher the number, the more Technorati Authority the blog has.
The best way to increase your Technorati Authority is to write things that are interesting to other bloggers so they’ll link to you. Linking to source material when you blog is also a great way to engage in conversation and help others find what you find interesting.
Note that Compete.com does not calculate the monthly visitors to subdirectories. That is why all of the wired blogs, for example, show the same visitor number of the parent subdomain, blog.wired.com.
All data below is current as of February 9, 2009.
| Blog | Technorati | Compete.com | |
| 1 | huffingtonpost.com | 29,921 | 6,479,549 |
| 2 | engadget.com | 17,053 | 3,309,255 |
| 3 | techcrunch.com | 16,512 | 1,999,747 |
| 4 | gizmodo.com | 14,234 | 2,590,221 |
| 5 | boingboing.net | 12,723 | 1,103,064 |
| 6 | googleblog.blogspot.com | 11,440 | 521,765 |
| 7 | lifehacker.com | 11,245 | 1,814,587 |
| 8 | arstechnica.com | 10,594 | 1,413,551 |
| 9 | dailykos.com | 10,583 | 575,027 |
| 10 | smashingmagazine.com | 9,491 | 887,779 |
| 11 | blogginstocks.com | 9,318 | 375,318 |
| 12 | mashable.com | 9,207 | 1,471,500 |
| 13 | gadling.com | 8,957 | 1,432,946 |
| 14 | sethgodin.typepad.com | 8,189 | 303,384 |
| 15 | postsecret.blogspot.com | 8,054 | 615,366 |
| 16 | readwriteweb.com | 7,831 | 774,864 |
| 17 | cinematical.com | 7,823 | 506,245 |
| 18 | tmz.com | 7,751 | 5,422,484 |
| 19 | joystiq.com | 7,660 | 584,766 |
| 20 | gawker.com | 7,609 | 1,812,263 |
| 21 | tvsquad.com | 7,257 | 496,551 |
| 22 | tuaw.com | 7,064 | 512,376 |
| 23 | politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com | 6,986 | 3,353,968 |
| 24 | perezhilton.com | 6,811 | 1,930,842 |
| 25 | downloadsquad.com | 6,685 | 425,676 |
| 26 | andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com | 6,467 | 339,120 |
| 27 | blog.wired.com/27bstroke6 | 6,381 | 2,763,855 |
| 28 | thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com | 6,313 | 972,821 |
| 29 | slashfood.com | 6,263 | 669,050 |
| 30 | blog.wired.com/gadgets | 6,108 | 2,763,855 |
| 31 | gigazine.net | 6,057 | 10,734 |
| 32 | treehugger.com | 5,912 | 979,983 |
| 33 | autoblog.com | 5,876 | 1,625,196 |
| 34 | blog.wired.com/wiredscience | 5,795 | 2,763,855 |
| 35 | thepioneerwoman.com | 5,740 | 245,166 |
| 36 | thinkprogress.org | 5,734 | 527,727 |
| 37 | talkingpointsmemo.com | 5,306 | 395,146 |
| 38 | kotaku.com | 5,132 | 859,820 |
| 39 | blogs.wsj.com/washwire | 4,992 | 1,642,405 |
| 40 | venturebeat.com | 4,892 | 601,425 |
| 41 | michellemalkin.com | 4,788 | 466,685 |
| 42 | dooce.com | 4,732 | 172,236 |
| 43 | corner.nationalreview.com | 4,647 | 708,059 |
| 44 | luxist.com | 4,608 | 825,998 |
| 45 | blog.wired.com/business | 4,502 | 2,763,855 |
| 46 | politico.com/blogs/bensmith | 4,409 | 2,240,506 |
| 47 | thesartorialist.blogspot.com | 4,384 | 58,408 |
| 48 | pajamasmedia.com | 4,351 | 258,870 |
| 49 | problogger.net | 4,327 | 479,892 |
| 50 | blog.wired.com/underwire | 4,229 | 2,763,855 |
| 51 | bits.blogs.nytimes.com | 4,208 | 488,774 |
| 52 | hotair.com | 4,134 | 377,098 |
| 53 | crunchgear.com | 4,099 | 851,460 |
| 54 | consumerist.com | 4,070 | 1,405,123 |
| 55 | apartmenttherapy.com | 3,968 | 515,037 |
| 56 | blog.wired.com/defense | 3,957 | 2,763,855 |
| 57 | neatorama.com | 3,915 | 401,648 |
| 58 | gigaom.com | 3,875 | 367,552 |
| 59 | newsbusters.org | 3,801 | 579,806 |
| 60 | crooksandliars.com | 3,751 | 246,891 |
| 61 | blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar | 3,687 | 1,469,369 |
| 62 | blogoscoped.com | 3,679 | 206,662 |
| 63 | beppegrillo.it | 3,599 | 7,358 |
| 64 | dailyblogtips.com | 3,591 | 171,375 |
| 65 | gothamist.com | 3,585 | 400,801 |
| 66 | blog.wired.com/geekdad | 3,585 | 2,763,855 |
| 67 | blog.guykawasaki.com | 3,524 | 158,006 |
| 68 | chrisbrogan.com | 3,461 | 234,627 |
| 69 | seekingalpha.com | 3,426 | 1,485,823 |
| 70 | salon.com/opinion/greenwald | 3,423 | 2,219,468 |
| 71 | spinner.com | 3,394 | 2,207,757 |
| 72 | engadgetmobile.com | 3,377 | 312,961 |
| 73 | freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com | 3,360 | 208,359 |
| 74 | valleywag.com | 3,286 | 131,463 |
| 75 | zenhabits.net | 3,240 | 303,630 |
| 76 | kottke.org | 3,224 | 275,615 |
| 77 | microsiervos.com | 3,211 | 10,111 |
| 78 | blog.makezine.com | 3,119 | 408,060 |
| 79 | yankodesign.com | 3,080 | 144,268 |
| 80 | popwatch.ew.com/popwatch | 3,067 | 917,203 |
| 81 | slashfilm.com | 2,978 | 554,995 |
| 82 | macrumors.com | 2,956 | 1,427,299 |
| 83 | scobleizer.com | 2,925 | 198,339 |
| 84 | marginalrevolution.com | 2,911 | 74,701 |
| 85 | celebrity-babies.com | 2,816 | 581,753 |
| 86 | defamer.com | 2,786 | 507,952 |
| 87 | stereogum.com | 2,760 | 222,830 |
| 88 | deadspin.com | 2,726 | 507,033 |
| 89 | justjared.buzznet.com | 2,627 | 1,114,324 |
| 90 | smittenkitchen.com | 2,614 | 157,584 |
| 91 | copyblogger.com | 2,567 | 282,278 |
| 92 | globalvoicesonline.org | 2,562 | 58,799 |
| 93 | blog.wired.com/games | 2,499 | 2,763,855 |
| 94 | powerlineblog.com | 2,459 | 157,451 |
| 95 | scienceblogs.com/pharyngula | 2,443 | 517,375 |
| 96 | alistapart.com | 2,425 | 290,724 |
| 97 | deliciousdays.com | 2,415 | 95,487 |
| 98 | googlesystem.blogspot.com | 2,382 | 310,664 |
| 99 | gregmankiw.blogspot.com | 2,382 | 39,203 |
| 100 | jalopnik.com | 2,369 | 997,745 |