Top 10 Most Valuable Blogs
Here are Top Ten Most Valuable Blogs in the universe. The data is taken from 247wallst.com - 25 Most Valuable blogs. The figures look at advertising revenue and income from related businesses like conferences. It is not included blogs affiliated with larger media companies.
1. The Gawker Properties - $150 million:
Gawker, ValleyWag, Gizmodo, Wonkette, and a number of smaller websites. The company claims 30 million monthly unique visitors.
2. MacRumors - $85 million:
This blog knows more about Apple than Apple management does. It ranks No. 2,700 in Alexa. Compete shows 544,000 visitors and moving up quickly.
3. Huffington Post - $70 million:
Several websites commented that HuffPo might be worth $100 million when it raised $5 million late last year.
4. PerezHilton - $48 million:
PerezHilton is No 755 in Alexa. Compete show 1.3 million visitors a month. Quantcast, probably the most reliable of the measurement tools when the sites use its code shows 10.1 million uniques.
5. TechCrunch - $36 million:
The TechCrunch network claims almost 3.2 million unique visitors and 14.6 million page views.
6. Ars Technica - $15 million.
High church high tech blog. Sites ranks 2,500 in Alexa. Compete shows over 800,000 visitors.
7. Seeking Alpha - $15 million.
Seeking Alpha is the world’s largest collection of financial blogs. It is No. 6,600 in Alexa.
8. Drudge Report - $10 million:
The blog has over 1.1 million visitors a month according to Quantcast, but it is not being tracked using the measurement company’s code. Alexa has it ranked No. 1540. Compete says 1.8 million visitors a month.
9. Mashable - $10 million:
The site claims five million page views. Site is No. 2000 in Alexa. Compete shows 735,000 uniques.
10. GigaOm - $8.4 million:
This is one of the top tech sites in the world. Its network ranks 12,800 in Alexa. Compete shows 225,000 visitors. Quantcast shows global visitors at 400,000.
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