We know we’ve been a little heavy on the blog-themed posts lately, but we embrace the irony of blogging about blogging. Or something like that. We’re confused, too.
In any case, we recently discovered this ranking of the Top 10 Visited U.S. Blog and Personal Websites, and were taken aback by what and who appeared.
The top three aren’t so surprising. MySpace has the most daily users of any single social networking site – even if Facebook is steadily closing in on its lead. And Blogger and LiveJournal, well, collectively they have a user base in the tens of millions.
It’s really #4 that caught our eye. Now, we know that PerezHilton.com is wildly popular (see our post on Ashton Kuster’s new social networking site that borrows some of Hilton’s signature snark), but this ranking proves just how popular it is.
Out of all the blogs and blog publishing systems in the United States – all of them! – PerezHilton.com owns roughly 3% of the market’s total visits. That’s huge! Beyond huge really, considering that five popular blogging services and one news organization lag behind the celeb gossip site in visitors. Incredible!
This raises so many questions about so many things – for instance, what statement does this ranking make about America’s Internet-using population, who’re clearly more interested in the daily deterioration of Amy Winehouse than the upcoming election (notice the CNN Political Ticker at the bottom of the barrel)?
We’d love to hear your thoughts!
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Nice blog, I love to see this kind of content, keep up the good work.
Thanks, Hillary! We’re glad you’re enjoying it.