Social Media Blogs Top 200

Well, here it is… the Social Media Blogs Top 200. Forget the AdAge Power 150, forget BlogRank’s Top 100 Blogs, forget eCairn’s Top 150 Blogs, and forget WinningTheWeb IM Top Blogs. This is the real thing. The best list of social media blogs in the world.

Why is this the best list?

Ah, glad you asked…

  1. This Top 200 list makes use of better source data. Sure, I’ve included PageRank, FeedBurner, Alexa, and Technorati. But the calculations for this list even included the average number of comments on the blogs! Now who can beat me doing that?
  2. Unlike the other lists, this one does not include any blogs that failed to talk about “social media”. I mean, seriously, Bad Pitch Blog? AdFreak? Crenk? Search Engine Land? Why on earth are these blogs referred to by others as “social media blogs” when they fail to write about social media? If it doesn’t walk like a duck, swim like a duck, and quack like a duck, it’s not a duck.
  3. I’ve included many blogs that are not listed on competing lists. I mean, really… How is it possible to forget about Rough Type? Or Soshable? No list can be complete without blogs like those. And it seems like The Next Web is being boycotted by the other lists. Which is a real shame, because this blog has very high scores. And they’re Dutch, like me, which means they’re good…
  4. I’m sure the algorithms used for this list are superior to any others. In fact, I described them on this page: How to Make a Top Blog List. You can check and confirm it yourself.
  5. I’m also quite sure I didn’t make any stupid errors, like listing a number of the same blogs multiple times in the same list… [Hello eCairn, fixed your bug yet? 🙂 ]
  6. This list is not some thinly veiled scheme to put a frickin’ badge on your site. I have no badges. Hurray!!
  7. And last but not least: This list is bigger. And bigger is better. So there.

Oh, BTW: For some of the statistics I happily used the script that was kindly supplied by Steven Machtelinckx. This saved me a lot of time… Thanks Steven!

Here’s the top 100 part of the list. You can download the entire top 200 list here. It includes author names, statistics, and feeds, Enjoy!

Social media blogs top 200 short

Pos Blog Twitter PR Cm GL FB AR TA
1
Seth Godin’s Blog

thisissethsblog
7 1 1 7 3
2
Mashable

mashable
7 25 2 2 1 1
3
ProBlogger

problogger
6 6 8 6 4 4
4
Copyblogger

copyblogger
6 7 5 7 8 8
5
Scobleizer: bleeding edge technology talk

scobleizer
7 10 4 25 6
6
Dosh Dosh

doshdosh
6 3 6 10 12 12
7
ChrisBrogan

chrisbrogan
6 16 9 12 19 5
8
Micro Persuasion

steverubel
7 43 7 8 33 11
9
SEOmoz

seomoz
6 26 40 9 2 16
10
ReadWriteWeb

rww
8 113 3 3 3 2
11
Online Marketing Blog

leeodden
6 57 27 14 17 14
12
Duct Tape Marketing

ducttape
6 60 19 4 31
13
Clay Shirky’s Writings About the Internet
7 34 55
14
Internet Marketing News

andybeal
6 71 31 17 16 18
15
Daily Blog Tips
6 68 63 13 9 7
16
Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang

jowyang
5 57 10 11 22 9
17
Logic+Emotion

armano
6 43 39 19 58 15
18
Yoast – Tweaking Websites

yoast
7 8 91 43 5 13
19
The Next Web

thenextweb
6 45 53 31 18 17
20
Publishing 2.0

scottkarp
7 32 20 16 91 42
21
Groundswell
6 101 16 27
22
Chris Pirillo

chrispirillo
7 146 21 15 13 23
23
Web Ink Now

dmscott
6 53 38 69 24
24
MarketingProfs Daily Fix
6 65 32 24 47 34
25
Rough Type
7 89 13 81 22
26
Bokardo.com – Social Web Design

bokardo
6 12 62 62 61
27
Chrisg.com

chrisgarrett
6 14 126 18 30 45
28
PR 2.0

briansolis
6 137 22 45 20
29
PR-Squared

tdefren
6 29 35 44 78 40
30
Technosailor

technosailor
7 19 113 63 47
31
TwiTip

problogger
5 33 116 28 11 10
32
Six Pixels of Separation

mitchjoel
6 82 30 36 65 37
33
HorsePigCow

missrogue
6 37 42 112 67
34
Conversation Agent

conversationage
6 101 26 42 67 36
35
Pronet Advertising

neilpatel
6 61 81 29 37 79
36
Adverblog

realadverblog
6 187 14 21 53 35
37
Influential Marketing
Blog

rohitbhargava
6 89 97 26 56 41
38
Global Neighbourhoods

shelisrael
6 65 28 146 44
39
Church of the Customer Blog
6 59 11 5 208 63
40
Social Media Explorer

jasonfalls
5 51 56 46 64 39
41
louisgray.com

louisgray
6 131 89 38 42 29
42
The Viral Garden

mackcollier
5 67 29 50 86 57
43
Search Engine Guide

seguide
4 97 52 20 14 32
44
/Message

stoweboyd
6 97 55 39 111 62
45
Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

kanter
6 194 45 33 79 24
46
Drew’s Marketing Minute

drewmclellan
5 71 46 35 99 76
47
John Chow dot Com

johnchow
3 11 51 6 19
48
Get Elastic: The Ecommerce Blog

roxyyo
5 76 131 27 69
49
Brand Autopsy
6 113 78 25 142 52
50
Andy Beard – Internet Business Systems

andybeard
5 15 141 47 28 112
51
The Buzz Bin

geoffliving
6 120 49 89 117
52
Sugarrae

sugarrae
5 13 171 59 35 60
53
HubSpot’s Inbound Internet Marketing Blog
5 126 135 23 26
54
Blogstorm

patrickaltoft
6 137 188 41 21 51
55
Marketing & Strategy Innovation Blog
6 286 41 27 52 50
56
The Harte of Marketing Blog

bethharte
5 20 137 109 84
57
Davefleet.com

davefleet
6 20 121 84 107 64
58
Futuristic Play by @Andrew_Chen

andrew_chen
5 64 154 34 66
59
Personal Branding Blog

danschawbel
5 120 110 49 59 53
60
Whatsnextblog

whatsnext
6 180 36 52 123 70
61
CenterNetworks

centernetworks
6 304 87 40 31 30
62
Social Times

allnick
6 168 126 61 87
63
The Blog Herald

blogherald
4 214 17 24 21
64
Being Peter Kim

peterkim
6 270 63 51 72 33
65
Jaffe Juice

jaffejuice
6 228 24 45 152 47
66
Talent Imitates, Genius Steals

faris
5 74 37 57 199 66
67
Many-to-Many
4 39 17 137
68
The BrandBuilder Blog

thebrandbuilder
5 61 143 120 95
69
Friday Traffic Report

bendtheweb
4 56 191 30 23 79
70
Altitude Branding

ambercadabra
5 71 121 80 116 58
71
Bruce Clay, Inc.

bruceclayinc
5 131 168 20 118
72
Diva Marketing Blog

tobydiva
5 187 22 175 55
73
The Forrester Blog

forrester
5 131 129 82
74
Christopher S. Penn’s Awaken Your Superhero

cspenn
6 85 155 128 133
75
Strategic Public Relations

prblog
5 109 50 37 203 110
76
10e20
5 18 267 40 125
77
a shel of my former self

shel
6 304 25 115 68
78
Greg Verdino

gregverdino
5 109 48 71 168 85
79
PRBlogger

stedavies
5 85 95 61 161 99
80
The Social Media Marketing Blog

scottmonty
3 36 56 62 104 38
81
Techno//Marketer

mattdickman
5 113 71 68 162 86
82
Smart Mobs
7 304 12 150 73
83
The Jeff Pulver Blog

jeffpulver
5 85 47 131 98 75
84
Damn! I Wish I’d Thought of That!

sernovitz
5 204 77 127 74
85
Econsultancy – Digital Marketing Blog
6 204 186 45
86
Winning the Web

gyutae
4 23 227 68 36 55
87
The Future Buzz

adamsinger
4 46 205 66 51 49
88
Buzz Marketing for
Technology

pauldunay
5 120 134 74 126 83
89
Bloggers Blog

bloggersblog
5 187 65 65 92 142
90
NevilleHobson.com

jangles
5 304 32 64 105 54
91
Todd And…

toddand
5 89 112 169 141
92
ViralBlog

viralblog
5 146 150 77 75 103
93
Techipedia

tamar
3 2 164 58 84 58
94
Brent Csutoras

brentcsutoras
5 69 244 57 151
95
Dan Zarrella

danzarrella
5 180 199 86 41 43
96
360 Digital Influence – Fresh Influence
5 204 123 82 119
97
Brains on Fire
5 172 101 147 114
98
POP! PR Jots

jspepper
5 22 68 269 170
99
‘Cross The Breeze

crossthebreeze
5 78 144 250 64
100
Somewhat Frank

frankgruber
6 304 100 32 110 136

Note: The last five columns (Cm .. TA) show the relative score of a blog in a particular category. For example: Dosh Dosh was the 10th ranking blog when sorted on FeedBurner subscriber count. (Only the PR column shows the actual Google’s Page Rank.)

Legend

PR = Google Page Rank
Cm = Comments on blog
GL = Google search links
FB = FeedBurner count
AR = Alexa Rank
TA = Technorati Authority


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