Number of Blogs

When the question was asked "How many blogs ARE there?", I was expecting to find something. However I did not expect to find the incredible amount of data that has been collected and analyzed about the topic! Technorati has done what I could only imagine in its State of the Blogosphere 2010. At that time, there were 275,000 new posts made every day. When the Worldometer Blogging Statistics page is visited today, the rolling counter would suggest there are 1,000 new posts per 18 seconds (roughly timed with an iPhone stopwatch app). That would be about 4,800,000 new posts every day (roughly)...a whopping 1,645% increase in the last 5 years!

In 2010, most bloggists were hobbyists, 2/3 are male, and professionals tend to have 3.2 blogs. [3.2?...like they started one and did not make to the first post? No, I know that is an average..I am toying with my readers!]  These reflect my experience to some degree -- I am a hobbyist of sorts, am professional, not a male but I have 11 blogs. Some blogs I actively touch every day, some are more reflective and get my attention once or twice a quarter, depending on my experiences and research. [I must be part of the .2 blog average!]

Eric Pangburn reports the numbers of blogs on the various blogging websites - Tumblr, WordPress, LiveJournal, Weebly, and Blogster. He says he cannot find definitive numbers for Blogger -- my favorite blogging tool for home and school. Mr. Pangburn makes a point when he states the numbers are misleading because they grow every day. The number of blogs is dynamic!