As the author mentions in the comment section, for consistency he used blogs that had open-to-the-public format, via sitemeter.
His graphs show that liberal blogs such as Daily Kos, Crooks and Liars, Eschaton/Atrios, Fire Dog Lake, and Hullabaloo/Digby, all showed a decreased readership while conservative blogs, such as Instapundit, Michelle Malkin, Hot Air, Red State and Right Wing News, all increased their readership.
The graphs presented were copied from Sitemeter and represent December 2006 through December 2007.
Liberal Blogs.
Daily Kos:
Total visits for first half of 2007: 87,373,521
Total visits for second half of 2007: 86,994,331
A decrease of 379,190, or .4%
Crooks and Liars:
Total visits for first half of 2007: 29,670,556
Total visits for second half of 2007: 29,296,242
A decrease of 374,314, or 1%
Eschaton/Atrios:
Total visits for first half of 2007: 18,376,378
Total visits for second half of 2007: 15,025,963
A decrease of 3,350,415, or 18%
Fire Dog Lake:
Total visits for first half of 2007: 13,558,479
Total visits for second half of 2007: 9,940,658
A decrease of 3,617,821, or 27%
Hullabaloo/Digby:
Total visits for first half of 2007: 4,807,916
Total visits for second half of 2007: 4,557,295
A decrease of 250,621, or 5%
Conservative Blogs.
Instapundit:
Total visits for first half of 2007: 31,950,398
Total visits for second half of 2007: 36,729,803
An increase of 4,779,405, or 15%
Michelle Malkin:
Total visits for first half of 2007: 18,734,829
Total visits for second half of 2007: 24,435,479
An increase of 5,700,650, or 30%
Hot Air:
Total visits for first half of 2007: 18,272,454
Total visits for second half of 2007: 24,566,481
An increase of 6,294,027, or 34%
Red State:
Total visits for first half of 2007: 4,276,010
Total visits for second half of 2007: 4,980,036
An increase of 704,026, or 16%
Right Wing News:
Total visits for first half of 2007: 1,764,729
Total visits for second half of 2007: 1,783,724
An increase of 18,995, or 1%
Fire Dog Lake took the biggest hit with a 28% decrease and the second biggest decrease was for Eschaton with a 18% decrease in visits.
The biggest gains for conservative blogs was Hot Air with a 34% increase and Michelle Malkin with a 30% increase.
It has taken years for conservative blogs to catch up with technology of the world wide web but the trends are starting to show that conservative blogs are on the rise and liberal blogs are stagnating or becoming less popular.
His graphs show that liberal blogs such as Daily Kos, Crooks and Liars, Eschaton/Atrios, Fire Dog Lake, and Hullabaloo/Digby, all showed a decreased readership while conservative blogs, such as Instapundit, Michelle Malkin, Hot Air, Red State and Right Wing News, all increased their readership.
The graphs presented were copied from Sitemeter and represent December 2006 through December 2007.
Liberal Blogs.
Daily Kos:
Total visits for first half of 2007: 87,373,521
Total visits for second half of 2007: 86,994,331
A decrease of 379,190, or .4%
Crooks and Liars:
Total visits for first half of 2007: 29,670,556
Total visits for second half of 2007: 29,296,242
A decrease of 374,314, or 1%
Eschaton/Atrios:
Total visits for first half of 2007: 18,376,378
Total visits for second half of 2007: 15,025,963
A decrease of 3,350,415, or 18%
Fire Dog Lake:
Total visits for first half of 2007: 13,558,479
Total visits for second half of 2007: 9,940,658
A decrease of 3,617,821, or 27%
Hullabaloo/Digby:
Total visits for first half of 2007: 4,807,916
Total visits for second half of 2007: 4,557,295
A decrease of 250,621, or 5%
Conservative Blogs.
Instapundit:
Total visits for first half of 2007: 31,950,398
Total visits for second half of 2007: 36,729,803
An increase of 4,779,405, or 15%
Michelle Malkin:
Total visits for first half of 2007: 18,734,829
Total visits for second half of 2007: 24,435,479
An increase of 5,700,650, or 30%
Hot Air:
Total visits for first half of 2007: 18,272,454
Total visits for second half of 2007: 24,566,481
An increase of 6,294,027, or 34%
Red State:
Total visits for first half of 2007: 4,276,010
Total visits for second half of 2007: 4,980,036
An increase of 704,026, or 16%
Right Wing News:
Total visits for first half of 2007: 1,764,729
Total visits for second half of 2007: 1,783,724
An increase of 18,995, or 1%
Fire Dog Lake took the biggest hit with a 28% decrease and the second biggest decrease was for Eschaton with a 18% decrease in visits.
The biggest gains for conservative blogs was Hot Air with a 34% increase and Michelle Malkin with a 30% increase.
It has taken years for conservative blogs to catch up with technology of the world wide web but the trends are starting to show that conservative blogs are on the rise and liberal blogs are stagnating or becoming less popular.
Perhaps people are tired of the messages on the liberal blogs, the constant whining and complaining and just possibly people are tired of hearing how horrible America is and starting to tune them out.
Whatever the reason, it is now a very good time to be a conservative blogger...... not so much so for liberal bloggers.
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