The Blogosphere Continues To Grow


By Neville Hobson
Expert Author
Article Date: 2006-04-17

The latest stats on the English-language blogosphere from Technorati show continued growth, maintaining the doubling in size that has been consistent for the past few years:



Summary:
  • Technorati now tracks over 35.3 million blogs (English language)


  • The blogosphere is doubling in size every 6 months


  • It is now over 60 times bigger than it was 3 years ago


  • On average, a new weblog is created every second of every day


  • 19.4 million bloggers (55%) are still posting 3 months after their blogs are created


  • Technorati tracks about 1.2 million new blog posts each day, about 50,000 per hour
Details from David Sifry. His post includes links to previous stats reports going back to 2004.

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About the Author:
Neville Hobson is the author of the popular NevilleHobson.com blog which focuses on business communication and technology.

Neville is a UK-based communicator, blogger and podcaster. He helps companies use effective communication to achieve their business goals. Visit Neville Hobson's blog: NevilleHobson.com.



The Blogosphere Continues to Grow