Comments on: The Blog Herald Blog Count February 2006: 200 million blogs in existence http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-200-million-blogs-in-existence/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hugo E Martin http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-200-million-blogs-in-existence/comment-page-1/#comment-86213 Hugo E Martin Mon, 06 Feb 2006 08:48:13 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-now-over/#comment-86213 For HH (hírbehozó): In my list I have about 125.000 blogs for Hungary / Magyarország ( that means for its 10.142.000 people about 1,23 blogs per ,000) You find more about the Hungarian Blogosphere (not so fresh data mostly from 3/2005) at http://www.socialtext.net/loicwiki/index.cgi?hungarian_blogosphere For HH (hírbehozó):
In my list I have about 125.000 blogs for Hungary / Magyarország ( that means for its 10.142.000 people about 1,23 blogs per ,000)

You find more about the Hungarian Blogosphere (not so fresh data mostly from 3/2005) at
http://www.socialtext.net/loicwiki/index.cgi?hungarian_blogosphere

]]> By: fernand0 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-200-million-blogs-in-existence/comment-page-1/#comment-86095 fernand0 Sat, 04 Feb 2006 23:48:49 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-now-over/#comment-86095 MSM Spaces in Spain are over 2 million blogs: http://advertising.msn.es/Home/Article.aspx?pageid=171&linkid=1091 (more recent numbers) MSM Spaces in Spain are over 2 million blogs:
http://advertising.msn.es/Home/Article.aspx?pageid=171&linkid=1091
(more recent numbers)

]]> By: Marco http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-200-million-blogs-in-existence/comment-page-1/#comment-86182 Marco Sat, 04 Feb 2006 22:38:03 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-now-over/#comment-86182 Based on hosts I counted 200 million blogs a few weeks before: http://www.mediafact.nl/comments.php?id=11118_0_1_0_C Based on hosts I counted 200 million blogs a few weeks before:
http://www.mediafact.nl/comments.php?id=11118_0_1_0_C

]]> By: Hugo E. Martin http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-200-million-blogs-in-existence/comment-page-1/#comment-86092 Hugo E. Martin Sat, 04 Feb 2006 20:38:14 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-now-over/#comment-86092 I keep a list of blogs in Europe on my site - here some additions / corrections: Austria 80.000 plus Belgium 200.000 plus Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.000 plus Bulgaria 10.000 plus Czech R. 20.000 plus Greece 10.000 plus Latvian 4.000 plus Lithuanian 8.000 Luxemburg 5.000 plus Russia 800.000 plus Slovakia 8.500 Turkey 100.000 plus Ukraine 80.000 plus in Germany there was a study on the Web which is regulary used for spending adverting money (410 Mio. Euro in 2005) I still carry 350.000 plus in my list, here my blog entry: W3B finds 4,3 Million Bloggers in Germany Warning! Reading this entry means you proceed on your one risk. Do not spend your (or your company's) 'means of subsistence' on this figures! According to the 21. W3B Study from Fittkau & Maass (the 'sample' is 100.460) we all need to correct our figures on the German Blogosphere. Fittkauu & Maass don’t tell about Blogs, but about Bloggers and it reads like this if you calculate one Blog per Blogger: Per November 2005, in Germany there are at least 4.284.000 Weblog(ger) 1.428.000 active Weblogs – with at least one entry per monthly 750.000 active Weblogs – with at least one entry per week using the (N)ONLINER Atlas (June 2005) from the d21 Initiative as our base for the total number of Internet-Users http://hemartin.blogspot.com/2005/12/w3b-finds-43-million-bloggers-in.html I keep a list of blogs in Europe on my site – here some additions / corrections:

Austria 80.000 plus

Belgium 200.000 plus

Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.000 plus

Bulgaria 10.000 plus

Czech R. 20.000 plus

Greece 10.000 plus

Latvian 4.000 plus

Lithuanian 8.000

Luxemburg 5.000 plus

Russia 800.000 plus

Slovakia 8.500

Turkey 100.000 plus

Ukraine 80.000 plus

in Germany there was a study on the Web which is regulary used for spending adverting money (410 Mio. Euro in 2005) I still carry 350.000 plus in my list, here my blog entry:

W3B finds 4,3 Million Bloggers in Germany

Warning!
Reading this entry means you proceed on your one risk. Do not spend your (or your company’s) ‘means of subsistence’ on this figures!

According to the 21. W3B Study from Fittkau & Maass (the ‘sample’ is 100.460) we all need to correct our figures on the German Blogosphere. Fittkauu & Maass don’t tell about Blogs, but about Bloggers and it reads like this if you calculate one Blog per Blogger:

Per November 2005, in Germany there are at least

4.284.000 Weblog(ger)

1.428.000 active Weblogs – with at least one entry per monthly

750.000 active Weblogs – with at least one entry per week

using the (N)ONLINER Atlas (June 2005) from the d21 Initiative as our base for the total number of Internet-Users

http://hemartin.blogspot.com/2005/12/w3b-finds-43-million-bloggers-in.html

]]> By: HH http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-200-million-blogs-in-existence/comment-page-1/#comment-86091 HH Sat, 04 Feb 2006 18:23:42 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-now-over/#comment-86091 Whoops, there's no data from Hungary, Europe? Whoops, there’s no data from Hungary, Europe?

]]> By: Netwalker http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-200-million-blogs-in-existence/comment-page-1/#comment-86090 Netwalker Sat, 04 Feb 2006 18:03:53 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-now-over/#comment-86090 In Mexico, they're 4389 blogs (www.blogsmexico.com) and in www.bitacoras.com they track around 145,567 blogs in spanish. In Mexico, they’re 4389 blogs (www.blogsmexico.com) and in http://www.bitacoras.com they track around 145,567 blogs in spanish.

]]> By: Duncan Riley http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-200-million-blogs-in-existence/comment-page-1/#comment-86079 Duncan Riley Sat, 04 Feb 2006 14:17:59 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-now-over/#comment-86079 John how else do you think they are paying for all that staff??? the quest really isn't gross revenue but net profit, and if they are profitable I wouldn't think by a lot. John
how else do you think they are paying for all that staff??? the quest really isn’t gross revenue but net profit, and if they are profitable I wouldn’t think by a lot.

]]> By: John Keegan http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-200-million-blogs-in-existence/comment-page-1/#comment-86075 John Keegan Sat, 04 Feb 2006 07:27:55 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-now-over/#comment-86075 1 Million Typepad blogs? Do you believe that? That would be ~$80-100 million in yearly revenue for SA *from Typepad alone*... It's hard to believe that a whole series of events wouldn't have been triggered already (IPOs, mergers, etc.) if those numbers were true... 1 Million Typepad blogs? Do you believe that? That would be ~$80-100 million in yearly revenue for SA *from Typepad alone*… It’s hard to believe that a whole series of events wouldn’t have been triggered already (IPOs, mergers, etc.) if those numbers were true…

]]> By: Makan Guru http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-200-million-blogs-in-existence/comment-page-1/#comment-86074 Makan Guru Sat, 04 Feb 2006 06:01:54 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-now-over/#comment-86074 What about Singapore? What about Singapore?

]]> By: Duncan Riley http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-200-million-blogs-in-existence/comment-page-1/#comment-86072 Duncan Riley Sat, 04 Feb 2006 04:33:50 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-now-over/#comment-86072 the 2.5 includes MT, for memory they've quoted 1-1.5 million for each (cant remember which was which, sorry). I'll have a troll through the archives and see if I can find the reference. SA is the only real exception in the hosting stakes because I've included MT in the figures (which they don't host but provide), apologies, should have referenced it better. the 2.5 includes MT, for memory they’ve quoted 1-1.5 million for each (cant remember which was which, sorry). I’ll have a troll through the archives and see if I can find the reference. SA is the only real exception in the hosting stakes because I’ve included MT in the figures (which they don’t host but provide), apologies, should have referenced it better.

]]> By: John Keegan http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-200-million-blogs-in-existence/comment-page-1/#comment-86071 John Keegan Sat, 04 Feb 2006 04:22:39 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/02/02/the-blog-herald-blog-count-february-2006-now-over/#comment-86071 > SixApart: 12 million based on 9.5 million at Live Journal plus other published reports from SixApart, may be marginally higher. So are you saying SixApart actually hosts 2.5 million in addition to Live Journal blogs? There are 2.5 million Typepad blogs? > SixApart: 12 million based on 9.5 million at Live Journal plus other published reports from SixApart, may be marginally higher.

So are you saying SixApart actually hosts 2.5 million in addition to Live Journal blogs? There are 2.5 million Typepad blogs?

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