Top 25 Most Popular Blogs | April 2009

Here are the 25 most popular blogs ranked by a combination of Inbound Links, Alexa Rank, and U.S. traffic data from Compete and Quantcast. Although no traffic metrics are completely accurate we do believe the data below to be useful for gauging relative audience size

 1 | TMZ.com
11,177,000 - Inbound Links | 8,214,682 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 5,800,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 620 - Alexa Ranking.
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 2 | Gizmodo.com
7,956,000 - Inbound Links | 2,195,445 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 3,700,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 475 - Alexa Ranking.
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 3 | PerezHilton.com
2,295,151 - Inbound Links | 2,147,461 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 3,600,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 575 - Alexa Ranking.
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 4 | engadget.com
18,162,567 - Inbound Links | 1,887,887 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 841,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 592 - Alexa Ranking.
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 5 | boingboing.net
11,195,978 - Inbound Links | 2,048,014 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 2,400,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 2,146 - Alexa Ranking.
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 6 | TechCrunch.com
10,880,006 - Inbound Links | 1,759,892 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 1,200,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 415 - Alexa Ranking.
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 7 | LifeHacker.com
5,869,798 - Inbound Links | 1,674,301 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 2,700,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 783 - Alexa Ranking.
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 8 | Gawker.com
7,076,455 - Inbound Links | 2,071,434 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 2,300,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 1,074 - Alexa Ranking.
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 9 | FanHouse.com
10,739,000 - Inbound Links | 1,557,577 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 1,100,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 2,318 - Alexa Ranking.
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 10 | AutoBlog.com
15,238,315 - Inbound Links | 1,073,485 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 514,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 2,264 - Alexa Ranking.
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 11 | Mashable.com
2,790,020 - Inbound Links | 1,502,036 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 1,000,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 641 - Alexa Ranking.
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 12 | Kotaku.com
4,948,567 - Inbound Links | 837,781 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 1,600,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 789 - Alexa Ranking.
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 13 | jalopnik.com
3,680,000 - Inbound Links | 853,069 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 1,300,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 2,597 - Alexa Ranking.
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 14 | consumerist.com
3,389,830 - Inbound Links | 1,225,481 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 653,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 3,273 - Alexa Ranking.
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 15 | treehugger.com
3,249,672 - Inbound Links | 1,518,717 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 1,100,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 4,021 - Alexa Ranking.
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 16 | icanhascheezburger.com
1,634,000 - Inbound Links | 1,089,331 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 1,400,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 3,146 - Alexa Ranking.
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 17 | DailyKos.com
4,908,148 - Inbound Links | 588,061 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 849,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 6,334 - Alexa Ranking.
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 18 | SmashingMagazine.com
1,710,000 - Inbound Links | 848,309 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 155,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 715 - Alexa Ranking.
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 19 | ReadWriteWeb.com
1,775,794 - Inbound Links | 778,177 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 480,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 2,580 - Alexa Ranking.
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 20 | joystiq.com
14,566,050 - Inbound Links | 688,751 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 578,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 1,626 - Alexa Ranking.
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 21 | downloadsquad.com
13,702,986 - Inbound Links | 398,419 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 189,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 8,410 - Alexa Ranking.
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 22 | GigaOM.com
1,610,159 - Inbound Links | 370,230 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 341,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 14,437 - Alexa Ranking.
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 23 | searchengineland.com
653,032 - Inbound Links | 462,965 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 117,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 3,621 - Alexa Ranking.
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 24 | CrooksandLiars.com
2,940,034 - Inbound Links | 284,000 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 254,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 15,208 - Alexa Ranking.
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 25 | BusinessInsider.com
183,533 - Inbound Links | 557,502 - Compete Monthly Visitors | 124,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors | 5,565 - Alexa Ranking.
25 Most Popular Blogs | Posted 04/01/2009 | eBizMBA

Source: http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/blogs