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Brian Gongol

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The data here are generally from March 1 to March 31, 2011, as collected on April 15, 2011

Traffic ratings from April 15, 2011 - by average daily pageviews

Rank	Site	Page Views	Change	Pageview Ratio	...making this the ___ of business/econ websites:
1	Big Picture	67878		100.00%	USA Today
2	Calculated Risk	56534		83.29%	New York Times
3	Michael Shedlock	54402		80.15%	New York Times
4	Naked Capitalism	40685		59.94%	New York Times
5	Marginal Revolution	35032		51.61%	New York Times
6	Economist's View	20419		30.08%	New York Daily News
7	Gonzalo Lira	16034		23.62%	Chicago Tribune
8	Gregory Mankiw	12916		19.03%	Long Island Newsday
9	VoxEU	12611		18.58%	Long Island Newsday
10	Tax Prof	11388		16.78%	Long Island Newsday
11	Baseline Scenario	8313		12.25%	Atlanta Journal-Constitution
12	Carpe Diem	7779		11.46%	Sacramento Bee
13	Triple Pundit	7427		10.94%	Indianapolis Star
14	Gongol	6819		10.05%	San Jose Mercury-News
15	Half Sigma	5004		7.37%	Boston Herald
16	Overcoming Bias	4703		6.93%	Raleigh News & Observer
17	Visualizing Economics	4276		6.30%	Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
18	Angry Bear	4192		6.18%	Fresno Bee
19	QandO	3962		5.84%	Asbury Park Press
20	Coyote Blog	3833		5.65%	Jacksonville Times-Union
21	Angry Economist	3741		5.51%	Grand Rapids Press
22	Financial Armageddon	3429		5.05%	Toledo Blade
23	Tim Worstall	3238		4.77%	Syracuse Post-Standard
24	Carl Futia	3221		4.75%	Syracuse Post-Standard
25	Economic Populist	2601		3.83%	Spokane Spokesman-Review
26	Atanu Dey	2471		3.64%	Daytona Beach News-Journal,
27	Economic Edge	2467		3.63%	Daytona Beach News-Journal,
28	Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance	2352		3.47%	Worcester Telegram & Gazette
29	EconBrowser	2286		3.37%	Lincoln Journal Star
30	Roth and Co.	2014		2.97%	Chattanooga Times Free Press
31	Wages of Wins	1971		2.90%	Portland Press Herald
32	Trader's Narrative	1800		2.65%	Merrillville Post-Tribune
33	John Lott	1662		2.45%	Erie Times-News
34	Environmental Economics (Haab and Whitehead)	1567		2.31%	New York City El Diario la Prensa
35	Political Calculations	1550		2.28%	Christian Science Monitor
36	Calafia Beach Pundit	1489		2.19%	Fargo Forum
37	Willisms	1316		1.94%	Sioux Falls Argus Leader
38	Antitrust and Competition Policy	1270		1.87%	Beaumont Enterprise
39	Economic Perspectives from Kansas City	1134		1.67%	Fort Smith Southwest Times Record
40	Fistful of Euros	1123		1.65%	Saginaw News
41	Ekonomi Turk (Turkish)	1118		1.65%	Saginaw News
42	The Conglomerate	1027		1.51%	Tyler Morning Telegraph
43	Bonddad Blog	1014		1.49%	Tyler Morning Telegraph
44	Art Diamond	964		1.42%	Victoria Advocate
45	Newmark's Door	931		1.37%	La Crosse Tribune
46	Entrepreneurial Mind	871		1.28%	New Bedford Standard-Times
47	Random Roger's Big Picture	860		1.27%	Racine Journal Times
48	Fat Pitch Financials	824		1.21%	Chico Enterprise-Record
49	Distributed Republic	824		1.21%	Chico Enterprise-Record
50	Dash of Insight	755		1.11%	Fort Collins Coloradoan
51	Market Solution (Serbian)	681		1.00%	Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
52	True Economics	654		0.96%	Bowling Green Daily News
53	Market Urbanism	640		0.94%	Bowling Green Daily News
54	New Economist	586		0.86%	Burlington Hawk Eye
55	Ajay Shah	569		0.84%	Burlington Hawk Eye
56	Tintero Economico Diario (Spanish)	544		0.80%	Attleboro Sun Chronicle
57	Justin Wehr	489		0.72%	Fort Dodge Messenger
58	Aguanomics	465		0.69%	Orangeburg Times and Democrat
59	Taking Hayek Seriously	455		0.67%	Orangeburg Times and Democrat
60	Financial Rounds	454		0.67%	Orangeburg Times and Democrat
61	Long or Short Capital	438		0.65%	Orangeburg Times and Democrat
62	Economicrot	429		0.63%	Chillicothe Gazette
63	Paper Economy	409		0.60%	Chillicothe Gazette
64	Billboardom	395		0.58%	Chillicothe Gazette
65	Econospeak	385		0.57%	Chillicothe Gazette
66	Economics Junkie	384		0.57%	Chillicothe Gazette
67	Mess that Greenspan Made	353		0.52%	Marietta Times
68	When Giants Fall	347		0.51%	Marietta Times
69	Economic Disconnect	325		0.48%	Marietta Times
70	EclectEcon	323		0.48%	Marietta Times
71	Market Power	313		0.46%	Marietta Times
72	Economista Serial Cronico	310		0.46%	Marietta Times
73	Environmental and Urban Economics	305		0.45%	Marietta Times
74	The Visible Hand in Economics	289		0.43%	Gettysburg Times
75	Illusion of Prosperity	286		0.42%	Gettysburg Times
76	Emirates Economist	273		0.40%	Gettysburg Times
77	Businomics	272		0.40%	Gettysburg Times
78	Accrued Interest	266		0.39%	Lake City Reporter
79	Adam Smith's Lost Legacy	266		0.39%	Lake City Reporter
80	N. Emrah Aydinonat	219		0.32%	Emporia Gazette
81	Trade and Me (Spanish)	216		0.32%	Emporia Gazette
82	Global Economy Matters	215		0.32%	Emporia Gazette
83	Oregon Economics	214		0.32%	Emporia Gazette
84	Egoist	209		0.31%	Emporia Gazette
85	Blogo Existo (Portuguese)	205		0.30%	Emporia Gazette
86	Truck and Barter	196		0.29%	Emporia Gazette
87	Globalisation and the Environment	190		0.28%	Chippewa Falls Herald
88	Alpha Sources	183		0.27%	Tulare Advance-Register
89	Mad Money Machine	167		0.25%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
90	VoluntaryXchange	167		0.25%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
91	Bayesian Heresy	162		0.24%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
92	Buyer Behaviour	148		0.22%	Port Clinton News Herald
93	Capital Spectator	147		0.22%	Port Clinton News Herald
94	Supply and Demand (In That Order)	132		0.19%	Baraboo News Republic
95	Management R&D	120		0.18%	Orange Leader
96	Knowing and Making	113		0.17%	Barstow Desert Dispatch
97	Asymmetrical Information	110		0.16%	Oklahoma City Journal Record
98	IPE at UNC	107		0.16%	Oklahoma City Journal Record
99	Cold Spring Shops	86		0.13%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
100	Italian Economy Watch	82		0.12%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
101	MV=PQ	81		0.12%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
102	Heavy Lifting	74		0.11%	Medina Journal-Register
103	Moonballs from Planet Earth	72		0.11%	Medina Journal-Register
104	Blue Matter	70		0.10%	Jefferson City News Tribune
105	Trade Diversion	67		0.10%	Jefferson City News Tribune
106	Common Tragedies	62		0.09%	Jefferson City News Tribune
107	John Barrdear	57		0.08%	Jefferson City News Tribune
108	Labour and Capital	54		0.08%	Jefferson City News Tribune
109	Development Bank Research Bulletin	53		0.08%	Jefferson City News Tribune
110	Sybil's Star	49		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
111	Blog of Diminishing Returns	45		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
112	Deflationite	45		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
113	Economic Dreams, Economic Nightmares	44		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
114	EconWeekly	43		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
115	Ecological Economics	42		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
116	Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development	40		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
117	Good News Economist	37		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
118	L'Estable	37		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
119	Beyond Economics	36		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
120	Business of America is Business	36		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
121	SCSU Scholars	36		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
122	Vox Baby	29		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
123	Oikos	28		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
124	Accidental Verbosity	27		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
125	Age of Abundance	24		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
126	Anecdotal Economics	22		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
127	Futronomics	21		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
128	Libertarianism from A to Z	20		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
129	Labor Blog	19		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
130	Latin America and Brazil	14		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
131	Three Chemists and a Bean-Counter	12		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
132	MacroMouse	8		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
133	Willem Buiter	7		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
134	Urban Economics and More	7		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
135	Carnival of the Capitalists	5		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
136	General Glut	4		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
137	Liberal Capitalist Party	4		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
138	Escape from Cubicle Nation	3		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
139	European Tribune	2		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
140	Card-Carrying Member	2		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
141	Notes for Monetary Enthusiasts	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
142	Chicago Boyz	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers

Traffic ratings from April 15, 2011 - by average daily visits

Rank	Site	Visits	Change	Visit Ratio	...making this the ___ of business/econ websites:
1	Big Picture	53742		100.00%	USA Today
2	Michael Shedlock	43462		80.87%	New York Times
3	Calculated Risk	36623		68.15%	New York Times
4	Marginal Revolution	24753		46.06%	New York Times
5	Naked Capitalism	22464		41.80%	Los Angeles Times
6	Economist's View	12909		24.02%	Chicago Tribune
7	Gregory Mankiw	9210		17.14%	Long Island Newsday
8	Tax Prof	8483		15.78%	Arizona Republic
9	Gonzalo Lira	8167		15.20%	San Francisco Chronicle
10	VoxEU	7548		14.04%	Newark Star-Ledger
11	Baseline Scenario	6350		11.82%	San Diego Union-Tribune
12	Carpe Diem	5671		10.55%	St. Louis Post-Dispatch
13	Triple Pundit	5147		9.58%	Baltimore Sun
14	Half Sigma	3127		5.82%	Asbury Park Press
15	Overcoming Bias	3022		5.62%	Jacksonville Times-Union
16	Financial Armageddon	2778		5.17%	Seattle Post-Intelligencer
17	QandO	2740		5.10%	Toledo Blade
18	Carl Futia	2673		4.97%	Knoxville News Sentinel
19	Angry Bear	2601		4.84%	Tulsa World
20	Coyote Blog	2409		4.48%	Albuquerque Journal
21	Visualizing Economics	2303		4.29%	Philadelphia Daily News
22	Gongol	2294		4.27%	Philadelphia Daily News
23	Tim Worstall	1919		3.57%	Washington Times
24	Economic Populist	1831		3.41%	Long Beach Press-Telegram
25	EconBrowser	1689		3.14%	Santa Rosa Press Democrat
26	Economic Edge	1552		2.89%	Portland Press Herald
27	Wages of Wins	1473		2.74%	Canton Repository
28	Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance	1429		2.66%	Ogden Standard-Examiner
29	Atanu Dey	1397		2.60%	Merrillville Post-Tribune
30	Roth and Co.	1294		2.41%	Rockford Register Star
31	John Lott	1224		2.28%	Christian Science Monitor
32	Political Calculations	1128		2.10%	Cape Cod Times
33	Calafia Beach Pundit	1077		2.00%	Lancaster Intelligencer Journal
34	Angry Economist	1051		1.96%	Salem Statesman Journal
35	Trader's Narrative	1000		1.86%	Annapolis Capital
36	Environmental Economics (Haab and Whitehead)	950		1.77%	Muskegon Chronicle
37	Willisms	907		1.69%	Chicago Southtown Star
38	Becker-Posner	842		1.57%	Waco Tribune-Herald
39	Fistful of Euros	820		1.53%	Tyler Morning Telegraph
40	Bonddad Blog	792		1.47%	Victoria Advocate
41	Ekonomi Turk (Turkish)	757		1.41%	Lynchburg News & Advance
42	Antitrust and Competition Policy	736		1.37%	La Crosse Tribune
43	Entrepreneurial Mind	726		1.35%	Great Falls Tribune
44	Art Diamond	714		1.33%	Great Falls Tribune
45	Economic Perspectives from Kansas City	694		1.29%	Muncie Star/Press
46	Fat Pitch Financials	635		1.18%	Grand Forks Herald
47	The Conglomerate	634		1.18%	Grand Forks Herald
48	Newmark's Door	574		1.07%	Athens Banner-Herald
49	Distributed Republic	571		1.06%	Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
50	Random Roger's Big Picture	564		1.05%	Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
51	Dash of Insight	547		1.02%	Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
52	True Economics	513		0.95%	Bowling Green Daily News
53	Market Solution (Serbian)	456		0.85%	Burlington Hawk Eye
54	Ajay Shah	425		0.79%	Attleboro Sun Chronicle
55	Sports Economist	400		0.74%	Fort Dodge Messenger
56	New Economist	370		0.69%	Orangeburg Times and Democrat
57	Market Urbanism	369		0.69%	Orangeburg Times and Democrat
58	Tintero Economico Diario (Spanish)	365		0.68%	Orangeburg Times and Democrat
59	Virginia Postrel	363		0.68%	Orangeburg Times and Democrat
60	Economicrot	329		0.61%	Chillicothe Gazette
61	Aguanomics	317		0.59%	Chillicothe Gazette
62	Financial Rounds	313		0.58%	Chillicothe Gazette
63	Justin Wehr	312		0.58%	Chillicothe Gazette
64	Paper Economy	305		0.57%	Chillicothe Gazette
65	Econospeak	296		0.55%	Chillicothe Gazette
66	Mess that Greenspan Made	271		0.50%	Marietta Times
67	Taking Hayek Seriously	270		0.50%	Marietta Times
68	Long or Short Capital	252		0.47%	Marietta Times
69	When Giants Fall	242		0.45%	Marietta Times
70	Economic Disconnect	237		0.44%	Gettysburg Times
71	Environmental and Urban Economics	237		0.44%	Gettysburg Times
72	Economista Serial Cronico	234		0.44%	Gettysburg Times
73	Accrued Interest	234		0.44%	Gettysburg Times
74	EclectEcon	227		0.42%	Gettysburg Times
75	Economics Junkie	222		0.41%	Gettysburg Times
76	Market Power	213		0.40%	Gettysburg Times
77	Illusion of Prosperity	212		0.39%	Lake City Reporter
78	Billboardom	210		0.39%	Lake City Reporter
79	Emirates Economist	205		0.38%	Lake City Reporter
80	The Visible Hand in Economics	200		0.37%	Emporia Gazette
81	Businomics	191		0.36%	Emporia Gazette
82	Adam Smith's Lost Legacy	185		0.34%	Emporia Gazette
83	Blogo Existo (Portuguese)	166		0.31%	Emporia Gazette
84	Egoist	165		0.31%	Emporia Gazette
85	Trade and Me (Spanish)	161		0.30%	Emporia Gazette
86	Oregon Economics	158		0.29%	Emporia Gazette
87	Global Economy Matters	153		0.28%	Chippewa Falls Herald
88	Globalisation and the Environment	141		0.26%	Tulare Advance-Register
89	N. Emrah Aydinonat	127		0.24%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
90	Truck and Barter	120		0.22%	Port Clinton News Herald
91	Capital Spectator	119		0.22%	Port Clinton News Herald
92	VoluntaryXchange	118		0.22%	Port Clinton News Herald
93	Bayesian Heresy	118		0.22%	Port Clinton News Herald
94	Buyer Behaviour	117		0.22%	Port Clinton News Herald
95	Sustainability in Hawaii	107		0.20%	Port Clinton News Herald
96	Alpha Sources	105		0.20%	Port Clinton News Herald
97	Mad Money Machine	105		0.20%	Port Clinton News Herald
98	Supply and Demand (In That Order)	101		0.19%	Baraboo News Republic
99	Knowing and Making	82		0.15%	Dedham Daily News Transcript
100	Asymmetrical Information	80		0.15%	Dedham Daily News Transcript
101	Management R&D	79		0.15%	Dedham Daily News Transcript
102	IPE at UNC	72		0.13%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
103	Cold Spring Shops	62		0.12%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
104	Italian Economy Watch	57		0.11%	Medina Journal-Register
105	Heavy Lifting	55		0.10%	Jefferson City News Tribune
106	Blue Matter	55		0.10%	Jefferson City News Tribune
107	MV=PQ	54		0.10%	Jefferson City News Tribune
108	Common Tragedies	53		0.10%	Jefferson City News Tribune
109	Trade Diversion	52		0.10%	Jefferson City News Tribune
110	Moonballs from Planet Earth	50		0.09%	Jefferson City News Tribune
111	John Barrdear	44		0.08%	Jefferson City News Tribune
112	Development Bank Research Bulletin	42		0.08%	Jefferson City News Tribune
113	Labour and Capital	39		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
114	Sybil's Star	38		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
115	Blog of Diminishing Returns	35		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
116	EconWeekly	33		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
117	Undergraduate Economist	33		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
118	Economic Dreams, Economic Nightmares	32		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
119	Deflationite	31		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
120	Ecological Economics	31		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
121	Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development	31		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
122	L'Estable	30		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
123	Good News Economist	27		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
124	Oikos	23		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
125	Beyond Economics	22		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
126	Vox Baby	22		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
127	Anecdotal Economics	18		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
128	Futronomics	18		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
129	Business of America is Business	17		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
130	Labor Blog	16		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
131	Age of Abundance	15		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
132	Libertarianism from A to Z	15		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
133	SCSU Scholars	13		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
134	Accidental Verbosity	13		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
135	Latin America and Brazil	9		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
136	Three Chemists and a Bean-Counter	7		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
137	Urban Economics and More	6		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
138	Willem Buiter	5		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
139	MacroMouse	3		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
140	Carnival of the Capitalists	3		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
141	General Glut	3		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
142	Liberal Capitalist Party	3		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
143	Escape from Cubicle Nation	3		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
144	European Tribune	2		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
145	Card-Carrying Member	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers

Sites that qualify but don't have public traffic logs

The following sites do not appear to have publicly-available traffic logs and are thus not included in this analysis but are listed in the overall directory -- (corrections are welcomed):