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Brian Gongol

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The data here are generally from May 1 to May 31, 2011, as collected on June 13, 2011

Traffic ratings from June 13, 2011 - by average daily pageviews

Rank	Site	Page Views	Change	Pageview Ratio	...making this the ___ of business/econ websites:
1	Calculated Risk	67084		100.00%	USA Today
2	Big Picture	62318		92.90%	Wall Street Journal
3	Michael Shedlock	50861		75.82%	New York Times
4	Naked Capitalism	46055		68.65%	New York Times
5	Marginal Revolution	40181		59.90%	New York Times
6	Economist's View	16543		24.66%	Chicago Tribune
7	Gregory Mankiw	12618		18.81%	Long Island Newsday
8	VoxEU	11803		17.59%	Long Island Newsday
9	Gonzalo Lira	11424		17.03%	Long Island Newsday
10	Triple Pundit	10343		15.42%	San Francisco Chronicle
11	Tax Prof	9649		14.38%	Boston Globe
12	Gongol	7697		11.47%	Sacramento Bee
13	Baseline Scenario	6789		10.12%	San Jose Mercury-News
14	Carpe Diem	6770		10.09%	San Jose Mercury-News
15	Half Sigma	5850		8.72%	Seattle Times
16	Carl Futia	4948		7.38%	Boston Herald
17	Angry Economist	4633		6.91%	Investors Business Daily
18	Overcoming Bias	4339		6.47%	Memphis Commercial Appeal
19	Tim Worstall	3972		5.92%	Des Moines Register
20	Economic Perspectives from Kansas City	3631		5.41%	Grand Rapids Press
21	Angry Bear	3239		4.83%	Tulsa World
22	Coyote Blog	3161		4.71%	Syracuse Post-Standard
23	Financial Armageddon	3148		4.69%	Syracuse Post-Standard
24	QandO	3012		4.49%	Albuquerque Journal
25	Ekonomi Turk (Turkish)	2964		4.42%	Los Angeles La Opinion
26	EconBrowser	2170		3.23%	Flint Journal
27	Visualizing Economics	1960		2.92%	Portland Press Herald
28	Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance	1925		2.87%	Portland Press Herald
29	Economic Populist	1909		2.85%	Augusta Chronicle
30	Economic Edge	1861		2.77%	Peoria Journal Star
31	Atanu Dey	1535		2.29%	Pensacola News Journal
32	Calafia Beach Pundit	1503		2.24%	Manchester Union Leader
33	Trader's Narrative	1500		2.24%	Manchester Union Leader
34	Fistful of Euros	1478		2.20%	Fargo Forum
35	Wages of Wins	1385		2.06%	Kalamazoo Gazette
36	Random Roger's Big Picture	1297		1.93%	Lowell Sun
37	John Lott	1287		1.92%	Billings Gazette
38	Environmental Economics (Haab and Whitehead)	1215		1.81%	Palm Springs Desert Sun
39	Political Calculations	1164		1.74%	Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
40	Roth and Co.	1131		1.69%	Chicago Southtown Star
41	Bonddad Blog	1108		1.65%	Saginaw News
42	Antitrust and Competition Policy	1096		1.63%	Charlotte County Sun
43	The Conglomerate	1069		1.59%	Waco Tribune-Herald
44	Fat Pitch Financials	937		1.40%	La Crosse Tribune
45	Newmark's Door	822		1.23%	Racine Journal Times
46	Willisms	805		1.20%	Chico Enterprise-Record
47	Art Diamond	737		1.10%	Fort Collins Coloradoan
48	Dash of Insight	709		1.06%	Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
49	Economicrot	663		0.99%	Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
50	Market Solution (Serbian)	653		0.97%	Bowling Green Daily News
51	Entrepreneurial Mind	571		0.85%	Burlington Hawk Eye
52	Economista Serial Cronico	507		0.76%	Attleboro Sun Chronicle
53	Tintero Economico Diario (Spanish)	495		0.74%	Fort Dodge Messenger
54	Taking Hayek Seriously	468		0.70%	Fort Dodge Messenger
55	Ajay Shah	441		0.66%	Orangeburg Times and Democrat
56	True Economics	408		0.61%	Chillicothe Gazette
57	Environmental and Urban Economics	408		0.61%	Chillicothe Gazette
58	New Economist	399		0.59%	Chillicothe Gazette
59	Financial Rounds	397		0.59%	Chillicothe Gazette
60	Billboardom	384		0.57%	Chillicothe Gazette
61	Distributed Republic	382		0.57%	Chillicothe Gazette
62	IPE at UNC	374		0.56%	Chillicothe Gazette
63	Paper Economy	342		0.51%	Marietta Times
64	Aguanomics	332		0.49%	Marietta Times
65	Economics Junkie	315		0.47%	Marietta Times
66	Econospeak	306		0.46%	Marietta Times
67	Justin Wehr	302		0.45%	Marietta Times
68	Illusion of Prosperity	289		0.43%	Gettysburg Times
69	Long or Short Capital	281		0.42%	Gettysburg Times
70	Emirates Economist	272		0.41%	Gettysburg Times
71	Economic Disconnect	261		0.39%	Lake City Reporter
72	Accrued Interest	260		0.39%	Lake City Reporter
73	Market Urbanism	250		0.37%	Emporia Gazette
74	Mess that Greenspan Made	248		0.37%	Emporia Gazette
75	EclectEcon	242		0.36%	Emporia Gazette
76	Adam Smith's Lost Legacy	223		0.33%	Emporia Gazette
77	Bayesian Heresy	210		0.31%	Emporia Gazette
78	Blogo Existo (Portuguese)	195		0.29%	Emporia Gazette
79	Market Power	190		0.28%	Chippewa Falls Herald
80	Trade and Me (Spanish)	188		0.28%	Chippewa Falls Herald
81	When Giants Fall	179		0.27%	Tulare Advance-Register
82	Supply and Demand (In That Order)	176		0.26%	Tulare Advance-Register
83	Global Economy Matters	172		0.26%	Tulare Advance-Register
84	Alpha Sources	167		0.25%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
85	The Visible Hand in Economics	163		0.24%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
86	Businomics	162		0.24%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
87	Oregon Economics	158		0.24%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
88	Globalisation and the Environment	142		0.21%	Port Clinton News Herald
89	Egoist	140		0.21%	Port Clinton News Herald
90	Asymmetrical Information	140		0.21%	Port Clinton News Herald
91	Buyer Behaviour	133		0.20%	Port Clinton News Herald
92	Mad Money Machine	132		0.20%	Port Clinton News Herald
93	N. Emrah Aydinonat	115		0.17%	Barstow Desert Dispatch
94	Truck and Barter	114		0.17%	Barstow Desert Dispatch
95	Capital Spectator	114		0.17%	Barstow Desert Dispatch
96	Knowing and Making	112		0.17%	Barstow Desert Dispatch
97	VoluntaryXchange	110		0.16%	Oklahoma City Journal Record
98	Cold Spring Shops	98		0.15%	Dedham Daily News Transcript
99	Italian Economy Watch	83		0.12%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
100	Trade Diversion	67		0.10%	Jefferson City News Tribune
101	Management R&D	64		0.10%	Jefferson City News Tribune
102	Business of America is Business	62		0.09%	Jefferson City News Tribune
103	MV=PQ	59		0.09%	Jefferson City News Tribune
104	John Barrdear	56		0.08%	Jefferson City News Tribune
105	Moonballs from Planet Earth	48		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
106	Development Bank Research Bulletin	43		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
107	Heavy Lifting	42		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
108	Common Tragedies	41		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
109	Labour and Capital	41		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
110	Blue Matter	38		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
111	Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development	37		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
112	Economic Dreams, Economic Nightmares	36		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
113	L'Estable	36		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
114	Blog of Diminishing Returns	34		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
115	Beyond Economics	34		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
116	Ecological Economics	32		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
117	EconWeekly	29		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
118	Good News Economist	28		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
119	Vox Baby	27		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
120	Oikos	26		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
121	Window Manager	23		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
122	SCSU Scholars	22		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
123	Sybil's Star	21		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
124	Deflationite	21		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
125	Age of Abundance	16		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
126	Three Chemists and a Bean-Counter	15		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
127	Accidental Verbosity	14		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
128	Libertarianism from A to Z	13		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
129	Urban Economics and More	12		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
130	Futronomics	11		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
131	Latin America and Brazil	9		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
132	Willem Buiter	9		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
133	Labor Blog	8		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
134	European Tribune	4		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
135	Liberal Capitalist Party	4		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
136	Escape from Cubicle Nation	3		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
137	MacroMouse	3		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
138	Carnival of the Capitalists	3		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
139	General Glut	2		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
140	Anecdotal Economics	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
141	Card-Carrying Member	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
142	Research Design and Statistics	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
143	Bearwatch	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
144	World Economic Forum Weblog	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
145	Drezner	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers

Traffic ratings from June 13, 2011 - by average daily visits

Rank	Site	Visits	Change	Visit Ratio	...making this the ___ of business/econ websites:
1	Big Picture	51504		100.00%	USA Today
2	Michael Shedlock	38462		74.68%	New York Times
3	Calculated Risk	36918		71.68%	New York Times
4	Marginal Revolution	28716		55.75%	New York Times
5	Naked Capitalism	28167		54.69%	New York Times
6	Economist's View	10285		19.97%	Houston Chronicle
7	Gregory Mankiw	9043		17.56%	Long Island Newsday
8	Tax Prof	7396		14.36%	Boston Globe
9	VoxEU	6641		12.89%	Portland Oregonian
10	Gonzalo Lira	6186		12.01%	Atlanta Journal-Constitution
11	Triple Pundit	5586		10.85%	Indianapolis Star
12	Baseline Scenario	4920		9.55%	Baltimore Sun
13	Carpe Diem	4805		9.33%	Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
14	Carl Futia	3411		6.62%	Austin American-Statesman
15	Half Sigma	3291		6.39%	Greensburg Tribune-Review
16	Overcoming Bias	2812		5.46%	Grand Rapids Press
17	Financial Armageddon	2587		5.02%	Toledo Blade
18	Gongol	2585		5.02%	Toledo Blade
19	Tim Worstall	2104		4.09%	Oakland Tribune
20	Economic Perspectives from Kansas City	2063		4.01%	Harrisburg Patriot-News
21	QandO	2063		4.01%	Harrisburg Patriot-News
22	Coyote Blog	1974		3.83%	Spokane Spokesman-Review
23	Angry Bear	1910		3.71%	Sarasota Herald-Tribune
24	EconBrowser	1619		3.14%	Santa Rosa Press Democrat
25	Ekonomi Turk (Turkish)	1585		3.08%	Fairfield County Post
26	Economic Populist	1244		2.42%	Stockton Record
27	Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance	1198		2.33%	Trenton Times
28	Economic Edge	1181		2.29%	Pensacola News Journal
29	Visualizing Economics	1107		2.15%	Quincy Patriot Ledger
30	Calafia Beach Pundit	1086		2.11%	Cape Cod Times
31	John Lott	1005		1.95%	Salem Statesman Journal
32	Angry Economist	1000		1.94%	Sioux Falls Argus Leader
33	Fistful of Euros	921		1.79%	Palm Springs Desert Sun
34	Wages of Wins	906		1.76%	Delaware County Daily Times
35	Atanu Dey	887		1.72%	Beaver County Times
36	Bonddad Blog	878		1.70%	Utica Observer-Dispatch
37	Becker-Posner	829		1.61%	Waco Tribune-Herald
38	Environmental Economics (Haab and Whitehead)	805		1.56%	Waco Tribune-Herald
39	Political Calculations	802		1.56%	Waco Tribune-Herald
40	Random Roger's Big Picture	788		1.53%	Tyler Morning Telegraph
41	Trader's Narrative	773		1.50%	Tyler Morning Telegraph
42	Roth and Co.	724		1.41%	Lynchburg News & Advance
43	Fat Pitch Financials	719		1.40%	La Crosse Tribune
44	Antitrust and Competition Policy	666		1.29%	Muncie Star/Press
45	The Conglomerate	661		1.28%	New Bedford Standard-Times
46	Willisms	569		1.10%	Fort Collins Coloradoan
47	Art Diamond	548		1.06%	Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
48	Newmark's Door	527		1.02%	Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
49	Economicrot	496		0.96%	Bowling Green Daily News
50	Dash of Insight	490		0.95%	Bowling Green Daily News
51	Entrepreneurial Mind	480		0.93%	Bowling Green Daily News
52	Market Solution (Serbian)	440		0.85%	Burlington Hawk Eye
53	Sports Economist	392		0.76%	Attleboro Sun Chronicle
54	Economista Serial Cronico	354		0.69%	Orangeburg Times and Democrat
55	Virginia Postrel	354		0.69%	Orangeburg Times and Democrat
56	Tintero Economico Diario (Spanish)	324		0.63%	Chillicothe Gazette
57	True Economics	321		0.62%	Chillicothe Gazette
58	Environmental and Urban Economics	297		0.58%	Chillicothe Gazette
59	Ajay Shah	296		0.57%	Chillicothe Gazette
60	IPE at UNC	296		0.57%	Chillicothe Gazette
61	Financial Rounds	275		0.53%	Marietta Times
62	Taking Hayek Seriously	273		0.53%	Marietta Times
63	New Economist	268		0.52%	Marietta Times
64	Paper Economy	268		0.52%	Marietta Times
65	Distributed Republic	259		0.50%	Marietta Times
66	Econospeak	229		0.44%	Gettysburg Times
67	Accrued Interest	227		0.44%	Gettysburg Times
68	Billboardom	225		0.44%	Gettysburg Times
69	Aguanomics	224		0.43%	Gettysburg Times
70	Economics Junkie	220		0.43%	Gettysburg Times
71	Illusion of Prosperity	216		0.42%	Gettysburg Times
72	Emirates Economist	198		0.38%	Lake City Reporter
73	Justin Wehr	195		0.38%	Lake City Reporter
74	Economic Disconnect	189		0.37%	Emporia Gazette
75	Mess that Greenspan Made	189		0.37%	Emporia Gazette
76	Market Urbanism	173		0.34%	Emporia Gazette
77	EclectEcon	173		0.34%	Emporia Gazette
78	Blogo Existo (Portuguese)	164		0.32%	Emporia Gazette
79	Long or Short Capital	161		0.31%	Emporia Gazette
80	Adam Smith's Lost Legacy	157		0.30%	Emporia Gazette
81	Market Power	147		0.29%	Emporia Gazette
82	Trade and Me (Spanish)	141		0.27%	Tulare Advance-Register
83	The Visible Hand in Economics	133		0.26%	Tulare Advance-Register
84	Global Economy Matters	124		0.24%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
85	Businomics	116		0.23%	Hudson Register-Star
86	Oregon Economics	116		0.23%	Hudson Register-Star
87	Supply and Demand (In That Order)	111		0.22%	Port Clinton News Herald
88	Bayesian Heresy	107		0.21%	Port Clinton News Herald
89	Sustainability in Hawaii	107		0.21%	Port Clinton News Herald
90	When Giants Fall	106		0.21%	Port Clinton News Herald
91	Globalisation and the Environment	104		0.20%	Port Clinton News Herald
92	Egoist	103		0.20%	Port Clinton News Herald
93	Capital Spectator	103		0.20%	Port Clinton News Herald
94	Alpha Sources	102		0.20%	Port Clinton News Herald
95	Buyer Behaviour	97		0.19%	Baraboo News Republic
96	Knowing and Making	91		0.18%	Orange Leader
97	VoluntaryXchange	88		0.17%	Barstow Desert Dispatch
98	Mad Money Machine	81		0.16%	Oklahoma City Journal Record
99	Truck and Barter	76		0.15%	Dedham Daily News Transcript
100	Asymmetrical Information	71		0.14%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
101	N. Emrah Aydinonat	65		0.13%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
102	Cold Spring Shops	64		0.12%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
103	Italian Economy Watch	60		0.12%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
104	Trade Diversion	49		0.10%	Jefferson City News Tribune
105	Management R&D	46		0.09%	Jefferson City News Tribune
106	John Barrdear	44		0.09%	Jefferson City News Tribune
107	MV=PQ	37		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
108	Undergraduate Economist	37		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
109	Heavy Lifting	35		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
110	Moonballs from Planet Earth	34		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
111	Development Bank Research Bulletin	34		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
112	Common Tragedies	34		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
113	Blue Matter	32		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
114	Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development	31		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
115	Labour and Capital	30		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
116	Economic Dreams, Economic Nightmares	29		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
117	L'Estable	29		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
118	Ecological Economics	29		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
119	Blog of Diminishing Returns	27		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
120	Business of America is Business	24		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
121	Beyond Economics	21		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
122	Window Manager	21		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
123	EconWeekly	20		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
124	Oikos	20		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
125	Vox Baby	19		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
126	Good News Economist	18		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
127	Sybil's Star	18		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
128	Deflationite	18		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
129	SCSU Scholars	13		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
130	Accidental Verbosity	12		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
131	Libertarianism from A to Z	11		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
132	Urban Economics and More	10		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
133	Age of Abundance	9		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
134	Futronomics	9		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
135	Three Chemists and a Bean-Counter	8		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
136	Latin America and Brazil	8		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
137	Labor Blog	8		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
138	Willem Buiter	7		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
139	European Tribune	3		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
140	Liberal Capitalist Party	3		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
141	Carnival of the Capitalists	3		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
142	Escape from Cubicle Nation	2		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
143	MacroMouse	2		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
144	General Glut	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
145	Anecdotal Economics	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
146	Card-Carrying Member	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
147	Research Design and Statistics	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
148	Bearwatch	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):