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Traffic Rankings for Business and Economics Websites
Brian Gongol

Next update: On or about June 3, 2013. The most recent ratings are always found at EconDirectory.com.

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The data here are generally from March 1 to March 31, 2012, as collected on April 18, 2012

Traffic ratings from April 18, 2012 - by average daily pageviews

Rank	Site	Page Views	Change	Pageview Ratio	...making this the ___ of business/econ websites:
1	Big Picture	58692		100.00%	USA Today
2	Michael Shedlock	55270		94.17%	Wall Street Journal
3	Naked Capitalism	48140		82.02%	New York Times
4	Marginal Revolution	38205		65.09%	New York Times
5	Economist's View	19100		32.54%	Los Angeles Times
6	Gregory Mankiw	19053		32.46%	Los Angeles Times
7	VoxEU	17722		30.19%	New York Daily News
8	Triple Pundit	12176		20.75%	Houston Chronicle
9	Half Sigma	9143		15.58%	San Francisco Chronicle
10	Tax Prof	8809		15.01%	San Francisco Chronicle
11	Carpe Diem	8427		14.36%	Boston Globe
12	Gongol	7407		12.62%	Portland Oregonian
13	Coyote Blog	3883		6.62%	Austin American-Statesman
14	Tim Worstall	3624		6.17%	Fresno Bee
15	Overcoming Bias	3485		5.94%	Des Moines Register
16	Angry Bear	3474		5.92%	Des Moines Register
17	Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance	3354		5.71%	Los Angeles Daily News
18	Gonzalo Lira	3331		5.68%	Los Angeles Daily News
19	Angry Economist	3275		5.58%	Jacksonville Times-Union
20	QandO	2621		4.47%	Albuquerque Journal
21	Economic Perspectives from Kansas City	2609		4.45%	Allentown Morning Call
22	Financial Armageddon	2592		4.42%	Los Angeles La Opinion
23	Atanu Dey	2465		4.20%	The State (Columbia)
24	Ekonomi Turk (Turkish)	2453		4.18%	The State (Columbia)
25	Carl Futia	2417		4.12%	Tucson Daily Star
26	Political Calculations	2379		4.05%	Oakland Tribune
27	Economic Populist	2038		3.47%	Worcester Telegram & Gazette
28	Visualizing Economics	1794		3.06%	New Haven Register
29	Stephen Bainbridge	1785		3.04%	El Paso Times
30	EconBrowser	1757		2.99%	Fort Myers News-Press
31	Roth and Co.	1602		2.73%	Canton Repository
32	John Lott	1598		2.72%	Canton Repository
33	Calafia Beach Pundit	1578		2.69%	Ogden Standard-Examiner
34	Bonddad Blog	1469		2.50%	Cedar Rapids Gazette
35	Environmental Economics (Haab and Whitehead)	1397		2.38%	Rockford Register Star
36	Dash of Insight	1155		1.97%	Ann Arbor News
37	The Conglomerate	1109		1.89%	Beaumont Enterprise
38	Tintero Economico Diario (Spanish)	920		1.57%	Waco Tribune-Herald
39	Fat Pitch Financials	906		1.54%	Waco Tribune-Herald
40	Random Roger's Big Picture	859		1.46%	Victoria Advocate
41	Newmark's Door	859		1.46%	Victoria Advocate
42	Art Diamond	849		1.45%	Victoria Advocate
43	Antitrust and Competition Policy	781		1.33%	Great Falls Tribune
44	True Economics	758		1.29%	Muncie Star/Press
45	Willisms	712		1.21%	Chico Enterprise-Record
46	Economic Disconnect	710		1.21%	Chico Enterprise-Record
47	Market Solution (Serbian)	700		1.19%	Danbury News-Times
48	Oregon Economics	667		1.14%	Fort Collins Coloradoan
49	Economic Edge	648		1.10%	Fort Collins Coloradoan
50	Aguanomics	609		1.04%	Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
51	Distributed Republic	577		0.98%	Bowling Green Daily News
52	Adam Smith's Lost Legacy	562		0.96%	Bowling Green Daily News
53	Ajay Shah	533		0.91%	Bowling Green Daily News
54	Econospeak	513		0.87%	Burlington Hawk Eye
55	Justin Wehr	474		0.81%	Attleboro Sun Chronicle
56	Trader's Narrative	461		0.79%	Attleboro Sun Chronicle
57	Economics Junkie	434		0.74%	Fort Dodge Messenger
58	New Economist	404		0.69%	Orangeburg Times and Democrat
59	Economista Serial Cronico	395		0.67%	Orangeburg Times and Democrat
60	Market Power	360		0.61%	Chillicothe Gazette
61	EclectEcon	346		0.59%	Chillicothe Gazette
62	Taking Hayek Seriously	344		0.59%	Chillicothe Gazette
63	Illusion of Prosperity	338		0.58%	Chillicothe Gazette
64	Long or Short Capital	310		0.53%	Marietta Times
65	Environmental and Urban Economics	278		0.47%	Marietta Times
66	Market Urbanism	267		0.45%	Marietta Times
67	Paper Economy	252		0.43%	Gettysburg Times
68	Accrued Interest	251		0.43%	Gettysburg Times
69	Bayesian Heresy	248		0.42%	Gettysburg Times
70	Blogo Existo (Portuguese)	242		0.41%	Gettysburg Times
71	Supply and Demand (In That Order)	224		0.38%	Lake City Reporter
72	Financial Rounds	223		0.38%	Lake City Reporter
73	Businomics	220		0.37%	Emporia Gazette
74	N. Emrah Aydinonat	210		0.36%	Emporia Gazette
75	Billboardom	198		0.34%	Emporia Gazette
76	Mess that Greenspan Made	181		0.31%	Emporia Gazette
77	Truck and Barter	170		0.29%	Emporia Gazette
78	Global Economy Matters	167		0.28%	Chippewa Falls Herald
79	Mad Money Machine	167		0.28%	Chippewa Falls Herald
80	Globalisation and the Environment	151		0.26%	Tulare Advance-Register
81	VoluntaryXchange	149		0.25%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
82	Cold Spring Shops	149		0.25%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
83	Moonballs from Planet Earth	147		0.25%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
84	Trade and Me (Spanish)	139		0.24%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
85	Buyer Behaviour	139		0.24%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
86	Capital Spectator	138		0.24%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
87	IPE at UNC	130		0.22%	Port Clinton News Herald
88	Asymmetrical Information	128		0.22%	Port Clinton News Herald
89	Emirates Economist	127		0.22%	Port Clinton News Herald
90	Alpha Sources	127		0.22%	Port Clinton News Herald
91	Italian Economy Watch	124		0.21%	Port Clinton News Herald
92	Egoist	118		0.20%	Port Clinton News Herald
93	Management R&D	98		0.17%	Barstow Desert Dispatch
94	The Visible Hand in Economics	91		0.16%	Oklahoma City Journal Record
95	Trade Diversion	76		0.13%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
96	Economicrot	74		0.13%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
97	Knowing and Making	72		0.12%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
98	Business of America is Business	69		0.12%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
99	Heavy Lifting	68		0.12%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
100	Blue Matter	65		0.11%	Medina Journal-Register
101	John Barrdear	62		0.11%	Medina Journal-Register
102	MV=PQ	61		0.10%	Jefferson City News Tribune
103	When Giants Fall	52		0.09%	Jefferson City News Tribune
104	Common Tragedies	51		0.09%	Jefferson City News Tribune
105	Beyond Economics	51		0.09%	Jefferson City News Tribune
106	Blog of Diminishing Returns	46		0.08%	Jefferson City News Tribune
107	Sybil's Star	46		0.08%	Jefferson City News Tribune
108	EconWeekly	46		0.08%	Jefferson City News Tribune
109	Labour and Capital	45		0.08%	Jefferson City News Tribune
110	Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development	33		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
111	Deflationite	32		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
112	L'Estable	31		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
113	Ecological Economics	30		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
114	Economic Dreams, Economic Nightmares	25		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
115	Accidental Verbosity	20		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
116	Labor Blog	20		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
117	Vox Baby	19		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
118	Development Bank Research Bulletin	18		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
119	SCSU Scholars	17		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
120	Oikos	15		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
121	Good News Economist	14		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
122	Age of Abundance	14		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
123	Libertarianism from A to Z	11		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
124	Latin America and Brazil	10		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
125	Three Chemists and a Bean-Counter	10		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
126	General Glut	10		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
127	Liberal Capitalist Party	8		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
128	Urban Economics and More	7		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
129	Willem Buiter	7		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
130	Futronomics	6		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
131	MacroMouse	6		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
132	Carnival of the Capitalists	4		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
133	Window Manager	4		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
134	Escape from Cubicle Nation	3		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
135	Fistful of Euros	2		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
136	European Tribune	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
137	Card-Carrying Member	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
138	Trader Mike	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
139	Research Design and Statistics	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
140	ArgMax	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
141	Baseline Scenario	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
142	Market Ticker	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
143	Wages of Wins	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
144	Anecdotal Economics	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
145	Environmental Valuation and Cost-Benefit News	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
146	Bearwatch	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
147	World Economic Forum Weblog	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
148	Chicago Boyz	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
149	Economics, Markets, and Probabilities	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
150	Drezner	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
151	Winter Watch	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
152	Jacqueline Passey	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
153	Andrew Leigh	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
154	Core Economics	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
155	Indian Economy	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
156	Different River	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
157	Truth on the Market	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
158	Hypothetical Bias	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
159	Ashish's Niti	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
160	Statistical Modeling	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers

Traffic ratings from April 18, 2012 - by average daily visits

Rank	Site	Visits	Change	Visit Ratio	...making this the ___ of business/econ websites:
1	Big Picture	46727		100.00%	USA Today
2	Michael Shedlock	42355		90.64%	Wall Street Journal
3	Naked Capitalism	29202		62.49%	New York Times
4	Marginal Revolution	28393		60.76%	New York Times
5	Economist's View	12699		27.18%	Washington Post
6	VoxEU	10146		21.71%	Houston Chronicle
7	Triple Pundit	8699		18.62%	Long Island Newsday
8	Gregory Mankiw	8598		18.40%	Long Island Newsday
9	Tax Prof	6676		14.29%	Boston Globe
10	Carpe Diem	6016		12.87%	Portland Oregonian
11	Half Sigma	5343		11.43%	Sacramento Bee
12	Gongol	3057		6.54%	Nashville Tennessean
13	Coyote Blog	2308		4.94%	Knoxville News Sentinel
14	Angry Bear	2265		4.85%	Akron Beacon Journal
15	Overcoming Bias	2261		4.84%	Tulsa World
16	Financial Armageddon	2092		4.48%	Albuquerque Journal
17	Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance	2064		4.42%	Los Angeles La Opinion
18	Carl Futia	1982		4.24%	Madison State Journal
19	Tim Worstall	1966		4.21%	Colorado Springs Gazette
20	Gonzalo Lira	1810		3.87%	Spokane Spokesman-Review
21	Ekonomi Turk (Turkish)	1764		3.78%	North County Times
22	Political Calculations	1616		3.46%	Wichita Eagle
23	QandO	1608		3.44%	Long Beach Press-Telegram
24	Economic Populist	1543		3.30%	Greenville News
25	Economic Perspectives from Kansas City	1464		3.13%	Salt Lake City Deseret Morning News
26	Stephen Bainbridge	1365		2.92%	Portland Press Herald
27	Atanu Dey	1330		2.85%	Augusta Chronicle
28	EconBrowser	1252		2.68%	Ogden Standard-Examiner
29	Calafia Beach Pundit	1219		2.61%	Merrillville Post-Tribune
30	John Lott	1125		2.41%	Rockford Register Star
31	Bonddad Blog	1120		2.40%	Rockford Register Star
32	Roth and Co.	1059		2.27%	San Bernardino Sun
33	Visualizing Economics	1037		2.22%	Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
34	Environmental Economics (Haab and Whitehead)	932		1.99%	Bloomington-Normal Pantagraph
35	Dash of Insight	910		1.95%	Salem Statesman Journal
36	Angry Economist	837		1.79%	Palm Springs Desert Sun
37	Becker-Posner	792		1.69%	Chicago Southtown Star
38	Fat Pitch Financials	765		1.64%	San Gabriel Valley Tribune
39	The Conglomerate	743		1.59%	Waco Tribune-Herald
40	True Economics	593		1.27%	Racine Journal Times
41	Tintero Economico Diario (Spanish)	580		1.24%	Racine Journal Times
42	Art Diamond	561		1.20%	Chico Enterprise-Record
43	Random Roger's Big Picture	521		1.11%	Fort Collins Coloradoan
44	Newmark's Door	520		1.11%	Fort Collins Coloradoan
45	Economic Disconnect	482		1.03%	Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
46	Antitrust and Competition Policy	454		0.97%	Bowling Green Daily News
47	Oregon Economics	453		0.97%	Bowling Green Daily News
48	Market Solution (Serbian)	447		0.96%	Bowling Green Daily News
49	Willisms	443		0.95%	Bowling Green Daily News
50	Econospeak	411		0.88%	Eureka Times-Standard
51	Adam Smith's Lost Legacy	389		0.83%	Burlington Hawk Eye
52	Distributed Republic	380		0.81%	Attleboro Sun Chronicle
53	Economic Edge	377		0.81%	Attleboro Sun Chronicle
54	Aguanomics	375		0.80%	Attleboro Sun Chronicle
55	Ajay Shah	355		0.76%	Attleboro Sun Chronicle
56	Sports Economist	354		0.76%	Attleboro Sun Chronicle
57	Virginia Postrel	312		0.67%	Orangeburg Times and Democrat
58	New Economist	306		0.65%	Orangeburg Times and Democrat
59	Economics Junkie	299		0.64%	Chillicothe Gazette
60	Economista Serial Cronico	297		0.64%	Chillicothe Gazette
61	Justin Wehr	289		0.62%	Chillicothe Gazette
62	Trader's Narrative	285		0.61%	Chillicothe Gazette
63	EclectEcon	258		0.55%	Chillicothe Gazette
64	Market Power	249		0.53%	Marietta Times
65	Illusion of Prosperity	233		0.50%	Marietta Times
66	Accrued Interest	221		0.47%	Marietta Times
67	Environmental and Urban Economics	191		0.41%	Gettysburg Times
68	Taking Hayek Seriously	176		0.38%	Lake City Reporter
69	Paper Economy	176		0.38%	Lake City Reporter
70	Market Urbanism	170		0.36%	Emporia Gazette
71	Financial Rounds	166		0.36%	Emporia Gazette
72	Businomics	166		0.36%	Emporia Gazette
73	Blogo Existo (Portuguese)	163		0.35%	Emporia Gazette
74	Long or Short Capital	157		0.34%	Emporia Gazette
75	Bayesian Heresy	143		0.31%	Emporia Gazette
76	Supply and Demand (In That Order)	123		0.26%	Tulare Advance-Register
77	Capital Spectator	118		0.25%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
78	Mess that Greenspan Made	117		0.25%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
79	Global Economy Matters	114		0.24%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
80	VoluntaryXchange	114		0.24%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
81	Billboardom	112		0.24%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
82	N. Emrah Aydinonat	111		0.24%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
83	Globalisation and the Environment	111		0.24%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
84	Sustainability in Hawaii	105		0.22%	Port Clinton News Herald
85	Truck and Barter	104		0.22%	Port Clinton News Herald
86	Buyer Behaviour	102		0.22%	Port Clinton News Herald
87	Moonballs from Planet Earth	91		0.19%	Baraboo News Republic
88	Trade and Me (Spanish)	91		0.19%	Baraboo News Republic
89	IPE at UNC	91		0.19%	Baraboo News Republic
90	Mad Money Machine	90		0.19%	Baraboo News Republic
91	Alpha Sources	90		0.19%	Baraboo News Republic
92	Asymmetrical Information	89		0.19%	Baraboo News Republic
93	Cold Spring Shops	88		0.19%	Baraboo News Republic
94	Emirates Economist	88		0.19%	Baraboo News Republic
95	The Visible Hand in Economics	82		0.18%	Orange Leader
96	Italian Economy Watch	80		0.17%	Barstow Desert Dispatch
97	Egoist	74		0.16%	Oklahoma City Journal Record
98	Management R&D	71		0.15%	Dedham Daily News Transcript
99	Knowing and Making	62		0.13%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
100	Economicrot	59		0.13%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
101	Undergraduate Economist	54		0.12%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
102	Heavy Lifting	51		0.11%	Medina Journal-Register
103	John Barrdear	49		0.10%	Jefferson City News Tribune
104	Trade Diversion	48		0.10%	Jefferson City News Tribune
105	Blue Matter	46		0.10%	Jefferson City News Tribune
106	MV=PQ	40		0.09%	Jefferson City News Tribune
107	When Giants Fall	40		0.09%	Jefferson City News Tribune
108	Common Tragedies	36		0.08%	Jefferson City News Tribune
109	Sybil's Star	36		0.08%	Jefferson City News Tribune
110	Blog of Diminishing Returns	33		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
111	EconWeekly	33		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
112	Business of America is Business	32		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
113	Beyond Economics	32		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
114	Labour and Capital	30		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
115	Deflationite	29		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
116	Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development	28		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
117	L'Estable	25		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
118	Ecological Economics	24		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
119	Economic Dreams, Economic Nightmares	21		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
120	Accidental Verbosity	16		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
121	Vox Baby	16		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
122	Labor Blog	15		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
123	Development Bank Research Bulletin	15		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
124	SCSU Scholars	15		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
125	Oikos	13		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
126	Good News Economist	13		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
127	Age of Abundance	10		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
128	Libertarianism from A to Z	10		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
129	Latin America and Brazil	8		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
130	Urban Economics and More	7		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
131	Three Chemists and a Bean-Counter	5		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
132	Willem Buiter	5		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
133	Futronomics	5		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
134	Carnival of the Capitalists	4		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
135	General Glut	3		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
136	Liberal Capitalist Party	3		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
137	MacroMouse	3		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
138	Window Manager	3		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
139	Escape from Cubicle Nation	3		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
140	Fistful of Euros	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
141	European Tribune	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
142	Card-Carrying Member	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
143	Research Design and Statistics	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
144	Trader Mike	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
145	ArgMax	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
146	Baseline Scenario	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
147	Market Ticker	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
148	Wages of Wins	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
149	Anecdotal Economics	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
150	Environmental Valuation and Cost-Benefit News	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
151	Bearwatch	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
152	World Economic Forum Weblog	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
153	Chicago Boyz	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
154	Economics, Markets, and Probabilities	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
155	Drezner	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
156	Winter Watch	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
157	Jacqueline Passey	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
158	Andrew Leigh	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
159	Core Economics	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
160	Indian Economy	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
161	Different River	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
162	Truth on the Market	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
163	Hypothetical Bias	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
164	Ashish's Niti	0		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
165	Statistical Modeling	0		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):