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    • 21 apr 2010
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The Most Popular Content Online 2020 (1° part)

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Stranger Things stars Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, and Noah Schnapp answer the internet’s most searched questions about themselves and Stranger Things. Does Millie Bobby Brown dance? What’s Finn Wolfhard’s band called? Is Noah Schnapp perfect? Is Stranger Things 3 the last season?? The cast answers all these questions and more! Stranger Things season 3 is streaming now on Netflix




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Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield helps debunk (and confirm!) some common myths about space. ONE STRANGE ROCK airs Mondays at 10/9c on National Geographic.






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‘Life’ stars Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal waste some time with WIRED and answer the Internet’s most searched questions about themselves.




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Mike Seymour goes behind the visual effects in Central Intelligence used to de-age The Rock and Kevin Hart into high school, teenaged versions of themselves. Weta digital puts the The Rock’s face onto Vine star Sione’s body for an amazing locker room shower dance scene you won’t want to miss.




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Gadgets

WIRED’s Robbie Gonzalez learned to solve a Rubik’s cube from Tyson Mao, one of the co-founders of the World Cube Association. In two weeks, Robbie got his solve time down from 45 minutes with Tyson, to 20 minutes on his own, to under a minute on average. Learn his 8-step method here.




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WARNING: This video contains graphic gameplay footage. Ed Boon, co-creator of the Mortal Kombat series and Director of Mortal Kombat 11, explains the backstories of each and every character in Mortal Kombat 11. Mortal Kombat 11 is now available for PS4, PS4 Pro, Xbox One, Xbox One X, Nintendo Switch and PC.




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Culture

Ken Jeong uses the power of Twitter to answer even more common medical questions. Will you get the flu from a flu shot? Can stress make you sick? What IS E. Coli? Ken’s comedy special, “You Complete Me, Ho” is streaming on NETFLIX now.




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Stranger Things stars Gaten Matarazzo and Joe Keery take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the Internet’s most searched questions about Stranger Things and themselves. Joe and Gaten answer hard-hitting questions like, “Is Gaten Matarazzo now?” and “Is Joe Keery legit?”




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Technology

Explore the tech moments that redefine what’s possible with Designer Thomas Meyerhoffer, from the birth of the Internet to tomorrow’s cutting-edge innovations.




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Former FBI agent and body language expert Joe Navarro breaks down the various ways we communicate non-verbally. What does it mean when we fold our arms? Why do we interlace our fingers? Can a poker player actually hide their body language?




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‘Miracle Workers’ star Daniel Radcliffe takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the internet’s most searched questions about himself. Does Daniel Radcliffe have tattoos? Which Harry Potter movie is his favorite? Where did Daniel meet his girlfriend? Is Daniel on social media? Daniel Radcliffe answers all these questions and more!




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Sports

Pro skater Tony Hawk explains ground and vert skateboarding in 21 levels of difficulty. From the olllie to the 900 and the heelflip 720, watch how Tony demonstrates and breaks down everything that goes into these tricks.




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Science

What’s different about hygiene in space? Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino breaks down all the differences between using the bathroom, washing your hair, and brushing your teeth on Earth and in space. How do you take showers in space? Do you get a private bathroom on the International Space Station? Can you bring your own toothbrush into space? Mike Massimino is a former NASA astronaut, senior advisor for space programs at the Intrepid Museum, and professor at Columbia University.




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Spider-Man: Far From Home stars Tom Holland, Zendaya and Jacob Batalon answer the web’s most searched questions about Spider-Man and themselves. Is Spider-Man an Avenger? Does Tom Holland do his own stunts? What does Zendaya’s name mean? Does Jacob Batalon have a Twitter account? Spider-Man: Far From Home is in theaters everywhere July 2




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Ken Jeong uses the power of Twitter to answer some common medical questions.




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Riverdale stars Lili Reinhart, Cole Sprouse, Casey Cott, Vanessa Morgan, Madelaine Petsch, Skeet Ulrich, and Madchen Amick answer the internet’s most searched questions about Riverdale and themselves. Riverdale Season 3 premieres Oct. 10 on the CW




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Culture

Markiplier takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the internet’s most searched questions about himself. Why does Markiplier have a pink mustache? Why can’t Markiplier drink alcohol? Who drew his YouTube icon? Why did he need to have surgery? Mark answers all of these questions and more! Check out more of Mark at his YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/markiplier Cloak brand: http://www.cloakbrand.com




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Ricky Gervais answers the internet’s most searched questions about himself. How does Ricky Gervais pronounce his name? Is Ricky a US citizen? Why did Ricky Gervais roast Hollywood? Is he wealthy? Is he related to David Bowie? Ricky answers all these questions and much more! Season 2 of “Afterlife” is streaming now on Netflix




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Culture

Jonna Mendez, former CIA Chief of Disguise, takes a look at spy scenes from a variety of television shows and movies and breaks down how accurate they really are.




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Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield answers the internet’s most searched questions about himself. If you’re interested in learning more about Chris Hadfield his first book, New York Times bestseller ‘An Astronaut’s Guide To Life On Earth’ has been translated into 25 different languages. And if your children are interested, Chris’s second book, ‘The Darkest Dark,’ is a New York Times bestselling children’s book. His website is http://www.chrishadfield.ca




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Louis Tomlinson takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the internet’s most searched questions about himself. What is Louis Tomlinson’s phone number? What kind of dog does Louis Tomlinson have? Is Louis British? Who is Louis Tomlinson’s best friend? Where does he currently live? Louis answers all these questions and more!




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Technology

Gordon Ramsay uses the power of Twitter to answer some common cooking questions.




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David Dobrik takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the internet’s most searched questions about himself. Is David Dobrik from Slovakia? Does David own a Tesla? Who is David’s best friend? David answers all these questions and more! Snapchat: @DavidDobrik




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Culture

Niall Horan takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the internet’s most searched questions about himself. How did Niall Horan get famous? Is Niall Horan left-handed? Was Niall in One Direction? How can you get him to notice you on Twitter? Does he like Harry Potter? Niall answers all these questions and much more!




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Riverdale star KJ Apa takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the internet’s most searched questions about himself. Why doesn’t KJ Apa have an accent in Riverdale? Is KJ Apa perfect? Is he related to Camila Mendes? How does he cover his tattoos? What’s his real name? Is he friends with Cole Sprouse? KJ answers all these questions and much, much more! Watch KJ Apa in Riverdale on the CW!




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Culture

Avengers: Endgame stars Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Danai Gurira, Don Cheadle and Chris Hemsworth answer 50 of the most Googled questions about Marvel. What language do they speak in Black Panther? Who can pick up Thor’s hammer? Who is stronger than Thanos? Avengers: Endgame is in theaters everywhere April 26!




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“Passengers” stars Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt answer the Internet’s most searched questions about themselves.




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Don Swanson, a scientist with the United States Geological Survey, explains why researchers are so interested in a pool of water that’s formed in the crater of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano.




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‘A Quiet Place’ director and star John Krasinski takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the internet’s most searched questions about himself. Does John Krasinski play basketball? Is he married to Jenna Fischer? Can John Krasinski sing?




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Liza Koshy takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the internet’s most searched questions about herself. Did Liza Koshy get tattoos? Is Liza Koshy vegan? How does Liza do her eyebrows? Everything you ever wanted to know about Liza Koshy is answered right here! Maybe! You can catch Liza now in all eight episodes of her new original scripted comedy ‘Liza On Demand’ on YouTube Premium and as the host of ‘Double Dare’ on Nickelodeon!




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Gaming

Ubisoft’s Alexander Karpazis explains the backstories of each and every operator in Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege. Alex breaks down why Blitz is so intimidating, where did the idea for Clash came from, Maestro’s familiar look (Mario!), and the real-life inspiration for the aptly named Sledge.




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Dove Cameron takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the internet’s most searched questions about herself. Who does Dove Cameron look like? What’s she like in real life? Is she a twin? Dove answers all these questions and more! Dove Cameron stars in Disney Channel’s Descendants 3, available now on Disney Channel and on https://disneynow.com/ Her new singles “Bloodshot” and “Waste” are now streaming on all platforms: https://dovecameron.lnk.to/BloodshotWaste




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Technology

What’s different about sleeping in space? Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino breaks down all the differences between sleeping on Earth and sleeping in space. Is there a difference between sleeping upside down and sleeping right-side up? Do you get your own bedroom? What kind of alarm clock does an astronaut use? Mike Massimino is a former NASA astronaut, senior advisor for space programs at the Intrepid Museum, and professor at Columbia University.




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Science

Bill Nye uses the power of Twitter to once again answer common questions about science. When will teleportation happen? Will tardigrades take over the moon? How do planes work? What does a neutron do? If you took all the animals of the ocean, how much shallower would the water get? Bill answers all these questions, and more! Tardigrade image by Diane R. Nelson / East Tennessee State University




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“Mary Queen of Scots” stars Margot Robbie and Saoirse Ronan take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the internet’s most searched questions about themselves. Is Margot Robbie British? How do you pronounce Saoirse Ronan? Was Margot in a soap opera? Robbie and Saoirse answer all these questions and more! “Mary Queen of Scots” is in theaters on December 7




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Culture

Origami artist and physicist Robert J. Lang explains origami in 11 levels of difficulty. From a simple, traditional cicada to an extremely intricate one, watch how Robert J. Lang demonstrates and breaks down everything that goes into the art of origami.




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Technology

23-year-old musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier explains the concept of harmony to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a professional, and jazz legend Herbie Hancock.




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The internet has a dirty little secret that’s hiding in plain sight: People love to read. Looking back on 2019, that trend is only growing. The majority of the most-read WIRED stories this year were ambitious longreads.


Year in Review


They ranged across a wide array of topics—from inside accounts of tech companies in crisis to twisty crime tales to heartbreaking medical mysteries—but they shared some crucial traits: in-depth reporting and thinking, narrative punch, nerve-touching timeliness.

So herewith, our list of the most-read features of 2019. Admit it, you like to read. So dive in now before a new year—and all the mind-blowing stories it will bring—is upon us.

 







Illustration: Alex Anderson

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Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech




Sexual harassment. Hate speech. Employee walkouts. The Silicon Valley giant is trapped in a war against itself. And there’s no end in sight.












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My Search for a Boyhood Friend Led to a Dark Discovery




A surfeit of ugly knowledge is a feature of our age. But when information is everywhere, some things are better left buried.











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15 Months of Fresh Hell Inside Facebook




Scandals. Backstabbing. Resignations. Record profits. Time Bombs. In early 2018, Mark Zuckerberg set out to fix Facebook. Here’s how that turned out.














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Photograph: Hana Mendel

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The Strange Life and Mysterious Death of a Virtuoso Coder




Jerold Haas was on the brink of blockchain riches. Then his body was found in the woods of southern Ohio.










Illustration: Leland Foster

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A Brutal Murder, a Wearable Witness, and an Unlikely Suspect




Karen Navarra was a quiet woman in her sixties who lived alone. She was found beaten to death. The neighbors didn’t see anything. But her Fitbit did.










Photograph: Dan Winters

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The Devastating Allure of Medical Miracles




After sepsis forced the amputation of Sheila Advento’s hands, an intricate transplant technique made her whole again. Then came the side effects.










Photograph: Alec Soth/Magnum Photos

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‘If You Want to Kill Someone, We Are the Right Guys’




In a small Minnesota town, an IT technician found his way to the darkest corner of the web. Then he made a deadly plan.




























Photograph: Cole Wilson; Embroidery by Diane Meyer

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He Cyberstalked Teen Girls for Years—Then They Fought Back




How a hacker shamed and humiliated high school girls in a small New Hampshire town, and how they helped take him down.










Photograph: Jesse Rieser

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Inside Backpage.com’s Vicious Battle With the Feds




For years, it was the largest portal for sex on the internet. Now its fate could shape the future of Silicon Valley.










Photograph: Tabitha Soren

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Move Over, San Andreas: There’s an Ominous New Fault in Town




An emerging fault system along the Nevada border is shaking up the tech industry’s latest frontier—and only a small group of scientists is paying attention.










Illustration: Casey Chin

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Why Are Rich People So Mean?




Call it Rich Asshole Syndrome—the tendency to distance yourself from people with whom you have a large wealth differential.




























Illustration: Joan Wong

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The Untold Story of the 2018 Olympics Cyberattack, the Most Deceptive Hack in History




The untold story of how digital detectives unraveled the mystery of Olympic Destroyer—and why the next big cyberattack will be even harder to crack.










Photograph: Elinor Carucci

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One Couple’s Tireless Crusade to Stop a Genetic Killer




When Sonia Vallabh lost her mother to a rare disease, she and her husband, Eric Minikel, set out to find a cure.










Illustration: Molly Mendoza

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On the Trail of the Robocall King




An investigator set out to discover the source of one scammy robocall. Turns out, his target made them by the millions.










Illustration: Hayden Zezula

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A Clever New Strategy for Treating Cancer, Thanks to Darwin




Most advanced-stage cancers mutate, resisting drugs meant to kill them. Now doctors are harnessing the principles of evolution to thwart that lethal adaptation.



















Photograph: Jesse Rieser

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The Hard-Luck Texas Town That Bet on Bitcoin—and Lost




China’s Bitmain said it would build the world’s largest bitcoin mine in Rockdale, Texas. Then the price of bitcoin plunged, taking with it the town’s hopes for a revival.










Illustration: Eric Petersen

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Meth, Murder, and Pirates: The Coder Who Became a Crime Boss




Along the way, he contributed to America’s painkiller epidemic and got involved with North Korean methamphetamine manufacturing, Somali pirates, and murder-for-hire.










Illustration: Elena Lacey; Getty Images

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How the Dumb Design of a WWII Plane Led to the Macintosh 




At first, pilots took the blame for crashes. The true cause, however, lay with the design. That lesson led us into our user-friendly age—but there’s peril to come.










Photograph: Joe Pugliese

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Why the ‘Queen of Shitty Robots’ Renounced Her Crown




YouTuber Simone Giertz gave up wildly popular but barely functioning machines and confronted her fears of imperfection (while facing her own mortality and making an awesome Truckla EV).


































Illustration: Daniel Stolle

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The Weird, Dark History of 8chan




Its founder Fredrick Brennan is appalled by the notorious chat site’s links to right-wing extremism and mass shootings. Inside his tortured journey through the web’s cesspool and his attempt at redemption.










Illustration: StoryTK

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AR Will Spark the Next Big Tech Platform—Call It Mirrorworld




We are building a 1-to-1 map of almost unimaginable scope. When it’s complete, our physical reality will merge with the digital universe.










Illustration: Natasha Wigoder

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Inside China’s Massive Surveillance Operation




In northwest China, the government is cracking down on the minority Muslim Uyghur population, keeping them under constant surveillance and throwing more than a million people into concentration camps. But in Istanbul, 3,000 miles away, a community of women who have escaped a life of repression are fighting a digital resistance.










Illustration: La Tigre

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What Happens When Techno-Utopians Actually Run a Country




Direct democracy! Universal basic income! … Fascism? The inside story of Italy’s Five Star Movement and the cyberguru who dreamed it up.

























Photograph: Yael Malka

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Andrew Yang Is Not Full of Shit




The so-called Silicon Valley candidate has a habit of ripping the tech industry, but his message is catching on, he’s flush with cash, and he’s positioned to survive deep into the primaries.










Illustration: Tom Haugomat

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Apollo 11: Mission Out of Control




The inside story of how Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin struggled to touch down on the moon, while their guidance computer kept crashing. Again and again.


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Ultimate List of Blogging Statistics and Facts (Updated for 2020)

It can be difficult to keep up with the constantly changing stats and facts about blogging. That’s why we created this ultimate list of blogging statistics and facts.

If you’re running your own blog, it’s important to be in the loop with the latest trends so that you’re not missing out on any opportunities to increase your traffic or revenue.

Let’s dive right in!

Ultimate List of Blogging Statistics and Facts

We hope these blogging stats give you some insight and help you make healthy decisions for your blog’s future.

General Blogging Statistics

  1. Each month, approximately 409 million people view more than 20 billion pages.

  2. There are about 70 million posts being published each month by WordPress users.

  3. 77 million new blog comments are generated by readers each month.

  4. 71% of WordPress sites are written in English.

  5. The average blog post takes 3.5 hours to write.

  6. Bloggers who write articles of 2,000+ words are far more likely to have strong results.

  7. 46% of bloggers edit their own work, while 54% have editors or have at least shown their work to someone else to review.

  8. 43% of people admit to skimming blog posts.

  9. 36% of readers prefer list-based headlines.

  10. Websites that also have a blog are shown to have 434% more indexed pages.

  11. Companies who blog get 97% more links to their websites.

  12. Blogs have been rated as the 5th most trustworthy source for gathering online information.

  13. 66% of bloggers today are publishing a few times per month, rather than a few times per week back in 2014.

  14. 77% of internet users read blogs.

  15. Internet users in the US spend 3X more time on blogs than they do on email.

  16. The “how-to” headline—a close cousin to the listicle—is the third most popular headline preference at around 17%.

Blogging SEO Stats

  1. Only 38% of bloggers are updating older articles.

  2. 34% of bloggers say that updating content produces strong results.

  3. Around 5% of bloggers don’t have access to analytics.

  4. Titles with 6-13 words attract the highest and most consistent amount of traffic.

  5. SEO leads have a 14.6% close rate, while outbound leads (such as direct mail or print advertising) have a 1.7% close rate.

  6. 72% of online marketers describe content creation as their most effective SEO tactic.

Want more SEO statistics? We got you covered.

Blogging Traffic Stats

  1. Businesses that blog experience twice as much email traffic as businesses who don’t.

  2. Having a hyphen or colon in the headline increased click-through rates by 9%.

  3. Making your headline 6-8 words can increase your CTR by 21%.

  4. Over 50% of bloggers report that it has gotten harder to get traffic from Facebook over the past two years, and nearly one-fifth say it has gotten harder to get traffic from Google.

  5. Over the past year, there’s been a 93% increase in blogs using promotional techniques to drive traffic to their post including paid ads.

Guest Blogging Statistics

  1. 60% of blogs write 1-5 guest posts per month.

  2. 3% of blogs write over 100 guest posts per month.

  3. Only 6% of bloggers publish the majority of their original content as guest posts.

  4. 62.96% of readers perceive blogs with multiple authors to be more credible.

  5. 79% of editors say guest content is too promotional.

  6. Guest content is in higher demand in the summer months of June, July, and August.

Travel Blogging Statistics

  1. 59% of travel bloggers run more than one travel blog.

  2. Over 80% of travel planning is done through the internet and is growing.

  3. 33% of US travelers use travel blogs for travel advice.

  4. The majority of travel blogs are between 1-4 years old.

  5. Most travel blogs use publication and sponsored posts as one of the main income sources.

  6. The average travel blogger will charge an average of $200 per sponsored post.

  7. 94% of travel blogs sell advertising.

  8. Most travel blog’s traffic mainly stems from non-brand search with direct traffic a distant second.

Blogging Growth Stats

  1. The number of bloggers in the USA is expected to grow to 31.7 million in 2020.

  2. There are more than 500 million blogs that exist in 2019.

  3. Tumblr has more than 440 million blogs.

  4. WordPress has about 60 million blogs.

  5. Blogging has grown by 12% since 2015.

  6. At this moment, there are roughly 1.9 billion web pages. Judging by the growth rate, we will be hitting 2 billion in less than a year.

  7. The average blog post is 1151 words, that’s a 42% increase in the last 5 years.

Social Media Blogging Statistics

  1. 66% of marketers reported using blogs in their social media content in 2017.

  2. 59% of people will share an article without reading it first, or ever.

  3. LinkedIn is the most effective social media platform for delivering content and securing audience engagement.

  4. 95.9% of bloggers promote their blog posts via social media.

  5. Tumblr had 456.1 million blog accounts as of January 2019.

  6. 69% of bloggers say they use social share buttons.

Blogging With Visuals and Videos Stats

  1. Articles with images get 94% more views as opposed to those with no visuals.

  2. 71% of bloggers report using visuals as part of their marketing strategy.

  3. Using photos of real people instead of stock photos can result in a 35% conversion increase.

  4. 43% of consumers increasingly want video content from marketers.

  5. 19% of bloggers are now including video in their typical posts.

  6. 45% of bloggers who add audio to their posts such as podcast see better results.

  7. Video content is 50 times more likely to drive organic search traffic than plain text.

  8. 32% of marketers say visual images are the most important form of content for their businesses.

Blogging Statistics for Marketers

  1. Marketers who prioritize blogging are 13x more likely to have a positive ROI on their efforts.

  2. 61% of the most effective B2B content marketers meet with their content team daily or weekly.

  3. 64% of B2B marketers outsource blog copywriting.

  4. Spending on marketing automation tools is expected to reach $25.1 billion annually by 2023.

  5. 60% of marketers have a documented personalization strategy.

  6. 57% of marketers say they’ve gained customers specifically through blogging.

  7. 53% of marketers say blogging is their top content marketing priority.

  8. B2B marketers who have blogs get 67% more leads than those who don’t.

  9. Around 60% of marketer will reuse blog content 2-3 times.

  10. 60% of B2B marketers struggle with creating engaging content.

How to Ensure Your Blog Stays Relevant

The blogging industry has become extremely saturated. Ever since the first bloggers shared their success stories publicly, more and more people are getting into the industry. As a result, competition has gotten higher, and surviving as a blog these days has become increasingly difficult. If you’re not putting in the effort, you’re more than likely going to fail.

But there’s one very important thing you can do that most thriving blogs are doing today. That’s to create “evergreen content”, which is essentially content that doesn’t have an expiry date. People can look back at it in years from now and still find it useful.

It’s also common for bloggers to revisit old content and update the information to provide a fresh take on the subject. Bloggers have stated that content that gets touched up like this is an excellent way to boost SEO.

Blogging Predictions

So, now that you know this information, what do you do with it?

It’s difficult to know the answer to that unless we first look at where blogging is going, and if it’s still worth putting time and energy into your blogging efforts. Like Bitcoin, we could be seeing blogging’s peak at the moment, and one day we could wake up to a huge crash.

But as the blogging statistics show, it doesn’t seem like it’s going anywhere anytime soon. It’s still totally relevant in 2020 and is steadily rising for 2021.

It might be hard to determine exactly how many blogs there are out there at any given moment. The stats say about 500 million, although that number also includes inactive sites, which may affect the accuracy of the statistic. Also, not all platforms choose to share their data publicly.

And although it may be hard to accurately gauge how many blogs there are, one thing’s for sure: At this rate, we will be celebrating 1 billion blogs in no time!

Let’s see what the future holds.

 

The most read blog articles – Halfway through 2020







We have already passed the halfway point of 2020! These are the most read articles on our blog so far this year. Enjoy reading!

Thirty-five articles published on The Onlinification Hub over the past six months. Admittedly: Not all of them went through the roof in terms of views, while others reached the sky.

That’s the thing with inbound and in particular blogging – it is the gift that keeps on giving. Blog articles that we spent a few hours creating years ago continue to attract interested people to our company.

Today I’ll present you the five articles that are the most viewed so far this year. Among them, only one article was published in 2020, and the other four published between 2016 and 2029. Below this list, you find the five articles most viewed of the articles published this year.

The five most-read blog articles during 2020:

  1. What is digital strategy? Written by Anders Björklund, Feb 11, 2020

  2. What is the difference between a blog, vlog and slog? Written by Niyat Ghebremichael, Feb 26, 2019

  3. Free social media calendar template 2020 Written by Niyat Ghebremichael, Dec 12, 2019

  4. What is Online vs Digital?  Written by Anders Björklund, Jun 8, 2017

  5. A consistent nomenclature for Hubspot – 5 steps to the perfect internal naming convention  Written by Stellan Björnesjö, Sep 20, 2016

The five most-read blog articles during 2020 (published 2020):


  2. What is digital strategy? Written by Anders Björklund, Feb 11, 2020

  3. How to interact with customers Written by Anders Björklund, Jan 21, 2020

  4. How to dramatically improve your job search Written by Jorik Boot, Mar 12, 2020

  5. What is marketing automation? Written by Stellan Björnesjö, May 7, 2020

  6. Digitalisation now happen! Written by Anders Björklund, Mar 26, 2020

Thanks for your interest and make sure that you and your colleagues subscribe to The Onlinification blog.


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Founder, CEO & Strategist since 2001. Anders provides thoughts and reflections about what and how to think about onlinification and digitalisation in B2B. Asks a lot of questions, and knows what to do with the answers.


 

Search Traffic Statistics From 106 Of The Most Popular Blogs

We all love successful people — many of them are our heroes.

We love hearing about how they achieved their amazing results.

Now and then, we can use their success for our own purposes. And this post is going to be all about that.

I’m going to teach you the secrets of search traffic, specifically in terms of popular blogs in the areas of marketing and blogging.

Thanks to the analysis of 106 of the best blogs, you’ll be able to:

  1. find keywords with lower competition and create better content

  2. find out what kinds of posts bring more traffic and why

  3. understand the strategies of link building and use this knowledge for yourself

  4. get the data on how many words you need to write

  5. see a lot of other statistical data you’ll need to achieve success

I’m giving you the opportunity to download your reports now — for free! You don’t even need to become my subscriber to do so. Since this traffic is not mine, I feel a bit guilty about showing you the inner workings of other people’s blogs.

Get Access to the Google Sheet with the secrets surrounding 106 of the best blogs!

BLOG / ORGANIC SEARCH TRAFFIC * data by Ahrefs

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hubspot-1.png” alt=”HUBSPOT” width=”12″ height=”12″>HUBSPOT / 1.4M

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/shoutmeloud.png” alt=”SHOUTMELOUD” width=”12″ height=”12″>SHOUTMELOUD / 547K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/socialmediaexaminer.png” alt=”SOCIALMEDIAEXAMINER” width=”12″ height=”12″>SOCIALMEDIAEXAMINER / 384K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bplans_favicon.png” alt=”BPLANS” width=”12″ height=”12″>BPLANS / 302K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wordstream.png” alt=”WORDSTREAM” width=”12″ height=”12″>WORDSTREAM / 200K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/quicksprout.png” alt=”QUICKSPROUT” width=”12″ height=”12″>QUICKSPROUT / 115K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mawh.gif” alt=”MAKEAWEBSITEHUB” width=”12″ height=”12″>MAKEAWEBSITEHUB 108K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/unbounce.png” alt=”UNBOUNCE” width=”12″ height=”12″>UNBOUNCE / 92K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bloggingbasics101.jpg” alt=”BLOGGINGBASICS101″ width=”12″ height=”12″>BLOGGINGBASICS101 / 85K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/neilpatel.png” alt=”NEILPATEL” width=”12″ height=”12″>NEILPATEL / 77K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/entrepreneurs-journey.png” alt=”ENTREPRENEURS-JOURNEY” width=”12″ height=”12″>ENTREPRENEURS-JOURNEY / 70K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/backlinko.png” alt=”BACKLINKO” width=”12″ height=”12″>BACKLINKO / 67K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ryrob.png” alt=”RYROB” width=”12″ height=”12″>RYROB / 63K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/amylynnandrews.jpg” alt=”AMYLYNNANDREWS” width=”12″ height=”12″>AMYLYNNANDREWS / 57K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/howtostartablogonline.png” alt=”HOWTOSTARTABLOGONLINE” width=”12″ height=”12″>HOWTOSTARTABLOGONLINE / 54K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/smartblogger.png” alt=”SMARTBLOGGER” width=”12″ height=”12″>SMARTBLOGGER / 51K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/convinceandconvert.png” alt=”CONVINCEANDCONVERT” width=”12″ height=”12″>CONVINCEANDCONVERT / 47K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/smartpassiveincome.png” alt=”SMARTPASSIVEINCOME” width=”12″ height=”12″>SMARTPASSIVEINCOME / 45K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/coschedule.png” alt=”COSCHEDULE” width=”12″ height=”12″>COSCHEDULE / 41K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/jeffbullas.png” alt=”JEFFBULLAS” width=”12″ height=”12″>JEFFBULLAS / 38K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/shivarweb.png” alt=”SHIVARWEB” width=”12″ height=”12″>SHIVARWEB / 32K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/matthewwoodward.png” alt=”MATTHEWWOODWARD” width=”12″ height=”12″>MATTHEWWOODWARD / 30K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/jonloomer.png” alt=”JONLOOMER” width=”12″ height=”12″>JONLOOMER / 23K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/eofire.png” alt=”EOFIRE” width=”12″ height=”12″>EOFIRE / 21K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/writtent.png” alt=”WRITTENT” width=”12″ height=”12″>WRITTENT / 20K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/process-st.png” alt=”PROCESS.ST” width=”12″ height=”12″>PROCESS.ST / 18K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/allbloggingtips.png” alt=”ALLBLOGGINGTIPS” width=”12″ height=”12″>ALLBLOGGINGTIPS / 17K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/melyssagriffin.png” alt=”MELYSSAGRIFFIN” width=”12″ height=”12″>MELYSSAGRIFFIN / 14K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/leadpages.png” alt=”LEADPAGES” width=”12″ height=”12″>LEADPAGES / 12K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sumome.png” alt=”SUMOME” width=”12″ height=”12″>SUMOME / 10K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/authorityhacker.png” alt=”AUTHORITYHACKER” width=”12″ height=”12″>AUTHORITYHACKER / 9.7K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/therisetothetop.png” alt=”THERISETOTHETOP” width=”12″ height=”12″>THERISETOTHETOP / 9.9K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nichepursuits.png” alt=”NICHEPURSUITS” width=”12″ height=”12″>NICHEPURSUITS / 8.6K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/successfulblogging.png” alt=”SUCCESSFULBLOGGING” width=”12″ height=”12″>SUCCESSFULBLOGGING / 7.2K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/blogmarketingacademy.png” alt=”BLOGMARKETINGACADEMY” width=”12″ height=”12″>BLOGMARKETINGACADEMY / 6.6K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bloggerspassion.png” alt=”BLOGGERSPASSION” width=”12″ height=”12″>BLOGGERSPASSION / 6.0K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/copyhackers.jpg” alt=”COPYHACKERS” width=”12″ height=”12″>COPYHACKERS / 5.5K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/howtomakemyblog.jpg” alt=”HOWTOMAKEMYBLOG” width=”12″ height=”12″>HOWTOMAKEMYBLOG / 4.6K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ninjaoutreach.png” alt=”NINJAOUTREACH” width=”12″ height=”12″>NINJAOUTREACH / 4.0K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/getresponse.png” alt=”GETRESPONSE” width=”12″ height=”12″>GETRESPONSE / 3.5K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/becomeablogger.png” alt=”BECOMEABLOGGER” width=”12″ height=”12″>BECOMEABLOGGER / 3.3K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/clambr.jpg” alt=”CLAMBR” width=”12″ height=”12″>CLAMBR / 3.3K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/webris.jpg” alt=”WEBRIS” width=”12″ height=”12″>WEBRIS / 3.0K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/zacjohnson.png” alt=”ZACJOHNSON” width=”12″ height=”12″>ZACJOHNSON / 2.6K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/groovehq.png” alt=”GROOVEHQ” width=”12″ height=”12″>GROOVEHQ / 2.4K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/convertkit.png” alt=”CONVERTKIT” width=”12″ height=”12″>CONVERTKIT / 2.2K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/trafficgenerationcafe.png” alt=”TRAFFICGENERATIONCAFE” width=”12″ height=”12″>TRAFFICGENERATIONCAFE / 2.1K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/authoritylabs.png” alt=”AUTHORITYLABS” width=”12″ height=”12″>AUTHORITYLABS / 1.9K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/designyourownblog.png” alt=”DESIGNYOUROWNBLOG” width=”12″ height=”12″>DESIGNYOUROWNBLOG / 1.7K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/copytactics.jpg” alt=”COPYTACTICS” width=”12″ height=”12″>COPYTACTICS / 1.5K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/smallbusinessideasblog.png” alt=”SMALLBUSINESSIDEASBLOG” width=”12″ height=”12″>SMALLBUSINESSIDEASBLOG / 1.3K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/buzzsumo.png” alt=”BUZZSUMO” width=”12″ height=”12″>BUZZSUMO / 1.1K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/videofruit.png” alt=”VIDEOFRUIT” width=”12″ height=”12″>VIDEOFRUIT / 1.1K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sitepoint.png” alt=”SITEPOINT” width=”12″ height=”12″>SITEPOINT / 975K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/kissmetrics.png” alt=”KISSMETRICS” width=”12″ height=”12″>KISSMETRICS / 444K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/buffer.png” alt=”BUFFER” width=”12″ height=”12″>BUFFER / 363K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/searchenginejuornal.png” alt=”SEARCHENGINEJOURNAL” width=”12″ height=”12″>SEARCHENGINEJOURNAL / 219K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/moz.png” alt=”MOZ” width=”12″ height=”12″>MOZ / 139K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/contentmarketinginstitute.png” alt=”CONTENTMARKETINGINSTITUTE” width=”12″ height=”12″>CONTENTMARKETINGINSTITUTE / 108K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/copyblogger.png” alt=”COPYBLOGGER” width=”12″ height=”12″>COPYBLOGGER / 92K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/theblogstarter.png” alt=”THEBLOGSTARTER” width=”12″ height=”12″>THEBLOGSTARTER / 87K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/michaelhyatt.png” alt=”MICHAELHYATT” width=”12″ height=”12″>MICHAELHYATT / 79K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/twelveskip.png” alt=”TWELVESKIP” width=”12″ height=”12″>TWELVESKIP / 75K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/blogging.jpg” alt=”BLOGGING.ORG” width=”12″ height=”12″>BLOGGING.ORG / 69K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/problogger.png” alt=”PROBLOGGER” width=”12″ height=”12″>PROBLOGGER / 67K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bloggersideas.jpg” alt=”BLOGGERSIDEAS” width=”12″ height=”12″>BLOGGERSIDEAS / 59K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/blogtyrant.png” alt=”BLOGTYRANT” width=”12″ height=”12″>BLOGTYRANT / 54K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nateliason.jpg” alt=”NATELIASON” width=”12″ height=”12″>NATELIASON / 53K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/webhostingsecretrevealed.png” alt=”WEBHOSTINGSECRETREVEALED” width=”12″ height=”12″>WEBHOSTINGSECRETREVEALED / 51K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wishpond.png” alt=”WISHPOND” width=”12″ height=”12″>WISHPOND / 46K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/conversionxl.png” alt=”CONVERSIONXL” width=”12″ height=”12″>CONVERSIONXL / 45K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/toprankblog.png” alt=”TOPRANKBLOG” width=”12″ height=”12″>TOPRANKBLOG / 39K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/socialtriggers.png” alt=”SOCIALTRIGGERS” width=”12″ height=”12″>SOCIALTRIGGERS / 34K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/startbloggingonline.png” alt=”STARTBLOGGINGONLINE” width=”12″ height=”12″>STARTBLOGGINGONLINE / 31K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bloggertipstricks.png” alt=”BLOGGERTIPSTRICKS” width=”12″ height=”12″>BLOGGERTIPSTRICKS / 26K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/semrush.png” alt=”SEMRUSH” width=”12″ height=”12″>SEMRUSH / 21K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/onblastblog.png” alt=”ONBLASTBLOG” width=”12″ height=”12″>ONBLASTBLOG / 20K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/razorsocial.png” alt=”RAZORSOCIAL” width=”12″ height=”12″>RAZORSOCIAL / 18K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/kopywritingkourse.png” alt=”KOPYWRITINGKOURSE” width=”12″ height=”12″>KOPYWRITINGKOURSE / 17K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/digitalmarketer.png” alt=”DIGITALMARKETER” width=”12″ height=”12″>DIGITALMARKETER / 16K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/enchantingmarketing.png” alt=”ENCHANTINGMARKETING” width=”12″ height=”12″>ENCHANTINGMARKETING / 13K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/chrisducker.png” alt=”CHRISDUCKER” width=”12″ height=”12″>CHRISDUCKER / 11K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nichehacks.png” alt=”NICHEHACKS” width=”12″ height=”12″>NICHEHACKS / 10K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bloggingwizard.png” alt=”BLOGGINGWIZARD” width=”12″ height=”12″>BLOGGINGWIZARD / 9.4K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/amyporterfield.jpg” alt=”AMYPORTERFIELD” width=”12″ height=”12″>AMYPORTERFIELD / 8.3K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/becomeawritertoday.png” alt=”BECOMEAWRITERTODAY” width=”12″ height=”12″>BECOMEAWRITERTODAY / 7.2K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/expresswriters.png” alt=”EXPRESSWRITERS” width=”12″ height=”12″>EXPRESSWRITERS / 6.6K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ahrefs.png” alt=”AHREFS” width=”12″ height=”12″>AHREFS / 6.1K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/thesocialmediahat.png” alt=”THESOCIALMEDIAHAT” width=”12″ height=”12″>THESOCIALMEDIAHAT / 6.0K

<img class=”lazyload imgico” src=”

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The basis of search engine traffic is keyword research verified by real data.

In the beginning, I only ever thought about myself.

Understanding what to write about in your posts is as important as the air we breathe. This knowledge should be supported by keyword research.

After many years of experience, I’ve found that keyword research based on real data is best.

Not on the numbers indicated by Google Keyword Planner (which has been experiencing some problems lately)…

…but on the real data based on the traffic you can get.

If you already have search engine traffic of more than 1,000 visitors a month, you definitely need to conduct an SEO audit and use Google Search Console.

If you don’t, then you may need to use tools. In fact, you probably should.

Initially, Ahrefs was my favorite tool. (Yes, it’s pricey, but it’s worth the cost! + You can always use the free options.)

To estimate my probable traffic, I type a search query in Google. And then I attach some pages for analysis in Ahrefs:

This way I can see roughly how much traffic I can expect (for example, for the post you’re reading right now).


<img class=”lazyload wp-image-1937 size-full” src=”

http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/problem-of-many-bloggers.jpg” alt=”My research will help you avoid the most widespread problem that bloggers face: Lack of traffic. It includes the Google Sheet with the secrets surrounding 106 of the best blogs! via @michaelpozdnev” width=”450″ height=”1125″>Pin me, please 😉

Don’t fall victim to a widespread problem of many bloggers and sites.

My research will help you avoid the most widespread problem that bloggers face:

Lack of traffic.

The basis of getting search traffic is keyword research, content and links.

Those of us who lack organic search traffic tend to make this mistake:


For example:

Sure, it’s cool that I know SEO.

But we already have Brian Dean, who has 7,000 unique referring domains!

<img class=”lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-1866″ src=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/brian-dean-traffic.png” alt=”Search Traffic of Brian Dean” width=”720″ height=”175″ srcset=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/brian-dean-traffic.png 1440w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/brian-dean-traffic-720×176.png 720w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/brian-dean-traffic-768×187.png 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px”>

It doesn’t matter how good of a specialist I am — I won’t be able (at least for now 🙂 ) to win the war of collecting the links to my blog.

So what do I do?

Be realistic about estimating the SEO possibilities of your blog.

Here’s what you need to pay attention to:

  1. What rating your domain has (DR – Domain Rating by Ahrefs; DA – Domain Authority by MOZ)

  2. The average amount of backlinks that your blog posts get (or are able to get)

  3. Always evaluate the strength of your competitors based on the selected keyword:

  4. What ratings your competitors have (domain and page)

  5. How many unique referring domains they have

  6. What type of content they create

  7. How many words they include in their articles

  8. If you see that the sites in the Top 10 search results have hundreds of backlinks, and you only get 5 on average, go searching for another keyword.

  9. If their DA/DR is way higher than yours, go searching for another keyword.

Sure, there are many factors that might affect the rankings, but this basic evaluation will help you save a lot of time and act strategically.

Make sure to install at least one of these Chrome extensions:

<img class=”lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-1867″ src=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mozbar.png” alt=”MozBar” width=”678″ height=”300″>

They will help you make the right decisions.

For example, I can’t defeat Brian Dean by this query [keyword research]:

Even though I know that this query brings him a huge amount of traffic.

That’s because it’s doubtful that 500 unique domains will be linking to my article.

The ratings of my domain and page aren’t as high as of those who are already in the TOP 10.

Try to find dependencies in SERP and use them for your own purposes.

You can’t have too much search traffic.

It’s a constant rush for visitors who come from search engines.

Even though I have a great deal of experience in SEO, search traffic is still not the #1 source of traffic to my new blog.

I assume the same applies to you and your blog?

You’re not alone. There are a lot of us.

Even such experts as Bryan Harris and Mariah Coz get some miserable search traffic.

<img class=”lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-1869″ src=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bryan-harris-traffic.png” alt=”Bryan Harris’ traffic” width=”720″ height=”146″ srcset=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bryan-harris-traffic.png 1440w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bryan-harris-traffic-720×146.png 720w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bryan-harris-traffic-768×155.png 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px”>

<img class=”lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-1874″ src=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mariah-coz-traffic.png” alt=”mariah-coz-traffic” width=”720″ height=”155″ srcset=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mariah-coz-traffic.png 1440w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mariah-coz-traffic-720×156.png 720w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mariah-coz-traffic-768×166.png 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px”>

However, they still earn hundreds of thousands and even millions of dollars every year! (But trust me, they spend a lot too!)

<img class=”lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-1870″ src=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/250k-bryan-harris.png” alt=”250k-bryan-harris” width=”720″ height=”110″ srcset=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/250k-bryan-harris.png 1440w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/250k-bryan-harris-720×110.png 720w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/250k-bryan-harris-768×117.png 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px”>

The point is that I’m conducting an experiment.

I don’t do link building.

I don’t use any of the most popular tactics. All the backlinks that I have so far, I’ve gotten thanks to my friends and the interviews. I don’t have a lot of them. (To be precise, I have 88.)

<img class=”lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-1871″ src=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/links-iwannabeablogger.png” alt=”Links on iwannabeablogger” width=”720″ height=”292″ srcset=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/links-iwannabeablogger.png 1046w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/links-iwannabeablogger-720×292.png 720w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/links-iwannabeablogger-768×311.png 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px”>

To be honest, I feel ashamed that as an SEO specialist, I still have such a small amount of traffic. (I need a bit more time to overcome my insecurities.)

But because I love analysis, it’s time to find out why everything is the way it is.

<img class=”lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-1876″ src=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/get-search-traffic.jpg” alt=”Learn how to get more organic search traffic from Google. via @michaelpozdnev” width=”350″ height=”522″ srcset=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/get-search-traffic.jpg 800w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/get-search-traffic-201×300.jpg 201w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/get-search-traffic-768×1144.jpg 768w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/get-search-traffic-268×400.jpg 268w” sizes=”(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px”>

Here’s what you’ll need to get the search traffic:

First. SEO takes time. A huge amount of time. On average, it takes a link 10 weeks after it’s been created to take effect (data by MOZ).

<img class=”lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-1877″ src=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/link-building-time.png” alt=”link-building-time” width=”720″ height=”423″ srcset=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/link-building-time.png 720w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/link-building-time-511×300.png 511w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/link-building-time-681×400.png 681w” sizes=”(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px”>

Second. Correct keyword research. It’s really necessary nowadays. In my opinion, the main mistake of many bloggers is the wrong choice of topics for their posts and articles.

Make sure you can rank for your keywords.

Third. Estimation of competition.

It’s really not that hard to estimate whether you can get into Google TOP. The fundamentals of ranking will help you do this:

  1. Authority of your domain. It’s influenced by quality inbound links.

  2. Authority of your post, article, or page. (Links again — both internal and external)

  3. Relevant content that answers the users’ questions

  4. Social signals (Social shares)

  5. Engagement (Comments, amount of time that a user spends on your page)

There are hundreds of different factors that affect your ranking. But these are the key indexes!

When choosing your keywords, look not only at their monthly search volume, but at your competitors’ too.

Fourth. Only create awesome content.

As you can see below, my research shows that high-traffic pages all have amazing content. (In most cases, they almost always have some long-form content!)

Experiment, and share your research and cases. Try to fully explore your topic.

Your readers will be grateful, and search engines will appreciate it too!

What do you do if you have something to say on a topic that interests you, but your competitors are too strong?

You have two options:

  1. Have a plan on who will link to your content (and how).

  2. Create some useful content in spite of high competition.

If you choose the first option, know that it involves a great deal of work.

Link building.

Many bloggers don’t do this because it requires a substantial amount of time and connections. All the techniques have been around for a long time and haven’t changed in years.

The problem is that link building should be worth the time you spend on it.

If you have your own product or an affiliate business, then these expenses will probably pay for themselves.

But chances are, you don’t have your own online course that you are selling for thousands of dollars just yet. (If you do, then you’re already doing link building.)

With enough search traffic, the only thing that these articles won’t bring you is internal links to other pages that are important to you (and we’re only talking about search engine traffic here, not traffic from social media). Isn’t that cool?

Many people tend to forget about the power of internal links.

My recent research has proven it.

On one of my niche blogs, I created 10 basic articles and 15-30 other posts that linked to those 10 articles.

As a result, I got the Holy Grail: search traffic for keywords with tens of thousands of queries.

To be absolutely honest with you, I saw a small amount of competition and decided to seize the opportunity.

And this is in spite of the fact that I wasn’t doing any link building, and my pages got only 10-15 external links that were created naturally.

Always conduct experiments like these.

SEO is a wonderful area that requires some analytical abilities, patience, and impertinence.

Here’s the data that I got from my research:

Interesting data and statistics on the search traffic of 106 blogs in the area of marketing and blogging

First, I wanted to know how quickly these blogs load (as this gets a lot of attention nowadays).

Using GTMetrix, I measured their page load time.

<img class=”lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-1880″ src=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/gtmetrix-melyssagriffin.jpg” alt=”gtmetrix-melyssagriffin” width=”720″ height=”341″ srcset=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/gtmetrix-melyssagriffin.jpg 720w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/gtmetrix-melyssagriffin-633×300.jpg 633w” sizes=”(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px”>

The average load speed of these 106 blogs was 2.17 seconds!

<img class=”lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-1881″ src=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/average-load-speed.png” alt=”The average load speed of the most popular blogs – 2.17 seconds!” width=”574″ height=”365″ srcset=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/average-load-speed.png 1148w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/average-load-speed-472×300.png 472w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/average-load-speed-768×488.png 768w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/average-load-speed-629×400.png 629w” sizes=”(max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px”>

A lot of people also talk about switching to https, so I also wanted to know how many blogs followed this recommendation.

Only 30.47% of the 106 blogs had https.

<img class=”lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-1882″ src=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/https-vs-http.png” alt=”Https vs Http” width=”266″ height=”297″>

Do you need to consider switching? No, not if you don’t sell online courses or other products directly from your blog (when safety should be your first priority!).

For each of the blogs, I picked three pages that get the most of the traffic. (I was mainly interested in blog posts).

So I had 315 pages for further analysis.

The average blog post contained 4,772 words.

<img class=”lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-1883″ src=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/word-count-statistics.png” alt=”The average blog post contained 4,772 words” width=”701″ height=”448″ srcset=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/word-count-statistics.png 701w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/word-count-statistics-469×300.png 469w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/word-count-statistics-626×400.png 626w” sizes=”(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px”>

I wasn’t surprised at all, even though other research (by serpIQ and Brian Dean) showed data where the average successful content was approximately 2,000-2,400 words long.

<img class=”lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-1885″ src=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/average-content-length.png” alt=”The average content length” width=”601″ height=”368″ srcset=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/average-content-length.png 601w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/average-content-length-490×300.png 490w” sizes=”(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px”>

They conducted their research in many different areas, whereas my results are based only on the niches of blogging and marketing.

It’s hard to admit, but if you have a blog devoted to these topics, you need to focus on creating longer content. (I’ve started doing this with all of my recent posts.)

The average Title Tag length – 60 characters.

<img class=”lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-1886″ src=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/average-title-tag-length.png” alt=”The average Title tag length” width=”720″ height=”481″ srcset=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/average-title-tag-length.png 720w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/average-title-tag-length-449×300.png 449w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/average-title-tag-length-599×400.png 599w” sizes=”(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px”>

Everybody follows this advice on on-page SEO. You should try to abide by this habitual rule too.

But here’s what’s become the most interesting to me:

  1. The average referring domains – 71

  2. The average backlinks – 269

  3. The average domain rating – 59 (*data by Ahrefs)

This makes the average traffic – 3,317 visits.

Note: to measure the word count, I used a tool called Bulk Web page Word Count checker. To extract the Title Tags, I used Meta Tag Extractor by Buzzstream. I highly recommend that you use these tools to quickly evaluate your competitors.

The web hosting industry is changing rapidly

According to web hosting statistics compiled by Mark Berka, the website hosting market is growing rapidly. Some key insights:

  1. The web hosting market is expected to grow to $216.6 billion by the year 2025, translating to a growth rate of approximately 15% per year

  2. Shared hosting is the leader by market share (31.7%), but cloud hosting services are growing at a much faster pace.

  3. GoDaddy is the most popular web hosting provider overall, followed by Amazon AWS and Google Cloud.

Why I gave away 40 hours of work, just like that:

The main task for me was to find golden keywords to write my articles.

The easiest ones, with low competition and high traffic.

In the process of analyzing Brian Dean’s traffic statistics…

<img class=”lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-1887″ src=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/backlinko-traffic.png” alt=”Backlinko – organic traffic” width=”720″ height=”281″ srcset=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/backlinko-traffic.png 1440w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/backlinko-traffic-720×281.png 720w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/backlinko-traffic-768×300.png 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px”>

…I realized how silly it would be not to share the results. Anyway, I still can’t write as many articles as he can. 🙂

I had a long list of 106 blogs! (My list is based on the blogs that I always read, and the updates I’m subscribed to).

The main topics of these blogs are Blogging and Marketing.

Download these reports to find easy keywords with high traffic.

For each of the blogs, you’ll get three reports. (The entire analysis was done using Ahrefs.):

  1. Top pages

  2. Organic keywords

  3. Backlinks

Top pages. Here are listed the main pages that receive the most search engine traffic.

<img class=”lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-1888″ src=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/top-pages-report.png” alt=”Top pages report” width=”720″ height=”125″ srcset=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/top-pages-report.png 1440w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/top-pages-report-720×125.png 720w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/top-pages-report-768×133.png 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px”>

Organic keywords. Here you’ll find the keywords where the target website ranks for the top 100 organic search results, along with its current ranking and the amount of traffic each query brings every month.

<img class=”lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-1889″ src=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/organic-keywords-report.png” alt=”Organic keywords report” width=”720″ height=”103″ srcset=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/organic-keywords-report.png 1440w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/organic-keywords-report-720×103.png 720w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/organic-keywords-report-768×110.png 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px”>

Backlinks. Using this report, you can study the strategy of getting the backlinks. You can contact any of the owners and offer your resources. But I’d recommend that you just make friends with the most interesting owners of these resources. In my opinion, the future of link building lies in friendly relationships, blogger outreach, and networking.

<img class=”lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-1890″ src=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/backlinks-report.png” alt=”Backlinks report” width=”720″ height=”135″ srcset=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/backlinks-report.png 1440w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/backlinks-report-720×135.png 720w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/backlinks-report-768×144.png 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px”>

Note: Each of the reports has up to 1,000 rows. I limited the selection by keywords (at least 90 monthly searches); Dofollow links. Also, please know that those aren’t precise traffic numbers, and that this is the data provided by Ahrefs rather than Google Analytics. In my experience, these numbers can be multiplied by 3-5 for the blogging and marketing niche.

Access your reports here! (No opt-in needed.)

How to use search traffic statistics to find your easy keywords:

The main index that will let you filter the keywords is called KD (Keyword Difficulty Score by Ahrefs).

Here’s what Ahrefs says about it:

<img class=”lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-1892″ src=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/keyword-difficulty-ahrefs.png” alt=”Keyword difficulty by Ahrefs” width=”676″ height=”472″ srcset=”http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/keyword-difficulty-ahrefs.png 676w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/keyword-difficulty-ahrefs-430×300.png 430w, http://iwannabeablogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/keyword-difficulty-ahrefs-573×400.png 573w” sizes=”(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px”>

Let’s open the reports.

For example, you opened the Organic Keywords Report for the blog Writtent.com.

By default, the data in this report will be sorted by the amount of traffic that the specific keyword brings.

I was interested in one keyword — newsletter ideas, its difficulty index = 8.

While the post is occupying the 3rd position, this keyword brings it approximately 170 visitors.

Let me check who else is in Google’s TOP 10 with this query:

If I see that the competitors are at approximately my level, and that other pages also have a small amount of referring domains, I move on to the next stage.

I look at another report (Top Pages) and see how much organic search traffic flows to this target URL.

1,530. Awesome!

I get back to the Organic Keywords Report and locate all the keywords that this post is ranked with (filtering the data by URL).

Many of them can be employed in your content, but if they’re used organically, they will be helpful to the user in terms of understanding the topic better.

Don’t forget that this is not the precise traffic data, but only what is estimated by Ahrefs.

After that, I’m interested in the backlinks to this page.

Here’s where the report with the pages linking to this target URL comes in handy.

This is how I created a list of more than 60 easy keywords I can use to write new blog posts. I will share them with you too!

To access this list, open the common spreadsheet with all the reports. (The sheet’s called Easy Keywords.)


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Conclusion

In the results of the analysis, we can clearly see the dependency of search traffic on the amount of received links and long-form content.

When we speak of high-frequency queries, chances are that you’ll have competitors you won’t be able to defeat in that domain.

You need to understand one thing:

To get more organic search traffic to your blog, you need to be at the same approximate link level as your competitors.

It doesn’t mean that everything is lost!

Newbies and semi-experienced bloggers can still achieve amazing results. Don’t forget to be scrupulous in analyzing your competitors and conducting keyword research!

I hope that you’ll find your golden keywords in my reports (no opt-in required!). That you’ll create your content and get some decent positions in the TOP search results.

I’m really looking forward to hearing your opinion on my research. Please write your comment and share this post with your friends.

Thanks for your help!

 

Revealed: Which are the Most Popular Types of Blogs?

When starting a blog, one of the most common questions you might think of is which are the most popular types of blog? There are many different types of blogs covering a wide range of topics, interests, and audiences. For a successful blog, you need to plan ahead and choose the niche that works for you. In this article, we will share the most popular types of blogs that you can start right away.

What Should You Blog About?

To decide the niche of your blog, you need to know about your passion. Every niche has its own audience who search for content related to their interests. Writing about your passion helps you continuously come up with great content ideas as your blog grows.

You don’t just need to plan for content. You also need to choose a WordPress theme, optimize for SEO, and improve performance of your site. These are the tasks that are not directly related to writing but equally important for the success of your blog.

Let’s take a look at the most popular types of blogs that exist:

1. Fashion Blogs

Fashion blogs are one of the most popular types of blogs on the internet. It’s a big industry with a huge global audience. Fashion bloggers get invited to major events, receive special perks, merchandise, and even business deals by top fashion brands.

These types of blogs are good for creative people with a keen eye for style and fashion. You can start a fashion blog and start making money online by following our guide.

2. Food Blogs

Food blogs are another popular blog type. It attracts a lot of readers who are interested in recipes, ingredients, healthy eating, fine dining, and other food related stories.

Many food bloggers just start with something as simple as their local restaurant reviews. However, as their blog grows so does their interests and target audience. They start covering other food related topics as well. Take a look at our guide on how to start a food blog.

3. Travel Blogs

Travel blogs are becoming more popular each day. Due to cheap air travel, people are traveling more than ever, and they are always looking for travel tips, advice, and destination guides.

These blogs make it easy for other travelers to learn about a destination they have never been to. If you are a traveler, then we recommend you to create your travel blog.

4. Music Blogs

Music blogs has a wide audience who search for critiques on the best and trending music. Music lovers enjoy songs from different languages, cultures and norms.

The music industry has big potential for bloggers to write about different types of music like jazz, pop, heavy metal, famous singers, and more.

5. Lifestyle Blogs

Lifestyle blogs are the most popular type of blogs you can find online. They have a variety of readers, interested in topics ranging from culture, arts, local news, and politics. This gives the blogger a wide range of topics to cover, making it easier to plan their content strategy.

Lifestyle bloggers get opportunities to be an influencer, write for other publications, become a speaker, and partner with businesses who are working to make a difference in the society.

6. Fitness Blogs

Fitness blogs has been a hot trend since they cover important topics like health and general fitness. People all over the world rely on the internet to seek advice on how to stay fit. It’s a great opportunity for fitness instructors to start a fitness blog and get clients online.

These types of bloggers/instructors write about diets, diet plans, workouts, supplements, and more. Fitness bloggers can also create video content to explain different exercises to their audience. They can monetize their website and videos using Google AdSense and affiliate marketing.

7. DIY Blogs

DIY blogs are very interesting and have a huge audience. It has multiple sub-types like arts and crafts, construction, wood-work, metal-work and more.

These interesting DIY activities would encourage visitors to try new stuff and share it with the trainer/blogger. DIY blogs may involve a lot of communication which is great for blogging.

8. Sports Blogs

Sports blogs are another interesting type of blogs online. Every country in the world has different sports and every sport has its own stars. Sports blogging may also include bloggers who are writing paid content for teams, athletes, and other organizations.

The other format in sports blogging is to write about latest events all over the world. Furthermore, bloggers share live status of multiple sports on their Twitter accounts automatically linked to the blogs.

9. Finance Blogs

A lot of us need help and advice to manage our finances efficiently. This gives finance blogs a wide audience ranging from serious investors to families trying to save for a better future.

Personal finance blogs share advice for businesses, investors, startups, individuals and families. It’s a good blog niche for the people interested in the complex world of managing money and generating wealth.

10. Political Blogs

Political blogs have perhaps the most passionate audience of all. They cover news on politics, analysis of political news, and can quickly build a very large engaging audience.

It has become common for the big political affiliates to hire their own blogging team. These bloggers share the agenda of the political party and write about their policies / plans to attract more people towards the representatives.

11. Parenting Blogs

Parenting blogs have a huge, passionate, and highly engaged audience. New parents worry a lot and are always willing to improve their parenting skills.

Mom blogs and dad blogs have different styles of writing. These blogs may involve activities with kids, guidance on food, techniques for early home education and more.

12. Business Blogs

Business blogs are the professional blogs related to the corporate agencies, industries and others. They offer a casual way to communicate with customers and educate them about a businesses product or service.

OptinMonster’s conversion rate optimization blog is a great example of a business blog. It educates users about converting website visitors into customers using the best conversion optimization software in the world.

13. Personal Blogs

Personal blogs belong to individual writers who share their experiences, adventures, and daily life with their audience. The purpose of personal blogging can be anything like making a difference through positive stories or influencing readers with own views.

Personal bloggers also include photographers who share photos online to get more work, vloggers who create videos on their daily life routine, chef/cook who share recipes on the blog, and more.

14. Movie Blogs

Movie blogs share news and reviews of new movies and the film industry in general. They have a large audience on the internet. Bloggers are invited to watch premium shows before the public release of movies, so they can write reviews and generate buzz about an upcoming movie.

15. Car Blogs

Car blogs are usually about luxury and sports cars. They cover a wide range of topics including latest car models, their features, engineering, and more. They can even partner up with local car dealerships for business opportunities. These blogs have all the information about modern cars, vintage cars, safety tips for drivers, and more.

Many people get attracted to good cars and spend a lot of time in reading about features of their favorite cars online. It’s a great niche to adopt as a blog type for car lovers.

Some bloggers also write about car financing tips, financing calculators, corporate and banks offers, and finance schedules. It helps the reader find cars in their budget without visiting showrooms.

16. News Blogs

News blogs cover local news and are a great way for journalism students to build up their resume and sharpen their skills. They can cover a wide range of topics or limit to a particular news section. News blogs are not just about sharing news. They also include opinion pieces to share blogger’s own perspective of the news.

The news blogs are updated more frequently to cover latest happenings. News can be about anything like climate change, scientific innovations, technology, politics, religion, and more. Big media outlets have several bloggers to work on each of these sub-types in news blogging.

17. Pet Blogs

Pet blogs have a great readership online that includes pet owners, animal lovers, animal shelters, and people looking for pets. Pet bloggers share tips on keeping pets healthy, pet grooming, pet food, and training.

Animal foster homes also write about their efforts to protect and save animals. Pet bloggers can partner up with businesses selling pet care products to generate revenue.

18. Gaming Blogs

Gaming blogs cater to a large community of gamers looking for articles about latest games, gaming hardware, events, game cheats, and more. This community has grown significantly in the recent years.

Most gaming blogs belong to gamers, reviewers, and official communities of big game developing agencies. They have international events for gamers and reward plans for the winners. It’s a popular blog type and growing everyday.

Once you have chosen your blog’s niche, the next step is to find blog post ideas that you can use on your blog. You can check out this massive list of blog post ideas that you can use right away.

That’s all. We hope this article helped you find the most popular types of blogs. You may also want to check out our guide on how to track user engagement and increase your blog traffic.

 

31 Examples Of Successful Blogs: The Most Popular Blogs In Every Industry

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Below is a list of examples of successful blogs. And I don’t mean successful as in they have a niche lifestyle business.

Each blog listed in this article is earning 6 to 7 figures in yearly revenue. Some just make the cut. Some are way past it in the 8 to 9 figure range.

There are a few reasons why I decided to make this.

First, a lot of people are unfamiliar (or unconvinced) that a blog can make a lot of money. And if you take a look at the blogs below, you’ll see that they’re just normal content websites.

Second, I wanted this to help with niche selection. I’ve found from experience that finding a blog niche is easiest when you have examples to look through. It’s not by scrolling through a long list of random words. Instead, it’s by analyzing successful blogs that already exist.

Each example shown is one of the biggest and most profitable blogs in their given industries.

1. Greatist

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A health and fitness blog backed by science.

Greatist is a blog that I’ve followed deeply over the years. Their focus on creating only the highest quality, science-backed health and fitness articles for millennials has paid off greatly.

On the surface, they’re a regular health and fitness blog. Behind the scenes, they’re a full-blown media startup with over 10 million visitors per month and an estimated yearly revenue in the 8-figure range. They make this money through ads and by selling sponsored content.

What they do well: Creating reputable, trust-worthy health content backed by science. This is hard to come by in an industry full of misinformation.

2. Nerd Wallet

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A giant affiliate site that dominates SEO in the personal finance niche.

To build a website like Nerd Wallet is every affiliate marketer’s dream. They are the leading example of a successful SEO blog that crushes affiliate marketing, and they’re doing so in one of the most profitable (and competitive) industries in the world – personal finance.

Nerd Wallet reviews everything from credit cards, mortgages, insurance, and all things finance. The affiliate commissions for financial products like these can get into the hundreds of dollars per referral, which is why they’re worth over $500M.

What they do well: Understanding search intent and creating the best TYPE of content and user experience depending on the keyword.

3. Nomadic Matt

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A travel blog with strong personal branding.

There are a ton of travel blogs on the internet. Most are personal blogs. They write about their travels and build up a small audience over time. Nomadic Matt also started as a personal blog about his own travels.

Today, he’s built up a HUGE resource with everything you need to know about travelling. What’s crazy is that it’s still a personal blog with only one main author. Even to this day, he writes most of the content himself.

And he ranks for nearly every keyword based around travel you can think of. There aren’t many single author blogs out there that grow to this size. It takes an incredible amount of time, focus, and persistence to continue pumping out content like he does.

What they do well: Diversifying income streams by creating and selling their own products. Staying small, lean, and extremely profitable.

4. Nerd Fitness

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Health and fitness advice for nerds and ordinary, everyday people.

Steve Kamb started Nerd Fitness nearly 10 years ago when he noticed that there were a ton of health and fitness blogs, but nothing catering specifically to him. So he decided to build it himself.

Instead of targeting anyone and everyone, his blog was directly for… nerds! The interesting part is that the definition of the term “nerd” evolved as the site grew. At first, his audience consisted of people like him – nerds who played computer games and just wanted to get fit.

Today, his brand has grown into a massive community of regular people who just want to learn how to get fit and have fun doing it.

What they do well: Differentiating themselves from all the other health blogs by going extremely specific in their audience targeting.

5. Art Of Manliness

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Honest tips and tutorials for becoming a better, more centered man.

I first heard of The Art Of Manliness after listening to a Mixergy interview. They are a true content site, producing mainly informational blog posts around men’s interests and lifestyle topics.

They make money through ads, and they’ve later started selling physical products like mugs, t-shirts, and posters. Usually, branded physical products can only work when you have a loyal audience, which obviously they have because 30% of their traffic comes is direct.

What they do well: Great branding, original design, and sticking to their origin topics of content even a decade after existence.

6. CSS Tricks

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A giant design and development resource centered around one big influencer.

Chris Coyier is one of the most well-known designers on the internet. And it’s all thanks to his wildly popular design blog, CSS Tricks. Like Nomadic Matt, a large percentage of the articles are written by Chris.

He started the website in 2007. At the time, it was purely about CSS – hence the name. Today, it’s grown into a huge resource for all things web design and development. I visit this site several times a month myself, mainly to copy and paste in CSS lines that he shares in his blog posts.

What they do well: Using his existing audience to launch new products/companies. For example, his website CodePen now has 1M users and traffic is double that of CSS-Tricks.

7. The Penny Hoarder

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A finance content site that teaches people how to put more money in their pockets.

The Penny Hoarder is a blog around money. Their mission is to teach people tons of ways to make more money. It started out as the personal blog of founder, Kyle Taylor. Once it started to take off, he started to bring on new writers, and transition into more of a media company.

The most fascinating thing about The Penny Hoarder is the amount of money they make, and how they make it.

Last year, they generated close to $40M. And unlike other media companies, they did it without any advertising.

Instead, they use affiliate marketing by forming partnerships with the right companies.

What they do well: Using storytelling to write their content to make it more engaging and relatable. They’ll feature or interview interesting people on their site and share how they’re making money.

They also do a great job at not coming off as scammy, which is very easy to fall into in the “make money” niche.

8. CoinDesk

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The leading cryptocurrency blog.

CoinDesk is a website I visit at least 3 times a week. It’s the most successful cryptocurrency blog in the world, getting over 10 million visitors per month. It was started in 2013 by Shakil Kha, and then acquired by Digital Currency Group in 2016 for an amount rumored to be around $500,000.

Today, they’re the go-to source for all news and updates in the blockchain world. They make money through advertising, publishing paid reports, and selling tickets to their conferences.

What they do well: Establishing themselves as a leader in a new industry.

9. ArsTechnica

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A tech blog that people trust.

When I’m really interested in new tech (like new MacBooks being released), I’m always happy to see Ars Technica do a piece about it. It was founded a long time ago, in 1998. Ten years later, in 2008, it was sold to Conde Naste for $25M.

Although they’ve lost readers’ trust a few years back when they attempted to block any visitors using an ad blocker, they’ve rebuilt their reputation by hiring smart writers (most of whom are post-graduates) and writing in-depth pieces of information in the tech world.

What they do well: Writing really detailed news stories. While most tech blogs merely “report” the news, Ars Technica analyzes it.

10. Bustle

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A women’s publication about everything.

The Bustle is a site that I study constantly. It was founded by Bryan Goldberg after he built and sold Bleacher Report (a sports blog) for $175M.

The reason I’m so interested in Bustle is because of Bryan’s infamous announcement before starting the company.

He claimed that he would build something that’s never been done before: A women’s site that not only talked about fashion but news and pop culture as well.

This brought on a fury of haters (which brought in a ton of free links and press coverage  ), who wrote about the dozens of companies that are already doing just that.

Another thing that’s interesting is the reason WHY Bryan decided to create this site. After running Bleacher Report, he realized that a female audience attracted the most advertisers. So he received funding, hired a bunch of people, and created one of the biggest women’s blogs in the world.

What they do well: Covering every aspect of every story that people are interested in.

11. Wellness Mama

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A health and wellness blog for mothers.

There are a ton of health and wellness blogs out there. But Wellness Mama stood out from the pack by being one of the first ones in the space to cater their content specifically to mothers.

Going ultra targeted with your audience targeting is a very effective way to make your blog unique and develop a strong following. Katie Wells is someone who used this laser targeting strategy perfectly.

Although her blog isn’t for everybody, there are a lot of moms out there who agree with Wellness Mama’s mission of getting the best information for healthier families.

What they do well: Going ultra targeted with their audience targeting.

12. Thought Catalog

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A deeper, emotional blog written by college students.

I don’t know if Chris Lavergne, founder of Thought Catalog, will appreciate the description above but it’s what I personally think of this blog. Thought Catalog is like BuzzFeed for hipster college students.

You’ll mainly see articles about heart break, relationships, and being a stronger person. The coolest thing about Thought Catalog is how they developed their content. As anyone who blogs will know, it’s difficult to source good content.

Thought Catalog attracts college students, mostly writing majors, to write on their site for free as a way to build their portfolio. It’s “cool” to be published on Thought Catalog.

And as a result, they have hundreds of submissions every single day from some of the deepest, brightest minds all over the world. That’s amazing.

What they do well: Getting their content for free in an ethical way. Coming up with a unique content strategy and executing it perfectly.

13. Fatherly

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A parenting blog for fathers.

Fatherly is a blog that I researched heavily. It was started in 2015 by Mike Rothman, one of the co-founders of Thrillist. He helped grow Thrillist from zero to $100M before leaving to start Fatherly.

There are a lot of parenting blogs out there, but Mike realized that almost all of them are heavily targeted towards moms. Furthermore, they often portrayed dads as the goofy one who didn’t know what they were doing. He aimed to change that with Fatherly.

And he grew it into one of the fastest growing media companies out there growing to $5M in revenue in just two years.

What they do well: Doing niche and audience research really, really well. Have a listen to this podcast and you’ll realize that he takes niche and audience research to a whole new level.

14. Apartment Therapy

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A blog about home design and decor.

Apartment Therapy is one of the leading blogs about home design. It was started in 2004 by Maxwell and Oliver Ryan, brothers.

Maxwell was an interior designer who started an email list to send out design advice to his clients. Oliver, who was experienced in media, convinced him he should turn it into a blog instead.

And Apartment Therapy was born. Today, their blogs make roughly $20M in revenue. I saw blog(S) because they have another brand as well, which I’ll talk about next.

What they do well: Scale. Seriously, these guys know how to scale a blog really well. Check out this report.

15. Kitchn

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A blog about food.

Maxwell Ryan, mentioned above in Apartment Therapy’s description, started another blog with his then-wife, Sara Kate Gillingham-Ryan, just a year after Apartment Therapy was born.

Sara was a food blogger, and Maxwell took the lessons learned from growing Apartment Therapy into growing Kitchn. Today, Kitchn gets roughly 20M visitors per month to its site and is one of the largest food and recipe blogs in the world.

What they do well: Use what they know and apply it over to a new blog.

16. Digital Spy

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A blog about movies, tv, and entertainment news.

Do you want to know the blog responsible for all the #1 rankings for just about any movie or tv show? It’s Digital Spy.

Although the blog started way back in 1999, it wasn’t until 2011 when Hearst Magazines UK purchased it, that it started to dominate the search engines. It’s seriously fascinating to see a single blog dominate every movie or tv show like that.

Just search for a tv show or movie and they’ll pop up #1.

And if you take a look at their title tag, you’ll notice they’ve crafted it perfectly to include every variation of their keyword – each of which gets hundreds of thousands of searches every month.

17. Peta Pixel

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A blog to keep you in the loop of everything photography.

Ranked as one of the top leading photography blogs on the internet, PetaPixel is sure to keep you in the loop about everything photography.

With a variety of sections including industry news, tutorials, equipment and archives, this site is sure to help some of you bloom into professionals by teaching you everything including the fine details of many cameras.

They are active on social media with 500K Facebook followers and 1M twitter followers. PetaPixel makes money through ads on their website and by selling mentor photography sessions.

What they do well: They dominate the photography industry by covering every category and subject around it.

18. College Info Geek

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A blog to help the average college student gain what it takes to succeed in college and beyond.

College Info Geek is offers resources to help college students and others alike win at college or other studious activities.

Their resources center around study hacks and tactics that will help you cut your study time down, increase recall, and actually help develop your brain. It was founded in 2013 by Thomas Frank, who graduated Iowa State University.

They are doing well today with around 800,000 visitors per month considering this blog is extra niche.

What they do well in: Attracting a very specific target audience.

19. GQ

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Formally known as Gentleman’s Quarterly.

GQ is a men’s lifestyle style blog based in New York. It was founded in 1931, ages ago, so as you can imagine they have had a fair bit of time to build a brand, strong reputation, and large audience.

GQ is a massive media company that publishes content around everything for men from grooming to face cleaning routines, fitness, style, and even productivity and work.

They also have a magazine line and a newsletter! They make the majority of their income through affiliate links to online stores. They also make a healthy profit money from their magazine subscriptions which is an add on to their site.

What they do well in: Persistence, longevity, and adapting to change. This publication was founded almost a century ago!

20. Tree Hugger

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A blog about making sustainability a trend.

Treehugger is the leading media outlet for news on sustainability. They are pushing to make sustainability a mainstream topic and they are doing well at it considering they receive over 3M visitors per month.

They offer amazing articles on sustainable design, technology, business, clean living and transportation. Other than their amazing articles, they also have weekly podcasts on current news conspiracies and new ideas about sustainability around the world.

They have a pretty solid team built up of 9 writers all with backgrounds in writing and some kind of education related to environmental sustainability. Treehugger makes revenue by putting ads on their blog and was last reported to make approximately $10.4M in annual revenue.

What they do well in: Staying true to their mission. Many blogs in this industry have been guilty of writing about things based on what’s trending – oftentimes publishing things that have nothing to do with their mission. Not Tree Hugger.

21. Freshome

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A blog about inspiring home owners to be “fresh” with their designs and architecture.

Freshome is a blog built around delivering new and fresh ideas on design and architecture. If you need any inspiration, and I mean ANY inspiration for your home, this blog has it all.

Select from a variety of ideas for you kitchen, bathroom, living room, bedroom and even recommendations on designers in your area. Wait, It doesn’t end there; they also have a “reviews” section where you can be sure to make the right decision when buying things like furniture, coffee makers, and basically any household item.

Freshome makes money by putting ads on their site, selling products through Amazon affiliate links and even through some other affiliate programs, like Disney. Freshome receives approximately 1.47M visitors each month, making it one of the leading home design blogs in the world.

What they do well in: Being the leader in content that inspires. They do this by publishing a LOT of image-heavy content.

22. Tiny Buddha

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A blog around spreading good vibes.

Tiny Buddha is an important resource for millions of people around the world. In 2009, they emerged as the leading resource for peace and happiness with over 3M visitors each month.

Today, they get 4M visitors per month and have grown a giant, vibrant community. They publish daily content around minimalism, happiness, relationships, self love, letting go, and much more.

What’s really cool is that you can submit your experiences with any of these related topics and your writing could be shared amongst the growing community of subscribers (currently 100,000 emails).

Tiny Buddha makes most of its income through ads, and by selling their own products like apparel, phone cases, books, and even screensavers.

What they do well in: Building a giant blog and focusing on community rather than just blind page views.

23. Smashing Magazine

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The largest online resource for designers and developers.

It’s rare to meet any person in a creative field who hasn’t heard of Smashing Magazine. Their site literally has every form content available: Articles, ebooks, job postings, and of course, paid memberships.

Smashing magazine was created in 2009 and started off quite small. They now have a team of 19 staff and get approximately 3M page views per month.

What they do good in: Ignoring trends and fads, and writing content that creatives are looking for.

24. Making Sense of Cents

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A blog to make you smarter with money and to teach you how to make income from a blog.

Making Sense Of Cents is a blog created by a woman named Michelle, an expert at paying off debts (and growing a personal blog).

She started the site in hopes of sharing her struggles with student loan debt. teaches us different ways of making income through blogging including advice on how to get started. She also has created courses on topics like affiliate marketing and information on sponsored posts.

On the financial side, she has written many resources on how to save more and how to make extra money. It seems that her blog is popular amongst the crowd that is interested in earning and saving more money with 300,000 subscribers and many mentions on other sites and in podcasts.

What they do good in: Tying in her blogging business as a topic on her blog and making it seem together with her main topic of personal finance.

25. PJRVS

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The business and personal blog of writer and entrepreneur, Paul Jarvis.

Paul Jarvis’ blog is one of the few that I read every single week. I feel like he’s speaking directly to me.

Although he writes about a variety of different topics, his core philosophy is about building a smaller and better, not bigger business.

I feel like this is why most bloggers enjoy his content, since they’re usually run by a single person or with a small team of less than 10 people.

What they do well in: Creating content that is relatable on a personal level for people building online businesses.

26. Adventure Junkies

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A resource for all things outdoors and adventurous.

A little different from the ones mentioned above, Adventure Junkies is a pure affiliate blog. They have a page for 6 different sports including diving, hiking, paddling, scuba diving, snow sports and mountain biking.

Each section contains a Facebook forum and information about gear, clothing, techniques, training, and more. They make money by selling tangibles like clothing and gear through affiliate links, mainly with Amazon.

What they do well in: Categorizing their site cleanly under one umbrella theme of “adventure”.

27. Bark Post

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A blog created to help you get in the mood to spoil your furry best friend.

Do you like to read about all things dogs? I do! Barkpost is a blog created specifically for your fur baby.

On their website, they have various sections with many articles about some curiosities dog owners may have, news on latest pet trends, and even advice on travelling with or without your pet. BarkPost is actually just a giant content marketing play to get traffic and promote their main business – BarkBox.

The BarkBox is a monthly subscription in which the subscriber (lucky dog) will receive a box each month with themed items such as toys, treats, chews and more. They have currently served just over 600K furry friends and over 2.4M followers on social media platforms.

What they do well in: Creating a giant blog purely to promote their main business, BarkBox.

28. Brain Pickings

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A blog about dictating context literature.

Many of us these days have trouble reading complex pieces of writing. No matter how good it is, it can be extremely frustrating trying to pick the words apart and digest them without truly knowing what they mean. Luckily, there’s Brain Pickings.

The solo blogger, Maria Popova will spend hours reading, listening and rewriting complex topics into easily digestible language. You will find no ads on this website as it is funded solely through donations. Readers can decide to donate monthly or just one time.

What they do well in: Keeping a website afloat based off of donations and consistently pumping out content as a solo writer. She publishes 3 posts per day for her 150,000 email subscribers.

29. Pinch Of Yum

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A blog about food and how to blog about food.

As the name suggests, Pinch of Yum is a recipe blog. On their website you will find all sorts of mouth watering recipes created by Lindsay, the food scientist and creator of the blog.

What differentiates this blog from most other food blogs is that there is a whole section dedicated to this site’s previous income reports. In 2011, Lindsay started an experiment called the “Food Blog Making Money Experiment” where she would track all income and expenses of the blog to see if a food blog could actually be profitable.

This got a ton of attention from online marketers and bloggers looking to make money from a food blog.

What they do well in: Being the first to be so public about their business numbers and what goes on behind the scenes of their business.

30. Hair Romance

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A blog where a hair enthusiast turned her passion into her business.

Most people will just search how to do a braid on YouTube, but Hair Romance is far better than any YouTube tutorial.

This blog is a huge guide on different things to do with women’s hair of all shapes, textures, and cuts. What’s amazing is that this blog has gained an audience of 5M within just 18 months. She has turned her passion into profession and now has 2 e-books and one print book which was a New York Times best seller and is available around the world.

With a lot of presence of social media platforms like instagram and Pinterest, Hair Romance is capturing the eyes of many women (and men). They make money from the e-books, ads on their site, sponsored posts, and working with brands.

What they do well in: Growing traffic at a super human level.

31. Create and Go

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Blogging tips from people who actually run a successful blogging business.

Create and Go is one of the most popular blogs in the marketing industry. It was created by Alex and Lauren, who wanted to share more than just the same old blogging tips everyone else was sharing.

The success of their health blog, Avocadu allowed them to quit their jobs and run their blogging business full-time.

On Create and Go, they’ve created one of the best resources on how to grow a blogging business to help people who want to do the same.

What they do well in: Adding a personal element, and diving deep into the topics they write about.

Conclusion

This list will be ever-growing, meaning I’ll continue to add more examples of successful blogs when I stumble upon them during my own research.

Hopefully, by analyzing the examples shared above, you got to see what six and seven-figure blogs look like, how they’re monetizing, what kind of content they publish, etc. But most importantly, I hope it helps spark some niche ideas for your own blogging projects.

Most of the blog niche ideas I get myself are from analyzing and researching other successful blogs.

Yes, it’s true that most of the blogs shared in this list have a huge editorial staff and a ginormous budget to work with, making it impossible for a single person to compete with directly. But that’s not the point.

The point isn’t to copy them directly. The point is to identify what you can build for yourself based on what others are doing successfully.

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