There were a few stories doing the rounds towards the end of last year that blogging was reaching its peak, that people were losing interest.
I guess some are and have.
But it seems like there are enough people coming up behind them to fill in the gaps - and then some.
Alexa.com's latest listing shows blogger.com as the 15th biggest site in the world (that's up 3 on the ranking). In the UK it's number 12.
youtube is up 5 to number 5 (that's video blogging, innit?), myspace is static (ie not free-falling as everyone piles out to 'somewhere cooler...' as we hear predicted on a daily basis) at No6.
And Orkut (see my ones to watch) has leapt up 6 places and is now the 7th largest site in the world.
All these sites are essentially blogging sites.
Perhaps that peak is a little higher up than some people suspected...
Google watchers will note that while the main site is currently No3, google owned sites dominate the top 10 (google, youtube, orkut...)
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The rate of change is so rapid it's difficult for one person to keep up to speed. Let's pool our thoughts, share our reactions and, who knows, even reach some shared conclusions worth arriving at?
I think there is still expansion to be had in the blogging world, either from new entires, or people expanding their blogging output.
ReplyDeleteBut the Myspace plataeu is a no-brainer. Even if you've switched to a newer, coller outlet, Myspace still has weight of numbers, and some of your friends will still be there.
Plus Alexa's figures aren't always perfect...