From Prince Harry blogging in Afghanistan to John McAfee ranting about how he is carrying out major spying operations. It can even help elect presidents and take down attorney generals while simultaneously celebrating the minutiae of our everyday obsessions.
Celebrity blogs are among the most popular on the Internet. People just love gossip. As a result, they tend to receive a lot of traffic, and to be very profitable.
I do agree that It’s easy to write about certain topics, like celebrities, or technology, or even social media. Everybody wants a piece of it. But that is a whole other topic for another blog article. This article focuses on blogs that are written for everyday people who could discuss news, post questions and answers and create a large discourse just about anything and not just celebrity life.
Keep in mind that the Top 10 most powerful blogs takes into consideration only objective factors. and how accessible they are to the everyday people who want their voices to be heard .I would guess that the lower blogs on our list still earn at least $5,000 monthly.
1. The Huffington Post
Huffington Post was founded in 2005 and managed to gain instant acceptance among those who wanted to read well-written posts about political issues. Fondly referred to as HuffPo today, it is the most powerful of its kind, according to The Observer. The blog is peppered with thoughtful and contemplative commentary that is easy to read and follow.
In July 2012, It was ranked #1 on the 15 Most Popular Political Sites list by eBizMBA Rank which bases its list on each site’s Alexa Global Traffic Rank and U.S. Traffic Rank from both Compete and Quantcast.
2. Lifehacker
Lifehacker features certain tips that readers can follow if they want to ‘get things done’. It is considered to be a survival guide for those who are trying to fight against the problems that the recent economic meltdown has dragged in. The blog also helps bloggers formulate a new and improved resume for the future and digital devices are given great coverage as well.
3. Metafilter
Metafilter or MeFi is a blog which is basically an encyclopedia of such information that is both useless and shockingly useful at the same time. The bloggers keep in touch through the blog and send tips and techniques back and forth as and when they please. Arguments and discussions crop up from time to time but it is all about having fun at the end of the day!
Matt Haughtly started MetaFilter in 1999, because he could not do it all himself, and because he was in the right place at the right time. MetaFilter has over 60,000 paid members right now and has now added a question-and-answer site, which led to him working on it full-time since 2005, with a team of six other people.
4. The Daily Dish
Andrew Sullivan founded this blog in the latter half of the year 2000. When the September 11 attacks broke out, The Daily Dish was widely read by internet users on a daily basis. He covers a variety of issues ranging from political and current events to homosexuality and the legalization of soft drugs.
5. Freakonomics
Stephen Dubner wrote a book by the same name in 2005 and once the book became a part of the best-sellers list, he started this blog. He explains that everything and anything that we experience in daily life is related to economics and can be explained away with the help of specific economic theories.
The blog and book is available in a number f countries and in a number of languages, including a Chinese version whose title, they’ve sold is Devil’s Economics. Between Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics, they’ve sold about 5 million copies.
It is a Hollywood celebrity blog website, which is twenty-nine years old and almost 7 million people visit this website to know new things regarding the celebrities. The blog mainly scrawls snarky and nasty comments on the pictures of some young Hollywood type celebrities such as Nicole Richie, Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears etc and hand doodle some suspicious-looking white around their mouths, noses and nether regions.
TMZ stands for ‘Thirty Mile zone’. It is one of the best celebrity gossip blog operated and owned by AOL and is online since 1996. Primarily, the site focuses on scandals and breaking news involving the celebrities all around the Hollywood area. The name thirty miles is used to cover the 30-mile area of Hollywood.
ValleyWag is a controversial blog, which covers the daily rumors and news of Silicon Valley. This blog is a part if ‘Gawker Media Business Week’. The site creates controversies because of its unsubstantiated rumors that are posted often on this site, which most of the times may not be true.
The superficial is a site devoted to the celebrity gossip founded on 23 May 2004. This website is a part of ‘Anticlown Media’ along with sites such as Geekologie.com and IWatchStuff.com. In a day, the site is updated several times. This site is very much notable sue its irreverence and biting wit towards the celebrities whose lives are at chronicles.
Defamer is one of the best Hollywood gossip blog launched in 2004. This site is part of the Gawker media Blog Empire. In 2005, the site received ‘Best Entertainment Weblog’ and Best New Weblog’. The blog writes the content regarding the Hollywood, movie, and radio and Manhattan celebrities.
Everyone must have got the chance to see a movie by this controversial film-maker. He is creator and developer of Sicko, Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, and his latest Capitalism: A Love Story. You can find background information of some of the things that were found out by him while producing some of his masterpieces on the website. The “Do Something” section really will goad followers to get more involved.
She is America’s favorite Korean American comedian who comments on almost everyone on her website. Her website includes videos of important events or satirical videos which are done by her personally. Her videos and tweets are liked by a large audience.
This country singer inspite of having a hectic schedule finds the time to write to her fans on her personal website blog. You can check out this site if you are her fan or would like to know what is going on in her life. She usually makes entries on important things happening around the world or other things going on in her life.
Owner of Dallas Mavericks, NBA Basketball team and Chairman of HDNet, an HDTV cable network, Cuban is one of the world’s richest people. He presents a sea of information on his personal website. Topics mainly are to do with promoting healthy business practices.
Moby is a wonderful song writer, musician and a DJ. He is also a philanthropist, humanitarian and a vegan so you can read about these special issues on his blog. Moby released his most recent album, in 2009, returning to the sad styles of Moby and 18, finding good reviews and moderate sales.
