Top 50 Highest Earning Blogs
Blogging has been known by some to be what I would call a “charitable hobby” whereas others have made it into an income generating activity.
The latter are online entrepreneurs who have come to be recognized as some of the industry’s highest earning bloggers and they have revolutionized the entire blogging arena and thanks to them, many other bloggers have found the courage (and motivation) to pursue what they love doing best-Blogging!
In this article, I have come up with SOME of the highest earning blogs (courtesy of onlineincometeacher) which make up our Top 50 Highest Earning Blogs but let me add that the figures you’re about to see are merely just estimates.
Why Estimates for the Top 50 Highest Earning Blogs?
When it comes to compiling any form of data especially numerical data, it can be a bit challenging to get the exact figures because of variations and that’s why the Top 50 Highest Earning Blogs are estimates of what these blogs might be worth.
I think I’ve said enough concerning the Top 50 Highest Earning Blogs so this is where my “brief” introduction ends. Go through the list and have fun!
The Top 50 Highest Earning Blogs
| 1 | BlogThe Huffington Post | OwnerArianna Huffington | Daily Income$29,896 | Net Value$21.82 Million | Main Source Of IncomePay Per Click |
| 2 | Mashable | Pete Cashmore | $15,781 | $11.52 Million | Advertising Banners |
| 3 | Techcrunch | Michael Arrington | $14,816 | $10.82 Million | Advertising Banners |
| 4 | Engadget | Peter Rojas | $9,861 | $7.2 Million | Advertising Banners |
| 5 | Smashing Magazine | Vitaly Friedman | $6,382 | $4.66 Million | Advertising Banners |
| 6 | Tuts+ | Collis Taeed | $5,068 | $3.7 Million | Membership Area |
| 7 | Life Hacker | Nick Denton | $4,821 | $3.52 Million | Advertising Banners |
| 8 | Gizmodo | Attila Talos | $3,918 | $2.86 Million | Advertising Banners |
| 9 | Perez Hilton | Mario Lavandeira | $3,645 | $2.66 Million | Advertising Banners |
| 10 | Joystiq | AOL | $1,752 | $1.28 Million | CPM Advertising |
| 11 | Problogger | Darren Rowse | $1,751 | $1.28 Million | Advertising Banners |
| 12 | Kotaku | Nick Denton | $1,599 | $1.17 Million | Advertising Banners |
| 13 | Six Revisions | Jacob Gube | $1,587 | $1.16 Million | Advertising Banners |
| 14 | Noupe | Noupe | $1,400 | $1.02 Million | Advertising Banners |
| 15 | Venture Beat | Matt Marshall | $1,251 | $913,721 | Pay Per Click |
| 16 | CopyBlogger | Brian Clark | $1,184 | $864,861 | Affiliate Sales |
| 17 | Abduzeedo | Fabio Sasso | $983 | $718,239 | Advertising Banners |
| 18 | Talking Points Memo | Joshua Marshall | $887 | $647,750 | Advertising Banners |
| 19 | WPBeginner | Syed Balkhi | $692 | $505,420 | Affiliate Sales |
| 20 | Matt Cutts | Matt Cutts | $0* | $488,944 | |
| 21 | Steve Pavlina | Steve Pavlina | $664 | $485,024 | Pay Per Click |
| 22 | Slash Gear | Ewdison Then | $621 | $453,999 | Pay Per Click |
| 23 | Smart Passive Income | Pat Flynn | $607 | $443,406 | Affiliate Sales |
| 24 | John Chow | John Chow | $555 | $405,242 | Affiliate Sales |
| 25 | Freelance Switch | Collis Ta’eed | $533 | $389,517 | Membership Area |
| 26 | Shoemoney | Jeremy Schoemaker | $485 | $354,112 | Private Advertising |
| 27 | Gothamist | Jake Dobkin | $452 | $330,022 | Pay Per Click |
| 28 | Entrepreneurs Journey | Yaro Starak | $389 | $284,170 | Affiliate Sales |
| 29 | IncomeDiary | Michael Dunlop | $382 | $279,505 | Affiliate Sales |
| 30 | Chris Brogan | Chris Brogan | $371 | $271,147 | Affiliate Sales |
| 31 | Matts Marketing Blog | Matt Carter | $302 | $220,834 | Affiliate Sales |
| 32 | ClickNewz | Lynn Terry | $239 | $174,873 | Affiliate Sales |
| 33 | Dooce | Heather B Armstrong | $229 | $167,580 | Pay Per Click |
| 34 | Coolest Gadgets | Allan Carlton | $227 | $166,069 | Advertising Banners |
| 35 | Tony Robbins | Tony Robbins | $193 | $141,526 | Affiliate Sales |
| 36 | Just Creative Designs | Jacob Cass | $185 | $135,497 | Advertising Banners |
| 37 | David Risley | David Risley | $137 | $100,588 | Affiliate Sales |
| 38 | Car Advice | Alborz Fallah | $127 | $92,886 | Advertising Banners |
| 39 | Sizlopedia | Saad Hamid | $118 | $86,842 | Pay Per Click |
| 40 | Gary Vaynerchuk | Gary Vaynerchuk | $88 | $64,744 | Affiliate Sales |
| 41 | PC Mech | David Risley | $82 | $59,955 | Affiliate Sales |
| 42 | Timothy Sykes | Timothy Sykes | $81 | $59,284 | Affiliate Sales |
| 43 | Joel Comm | Joel Comm | $75 | $55,408 | Affiliate Sales |
| 44 | Tyler Cruz | Tyler Cruz | $74 | $54,736 | Affiliate Sales |
| 45 | Chris Garrett | Chris Garrett | $67 | $49,327 | Affiliate Sales |
| 46 | Money Dummy | John Paul Aguiar | $65 | $48,093 | Affiliate Sales |
| 47 | Retireat21 | Michael Dunlop | $65 | $47,487 | Affiliate Sales |
| 48 | Revenews | ReveNews, LLC | $64 | $47,122 | Affiliate Sales |
| 49 | StandOutBlogger | Thomas Sinfield | $59 | $43,633 | Affiliate Sales |
| 50 | BlogBareFoot | Carrie Wilkerson | $37 | $27,390 | Affiliate Sales |
(Courtesty: Matt Smith:Matt Smith is the founder and editor of OnlineIncomeTeacher. He is a Professional Blogger, SEO Consultant & Web Developer, running a number of sites from the UK)
(It would be worth to mention that the above review of the Top 50 Highest Earning Blogs was released in 2011)
NB:
- The above are only estimates as earlier on said of how much these blogs actually earn hence it may be higher or lower.
- The above necessarily does not reflect all the blogs as there may be others which may be earning much more but are not on the list therefore feel free to let us know of any others.
Conclusion On The Top 50 Highest Earning Blogs/Highest Earning Blogs
Personally I’ve been blogging for a couple of months now and I can say that though at first it wasn’t as merry as I thought it would be (there’s a day I got only one visit when I first started), I can say that things are now looking up and the above top 50 highest earning blogs/ Highest Earning Blogs are certainly stirring up some strength from within and i hope if you’re a blogger, especially a first time blogger, you’ll keep your eyes fixed on the prize and use the challenges you find along the way as stepping stones and I’m sure one day you’ll be the one on the list.
As for the bloggers present on the Top 50 Highest Earning Blogs/Highest Earning Blogs list, all i can say is CONGRATULATIONS!
I hope the above information on the top 50 highest earning blogs/highest earning blogs was valuable to you and if so, feel free to leave your comments below.
Before posting your ‘well researched’ article, please make sure it does not have basic errors. AOL bought huff post and Techcrunch ages ago. How can you say mashable is worth 11 million, yet CNN wants to buy it for 200 million.
Hi James,the above info was as from 2010 though it was released in 2011, the same way national examinations are released the following year despite them being sat for the previous year. AOL bought Techcrunch and Huffington post in 2010 and 2011 respectively.The buy out price that was reported by Reuters blogger Felix Salmon has been termed as remarkably high since Mashable has about 9.5 million visitors according to measurement service Quantcast and 24/7 Wall Streets annual blog valuation puts its value closer to $40 million with some believing its revenue is somewhere between $10-$15 million.Lets not forget that the Huffington post was acquired at $315 million despite it generating $31 million in revenues in 2010(New York Times).All in all,i think they usually have their own set of reasons behind such acquisitions.
Man where is boingboing , failblog / failbook , icanhascheezburger , shefinds , etc? This are real big trafic blogs and income. Il say look atleast on http://www.quantcast.com/ before posting
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Nice article, I was searching for a current list, most that show up are from 2010. Thanks for the read.
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