Traffic Rankings for Major Business and Economics Websites
Brian Gongol


Updated ratings will be posted on or about April 1, 2007. Link directly to this list via EconDirectory.com.

If business and economics websites were newspapers, how much traffic would it take to be USA Today? How much would it take, by comparison, to be the Rocky Mountain News? This listing seeks to answer that question based on comparative rankings.

If this is your first time visiting this list, check out the frequently-asked questions (FAQ) page to figure out what this is all about. Also see the annotated directory of all the sites in this part of the Internet universe and the past rankings.

Traffic ratings from March 2, 2007 - by average daily pageviews

Site Page Views Change Pageview Ratio If it were a newspaper, it would be:
Big Picture 29401 Large increase 1.000 USA Today (Washington, DC)
Marginal Revolution 20444 Decrease 0.695 New York Times (New York, NY)
Calculated Risk 12240 Large increase 0.416 The Washington Post (Washington, DC)
Gregory Mankiw 10827 Increase 0.368 New York Daily News (New York, NY)
Michael Shedlock 9720 Large increase 0.331 New York Daily News (New York, NY)
European Tribune 7430 Decrease 0.253 Minneapolis Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Economist's View 7379 Decrease 0.251 Minneapolis Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Trader Mike 7230 Large increase 0.246 Minneapolis Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
QandO 6708 Large increase 0.228 Atlanta Journal Constitution (Atlanta, GA)
Tax Prof 5834 Large increase 0.198 Long Island Newsday (Long Island, NY)
Gongol 4687 Increase 0.159 The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
Asymmetrical Information 4628 Large increase 0.157 The Miami Herald (Miami, FL)
Winter Watch 4055 Large increase 0.138 Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN)
Drezner 4002 Increase 0.136 San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX)
Vancouver Housing 3923 Large decrease 0.133 The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA)
Mess that Greenspan Made 3826 Large increase 0.130 Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, TX)
Carl Futia 3634 Large increase 0.124 The Tampa Tribune & Times (Tampa, FL)
Angry Economist 3362 No change 0.114 The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK)
Billboardom 3149 Large increase 0.107 San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
EclectEcon 2982 Large increase 0.101 St. Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN)
Angry Bear 2847 Decrease 0.097 Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA)
Tim Worstall 2819 Decrease 0.096 Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA)
Willisms 2408 Large decrease 0.082 The Record (Hackensack, NJ)
Half Sigma 2354 Large increase 0.080 Asbury Park Press (Neptune, NJ)
Coyote Blog 2241 Large decrease 0.076 Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)
Overcoming Bias 2210 Increase 0.075 The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA)
EconBrowser 2172 Large increase 0.074 The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA)
Jacqueline Passey 2170 Large increase 0.074 The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA)
Catallarchy 1989 Large increase 0.068 Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH)
New Economist 1986 Increase 0.068 Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH)
MaxSpeak 1901 Decrease 0.065 The Honolulu Advertiser (Honolulu, HI)
Indian Economy 1803 Large increase 0.061 Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Environmental Economics (Haab and Whitehead) 1773 Increase 0.060 The Salt Lake Tribune/Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)
Long or Short Capital 1756 No change 0.060 Allentown Morning Call (Allentown, PA)
Chicago Boyz 1654 Large decrease 0.056 Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY)
The Conglomerate 1498 Increase 0.051 La Opinion (Los Angeles, CA)
Macroblog 1230 Large increase 0.042 The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)
Escape from Cubicle Nation 1164 Decrease 0.040 El Nuevo Herald (Miami, FL)
Truck and Barter 1057 Decrease 0.036 Times of Northwest Indiana (Munster, IN)
Fat Pitch Financials 1055 Decrease 0.036 News (York, PA)
Triple Pundit 1055 Large increase 0.036 News (York, PA)
Carnival of the Capitalists 934 No change 0.032 Green Bay Press-Gazette (Green Bay, WI)
Fistful of Euros 849 Decrease 0.029 San Bernardino Sun (San Bernardino, CA)
Roth and Co. 733 Large decrease 0.025 Amarillo Globe-News (Amarillo, TX)
Statistical Modeling 654 Decrease 0.022 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Business of America is Business 625 Large increase 0.021 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Andrew Leigh 615 Large increase 0.021 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Entrepreneurial Mind 544 Increase 0.019 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Knowledge Problem 540 Increase 0.018 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Agoraphilia 529 Large decrease 0.018 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Newmark's Door 469 Decrease 0.016 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
SCSU Scholars 413 Increase 0.014 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Capital Spectator 410 Increase 0.014 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
ArgMax 402 Increase 0.014 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Ajay Shah 371 Large increase 0.013 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Vox Baby 367 Increase 0.013 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Window Manager 346 Large decrease 0.012 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Core Economics 333 Increase 0.011 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Emirates Economist 307 Decrease 0.010 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Market Power 298 Large increase 0.010 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
World Economic Forum Weblog 252 Large decrease 0.009 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
EconoPundit 230 Large increase 0.008 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Accidental Verbosity 229 Increase 0.008 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Carpe Diem 207 Large decrease 0.007 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Global Economy Matters 184 Decrease 0.006 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Environmental and Urban Economics 183 Large decrease 0.006 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Constrained Vision 178 Increase 0.006 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Economic Dreams, Economic Nightmares 177 Increase 0.006 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Prestopundit 163 Large decrease 0.006 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Development Bank Research Bulletin 162 Decrease 0.006 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Notes for Monetary Enthusiasts 159 No change 0.005 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Cold Spring Shops 145 Large increase 0.005 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Adam Smith's Lost Legacy 143 Increase 0.005 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Globalisation and the Environment 140 Increase 0.005 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Egoist 139 Large increase 0.005 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Ecological Economics 137 Large increase 0.005 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Deinonychus Antirrhopus 131 Large decrease 0.005 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Financial Rounds 121 Large decrease 0.004 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Alpha Sources 120 Increase 0.004 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
General Glut 116 Increase 0.004 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Trade Diversion 115 Large increase 0.004 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Different River 94 Decrease 0.003 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Let's Fly Under the Bridge 93 Large decrease 0.003 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Ashish's Niti 78 Large increase 0.003 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Hypothetical Bias 66 Increase 0.002 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Italian Economy Watch 66 Large increase 0.002 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Labor Blog 66 Large decrease 0.002 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Oikos 65 Increase 0.002 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Heavy Lifting 61 Decrease 0.002 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Businomics 57 Increase 0.002 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Alea 53 Large decrease 0.002 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
James D. Miller 53 Large increase 0.002 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Sybil's Star 36 Large decrease 0.001 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Visualizing Economics 34 Large decrease 0.001 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development 32 Large decrease 0.001 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
One-Handed Economist 20 Large decrease 0.001 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Urban Economics and More 20 Large decrease 0.001 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Economics, Markets, and Probabilities 18 Large decrease 0.001 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Trade and Me (Spanish) 16 No change 0.001 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Research Design and Statistics 15 Increase 0.001 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Go Figure 14 Increase 0.001 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Card-Carrying Member 13 Large decrease 0.000 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Byrne's Marketview 10 Increase 0.000 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
MacroMouse 8 Increase 0.000 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Ben Muse 0 No change 0.000 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
The Lowest Deep 0 No change 0.000 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)


Traffic ratings from March 2, 2007 - by average daily visits

Site Visits Change Visit Ratio If it were a newspaper, it would be:
Big Picture 21195 Large increase 1.000 USA Today (Washington, DC)
Marginal Revolution 12756 Decrease 0.602 Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA)
Calculated Risk 8197 Large increase 0.387 The Washington Post (Washington, DC)
Michael Shedlock 8165 Large increase 0.385 The Washington Post (Washington, DC)
Gregory Mankiw 6642 Increase 0.313 Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
Tax Prof 4837 Large increase 0.228 Atlanta Journal Constitution (Atlanta, GA)
Economist's View 4462 Decrease 0.211 Long Island Newsday (Long Island, NY)
QandO 4325 Large increase 0.204 Long Island Newsday (Long Island, NY)
Asymmetrical Information 3720 Increase 0.176 The Seattle Times/Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
Trader Mike 3587 Large increase 0.169 St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)
Drezner 3207 No change 0.151 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA)
Gongol 2149 No change 0.101 St. Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN)
Tim Worstall 2079 Decrease 0.098 Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA)
Angry Bear 2001 Decrease 0.094 Tennessean (Nashville, TN)
Winter Watch 1953 Large increase 0.092 Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE)
Carl Futia 1902 Increase 0.090 The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
Angry Economist 1849 No change 0.087 Democrat & Chronicle (Rochester, NY)
Mess that Greenspan Made 1833 Large increase 0.087 Providence Journal (Providence, RI)
Billboardom 1719 Large increase 0.081 Asbury Park Press (Neptune, NJ)
European Tribune 1694 Increase 0.080 Asbury Park Press (Neptune, NJ)
Willisms 1591 Decrease 0.075 The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA)
Coyote Blog 1560 Decrease 0.074 The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA)
Vancouver Housing 1490 Large decrease 0.070 Arizona Daily Star/Tucson Citizen (Tucson, AZ)
EconBrowser 1408 Large increase 0.066 The Blade (Toledo, OH)
New Economist 1358 Large increase 0.064 The Honolulu Advertiser (Honolulu, HI)
Becker-Posner 1230 No change 0.058 The Journal News (White Plains, NY)
Indian Economy 1130 Large increase 0.053 Wilmington News Journal (Wilmington, DE)
MaxSpeak 1122 Decrease 0.053 Times Union (Albany, NY)
Catallarchy 1036 Increase 0.049 The Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, PA)
Overcoming Bias 1026 Increase 0.048 Journal Gazette/News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN)
Environmental Economics (Haab and Whitehead) 1025 Increase 0.048 Journal Gazette/News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN)
Half Sigma 1003 Increase 0.047 Mobile Register (Mobile, AL)
The Conglomerate 1003 Increase 0.047 Mobile Register (Mobile, AL)
EclectEcon 999 Large increase 0.047 Mobile Register (Mobile, AL)
Chicago Boyz 938 Large decrease 0.044 Daily Press (Newport News, VA)
Macroblog 876 Large increase 0.041 Florida Today (Melbourne, FL)
Virginia Postrel 864 Decrease 0.041 Florida Today (Melbourne, FL)
Jacqueline Passey 833 Large increase 0.039 El Nuevo Herald (Miami, FL)
Long or Short Capital 807 Decrease 0.038 Press-Telegram (Los Angeles, CA)
Escape from Cubicle Nation 799 Decrease 0.038 South Bend Tribune (South Bend, IN)
Triple Pundit 741 Large increase 0.035 Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, CA)
Truck and Barter 701 Decrease 0.033 Journal Star (Peoria, IL)
Carnival of the Capitalists 662 No change 0.031 Asheville Citizen-Times (Asheville, NC)
Fistful of Euros 654 Decrease 0.031 Asheville Citizen-Times (Asheville, NC)
Roth and Co. 600 Large decrease 0.028 Post-Tribune (Merrillville, IN)
Fat Pitch Financials 593 Decrease 0.028 Gazette (Kalamazoo, MI)
Entrepreneurial Mind 440 Increase 0.021 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Statistical Modeling 431 No change 0.020 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Business of America is Business 428 Large increase 0.020 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Andrew Leigh 394 Large increase 0.019 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Knowledge Problem 394 Increase 0.019 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Capital Spectator 382 Increase 0.018 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Sports Economist 382 Increase 0.018 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Agoraphilia 323 Large decrease 0.015 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
SCSU Scholars 314 Increase 0.015 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Newmark's Door 308 Decrease 0.015 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Vox Baby 290 Increase 0.014 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Window Manager 249 Large decrease 0.012 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Emirates Economist 218 No change 0.010 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Market Power 215 Large increase 0.010 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
ArgMax 212 Increase 0.010 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Core Economics 202 Increase 0.010 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Ajay Shah 200 Large increase 0.009 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Accidental Verbosity 176 No change 0.008 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
World Economic Forum Weblog 169 Large decrease 0.008 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Carpe Diem 141 Large decrease 0.007 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Constrained Vision 140 Increase 0.007 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Economic Dreams, Economic Nightmares 136 Large increase 0.006 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Environmental and Urban Economics 133 Large decrease 0.006 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
EconoPundit 127 Decrease 0.006 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Global Economy Matters 127 Decrease 0.006 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Notes for Monetary Enthusiasts 120 No change 0.006 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Prestopundit 113 Decrease 0.005 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Cold Spring Shops 112 Large increase 0.005 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
General Glut 107 Increase 0.005 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Adam Smith's Lost Legacy 100 Increase 0.005 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Development Bank Research Bulletin 98 Decrease 0.005 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Deinonychus Antirrhopus 97 Large decrease 0.005 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Egoist 96 Large increase 0.005 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Globalisation and the Environment 90 Increase 0.004 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Financial Rounds 89 Large decrease 0.004 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Ecological Economics 86 Large increase 0.004 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Alpha Sources 85 Large increase 0.004 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Different River 79 Decrease 0.004 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Trade Diversion 78 Large increase 0.004 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Let's Fly Under the Bridge 75 Decrease 0.004 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Oikos 75 Large increase 0.004 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Ashish's Niti 58 Large increase 0.003 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Labor Blog 55 Large decrease 0.003 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Heavy Lifting 53 Decrease 0.003 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Hypothetical Bias 50 Increase 0.002 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Visualizing Economics 49 Large increase 0.002 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Italian Economy Watch 43 Increase 0.002 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
James D. Miller 42 Large increase 0.002 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Businomics 39 Increase 0.002 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Sybil's Star 29 Large decrease 0.001 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Alea 22 Large decrease 0.001 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development 19 Large decrease 0.001 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Urban Economics and More 17 Large decrease 0.001 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Economics, Markets, and Probabilities 14 Decrease 0.001 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
One-Handed Economist 14 Decrease 0.001 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Card-Carrying Member 9 Large decrease 0.000 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Go Figure 9 Increase 0.000 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Research Design and Statistics 9 Increase 0.000 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Byrne's Marketview 8 Large increase 0.000 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
MacroMouse 5 No change 0.000 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
Ben Muse 0 No change 0.000 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)
The Lowest Deep 0 No change 0.000 (below threshold for top 200 newspapers)


Sites that qualify but don't have public traffic logs

The following sites do not appear to have publicly-available traffic logs and are thus not included in this analysis but are listed in the overall directory -- (corrections are welcomed):

Adam Smith Institute
Adam Smith Lives
Adam Smithee
Agonist
An Economist in Paradise
Aplia Econ Blog
Athena Alliance
AtlanticBlog
Austrian Economists
Bayesian Heresy
Beatroot
Bonobo Land
Brad DeLong
Brad Setser
BudgetBlog
Business Evolutionist
Business Opportunities
BusinessPundit
Cafe Hayek
Capital Chronicle
Capital Commerce
Captain Capitalism
Catallaxis
Chocolate and Gold Coins
Christopher Archer
Club for Growth
Commons Blog
Credit Slips
Crooked Timber
Deal Breaker
Dean Baker
Division of Labour
Douglas Karr
EconLog
Economia en Tiempo Real (Spanish)
Economic Education
Economic Investigations
Economic Principals
Economic Strategy Institute
Economics and . . .
Economics in the News
Economics Unbound
EconomicsUK
Economonitor
Eric Rasmussen
Everyday Economics
Financial Methods
Foo Bar and Grill
Freakonomics
Free Exchange
GapingVoid
Globalisation Institute
Idea Shop
Innovation Online
Inside the Economist's Mind
Institutional Economics
Johan Norberg
John C. Bogle
John Quiggin
Ken Woodward
Kudlow's Money Politics
Lawrance Lux
Liberal Order
Mahalanobis
Marginalizing Morons
Metrics 2.0
Midwest Economy
Mises Economics Blog
Neuroeconomics
Nouriel Roubini
Oligopoly Watch
OMBWatch BudgetBlog
Organizations and Markets
Part-Time Pundit
PC4Media
Penguin Unearthed
Peter Gallagher
Peter Gordon
Philippe Legrain
Phosita
Political Calculations
Poverty and Growth Blog
Private Sector Development Blog
Rob Sama
Rossputin
Sam Park
Skeptical Optimist
Slacker Manager
Small Business Trends
Social Twister
Start Making Sense
Stationary Bandit
Stephen Bainbridge
Stumbling and Mumbling
Tax Policy Blog
Ten Centimeters
Thinking on the Margin
Thomas Palley
Trade and Me (Spanish)
Venture Chronicles
VoluntaryXchange
William J. Polley
Winterspeak
Worthwhile Canadian Initiative