Brian Gongol
Updated ratings will be posted on or about May 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 April 2, 2007 - by average daily pageviews
| Rank | Site | Page Views | Change from last month | Pageview Ratio | If it were a newspaper, it would be: |
| 1 | Big Picture | 29878 |  | 1.000 | USA Today (Washington, DC) |
| 2 | Marginal Revolution | 17485 |  | 0.585 | Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA) |
| 3 | Calculated Risk | 15466 |  | 0.518 | Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA) |
| 4 | Gregory Mankiw | 9531 | | 0.319 | New York Daily News (New York, NY) |
| 5 | Michael Shedlock | 8750 | | 0.293 | Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) |
| 6 | Economist's View | 7797 | | 0.261 | Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX) |
| 7 | European Tribune | 7048 | | 0.236 | Atlanta Journal Constitution (Atlanta, GA) |
| 8 | Tax Prof | 6909 | | 0.231 | Atlanta Journal Constitution (Atlanta, GA) |
| 9 | Trader Mike | 5680 |  | 0.190 | San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA) |
| 10 | QandO | 5135 | | 0.172 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) |
| 11 | Drezner | 4906 | | 0.164 | The San Diego Union Tribune (San Diego, CA) |
| 12 | Asymmetrical Information | 4844 | | 0.162 | The San Diego Union Tribune (San Diego, CA) |
| 13 | Tim Worstall | 4650 | | 0.156 | The Miami Herald (Miami, FL) |
| 14 | Gongol | 4336 | | 0.145 | Orange County Register (Orange County, CA) |
| 15 | Mess that Greenspan Made | 3487 | | 0.117 | Cincinnati Enquirer/Post (Cincinnati, OH) |
| 16 | Winter Watch | 3366 | | 0.113 | Little Rock Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR) |
| 17 | Half Sigma | 3100 | | 0.104 | St. Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN) |
| 18 | Willisms | 2962 | | 0.099 | Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA) |
| 19 | Angry Bear | 2860 |  | 0.096 | Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA) |
| 20 | Angry Economist | 2635 | | 0.088 | Times-Union (Jacksonville, FL) |
| 21 | Overcoming Bias | 2539 | | 0.085 | Raleigh News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) |
| 22 | Carpe Diem | 2515 | | 0.084 | The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, FL) |
| 23 | MaxSpeak | 2499 | | 0.084 | Investor's Business Daily (Los Angeles, CA) |
| 24 | Vancouver Housing | 2300 | | 0.077 | Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) |
| 25 | Carl Futia | 2229 | | 0.075 | Los Angeles Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) |
| 26 | The Conglomerate | 2210 | | 0.074 | The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA) |
| 27 | Billboardom | 2153 | | 0.072 | Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL) |
| 28 | Jacqueline Passey | 2107 | | 0.071 | Arizona Daily Star/Tucson Citizen (Tucson, AZ) |
| 29 | Chicago Boyz | 2101 | | 0.070 | Arizona Daily Star/Tucson Citizen (Tucson, AZ) |
| 30 | EconBrowser | 1882 | | 0.063 | Tribune-Review (Greensburg, PA) |
| 31 | Coyote Blog | 1763 | | 0.059 | Wisconsin State Journal/Capital Times (Madison, WI) |
| 32 | Environmental Economics (Haab and Whitehead) | 1760 | | 0.059 | Wisconsin State Journal/Capital Times (Madison, WI) |
| 33 | Statistical Modeling | 1722 | | 0.058 | The Journal News (White Plains, NY) |
| 34 | New Economist | 1669 | | 0.056 | Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY) |
| 35 | Long or Short Capital | 1459 | | 0.049 | The Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) |
| 36 | Core Economics | 1430 | | 0.048 | Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) |
| 37 | Truck and Barter | 1369 | | 0.046 | Greenville News (Greenville, SC) |
| 38 | Macroblog | 1352 | | 0.045 | Greenville News (Greenville, SC) |
| 39 | Indian Economy | 1328 | | 0.044 | Daily Press (Newport News, VA) |
| 40 | Catallarchy | 1269 | | 0.043 | Maine Sunday Telegram (Portland, ME) |
| 41 | Fat Pitch Financials | 1052 | | 0.035 | Courier & Press (Evansville, IN) |
| 42 | Escape from Cubicle Nation | 995 | | 0.033 | Repository (Canton, OH) |
| 43 | Agoraphilia | 889 | | 0.030 | Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, SD) |
| 44 | Roth and Co. | 855 | | 0.029 | Huntsville Times (Huntsville, AL) |
| 45 | EclectEcon | 842 | | 0.028 | Times Tribune (Scranton, PA) |
| 46 | Fistful of Euros | 835 | | 0.028 | Quad-City Times (Davenport, IA) |
| 47 | Triple Pundit | 684 | | 0.023 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 48 | Andrew Leigh | 633 | | 0.021 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 49 | Business of America is Business | 600 | | 0.020 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 50 | Newmark's Door | 503 | | 0.017 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 51 | SCSU Scholars | 454 | | 0.015 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 52 | Entrepreneurial Mind | 453 | | 0.015 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 53 | Window Manager | 430 | | 0.014 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 54 | Ajay Shah | 416 | | 0.014 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 55 | Knowledge Problem | 363 | | 0.012 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 56 | Capital Spectator | 355 | | 0.012 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 57 | ArgMax | 331 | | 0.011 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 58 | Market Power | 322 | | 0.011 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 59 | Accidental Verbosity | 312 | | 0.010 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 60 | Emirates Economist | 307 | | 0.010 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 61 | Vox Baby | 296 | | 0.010 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 62 | Globalisation and the Environment | 271 | | 0.009 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 63 | Cold Spring Shops | 252 | | 0.008 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 64 | World Economic Forum Weblog | 248 | | 0.008 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 65 | Environmental and Urban Economics | 245 | | 0.008 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 66 | EconoPundit | 234 | | 0.008 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 67 | Prestopundit | 206 | | 0.007 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 68 | Development Bank Research Bulletin | 202 | | 0.007 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 69 | Deinonychus Antirrhopus | 198 | | 0.007 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 70 | Adam Smith's Lost Legacy | 197 | | 0.007 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 71 | Economic Dreams, Economic Nightmares | 191 | | 0.006 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 72 | Constrained Vision | 164 | | 0.006 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 73 | Financial Rounds | 153 | | 0.005 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 74 | Global Economy Matters | 139 | | 0.005 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 75 | Ecological Economics | 133 | | 0.005 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 76 | Alpha Sources | 132 | | 0.004 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 77 | Trade Diversion | 128 | | 0.004 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 78 | Let's Fly Under the Bridge | 124 | | 0.004 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 79 | General Glut | 100 | | 0.003 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 80 | Businomics | 92 | | 0.003 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 81 | Egoist | 88 | | 0.003 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 82 | Heavy Lifting | 83 | | 0.003 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 83 | Different River | 78 | | 0.003 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 84 | Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development | 73 | | 0.002 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 85 | Visualizing Economics | 72 | | 0.002 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 86 | Carnival of the Capitalists | 71 | | 0.002 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 87 | Italian Economy Watch | 71 | | 0.002 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 88 | Hypothetical Bias | 65 | | 0.002 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 89 | Ashish's Niti | 62 | | 0.002 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 90 | Oikos | 62 | | 0.002 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 91 | Labor Blog | 52 | | 0.002 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 92 | One-Handed Economist | 36 | | 0.001 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 93 | Liberal Capitalist Party | 30 | | 0.001 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 94 | Notes for Monetary Enthusiasts | 30 | | 0.001 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 95 | Sybil's Star | 28 | | 0.001 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 96 | Urban Economics and More | 28 | | 0.001 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 97 | Corneconomics | 26 | | 0.001 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 98 | James D. Miller | 20 | | 0.001 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 99 | Trade and Me (Spanish) | 19 | | 0.001 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 100 | Card-Carrying Member | 18 | | 0.001 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 101 | Research Design and Statistics | 14 | | 0.001 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 102 | MacroMouse | 12 | | 0.000 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 103 | Byrne's Marketview | 11 | | 0.000 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 104 | Economics, Markets, and Probabilities | 9 | | 0.000 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 105 | De Gustibus | 5 | | 0.000 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 106 | Go Figure | 5 | | 0.000 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 107 | Alea | 0 | | 0.000 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 108 | Ben Muse | 0 | | 0.000 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 109 | The Lowest Deep | 0 | | 0.000 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
Traffic ratings from April 2, 2007 - by average daily visits
| Rank | Site | Visits | Change from last month | Visit Ratio | If it were a newspaper, it would be: |
| 1 | Big Picture | 22358 | | 1.000 | USA Today (Washington, DC) |
| 2 | Marginal Revolution | 11111 | | 0.497 | Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA) |
| 3 | Calculated Risk | 11007 | | 0.492 | Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA) |
| 4 | Michael Shedlock | 7428 | | 0.332 | New York Daily News (New York, NY) |
| 5 | Gregory Mankiw | 6096 | | 0.273 | The Detroit News/Free Press (Detroit, MI) |
| 6 | Tax Prof | 5684 | | 0.254 | Minneapolis Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) |
| 7 | Economist's View | 4669 | | 0.209 | Long Island Newsday (Long Island, NY) |
| 8 | Asymmetrical Information | 3850 | | 0.172 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) |
| 9 | Drezner | 3760 | | 0.168 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) |
| 10 | Tim Worstall | 3651 | | 0.163 | The San Diego Union Tribune (San Diego, CA) |
| 11 | QandO | 3286 | | 0.147 | Kansas City Star (Kansas City, MO) |
| 12 | Trader Mike | 2947 | | 0.132 | The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA) |
| 13 | Gongol | 2232 | | 0.100 | St. Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN) |
| 14 | Angry Bear | 2000 | | 0.090 | The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) |
| 15 | Willisms | 1951 | | 0.087 | Democrat & Chronicle (Rochester, NY) |
| 16 | Winter Watch | 1928 | | 0.086 | Memphis Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) |
| 17 | Carpe Diem | 1843 | | 0.082 | The Record (Hackensack, NJ) |
| 18 | Angry Economist | 1821 | | 0.081 | Asbury Park Press (Neptune, NJ) |
| 19 | European Tribune | 1747 | | 0.078 | Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) |
| 20 | Half Sigma | 1639 | | 0.073 | The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA) |
| 21 | Mess that Greenspan Made | 1622 | | 0.073 | The Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, MI) |
| 22 | MaxSpeak | 1619 | | 0.072 | The Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, MI) |
| 23 | Carl Futia | 1523 | | 0.068 | Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH) |
| 24 | The Conglomerate | 1417 | | 0.063 | Tribune-Review (Greensburg, PA) |
| 25 | EconBrowser | 1256 | | 0.056 | Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY) |
| 26 | Becker-Posner | 1227 | | 0.055 | Herald-Tribune (Sarasota, FL) |
| 27 | Billboardom | 1207 | | 0.054 | Wilmington News Journal (Wilmington, DE) |
| 28 | Coyote Blog | 1181 | | 0.053 | La Opinion (Los Angeles, CA) |
| 29 | Overcoming Bias | 1177 | | 0.053 | La Opinion (Los Angeles, CA) |
| 30 | New Economist | 1152 | | 0.052 | La Opinion (Los Angeles, CA) |
| 31 | Chicago Boyz | 991 | | 0.044 | Daily Press (Newport News, VA) |
| 32 | Core Economics | 972 | | 0.044 | Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) |
| 33 | Environmental Economics (Haab and Whitehead) | 968 | | 0.043 | Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) |
| 34 | Vancouver Housing | 927 | | 0.042 | East Valley Tribune (Mesa, AZ) |
| 35 | Statistical Modeling | 911 | | 0.041 | Florida Today (Melbourne, FL) |
| 36 | Macroblog | 901 | | 0.040 | Journal (Flint, MI) |
| 37 | Jacqueline Passey | 896 | | 0.040 | Journal (Flint, MI) |
| 38 | Indian Economy | 879 | | 0.039 | El Nuevo Herald (Miami, FL) |
| 39 | Truck and Barter | 879 | | 0.039 | El Nuevo Herald (Miami, FL) |
| 40 | Catallarchy | 849 | | 0.038 | Press-Telegram (Los Angeles, CA) |
| 41 | Virginia Postrel | 838 | | 0.038 | Journal (Winston-Salem, NC) |
| 42 | Long or Short Capital | 704 | | 0.032 | Charleston Gazette/Daily Mail (Charleston, WV) |
| 43 | Escape from Cubicle Nation | 692 | | 0.031 | Asheville Citizen-Times (Asheville, NC) |
| 44 | Roth and Co. | 679 | | 0.030 | Advance (Staten Island, NY) |
| 45 | Agoraphilia | 625 | | 0.028 | Gazette (Kalamazoo, MI) |
| 46 | Fat Pitch Financials | 617 | | 0.028 | Quad-City Times (Davenport, IA) |
| 47 | Fistful of Euros | 554 | | 0.025 | Amarillo Globe-News (Amarillo, TX) |
| 48 | EclectEcon | 508 | | 0.023 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 49 | Triple Pundit | 492 | | 0.022 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 50 | Business of America is Business | 417 | | 0.019 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 51 | Andrew Leigh | 390 | | 0.017 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 52 | Sports Economist | 390 | | 0.017 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 53 | Entrepreneurial Mind | 378 | | 0.017 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 54 | SCSU Scholars | 340 | | 0.015 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 55 | Capital Spectator | 330 | | 0.015 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 56 | Window Manager | 312 | | 0.014 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 57 | Newmark's Door | 306 | | 0.014 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 58 | Knowledge Problem | 272 | | 0.012 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 59 | Vox Baby | 245 | | 0.011 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 60 | Ajay Shah | 237 | | 0.011 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 61 | Market Power | 234 | | 0.011 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 62 | Accidental Verbosity | 230 | | 0.010 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 63 | Emirates Economist | 225 | | 0.010 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 64 | Environmental and Urban Economics | 192 | | 0.009 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 65 | Cold Spring Shops | 189 | | 0.009 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 66 | EconoPundit | 184 | | 0.008 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 67 | World Economic Forum Weblog | 180 | | 0.008 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 68 | ArgMax | 176 | | 0.008 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 69 | Globalisation and the Environment | 170 | | 0.008 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 70 | Adam Smith's Lost Legacy | 138 | | 0.006 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 71 | Deinonychus Antirrhopus | 138 | | 0.006 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 72 | Prestopundit | 134 | | 0.006 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 73 | Constrained Vision | 132 | | 0.006 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 74 | Economic Dreams, Economic Nightmares | 126 | | 0.006 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 75 | Development Bank Research Bulletin | 116 | | 0.005 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 76 | Financial Rounds | 108 | | 0.005 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 77 | Undergraduate Economist | 103 | | 0.005 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 78 | Let's Fly Under the Bridge | 98 | | 0.004 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 79 | Global Economy Matters | 96 | | 0.004 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 80 | General Glut | 91 | | 0.004 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 81 | Ecological Economics | 88 | | 0.004 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 82 | Trade Diversion | 84 | | 0.004 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 83 | Alpha Sources | 80 | | 0.004 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 84 | Oikos | 74 | | 0.003 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 85 | Egoist | 70 | | 0.003 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 86 | Heavy Lifting | 66 | | 0.003 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 87 | Different River | 65 | | 0.003 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 88 | Businomics | 55 | | 0.003 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 89 | Hypothetical Bias | 51 | | 0.002 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 90 | Ashish's Niti | 47 | | 0.002 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 91 | Carnival of the Capitalists | 47 | | 0.002 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 92 | Italian Economy Watch | 47 | | 0.002 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 93 | Visualizing Economics | 47 | | 0.002 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 94 | Labor Blog | 43 | | 0.002 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 95 | Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development | 36 | | 0.002 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 96 | Sybil's Star | 27 | | 0.001 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 97 | Corneconomics | 21 | | 0.001 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 98 | One-Handed Economist | 21 | | 0.001 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 99 | Urban Economics and More | 20 | | 0.001 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 100 | Notes for Monetary Enthusiasts | 16 | | 0.001 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 101 | James D. Miller | 15 | | 0.001 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 102 | Trade and Me (Spanish) | 15 | | 0.001 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 103 | Card-Carrying Member | 12 | | 0.001 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 104 | Liberal Capitalist Party | 11 | | 0.001 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 105 | MacroMouse | 9 | | 0.000 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 106 | Byrne's Marketview | 8 | | 0.000 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 107 | Economics, Markets, and Probabilities | 8 | | 0.000 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 108 | Research Design and Statistics | 7 | | 0.000 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 109 | De Gustibus | 4 | | 0.000 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 110 | Go Figure | 4 | | 0.000 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 111 | Alea | 0 | | 0.000 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 112 | Ben Muse | 0 | | 0.000 | (below threshold for top 200 newspapers) |
| 113 | The Lowest Deep | 0 | | 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):