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The data here are generally from August 1 to August 31, 2011, as collected on September 14, 2011

Traffic ratings from September 14, 2011 - by average daily pageviews

Rank	Site	Page Views	Change	Pageview Ratio	...making this the ___ of business/econ websites:
1	Big Picture	72939		100.00%	USA Today
2	Michael Shedlock	70153		96.18%	Wall Street Journal
3	Calculated Risk	62682		85.94%	New York Times
4	Naked Capitalism	56583		77.58%	New York Times
5	Marginal Revolution	41326		56.66%	New York Times
6	Economist's View	18333		25.13%	Chicago Tribune
7	VoxEU	15868		21.76%	Houston Chronicle
8	Emirates Economist	13997		19.19%	Long Island Newsday
9	Gregory Mankiw	13693		18.77%	Long Island Newsday
10	Triple Pundit	9876		13.54%	Cleveland Plain Dealer
11	Carpe Diem	8921		12.23%	Atlanta Journal-Constitution
12	Tax Prof	6465		8.86%	Seattle Times
13	Gongol	6264		8.59%	Columbus Dispatch
14	Baseline Scenario	6029		8.27%	Tampa Tribune
15	Half Sigma	5972		8.19%	Tampa Tribune
16	Gonzalo Lira	5013		6.87%	Investors Business Daily
17	Overcoming Bias	4881		6.69%	Austin American-Statesman
18	Coyote Blog	4196		5.75%	Providence Journal
19	Carl Futia	3881		5.32%	Salt Lake City Tribune
20	Visualizing Economics	3590		4.92%	Knoxville News Sentinel
21	QandO	3491		4.79%	Syracuse Post-Standard
22	Angry Bear	3266		4.48%	Albuquerque Journal
23	Financial Armageddon	3172		4.35%	Philadelphia Daily News
24	Angry Economist	2782		3.81%	North County Times
25	Calafia Beach Pundit	2660		3.65%	Times of Northwest Indiana
26	Economic Perspectives from Kansas City	2503		3.43%	Long Beach Press-Telegram
27	Economic Populist	2458		3.37%	Lincoln Journal Star
28	EconBrowser	2432		3.33%	Newport News Daily Press
29	Tim Worstall	2386		3.27%	Modesto Bee
30	Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance	2337		3.20%	Flint Journal
31	Ekonomi Turk (Turkish)	2254		3.09%	Fairfield County Post
32	Fistful of Euros	2214		3.04%	El Paso Times
33	Economic Edge	1652		2.26%	Springfield News-Leader
34	The Conglomerate	1581		2.17%	Asheville Citizen-Times
35	Environmental Economics (Haab and Whitehead)	1429		1.96%	Salem Statesman Journal
36	Atanu Dey	1404		1.92%	Billings Gazette
37	Political Calculations	1391		1.91%	North Andover Eagle-Tribune
38	Bonddad Blog	1341		1.84%	Easton Express-Times
39	John Lott	1318		1.81%	Palm Springs Desert Sun
40	Roth and Co.	1042		1.43%	Victoria Advocate
41	Random Roger's Big Picture	1035		1.42%	Victoria Advocate
42	Trader's Narrative	957		1.31%	Great Falls Tribune
43	Fat Pitch Financials	866		1.19%	Danbury News-Times
44	Dash of Insight	854		1.17%	Grand Forks Herald
45	Willisms	838		1.15%	Fort Collins Coloradoan
46	Newmark's Door	815		1.12%	Fort Collins Coloradoan
47	Antitrust and Competition Policy	764		1.05%	Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
48	Market Solution (Serbian)	654		0.90%	Eureka Times-Standard
49	Econospeak	574		0.79%	Attleboro Sun Chronicle
50	Tintero Economico Diario (Spanish)	535		0.73%	Fort Dodge Messenger
51	True Economics	532		0.73%	Fort Dodge Messenger
52	Taking Hayek Seriously	510		0.70%	Fort Dodge Messenger
53	Art Diamond	456		0.63%	Chillicothe Gazette
54	New Economist	452		0.62%	Chillicothe Gazette
55	Distributed Republic	448		0.61%	Chillicothe Gazette
56	Economista Serial Cronico	406		0.56%	Chillicothe Gazette
57	Aguanomics	393		0.54%	Chillicothe Gazette
58	Financial Rounds	382		0.52%	Marietta Times
59	Ajay Shah	379		0.52%	Marietta Times
60	Entrepreneurial Mind	377		0.52%	Marietta Times
61	EclectEcon	364		0.50%	Marietta Times
62	Economicrot	344		0.47%	Marietta Times
63	Economics Junkie	342		0.47%	Marietta Times
64	Illusion of Prosperity	339		0.46%	Marietta Times
65	Justin Wehr	325		0.45%	Marietta Times
66	Environmental and Urban Economics	316		0.43%	Gettysburg Times
67	Businomics	315		0.43%	Gettysburg Times
68	Paper Economy	313		0.43%	Gettysburg Times
69	Adam Smith's Lost Legacy	309		0.42%	Gettysburg Times
70	Market Power	294		0.40%	Gettysburg Times
71	Mess that Greenspan Made	287		0.39%	Lake City Reporter
72	Long or Short Capital	281		0.39%	Lake City Reporter
73	Blogo Existo (Portuguese)	271		0.37%	Emporia Gazette
74	Billboardom	259		0.36%	Emporia Gazette
75	Bayesian Heresy	256		0.35%	Emporia Gazette
76	Accrued Interest	252		0.35%	Emporia Gazette
77	Egoist	239		0.33%	Emporia Gazette
78	Economic Disconnect	234		0.32%	Emporia Gazette
79	Market Urbanism	223		0.31%	Emporia Gazette
80	Oregon Economics	211		0.29%	Emporia Gazette
81	Buyer Behaviour	195		0.27%	Tulare Advance-Register
82	Cold Spring Shops	178		0.24%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
83	Management R&D	163		0.22%	Port Clinton News Herald
84	Capital Spectator	157		0.22%	Port Clinton News Herald
85	Global Economy Matters	153		0.21%	Port Clinton News Herald
86	Mad Money Machine	140		0.19%	Baraboo News Republic
87	N. Emrah Aydinonat	138		0.19%	Baraboo News Republic
88	Supply and Demand (In That Order)	138		0.19%	Baraboo News Republic
89	Knowing and Making	126		0.17%	Barstow Desert Dispatch
90	Globalisation and the Environment	125		0.17%	Barstow Desert Dispatch
91	VoluntaryXchange	123		0.17%	Barstow Desert Dispatch
92	Trade and Me (Spanish)	107		0.15%	Dedham Daily News Transcript
93	Alpha Sources	107		0.15%	Dedham Daily News Transcript
94	IPE at UNC	103		0.14%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
95	When Giants Fall	97		0.13%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
96	Asymmetrical Information	93		0.13%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
97	MV=PQ	93		0.13%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
98	Italian Economy Watch	92		0.13%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
99	Truck and Barter	89		0.12%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
100	Trade Diversion	61		0.08%	Jefferson City News Tribune
101	Moonballs from Planet Earth	61		0.08%	Jefferson City News Tribune
102	Labour and Capital	57		0.08%	Jefferson City News Tribune
103	Good News Economist	55		0.08%	Jefferson City News Tribune
104	The Visible Hand in Economics	52		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
105	Business of America is Business	48		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
106	John Barrdear	42		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
107	Economic Dreams, Economic Nightmares	41		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
108	Blue Matter	40		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
109	Heavy Lifting	40		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
110	Blog of Diminishing Returns	39		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
111	Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development	38		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
112	EconWeekly	37		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
113	L'Estable	34		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
114	Common Tragedies	31		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
115	Sybil's Star	30		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
116	Development Bank Research Bulletin	30		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
117	Ecological Economics	27		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
118	Vox Baby	22		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
119	Deflationite	20		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
120	Oikos	19		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
121	Libertarianism from A to Z	19		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
122	Beyond Economics	18		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
123	Labor Blog	18		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
124	Window Manager	13		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
125	Latin America and Brazil	13		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
126	Age of Abundance	12		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
127	Urban Economics and More	12		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
128	Three Chemists and a Bean-Counter	10		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
129	Futronomics	9		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
130	Accidental Verbosity	9		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
131	Willem Buiter	8		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
132	European Tribune	8		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
133	Liberal Capitalist Party	7		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
134	SCSU Scholars	5		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
135	Escape from Cubicle Nation	5		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
136	Jacqueline Passey	5		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
137	Carnival of the Capitalists	3		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
138	General Glut	2		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
139	MacroMouse	2		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
140	Card-Carrying Member	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
141	Trader Mike	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
142	Bearwatch	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
143	Economics, Markets, and Probabilities	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
144	Winter Watch	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers

Traffic ratings from September 14, 2011 - by average daily visits

Rank	Site	Visits	Change	Visit Ratio	...making this the ___ of business/econ websites:
1	Big Picture	60463		100.00%	USA Today
2	Michael Shedlock	51556		85.27%	New York Times
3	Calculated Risk	37273		61.65%	New York Times
4	Naked Capitalism	34374		56.85%	New York Times
5	Marginal Revolution	29730		49.17%	New York Times
6	Economist's View	11437		18.92%	Long Island Newsday
7	Gregory Mankiw	9436		15.61%	San Francisco Chronicle
8	VoxEU	8633		14.28%	Boston Globe
9	Carpe Diem	6356		10.51%	St. Louis Post-Dispatch
10	Triple Pundit	6330		10.47%	Kansas City Star
11	Baseline Scenario	4497		7.44%	Omaha World-Herald
12	Tax Prof	4467		7.39%	Boston Herald
13	Half Sigma	3595		5.95%	Des Moines Register
14	Carl Futia	3116		5.15%	Seattle Post-Intelligencer
15	Overcoming Bias	3079		5.09%	Toledo Blade
16	Gongol	2746		4.54%	Albuquerque Journal
17	Gonzalo Lira	2727		4.51%	Albuquerque Journal
18	Coyote Blog	2663		4.40%	Los Angeles La Opinion
19	Financial Armageddon	2557		4.23%	Colorado Springs Gazette
20	Angry Bear	2190		3.62%	Washington Times
21	QandO	2042		3.38%	Miami El Nuevo Herald
22	Calafia Beach Pundit	1866		3.09%	Fairfield County Post
23	Visualizing Economics	1845		3.05%	El Paso Times
24	EconBrowser	1804		2.98%	Chattanooga Times Free Press
25	Economic Populist	1640		2.71%	Canton Repository
26	Fistful of Euros	1538		2.54%	Boise Idaho statesman
27	Ekonomi Turk (Turkish)	1537		2.54%	Boise Idaho statesman
28	Tim Worstall	1437		2.38%	Rockford Register Star
29	Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance	1436		2.38%	Rockford Register Star
30	Economic Perspectives from Kansas City	1275		2.11%	Cape Cod Times
31	Economic Edge	1019		1.69%	Chicago Southtown Star
32	Angry Economist	1005		1.66%	Bradenton Herald
33	Bonddad Blog	994		1.64%	San Gabriel Valley Tribune
34	John Lott	947		1.57%	Waco Tribune-Herald
35	Political Calculations	945		1.56%	Waco Tribune-Herald
36	Environmental Economics (Haab and Whitehead)	927		1.53%	Tyler Morning Telegraph
37	The Conglomerate	895		1.48%	Tyler Morning Telegraph
38	Becker-Posner	817		1.35%	Great Falls Tribune
39	Atanu Dey	750		1.24%	Racine Journal Times
40	Roth and Co.	700		1.16%	Fort Collins Coloradoan
41	Fat Pitch Financials	689		1.14%	Fort Collins Coloradoan
42	Dash of Insight	653		1.08%	Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
43	Random Roger's Big Picture	621		1.03%	Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
44	Trader's Narrative	616		1.02%	Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
45	Willisms	614		1.02%	Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
46	Newmark's Door	521		0.86%	Burlington Hawk Eye
47	Antitrust and Competition Policy	476		0.79%	Attleboro Sun Chronicle
48	Market Solution (Serbian)	414		0.68%	Orangeburg Times and Democrat
49	True Economics	411		0.68%	Orangeburg Times and Democrat
50	Econospeak	408		0.67%	Orangeburg Times and Democrat
51	Sports Economist	379		0.63%	Chillicothe Gazette
52	Tintero Economico Diario (Spanish)	341		0.56%	Chillicothe Gazette
53	Virginia Postrel	340		0.56%	Chillicothe Gazette
54	Art Diamond	336		0.56%	Chillicothe Gazette
55	Entrepreneurial Mind	326		0.54%	Chillicothe Gazette
56	New Economist	304		0.50%	Marietta Times
57	Economista Serial Cronico	297		0.49%	Marietta Times
58	Distributed Republic	294		0.49%	Marietta Times
59	Taking Hayek Seriously	290		0.48%	Marietta Times
60	Financial Rounds	262		0.43%	Gettysburg Times
61	Aguanomics	261		0.43%	Gettysburg Times
62	Economicrot	257		0.43%	Gettysburg Times
63	Ajay Shah	250		0.41%	Gettysburg Times
64	EclectEcon	243		0.40%	Gettysburg Times
65	Environmental and Urban Economics	238		0.39%	Lake City Reporter
66	Illusion of Prosperity	234		0.39%	Lake City Reporter
67	Adam Smith's Lost Legacy	232		0.38%	Lake City Reporter
68	Market Power	232		0.38%	Lake City Reporter
69	Paper Economy	228		0.38%	Lake City Reporter
70	Accrued Interest	219		0.36%	Emporia Gazette
71	Economics Junkie	213		0.35%	Emporia Gazette
72	Businomics	204		0.34%	Emporia Gazette
73	Justin Wehr	198		0.33%	Emporia Gazette
74	Blogo Existo (Portuguese)	187		0.31%	Emporia Gazette
75	Mess that Greenspan Made	178		0.29%	Emporia Gazette
76	Economic Disconnect	174		0.29%	Emporia Gazette
77	Egoist	164		0.27%	Tulare Advance-Register
78	Long or Short Capital	157		0.26%	Tulare Advance-Register
79	Billboardom	150		0.25%	Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
80	Market Urbanism	142		0.23%	Hudson Register-Star
81	Emirates Economist	141		0.23%	Hudson Register-Star
82	Bayesian Heresy	138		0.23%	Hudson Register-Star
83	Oregon Economics	136		0.22%	Port Clinton News Herald
84	Capital Spectator	136		0.22%	Port Clinton News Herald
85	Buyer Behaviour	119		0.20%	Port Clinton News Herald
86	VoluntaryXchange	109		0.18%	Orange Leader
87	Cold Spring Shops	108		0.18%	Orange Leader
88	Sustainability in Hawaii	107		0.18%	Orange Leader
89	Global Economy Matters	106		0.18%	Orange Leader
90	Supply and Demand (In That Order)	104		0.17%	Barstow Desert Dispatch
91	Knowing and Making	102		0.17%	Barstow Desert Dispatch
92	Globalisation and the Environment	88		0.15%	Dedham Daily News Transcript
93	Management R&D	86		0.14%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
94	Trade and Me (Spanish)	79		0.13%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
95	N. Emrah Aydinonat	78		0.13%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
96	Mad Money Machine	75		0.12%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
97	Asymmetrical Information	75		0.12%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
98	Alpha Sources	72		0.12%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
99	IPE at UNC	71		0.12%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
100	Italian Economy Watch	71		0.12%	Webster City Freeman-Journal
101	MV=PQ	58		0.10%	Jefferson City News Tribune
102	When Giants Fall	55		0.09%	Jefferson City News Tribune
103	Truck and Barter	55		0.09%	Jefferson City News Tribune
104	The Visible Hand in Economics	45		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
105	Trade Diversion	42		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
106	Moonballs from Planet Earth	42		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
107	Undergraduate Economist	41		0.07%	Jefferson City News Tribune
108	Labour and Capital	36		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
109	Good News Economist	34		0.06%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
110	Heavy Lifting	33		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
111	John Barrdear	32		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
112	Economic Dreams, Economic Nightmares	32		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
113	Blue Matter	32		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
114	Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development	29		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
115	EconWeekly	29		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
116	L'Estable	28		0.05%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
117	Common Tragedies	27		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
118	Blog of Diminishing Returns	26		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
119	Sybil's Star	26		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
120	Development Bank Research Bulletin	25		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
121	Ecological Economics	22		0.04%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
122	Business of America is Business	20		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
123	Deflationite	17		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
124	Vox Baby	16		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
125	Oikos	16		0.03%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
126	Libertarianism from A to Z	15		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
127	Beyond Economics	13		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
128	Labor Blog	13		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
129	Window Manager	12		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
130	Age of Abundance	10		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
131	Urban Economics and More	10		0.02%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
132	Accidental Verbosity	8		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
133	Futronomics	7		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
134	Willem Buiter	7		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
135	European Tribune	7		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
136	Latin America and Brazil	6		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
137	Three Chemists and a Bean-Counter	6		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
138	Liberal Capitalist Party	5		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
139	Escape from Cubicle Nation	4		0.01%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
140	Jacqueline Passey	3		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
141	SCSU Scholars	2		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
142	Carnival of the Capitalists	2		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
143	MacroMouse	2		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
144	General Glut	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
145	Card-Carrying Member	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
146	Trader Mike	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
147	Bearwatch	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
148	Economics, Markets, and Probabilities	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 newspapers
149	Winter Watch	1		0.00%	below threshold for top 750 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):