Traffic Rankings for Business and Economics Websites
Brian Gongol
Next update: On or about June 3, 2013. The most recent ratings are always found at EconDirectory.com.
The data here are generally from October 1 to October 31, 2012, as collected on November 16, 2012
Traffic ratings from November 16, 2012 - by average daily pageviews
Rank | Site | Page Views | Change | Pageview Ratio | ...making this the ___ of business/econ websites: |
1 | Big Picture | 49704 | 100.00% | USA Today | |
2 | Michael Shedlock | 49696 | 99.98% | Wall Street Journal | |
3 | Naked Capitalism | 45085 | 90.71% | Wall Street Journal | |
4 | Marginal Revolution | 39873 | 80.22% | New York Times | |
5 | Tax Prof | 10687 | 21.50% | Houston Chronicle | |
6 | Gongol | 5340 | 10.74% | Indianapolis Star | |
7 | Economic Perspectives from Kansas City | 4407 | 8.87% | Seattle Times | |
8 | Tim Worstall | 4036 | 8.12% | St. Paul Pioneer Press | |
9 | Overcoming Bias | 3324 | 6.69% | Austin American-Statesman | |
10 | Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance | 3180 | 6.40% | Greensburg Tribune-Review | |
11 | Carpe Diem | 3170 | 6.38% | Rochester Democrat & Chronicle | |
12 | Ekonomi Turk (Turkish) | 2935 | 5.90% | Des Moines Register | |
13 | Angry Bear | 2800 | 5.63% | Jacksonville Times-Union | |
14 | Carl Futia | 2628 | 5.29% | Salt Lake City Tribune | |
15 | Coyote Blog | 2604 | 5.24% | Salt Lake City Tribune | |
16 | Political Calculations | 2367 | 4.76% | Syracuse Post-Standard | |
17 | Economic Populist | 2192 | 4.41% | Los Angeles La Opinion | |
18 | Angry Economist | 2088 | 4.20% | The State (Columbia) | |
19 | Atanu Dey | 2071 | 4.17% | Charleston Post and Courier | |
20 | QandO | 1981 | 3.99% | Harrisburg Patriot-News | |
21 | Visualizing Economics | 1797 | 3.62% | Washington Times | |
22 | Gonzalo Lira | 1656 | 3.33% | Newport News Daily Press | |
23 | Calafia Beach Pundit | 1639 | 3.30% | Greenville News | |
24 | EconBrowser | 1601 | 3.22% | Flint Journal | |
25 | John Lott | 1452 | 2.92% | Portland Press Herald | |
26 | Bonddad Blog | 1267 | 2.55% | Reading Eagle | |
27 | Environmental Economics (Haab and Whitehead) | 1172 | 2.36% | Lakeland Ledger | |
28 | Financial Armageddon | 1098 | 2.21% | Waterbury Republican-American | |
29 | The Conglomerate | 1091 | 2.19% | Fargo Forum | |
30 | Dash of Insight | 1012 | 2.04% | Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin | |
31 | Roth and Co. | 999 | 2.01% | Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star | |
32 | Random Roger's Big Picture | 944 | 1.90% | North Andover Eagle-Tribune | |
33 | True Economics | 771 | 1.55% | Waco Tribune-Herald | |
34 | Tintero Economico Diario (Spanish) | 726 | 1.46% | Victoria Advocate | |
35 | Newmark's Door | 699 | 1.41% | Lynchburg News & Advance | |
36 | Willisms | 671 | 1.35% | Great Falls Tribune | |
37 | Antitrust and Competition Policy | 648 | 1.30% | Muncie Star/Press | |
38 | Trader's Narrative | 646 | 1.30% | Muncie Star/Press | |
39 | Market Solution (Serbian) | 629 | 1.27% | Racine Journal Times | |
40 | Distributed Republic | 591 | 1.19% | Danbury News-Times | |
41 | Fat Pitch Financials | 503 | 1.01% | Fort Wayne News-Sentinel | |
42 | Adam Smith's Lost Legacy | 404 | 0.81% | Attleboro Sun Chronicle | |
43 | Economic Disconnect | 382 | 0.77% | Attleboro Sun Chronicle | |
44 | Ajay Shah | 377 | 0.76% | Attleboro Sun Chronicle | |
45 | EclectEcon | 343 | 0.69% | Orangeburg Times and Democrat | |
46 | Illusion of Prosperity | 321 | 0.65% | Orangeburg Times and Democrat | |
47 | Environmental and Urban Economics | 278 | 0.56% | Chillicothe Gazette | |
48 | Econospeak | 274 | 0.55% | Chillicothe Gazette | |
49 | Economics Junkie | 267 | 0.54% | Chillicothe Gazette | |
50 | New Economist | 265 | 0.53% | Marietta Times | |
51 | Justin Wehr | 255 | 0.51% | Marietta Times | |
52 | Economic Edge | 249 | 0.50% | Marietta Times | |
53 | Economista Serial Cronico | 233 | 0.47% | Marietta Times | |
54 | Market Urbanism | 221 | 0.44% | Gettysburg Times | |
55 | Long or Short Capital | 212 | 0.43% | Gettysburg Times | |
56 | Supply and Demand (In That Order) | 210 | 0.42% | Gettysburg Times | |
57 | Market Power | 208 | 0.42% | Gettysburg Times | |
58 | N. Emrah Aydinonat | 202 | 0.41% | Gettysburg Times | |
59 | Economist's View | 193 | 0.39% | Lake City Reporter | |
60 | Gregory Mankiw | 192 | 0.39% | Lake City Reporter | |
61 | Accrued Interest | 178 | 0.36% | Emporia Gazette | |
62 | Oregon Economics | 171 | 0.34% | Emporia Gazette | |
63 | Financial Rounds | 156 | 0.31% | Emporia Gazette | |
64 | Capital Spectator | 148 | 0.30% | Emporia Gazette | |
65 | Billboardom | 147 | 0.30% | Emporia Gazette | |
66 | Businomics | 138 | 0.28% | Chippewa Falls Herald | |
67 | John Barrdear | 135 | 0.27% | Tulare Advance-Register | |
68 | Paper Economy | 131 | 0.26% | Tulare Advance-Register | |
69 | Global Economy Matters | 122 | 0.25% | Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum | |
70 | Bayesian Heresy | 119 | 0.24% | Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum | |
71 | VoluntaryXchange | 114 | 0.23% | Hudson Register-Star | |
72 | Art Diamond | 112 | 0.23% | Hudson Register-Star | |
73 | Truck and Barter | 107 | 0.22% | Port Clinton News Herald | |
74 | Blogo Existo (Portuguese) | 105 | 0.21% | Port Clinton News Herald | |
75 | Buyer Behaviour | 105 | 0.21% | Port Clinton News Herald | |
76 | Mad Money Machine | 91 | 0.18% | Orange Leader | |
77 | The Visible Hand in Economics | 90 | 0.18% | Orange Leader | |
78 | Moonballs from Planet Earth | 89 | 0.18% | Orange Leader | |
79 | Management R&D | 88 | 0.18% | Orange Leader | |
80 | Cold Spring Shops | 87 | 0.18% | Orange Leader | |
81 | MV=PQ | 78 | 0.16% | Oklahoma City Journal Record | |
82 | Trade and Me (Spanish) | 73 | 0.15% | Dedham Daily News Transcript | |
83 | Trade Diversion | 72 | 0.14% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
84 | Economicrot | 72 | 0.14% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
85 | IPE at UNC | 67 | 0.13% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
86 | Mess that Greenspan Made | 66 | 0.13% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
87 | Business of America is Business | 63 | 0.13% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
88 | Knowing and Making | 61 | 0.12% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
89 | Emirates Economist | 60 | 0.12% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
90 | Age of Abundance | 52 | 0.10% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
91 | Alpha Sources | 44 | 0.09% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
92 | Globalisation and the Environment | 42 | 0.08% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
93 | When Giants Fall | 42 | 0.08% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
94 | Heavy Lifting | 40 | 0.08% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
95 | Blue Matter | 38 | 0.08% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
96 | Italian Economy Watch | 36 | 0.07% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
97 | EconWeekly | 32 | 0.06% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
98 | Blog of Diminishing Returns | 31 | 0.06% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
99 | Beyond Economics | 31 | 0.06% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
100 | Sybil's Star | 29 | 0.06% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
101 | L'Estable | 28 | 0.06% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
102 | Common Tragedies | 28 | 0.06% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
103 | Deflationite | 22 | 0.04% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
104 | Half Sigma | 17 | 0.03% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
105 | Ecological Economics | 17 | 0.03% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
106 | Labour and Capital | 17 | 0.03% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
107 | Economic Dreams, Economic Nightmares | 17 | 0.03% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
108 | Vox Baby | 12 | 0.02% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
109 | Three Chemists and a Bean-Counter | 12 | 0.02% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
110 | Egoist | 11 | 0.02% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
111 | Oikos | 10 | 0.02% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
112 | Good News Economist | 9 | 0.02% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
113 | Labor Blog | 8 | 0.02% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
114 | Urban Economics and More | 6 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
115 | VoxEU | 5 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
116 | Libertarianism from A to Z | 5 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
117 | Willem Buiter | 5 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
118 | Latin America and Brazil | 5 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
119 | Futronomics | 4 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
120 | Stephen Bainbridge | 3 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
121 | Development Bank Research Bulletin | 3 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
122 | Liberal Capitalist Party | 2 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
123 | General Glut | 2 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
124 | Carnival of the Capitalists | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
125 | SCSU Scholars | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
126 | Escape from Cubicle Nation | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
127 | MacroMouse | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
128 | Window Manager | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
129 | Asymmetrical Information | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
130 | Card-Carrying Member | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
131 | Research Design and Statistics | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
132 | Baseline Scenario | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
133 | Jacqueline Passey | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
134 | Indian Economy | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers |
Traffic ratings from November 16, 2012 - by average daily visits
Rank | Site | Visits | Change | Visit Ratio | ...making this the ___ of business/econ websites: |
1 | Big Picture | 40847 | 100.00% | USA Today | |
2 | Michael Shedlock | 38669 | 94.67% | Wall Street Journal | |
3 | Marginal Revolution | 30575 | 74.85% | New York Times | |
4 | Naked Capitalism | 27355 | 66.97% | New York Times | |
5 | Tax Prof | 8598 | 21.05% | Houston Chronicle | |
6 | Gongol | 2477 | 6.06% | Daily Herald (Suburban Chicago) | |
7 | Carpe Diem | 2358 | 5.77% | Providence Journal | |
8 | Overcoming Bias | 2309 | 5.65% | Jacksonville Times-Union | |
9 | Economic Perspectives from Kansas City | 2302 | 5.64% | Jacksonville Times-Union | |
10 | Tim Worstall | 2211 | 5.41% | Grand Rapids Press | |
11 | Ekonomi Turk (Turkish) | 2191 | 5.36% | Salt Lake City Tribune | |
12 | Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance | 2157 | 5.28% | Salt Lake City Tribune | |
13 | Carl Futia | 1941 | 4.75% | Syracuse Post-Standard | |
14 | Coyote Blog | 1918 | 4.70% | Syracuse Post-Standard | |
15 | Angry Bear | 1916 | 4.69% | Syracuse Post-Standard | |
16 | Economic Populist | 1702 | 4.17% | Charleston Post and Courier | |
17 | Political Calculations | 1518 | 3.72% | Sarasota Herald-Tribune | |
18 | QandO | 1331 | 3.26% | Modesto Bee | |
19 | Atanu Dey | 1302 | 3.19% | Flint Journal | |
20 | Calafia Beach Pundit | 1263 | 3.09% | Fairfield County Post | |
21 | Gonzalo Lira | 1248 | 3.06% | New Haven Register | |
22 | EconBrowser | 1236 | 3.03% | El Paso Times | |
23 | John Lott | 1220 | 2.99% | Fort Myers News-Press | |
24 | Environmental Economics (Haab and Whitehead) | 1137 | 2.78% | Los Angeles County Breeze | |
25 | Visualizing Economics | 1045 | 2.56% | Reading Eagle | |
26 | Bonddad Blog | 958 | 2.35% | Youngstown Vindicator | |
27 | Financial Armageddon | 872 | 2.13% | Springfield State Journal-Register | |
28 | Angry Economist | 784 | 1.92% | Billings Gazette | |
29 | Becker-Posner | 769 | 1.88% | Beaumont Enterprise | |
30 | Dash of Insight | 763 | 1.87% | Beaumont Enterprise | |
31 | Roth and Co. | 735 | 1.80% | Palm Springs Desert Sun | |
32 | Random Roger's Big Picture | 686 | 1.68% | Joliet Herald-News | |
33 | The Conglomerate | 608 | 1.49% | Tyler Morning Telegraph | |
34 | True Economics | 592 | 1.45% | Victoria Advocate | |
35 | Newmark's Door | 471 | 1.15% | Fort Collins Coloradoan | |
36 | Tintero Economico Diario (Spanish) | 464 | 1.14% | Fort Collins Coloradoan | |
37 | Market Solution (Serbian) | 433 | 1.06% | Fort Wayne News-Sentinel | |
38 | Distributed Republic | 432 | 1.06% | Fort Wayne News-Sentinel | |
39 | Willisms | 425 | 1.04% | Fort Wayne News-Sentinel | |
40 | Fat Pitch Financials | 409 | 1.00% | Fort Wayne News-Sentinel | |
41 | Antitrust and Competition Policy | 385 | 0.94% | Bowling Green Daily News | |
42 | Trader's Narrative | 366 | 0.90% | Eureka Times-Standard | |
43 | Sports Economist | 332 | 0.81% | Attleboro Sun Chronicle | |
44 | Adam Smith's Lost Legacy | 306 | 0.75% | Fort Dodge Messenger | |
45 | Virginia Postrel | 304 | 0.74% | Fort Dodge Messenger | |
46 | Ajay Shah | 262 | 0.64% | Chillicothe Gazette | |
47 | Economic Disconnect | 255 | 0.62% | Chillicothe Gazette | |
48 | Econospeak | 229 | 0.56% | Chillicothe Gazette | |
49 | EclectEcon | 226 | 0.55% | Chillicothe Gazette | |
50 | Illusion of Prosperity | 216 | 0.53% | Marietta Times | |
51 | New Economist | 216 | 0.53% | Marietta Times | |
52 | Environmental and Urban Economics | 205 | 0.50% | Marietta Times | |
53 | Long or Short Capital | 204 | 0.50% | Marietta Times | |
54 | Economics Junkie | 191 | 0.47% | Marietta Times | |
55 | Economist's View | 190 | 0.47% | Marietta Times | |
56 | Economic Edge | 181 | 0.44% | Gettysburg Times | |
57 | Economista Serial Cronico | 180 | 0.44% | Gettysburg Times | |
58 | Justin Wehr | 161 | 0.39% | Lake City Reporter | |
59 | Market Urbanism | 159 | 0.39% | Lake City Reporter | |
60 | Accrued Interest | 158 | 0.39% | Lake City Reporter | |
61 | Market Power | 151 | 0.37% | Emporia Gazette | |
62 | Supply and Demand (In That Order) | 142 | 0.35% | Emporia Gazette | |
63 | Gregory Mankiw | 139 | 0.34% | Emporia Gazette | |
64 | Capital Spectator | 133 | 0.33% | Emporia Gazette | |
65 | Oregon Economics | 126 | 0.31% | Emporia Gazette | |
66 | Financial Rounds | 122 | 0.30% | Emporia Gazette | |
67 | N. Emrah Aydinonat | 120 | 0.29% | Emporia Gazette | |
68 | Businomics | 110 | 0.27% | Tulare Advance-Register | |
69 | John Barrdear | 102 | 0.25% | Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum | |
70 | Paper Economy | 94 | 0.23% | Hudson Register-Star | |
71 | VoluntaryXchange | 93 | 0.23% | Hudson Register-Star | |
72 | Sustainability in Hawaii | 92 | 0.23% | Hudson Register-Star | |
73 | Bayesian Heresy | 88 | 0.22% | Port Clinton News Herald | |
74 | Global Economy Matters | 84 | 0.21% | Port Clinton News Herald | |
75 | Art Diamond | 84 | 0.21% | Port Clinton News Herald | |
76 | Blogo Existo (Portuguese) | 84 | 0.21% | Port Clinton News Herald | |
77 | Buyer Behaviour | 80 | 0.20% | Port Clinton News Herald | |
78 | Billboardom | 77 | 0.19% | Baraboo News Republic | |
79 | The Visible Hand in Economics | 76 | 0.19% | Baraboo News Republic | |
80 | Truck and Barter | 63 | 0.15% | Dedham Daily News Transcript | |
81 | Mad Money Machine | 57 | 0.14% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
82 | Cold Spring Shops | 57 | 0.14% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
83 | Undergraduate Economist | 57 | 0.14% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
84 | Trade and Me (Spanish) | 55 | 0.13% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
85 | Trade Diversion | 55 | 0.13% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
86 | Moonballs from Planet Earth | 54 | 0.13% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
87 | Mess that Greenspan Made | 54 | 0.13% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
88 | Knowing and Making | 53 | 0.13% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
89 | Management R&D | 52 | 0.13% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
90 | IPE at UNC | 51 | 0.12% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
91 | Emirates Economist | 50 | 0.12% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
92 | MV=PQ | 49 | 0.12% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
93 | Economicrot | 49 | 0.12% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
94 | Globalisation and the Environment | 33 | 0.08% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
95 | Alpha Sources | 32 | 0.08% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
96 | Blue Matter | 31 | 0.08% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
97 | Heavy Lifting | 28 | 0.07% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
98 | Italian Economy Watch | 26 | 0.06% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
99 | When Giants Fall | 25 | 0.06% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
100 | EconWeekly | 24 | 0.06% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
101 | Blog of Diminishing Returns | 23 | 0.06% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
102 | Sybil's Star | 23 | 0.06% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
103 | L'Estable | 23 | 0.06% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
104 | Business of America is Business | 22 | 0.05% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
105 | Common Tragedies | 21 | 0.05% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
106 | Beyond Economics | 20 | 0.05% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
107 | Age of Abundance | 18 | 0.04% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
108 | Deflationite | 18 | 0.04% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
109 | Half Sigma | 17 | 0.04% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
110 | Ecological Economics | 15 | 0.04% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
111 | Economic Dreams, Economic Nightmares | 15 | 0.04% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
112 | Labour and Capital | 12 | 0.03% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
113 | Vox Baby | 10 | 0.02% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
114 | Oikos | 9 | 0.02% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
115 | Good News Economist | 8 | 0.02% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
116 | Three Chemists and a Bean-Counter | 7 | 0.02% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
117 | Labor Blog | 7 | 0.02% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
118 | Egoist | 6 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
119 | Urban Economics and More | 6 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
120 | VoxEU | 4 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
121 | Libertarianism from A to Z | 4 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
122 | Latin America and Brazil | 4 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
123 | Willem Buiter | 3 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
124 | Futronomics | 3 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
125 | Stephen Bainbridge | 2 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
126 | Development Bank Research Bulletin | 2 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
127 | Liberal Capitalist Party | 2 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
128 | General Glut | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
129 | Carnival of the Capitalists | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
130 | SCSU Scholars | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
131 | Escape from Cubicle Nation | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
132 | MacroMouse | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
133 | Window Manager | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
134 | Asymmetrical Information | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
135 | Card-Carrying Member | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
136 | Research Design and Statistics | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
137 | Baseline Scenario | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
138 | Indian Economy | 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):
Permanent link for this update: November 2012