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 November 1 to November 30, 2012, as collected on December 10, 2012
Traffic ratings from December 10, 2012 - by average daily pageviews
Rank | Site | Page Views | Change | Pageview Ratio | ...making this the ___ of business/econ websites: |
1 | Big Picture | 54647 | 100.00% | USA Today | |
2 | Michael Shedlock | 49416 | 90.43% | Wall Street Journal | |
3 | Marginal Revolution | 43415 | 79.45% | New York Times | |
4 | Naked Capitalism | 40945 | 74.93% | New York Times | |
5 | Tax Prof | 8913 | 16.31% | Arizona Republic | |
6 | Gongol | 5471 | 10.01% | San Jose Mercury-News | |
7 | Ekonomi Turk (Turkish) | 4993 | 9.14% | San Antonio Express-News | |
8 | Economic Perspectives from Kansas City | 4217 | 7.72% | Little Rock Democrat Gazette | |
9 | Tim Worstall | 3705 | 6.78% | Austin American-Statesman | |
10 | Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance | 3441 | 6.30% | Rochester Democrat & Chronicle | |
11 | Overcoming Bias | 3433 | 6.28% | Rochester Democrat & Chronicle | |
12 | Carpe Diem | 3376 | 6.18% | Fresno Bee | |
13 | Coyote Blog | 2890 | 5.29% | Salt Lake City Tribune | |
14 | Political Calculations | 2682 | 4.91% | Knoxville News Sentinel | |
15 | Angry Bear | 2652 | 4.85% | Akron Beacon Journal | |
16 | Economic Populist | 2442 | 4.47% | Albuquerque Journal | |
17 | Carl Futia | 2241 | 4.10% | Oakland Tribune | |
18 | Visualizing Economics | 2155 | 3.94% | Treasure Coast News | |
19 | Angry Economist | 2054 | 3.76% | North County Times | |
20 | Calafia Beach Pundit | 1800 | 3.29% | Greenville News | |
21 | QandO | 1742 | 3.19% | Flint Journal | |
22 | EconBrowser | 1572 | 2.88% | Portland Press Herald | |
23 | Gonzalo Lira | 1444 | 2.64% | Merrillville Post-Tribune | |
24 | Environmental Economics (Haab and Whitehead) | 1393 | 2.55% | Reading Eagle | |
25 | John Lott | 1377 | 2.52% | Cedar Rapids Gazette | |
26 | Bonddad Blog | 1287 | 2.36% | Lakeland Ledger | |
27 | Roth and Co. | 1179 | 2.16% | Wilkes-Barre Times-Shamrock | |
28 | The Conglomerate | 1165 | 2.13% | Springfield State Journal-Register | |
29 | Dash of Insight | 1038 | 1.90% | North Andover Eagle-Tribune | |
30 | Financial Armageddon | 934 | 1.71% | Lancaster New Era | |
31 | Atanu Dey | 880 | 1.61% | Waco Tribune-Herald | |
32 | Adam Smith's Lost Legacy | 765 | 1.40% | La Crosse Tribune | |
33 | Antitrust and Competition Policy | 705 | 1.29% | Muncie Star/Press | |
34 | Newmark's Door | 682 | 1.25% | Racine Journal Times | |
35 | True Economics | 667 | 1.22% | Chico Enterprise-Record | |
36 | Market Solution (Serbian) | 654 | 1.20% | Chico Enterprise-Record | |
37 | Distributed Republic | 649 | 1.19% | Danbury News-Times | |
38 | Trader's Narrative | 641 | 1.17% | Grand Forks Herald | |
39 | Econospeak | 588 | 1.08% | Eau Claire Leader-Telegram | |
40 | Willisms | 583 | 1.07% | Athens Banner-Herald | |
41 | Random Roger's Big Picture | 550 | 1.01% | Fort Wayne News-Sentinel | |
42 | Tintero Economico Diario (Spanish) | 543 | 0.99% | Fort Wayne News-Sentinel | |
43 | Economista Serial Cronico | 538 | 0.98% | Bowling Green Daily News | |
44 | Ajay Shah | 434 | 0.79% | Attleboro Sun Chronicle | |
45 | Fat Pitch Financials | 431 | 0.79% | Attleboro Sun Chronicle | |
46 | Market Power | 431 | 0.79% | Attleboro Sun Chronicle | |
47 | Global Economy Matters | 431 | 0.79% | Attleboro Sun Chronicle | |
48 | Economic Disconnect | 413 | 0.76% | Attleboro Sun Chronicle | |
49 | EclectEcon | 341 | 0.62% | Chillicothe Gazette | |
50 | Environmental and Urban Economics | 324 | 0.59% | Chillicothe Gazette | |
51 | Illusion of Prosperity | 320 | 0.59% | Chillicothe Gazette | |
52 | New Economist | 310 | 0.57% | Chillicothe Gazette | |
53 | Supply and Demand (In That Order) | 274 | 0.50% | Marietta Times | |
54 | N. Emrah Aydinonat | 258 | 0.47% | Marietta Times | |
55 | Justin Wehr | 249 | 0.46% | Marietta Times | |
56 | Economic Edge | 244 | 0.45% | Marietta Times | |
57 | Market Urbanism | 233 | 0.43% | Gettysburg Times | |
58 | Gregory Mankiw | 207 | 0.38% | Lake City Reporter | |
59 | Management R&D | 202 | 0.37% | Emporia Gazette | |
60 | Accrued Interest | 182 | 0.33% | Emporia Gazette | |
61 | Financial Rounds | 180 | 0.33% | Emporia Gazette | |
62 | Oregon Economics | 179 | 0.33% | Emporia Gazette | |
63 | Economics Junkie | 175 | 0.32% | Emporia Gazette | |
64 | Long or Short Capital | 171 | 0.31% | Emporia Gazette | |
65 | Economist's View | 150 | 0.27% | Tulare Advance-Register | |
66 | Businomics | 150 | 0.27% | Tulare Advance-Register | |
67 | Paper Economy | 148 | 0.27% | Tulare Advance-Register | |
68 | Capital Spectator | 146 | 0.27% | Tulare Advance-Register | |
69 | Billboardom | 146 | 0.27% | Tulare Advance-Register | |
70 | Blogo Existo (Portuguese) | 137 | 0.25% | Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum | |
71 | Ecological Economics | 130 | 0.24% | Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum | |
72 | IPE at UNC | 124 | 0.23% | Hudson Register-Star | |
73 | Art Diamond | 123 | 0.23% | Hudson Register-Star | |
74 | The Visible Hand in Economics | 121 | 0.22% | Port Clinton News Herald | |
75 | Buyer Behaviour | 115 | 0.21% | Port Clinton News Herald | |
76 | VoluntaryXchange | 112 | 0.20% | Port Clinton News Herald | |
77 | Truck and Barter | 111 | 0.20% | Port Clinton News Herald | |
78 | Bayesian Heresy | 110 | 0.20% | Port Clinton News Herald | |
79 | Trade Diversion | 90 | 0.16% | Oklahoma City Journal Record | |
80 | Mad Money Machine | 85 | 0.16% | Oklahoma City Journal Record | |
81 | MV=PQ | 83 | 0.15% | Dedham Daily News Transcript | |
82 | Cold Spring Shops | 82 | 0.15% | Dedham Daily News Transcript | |
83 | Emirates Economist | 81 | 0.15% | Dedham Daily News Transcript | |
84 | Moonballs from Planet Earth | 79 | 0.14% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
85 | Mess that Greenspan Made | 72 | 0.13% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
86 | Economicrot | 70 | 0.13% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
87 | John Barrdear | 70 | 0.13% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
88 | Trade and Me (Spanish) | 65 | 0.12% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
89 | Globalisation and the Environment | 54 | 0.10% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
90 | Knowing and Making | 52 | 0.10% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
91 | Age of Abundance | 46 | 0.08% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
92 | Blue Matter | 45 | 0.08% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
93 | Alpha Sources | 44 | 0.08% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
94 | Italian Economy Watch | 41 | 0.08% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
95 | Blog of Diminishing Returns | 38 | 0.07% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
96 | Sybil's Star | 37 | 0.07% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
97 | Heavy Lifting | 37 | 0.07% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
98 | EconWeekly | 34 | 0.06% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
99 | Common Tragedies | 32 | 0.06% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
100 | Business of America is Business | 31 | 0.06% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
101 | When Giants Fall | 30 | 0.05% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
102 | L'Estable | 28 | 0.05% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
103 | Labour and Capital | 28 | 0.05% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
104 | Beyond Economics | 25 | 0.05% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
105 | Deflationite | 22 | 0.04% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
106 | Economic Dreams, Economic Nightmares | 19 | 0.03% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
107 | VoxEU | 13 | 0.02% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
108 | Oikos | 12 | 0.02% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
109 | Good News Economist | 12 | 0.02% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
110 | Three Chemists and a Bean-Counter | 12 | 0.02% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
111 | Labor Blog | 11 | 0.02% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
112 | Vox Baby | 10 | 0.02% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
113 | Latin America and Brazil | 8 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
114 | Egoist | 7 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
115 | Urban Economics and More | 7 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
116 | Half Sigma | 5 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
117 | Libertarianism from A to Z | 4 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
118 | Futronomics | 4 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
119 | Willem Buiter | 4 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
120 | General Glut | 3 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
121 | Stephen Bainbridge | 2 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
122 | Taking Hayek Seriously | 2 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
123 | Carnival of the Capitalists | 2 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
124 | SCSU Scholars | 2 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
125 | Escape from Cubicle Nation | 2 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
126 | Liberal Capitalist Party | 2 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
127 | Development Bank Research Bulletin | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
128 | Window Manager | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
129 | Card-Carrying Member | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
130 | Indian Economy | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers |
Traffic ratings from December 10, 2012 - by average daily visits
Rank | Site | Visits | Change | Visit Ratio | ...making this the ___ of business/econ websites: |
1 | Big Picture | 46117 | 100.00% | USA Today | |
2 | Michael Shedlock | 38180 | 82.79% | New York Times | |
3 | Marginal Revolution | 33121 | 71.82% | New York Times | |
4 | Naked Capitalism | 25432 | 55.15% | New York Times | |
5 | Tax Prof | 6774 | 14.69% | Boston Globe | |
6 | Gongol | 2586 | 5.61% | Jacksonville Times-Union | |
7 | Carpe Diem | 2417 | 5.24% | Salt Lake City Tribune | |
8 | Overcoming Bias | 2386 | 5.17% | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | |
9 | Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance | 2327 | 5.05% | Toledo Blade | |
10 | Tim Worstall | 2212 | 4.80% | Syracuse Post-Standard | |
11 | Economic Perspectives from Kansas City | 2093 | 4.54% | Albuquerque Journal | |
12 | Coyote Blog | 2063 | 4.47% | Albuquerque Journal | |
13 | Ekonomi Turk (Turkish) | 2026 | 4.39% | Los Angeles La Opinion | |
14 | Economic Populist | 1916 | 4.15% | Tucson Daily Star | |
15 | Angry Bear | 1872 | 4.06% | Oakland Tribune | |
16 | Political Calculations | 1833 | 3.97% | Harrisburg Patriot-News | |
17 | Carl Futia | 1777 | 3.85% | Spokane Spokesman-Review | |
18 | Environmental Economics (Haab and Whitehead) | 1359 | 2.95% | Portland Press Herald | |
19 | Visualizing Economics | 1334 | 2.89% | Portland Press Herald | |
20 | Calafia Beach Pundit | 1282 | 2.78% | Los Angeles County Breeze | |
21 | EconBrowser | 1227 | 2.66% | Ogden Standard-Examiner | |
22 | QandO | 1196 | 2.59% | Merrillville Post-Tribune | |
23 | Gonzalo Lira | 1129 | 2.45% | Erie Times-News | |
24 | John Lott | 1057 | 2.29% | Pensacola News Journal | |
25 | Bonddad Blog | 953 | 2.07% | Schenectady Gazette | |
26 | Roth and Co. | 856 | 1.86% | Annapolis Capital | |
27 | Angry Economist | 828 | 1.80% | Palm Springs Desert Sun | |
28 | Dash of Insight | 803 | 1.74% | Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier | |
29 | Becker-Posner | 765 | 1.66% | Bradenton Herald | |
30 | Financial Armageddon | 720 | 1.56% | Waco Tribune-Herald | |
31 | The Conglomerate | 603 | 1.31% | Great Falls Tribune | |
32 | Atanu Dey | 563 | 1.22% | Chico Enterprise-Record | |
33 | Econospeak | 507 | 1.10% | Fort Collins Coloradoan | |
34 | True Economics | 503 | 1.09% | Eau Claire Leader-Telegram | |
35 | Distributed Republic | 479 | 1.04% | Fort Wayne News-Sentinel | |
36 | Newmark's Door | 458 | 0.99% | Fort Wayne News-Sentinel | |
37 | Market Solution (Serbian) | 445 | 0.96% | Bowling Green Daily News | |
38 | Random Roger's Big Picture | 421 | 0.91% | Bowling Green Daily News | |
39 | Antitrust and Competition Policy | 416 | 0.90% | Eureka Times-Standard | |
40 | Economista Serial Cronico | 414 | 0.90% | Eureka Times-Standard | |
41 | Tintero Economico Diario (Spanish) | 368 | 0.80% | Attleboro Sun Chronicle | |
42 | Willisms | 362 | 0.78% | Attleboro Sun Chronicle | |
43 | Fat Pitch Financials | 362 | 0.78% | Attleboro Sun Chronicle | |
44 | Trader's Narrative | 359 | 0.78% | Attleboro Sun Chronicle | |
45 | Market Power | 352 | 0.76% | Attleboro Sun Chronicle | |
46 | Adam Smith's Lost Legacy | 338 | 0.73% | Fort Dodge Messenger | |
47 | Sports Economist | 329 | 0.71% | Fort Dodge Messenger | |
48 | Virginia Postrel | 303 | 0.66% | Orangeburg Times and Democrat | |
49 | Ajay Shah | 281 | 0.61% | Chillicothe Gazette | |
50 | Economic Disconnect | 272 | 0.59% | Chillicothe Gazette | |
51 | Environmental and Urban Economics | 255 | 0.55% | Chillicothe Gazette | |
52 | New Economist | 253 | 0.55% | Chillicothe Gazette | |
53 | Illusion of Prosperity | 222 | 0.48% | Marietta Times | |
54 | EclectEcon | 219 | 0.47% | Marietta Times | |
55 | Economic Edge | 171 | 0.37% | Emporia Gazette | |
56 | Supply and Demand (In That Order) | 170 | 0.37% | Emporia Gazette | |
57 | Market Urbanism | 169 | 0.37% | Emporia Gazette | |
58 | Long or Short Capital | 164 | 0.36% | Emporia Gazette | |
59 | Accrued Interest | 161 | 0.35% | Emporia Gazette | |
60 | Justin Wehr | 160 | 0.35% | Emporia Gazette | |
61 | Gregory Mankiw | 154 | 0.33% | Emporia Gazette | |
62 | Economist's View | 149 | 0.32% | Emporia Gazette | |
63 | Financial Rounds | 136 | 0.29% | Emporia Gazette | |
64 | Capital Spectator | 133 | 0.29% | Emporia Gazette | |
65 | Oregon Economics | 132 | 0.29% | Emporia Gazette | |
66 | N. Emrah Aydinonat | 124 | 0.27% | Tulare Advance-Register | |
67 | Businomics | 119 | 0.26% | Tulare Advance-Register | |
68 | Economics Junkie | 116 | 0.25% | Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum | |
69 | The Visible Hand in Economics | 107 | 0.23% | Hudson Register-Star | |
70 | Blogo Existo (Portuguese) | 101 | 0.22% | Port Clinton News Herald | |
71 | Paper Economy | 96 | 0.21% | Port Clinton News Herald | |
72 | VoluntaryXchange | 93 | 0.20% | Port Clinton News Herald | |
73 | Global Economy Matters | 92 | 0.20% | Port Clinton News Herald | |
74 | Art Diamond | 92 | 0.20% | Port Clinton News Herald | |
75 | Sustainability in Hawaii | 91 | 0.20% | Port Clinton News Herald | |
76 | Buyer Behaviour | 87 | 0.19% | Baraboo News Republic | |
77 | Bayesian Heresy | 84 | 0.18% | Orange Leader | |
78 | Billboardom | 82 | 0.18% | Orange Leader | |
79 | Management R&D | 78 | 0.17% | Barstow Desert Dispatch | |
80 | IPE at UNC | 75 | 0.16% | Oklahoma City Journal Record | |
81 | Trade Diversion | 72 | 0.16% | Oklahoma City Journal Record | |
82 | Truck and Barter | 68 | 0.15% | Dedham Daily News Transcript | |
83 | Emirates Economist | 63 | 0.14% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
84 | John Barrdear | 63 | 0.14% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
85 | Mess that Greenspan Made | 58 | 0.13% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
86 | Undergraduate Economist | 57 | 0.12% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
87 | Economicrot | 55 | 0.12% | Webster City Freeman-Journal | |
88 | MV=PQ | 53 | 0.11% | Medina Journal-Register | |
89 | Cold Spring Shops | 50 | 0.11% | Medina Journal-Register | |
90 | Moonballs from Planet Earth | 50 | 0.11% | Medina Journal-Register | |
91 | Trade and Me (Spanish) | 50 | 0.11% | Medina Journal-Register | |
92 | Mad Money Machine | 48 | 0.10% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
93 | Globalisation and the Environment | 46 | 0.10% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
94 | Knowing and Making | 45 | 0.10% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
95 | Blue Matter | 38 | 0.08% | Jefferson City News Tribune | |
96 | Alpha Sources | 29 | 0.06% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
97 | Sybil's Star | 29 | 0.06% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
98 | Italian Economy Watch | 28 | 0.06% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
99 | Blog of Diminishing Returns | 28 | 0.06% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
100 | Common Tragedies | 25 | 0.05% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
101 | Heavy Lifting | 24 | 0.05% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
102 | EconWeekly | 24 | 0.05% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
103 | L'Estable | 23 | 0.05% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
104 | Age of Abundance | 22 | 0.05% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
105 | When Giants Fall | 21 | 0.05% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
106 | Labour and Capital | 21 | 0.05% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
107 | Business of America is Business | 20 | 0.04% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
108 | Deflationite | 20 | 0.04% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
109 | Beyond Economics | 19 | 0.04% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
110 | Ecological Economics | 16 | 0.03% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
111 | Good News Economist | 12 | 0.03% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
112 | Economic Dreams, Economic Nightmares | 11 | 0.02% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
113 | VoxEU | 10 | 0.02% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
114 | Oikos | 10 | 0.02% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
115 | Labor Blog | 10 | 0.02% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
116 | Vox Baby | 10 | 0.02% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
117 | Three Chemists and a Bean-Counter | 6 | 0.01% | 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 | Latin America and Brazil | 5 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
121 | Half Sigma | 5 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
122 | Libertarianism from A to Z | 4 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
123 | Willem Buiter | 4 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
124 | Futronomics | 3 | 0.01% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
125 | General Glut | 2 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
126 | Stephen Bainbridge | 2 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
127 | Taking Hayek Seriously | 2 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
128 | Carnival of the Capitalists | 2 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
129 | SCSU Scholars | 2 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
130 | Liberal Capitalist Party | 2 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
131 | Escape from Cubicle Nation | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
132 | Development Bank Research Bulletin | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
133 | Window Manager | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
134 | Card-Carrying Member | 1 | 0.00% | below threshold for top 750 newspapers | |
135 | 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: December 2012