Top 200 church blogs 2012
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AUTHOR
Justin Taylor
Michael Hyatt
Cathy Lynn Grossman
Tim Challies
John Zuhlsdorf
Jon Acuff
Various
Albert Mohler
Kevin DeYoung
Various
Various
Various
Various
Various
Tullian Tchividjian
Various
Thabiti Anyabwile
Various
Don Miller
Rachel Held Evans
Various
Various
Ed Stetzer
Ray Ortlund
Scott Thomas
Carlos Whittaker
Various
Various
Ron Edmondson
Michael Patton
Kent Shaffer
Various
Various
Various
Dwight Longnecker
Steven Furtick
John C. Maxwell
Bob Kauflin
Perry Noble
Andrew Jones
Scot McKnight
Various
Brian McLaren
Various
Various
Various
Darrell
Zach Nielsen
Various
Adrian Warnock
David Hayward
Pete Wilson
Ken Silva
Various
Anonymous
Jared Wilson
Kate Shellnutt
Peter J. Leithart
Mark Driscoll
Trevin Wax
Various
Chris Rosebrough
Various
Craig Gross
Father Stephen
Aaron Armstrong
Doug Wilson
Dave Walker
Scott Williams
Todd Rhoades
Mark Batterson
Mark
Dan Kimball
Jim West
Bosco Peters
Frank Viola
Various
J. R. Daniel Kirk
Josh Harris
Kurt Willems
David Fitch
Todd Bolen
Brandon Cox
Matthew Paul Turner
Mark Oestreicher
Michael S. Heiser
Matt Appling
Eugene Cho
Various
Matt Perman
Steve McCoy
Various
Various
Tony Morgan
Various
Various
Various
Timmy Brister
Various
Shaun Groves
Paul Steinbrueck
Adam Walker Cleaveland
J Lee Grady
Darrell Bock
Andy Naselli
Tim Schmoyer
Various
Andy Crouch
Terry Mattingly
Rod Decker
Thom Ranier
Christine Sine
Michael S. Heiser
Joe Thorn
Skye Jethani
Various
Tim Stevens
Nicole Cottrell
Tony Jones
Various
Phil Cooke
Jon Birch
Jim Martin
Various
Mark D Roberts
Johnny Baker
Nathan Bingham
A K M Adam
Various
Ferrell Jenkins
Various
Matt Stone
Brian LePort
Various
Erik Raymond
Matt Dabbs
DJ Chuang
James McGrath
Various
Erik Kowalker
Tim Schraeder
Tim Chester
April DeConick
Jay Guin
Ben Arment
Nadia Bolz-Weber
Various
Various
Brad Lomenick
Glenn Peoples
Dan Edelen
Various
Nelson Searcy
Ben Reed
Various
Various
Various
Bruce Reyes-Chow
Tom Ascol
Scott Bailey
Chuck Warnock
Stephanie Drury
Various
Various
Robert Cargill
Adam McLane
Alan Wilson
Various
Nick Norelli
John Hobbins
Adam McHugh
Various
Doug Fields
Richard Dahlstrom
Various
Bob Hayton
Neil Godfrey
Phil Gons
Jonathan Malm
Mark Goodacre
Chris Brady
Justin Wise
John Kennedy
Will Mancini
Margaret Feinberg
Spencer Burke
Drew Goodmanson
Christian Piatt
Joel L. Watts
Jeremy Myers
Various
Various
Andrew Perriman
Maurilio Amorim
Ian MacDonald
Darryl Dash
C. Wess Daniels
Anonymous
Various
Rodney Thomas
27,290
20,367
341
54,677
130,838
63,182
249,403
207,183
27,290
72,039
27,290
45,873
28,148
317,315
27,290
21,199
27,290
171,951
221,581
117,725
53,135
269,237
222,159
27,290
473,393
259,544
494,960
49,652
261,932
349,728
314,879
107,153
162,977
460,216
848,429
601,208
463,484
673,688
581,018
664,984
8,191
90,626
1,377,235
401,881
342,947
6,340
357,243
537,633
241,137
802,218
490,684
452,072
182,329
45,149
468,810
932,481
2,196
2,425,622
152,396
27,290
763,959
846,095
284,990
225,605
1,881,308
375,402
343,996
907,750
405,046
504,105
914,653
174,403
1,466,089
118,791
276,519
505,907
516,065
457,123
986,787
8,191
1,520,090
218,422
1,063,924
703,788
853,393
629,648
707,363
1,034,327
78,234
1,020,889
1,041,751
1,623,789
264,206
728,750
42,964
652,386
1,359,386
976,385
659,576
421,350
137,693
835,820
136,691
22,858
782,121
734,075
479,686
2,584,455
298,738
1,152,390
677,018
1,450,282
629,648
1,103,854
2,112,651
986,527
4,681,603
497,699
8,191
820,597
766,565
3,280,160
784,680
1,919,064
7,008
1,373,034
442,623
4,237,225
7,824
268,543
7,824
1,160,591
729,083
545,007
987,957
333,837
980,482
8,191
174,078
908,145
935,729
2,631,779
5,339,927
319,899
770,030
8,191
8,191
1,641,553
1,028,905
312,734
4,905,851
644,429
710,531
1,168,265
438,033
8,191
288,677
2,223,993
593,232
711,368
3,131,701
1,308,402
553,757
1,153,063
945,833
870,085
5,163,552
2,584,566
2,123,841
2,052,062
905,557
8,191
1,124,976
8,191
448,540
904,901
331,100
2,218,793
510,730
1,194,106
2,615,716
972,552
7,008
2,069,680
1,035,961
3,860,066
1,520,199
8,191
840,846
546,814
1,025,863
8,191
3,702,686
572,060
2,876,323
1,526,860
1,245,843
5,170,251
1,609,883
2,284,718
129,741
80,256
12,506,374
39,272
40,346
29,107
39,055
30,239
129,741
55,516
129,741
105,124
191,637
17,771
129,741
50,122
129,741
21,312
12,232
39,692
15,851
11,287
13,741
129,741
10,482
17,222
12,644
3,145
16,196
16,999
15,208
222,768
14,793
7,508
7,094
9,715
5,014
6,120
4,613
3,079
415,862
58,598
6,279
11,272
12,212
7,540
10,890
4,121
11,908
4,608
6,689
3,358
37,547
120,678
2,597
6,615
849,428
3,063
21,117
129,741
4,530
4,555
7,658
11,019
4,465
6,173
9,622
2,744
3,377
7,288
3,933
4,401
2,682
4,086
12,357
5,144
8,228
1,562
7,204
415,862
2,735
5,694
2,668
3,553
2,786
8,704
2,830
5,740
11,274
5,202
2,029
8,806
34,252
3,269
85,512
7,746
2,791
1,525
524
935
2,140
3,704
67,561
4,674
5,150
8,761
13,943
888
1,081
3,005
6,354
3,681
8,704
2,728
3,478
4,131
2,518
6,324
415,862
4,163
1,609
0
2,236
10,573
258,408
0
1,889
0
15,375
3,197
15,375
6,274
2,749
1,403
3,386
5,933
3,948
415,862
2,747
5,895
4,290
0
0
5,025
645
415,862
415,862
673
712
260
1,794
14,187
26,459
1,370
1,044
415,862
31,352
3,893
0
107
7,601
1,568
1,086
6,163
1,848
1,875
0
1,310
0
4,185
2,239
415,862
2,786
415,862
11,346
3,639
0
1,156
3,089
0
1,430
401
258,408
1,350
4,089
698
3,730
415,862
0
10,328
5,879
415,862
781
2,091
2,572
1,236
812
0
2,798
1,509
5
5
7
5
5
5
6
5
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
6
4
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6
5
4
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6
5
5
4
4
4
4
5
0
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6
3
5
5
4
6
4
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4
3
4
5
4
5
5
4
4
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4
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5
4
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5
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5
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4
0
5
5
5
4
4
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5
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3
4
4
5
3
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3
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5
4
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3
4
5
5
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4
0
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6
0
4
3
5
4
4
4
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4
5
3
3
4
0
4
3
3
4
5
3
3
0
0
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
0
2
5
4
4
4
4
5
3
4
3
5
5
4
4
4
0
3
0
3
3
4
4
2
5
4
4
0
4
4
5
3
0
4
3
3
0
4
3
4
3
4
5
4
4
5,347
5,383
837
9,700
10,129
8,240
2,780
3,406
3,020
6,052
3,964
4,380
16,809
2,295
1,160
846
811
2,322
12,745
2,591
1,019
4,063
1,500
900
1,770
2,184
956
2,467
1,521
2,216
2,779
617
215
841
1,907
3,144
2,812
2,610
2,916
1,701
1,363
111
2,021
482
3,873
273
511
1,118
134
1,421
527
676
671
238
937
1,511
29
5,524
995
1,005
914
1,034
2,058
7
1,623
713
97
490
391
1,513
440
139
1,644
206
106
879
6,381
803
4,271
449
443
409
235
288
771
327
507
143
271
1,222
1,558
534
69
1,338
95
1,020
563
927
286
696
392
561
101
150
1,293
590
421
891
152
801
307
443
263
521
440
356
1,076
263
300
23
212
1,559
12
10
84
813
485
308
2
170
1
105
125
124
581
192
42
134
225
370
640
1,135
635
210
1,578
245
121
291
135
134
232
85
157
252
97
135
258
95
385
411
290
957
121
224
223
487
477
216
291
568
379
87
841
87
48
147
179
377
475
577
158
320
6
485
47
140
497
36
13
129
7
31
242
388
246
250
166
399
268
118
135,000
105,000
67,666
169,000
88,364
58,293
119,000
99,648
87,365
99,495
40,559
53,386
28,784
89,991
35,575
18,366
52,152
55,385
45,100
32,331
23,530
95,877
30,939
30,479
54,028
42,472
49,029
43,922
26,884
24,187
20,729
19,321
65,422
41,744
48,145
39,092
41,718
56,450
47,220
43,990
41,750
15,497
37,077
11,789
35,942
8,845
9,982
37,401
17,858
30,743
23,353
40,014
23,187
8,630
15,415
19,176
7,502
42,015
3,095
0
11,314
18,028
3,688
25,922
14,545
7,832
38,917
26,175
19,690
4,495
41,124
10,046
14,127
14,547
7,200
6,624
963
14,491
5,026
9,709
33,589
2,050
60,088
24,134
15,475
8,536
14,900
20,258
2,748
33,532
13,629
10,564
3,534
26,423
1
10,457
24,435
14,724
26,369
10,946
7,022
8,851
3,220
5,003
13,612
14,011
1,180
29,577
13,153
11,868
6,466
16,664
5,248
13,041
10,370
8,654
20,913
3,589
3,035
13,306
14,477
27,380
22,229
12,241
8,066
16,896
12,171
54,188
0
3,506
0
10,457
11,499
7,384
12,730
8,142
16,377
3,656
1,022
9,363
7,696
14,117
15,439
6,723
10,601
29
2,939
17,524
23,613
8,611
36,628
9,242
5,493
10,410
8,307
912
3,047
7,723
5,273
5,602
3,934
1,777
4,364
11,500
6,433
9,553
11,946
10,222
17,834
948
2,086
1,007
6,577
912
5,651
12,731
4,491
7,821
7,057
1,784
14,814
5,320
2,768
4,387
5,511
13,081
5,956
527
19,339
2,756
17,621
2
11,959
3,251
5,501
21,895
6,875
6,271
1,521
9,096
LEGEND
- Alexa Rank
- Alexa’s traffic rankings are based on the usage patterns of Alexa Toolbar users and data collected from other, diverse sources over a rolling 3 month period. A site’s ranking is based on a combined measure of reach and pageviews. Reach is determined by the number of unique Alexa users who visit a site on a given day. Pageviews are the total number of Alexa user URL requests for a site. However, multiple requests for the same URL on the same day by the same user are counted as a single pageview. The site with the highest combination of users and pageviews is ranked #1.
- Compete Visitors
- The number of unique visitors that visited the website in September 2011 according to Compete.
- Google PageRank
- PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page’s value. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at more than the sheer volume of votes, or links a page receives; it also analyzes the page that casts the vote. Votes cast by pages that are themselves “important” weigh more heavily and help to make other pages “important.”
- Google Reader Subscribers
- The number of Google Reader users that subscribe to each blog. Note: this is not total RSS subscribers but rather how many Google Reader users subscribe to each blog.
- Open Site Explorer Inlinks
- The number of links going to a blog.
HOW THE LIST IS COMPUTED
- Several hundred blogs are reviewed in a preliminary screening to determine if their statistics are competitive enough to be ranked.
- 270 blogs are selected to be ranked.
- Data is collected for each blog from all 5 measured criteria (i.e., Alexa Rank, Compete Visitors, Google PageRank, Google Reader Subscribers, and Open Site Explorer Inlinks).
- For each of the 5 measured criteria, each blog is ranked in comparison to all other blogs being evaluated.
- A composite rank for each blog is determined by averaging each blogs ranking from the 5 measured criteria.
- The top 200 blogs are published.