Blog census
Posted on June 30, 2003 @ 15:07 in Blogosphere
Now this is just the kind of information I was looking for! Blogcensus.net is creating a current database of weblogs, as far as that is possible for such a dynamic medium as the web. They're sponsored by the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education and the project has been up and running for close to two months now and has collected a database containing over half a million sites believed to be weblogs. That database is available for download for free, so you can run your own analyses against it... fabulous!
One very important breakdown they provide, is along the lines of language. Of the half-million-plus weblogs, about 50% appears to be in English, with Portuguese, Polish and Farsi in 2nd, 3rd and 4th place. Dutch weblogs take up a 10th place, with 2720 indexed sites. There's also a nice little breakdown according to the 'stand-alone' weblog tools being used, showing MovableType in the lead, while Blogspot takes the lead in 'hosted' weblogs.
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