Blogging Statistics From Blog World Expo
Aug 18th, 2008 by William Jones
The 2008 BlogWorld & New Media Expo will take place September 20-21 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. If you are a Blogger, Vlogger, Podcaster, Internet TV or Radio Broadcaster, Social Media expert or producer of any other form of new media content, you need to attend this one and only industry-wide tradeshow, conference, and media event dedicated to promoting the dynamic industry of blogging and new media.
Important Blogging Statistics from Blog World Expo:
- Over 12 million American adults currently maintain a blog.
- More than 147 million Americans use the Internet.
- Over 57 million Americns read blogs.
- 1.7 million American adults list making money as one of the reasons they blog.
- 89% of companies surveyed say they think blogs will be more important in the next five years.
- 9% of internet users say they have created blogs .
- 6% of the entire US adult population has created a blog .
- Technorati is currently tracking over 70 million blogs .
- over 120 thousand blogs are created every day .
- There are over 1.4 million new blog posts every day .
- 22 of the 100 most popular websites in the world are blogs .
- 120,000 new blogs are created every day .
- 37% of blog readers began reading blogs in 2005 or 2006 .
- 51% of blog readers shop online .
- Blog readers average 23 hours online each week .