These bloggers did not count on making big money; they sound like they all became unexpected successes in the world of content publishing. Note that these statistics and earnings were taken sometime in the past — as a snapshot in time — so I suspect much higher traffic and MUCH healthier revenues for these bloggers today. In fact, I know very well that smaller blogs in some great niches make pretty good money along these lines.
BoingBoing.Net
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All I can say is WOW! Although I’m still trying to grasp what it is they write about.
I Can Has Cheezburger?
Launched: January, 2007
Stats: 500,000 to 1.5 million page views a day
Advertising Rates:
- $500 to $5,400 a week through BlogAds
- Unknown earnings from Google AdSense and Adbrite
Revenue: $5,600 per month
Behind this site is Eric Nakagawa, another software developer turned accidental entrepreneur. The blog allows you to submit cute pictures of furry animals and other critters, with fun captions. For the number of page views this site has, I believe their earnings are vastly understated. Plus, according to the Wikipedia, some investors “acquired” this site for a cool $2 million around a year ago. Is that for real?
ShoeMoney
Launched: October, 2005
Stats: 20,000 unique visitors a day
Revenue: $12,000 a month
Okay, Shoemoney’s blog revenue accounts for 3% of his company’s total revenue, given that he does a lot of other online ventures. .
Kottke.org
Launched: March, 1998
Stats: 250,000 to 300,000 unique visitors a month
Revenue: $5,300 a month from a single, exclusive ad
Perez Hilton
Launched: September, 2004
Stats: 4 million unique visitors a day
Post Frequency: 24 posts on an average day, 40 posts on a very active day
Revenue: $111,000 a month based on ad rates
TechCrunch
Launched: June, 2005
Stats: 5 million page views a month
Ad Rates:
- $300 per week, for a small text ad
- “Thousands” for banner ads
Revenue: $200,000 to $240,000 a month
“When I started the blog, it was just a hobby,” says Arrington. But, after a while, “It was pretty clear that I could make more money blogging than from anything else.”
Go Fug Yourself
Launched: July, 2004
Stats: 3.5 million unique visitors a monthAd Rates:
- $60 for a simple text ad
- $3,000 for fancier banners
Revenue: $6,240 a month
These lovely ladies are making great money with their blog, but with their traffic, they can probably make a lot more!
Problogger.Net
Launched: November, 2004
Revenue: Over $100,000 a year
The original problogger.
As you can see, there’s a lot of opportunity in blogging… It’s the perfect type of work for creative types who can wear many hats. If you’re a jack of all trades who enjoys spending some amount of time in front of the computer, then this could be a great way to increase your income.
So if you ever say to yourself I cant make money writing, come back here and read this again..It will make you think twice.
