by: Gary Hayes
A fabulous, clear page from David Sifry on the growth of the blogosphere as at April 2006. His exec summary:
In summary:
- The blogosphere is doubling in size every 6 months
- It is now over 60 times bigger than it was 3 years ago
- On average, a new weblog is created every second of every day
- 19.4 million bloggers (55%) are still posting 3 months after their blogs are created
- Technorati tracks about 1.2 Million new blog posts each day, about 50,000 per hour
I like the phrase 50,000 per hour, suddenly quantity measurement turns into speed – but I digress. Here shamelessly is the chart that most astounds me from his posting (note this is an image link not a copy locally onto my server – David will understand)
Original Post: http://www.personalizemedia.com/index.php/2006/04/19/the-rise-and-rise-of-blogs/