#1 in the Big 10...MGoBlog that is

Submitted by Yooper on

A little while ago another poster [just identified as willywill9, sorry for the delay] cited Quantcast as a reputable source for measuring visitors to various websites.  I thought it would be interesting to rank the Big 10 blogs.  I don't claim that I did an exhaustive search, but I did look up the blogs referenced here at MGoBlog, those noted at SBNation, as well as a couple of others sources, and used the highest ranked I could find.  Here are the results, based on the rankings of all websites monitored by Quantcast.  I did a sanity check of the Quantcast results with another web traffic monitoring service that directionally confirmed the Quantcast information.  The final rankings are based on the Quantcast data.  The Quantcast ranking is noted.

     1.  Michigan             MGoBlog                       (9,995)
     2.  Iowa                    BlackHeartGoldPants   (27,558)
     3.  Penn State          BlackShoeDiaries         (38,611) 
     4.  Michigan State    TheOnlyColors             (49,263)
     5.  Ohio State           Eleven Warriors           (65,878)
     6.  Purdue                 HammerandRails          (72,712)
     7.  Minnesota            TheDailyGopher          (74,545)
     8.  Wisconsin             Buckys5thQuarter       (80,744)
     9.  Indiana                TheCrimsonQuarry     (128,023) 
    10. Northwestern        SippnOnPurple         (198,832)
    11. Ilinois                   HailtotheOrange        (212,320)
 
Some other sites of interest:
     Nebraska                 Cornnation.com             (29,374)
     Maize 'n Brew                                                (39,315)
     RCMB                     SpartanTailgate.com      (842,514)   
 
For some perspective as to the popularity of this site, I went behind the rankings a bit.  The numbers noted (rounded for convenience) reflect the average for the last 6 months.  Recent months, not surprisingly, are higher:
 
                               People/month          Visits/month     Pageviews/month
     MGoBlog                 200,000                    1,300,000              6,000,000
     ElevenWarrors          24,000                       100,000                 325,000
     HailtotheOrange        6,000                           8,500                   13,500
     RCMB                         2,000                           1,400                     9,500
 
Even allowing for the inherent challenges with website tracking, I find the results rather remarkable.  What do you think?
 
[mod disclaimer: these statistics are different than Alexa and other groups and likely don't capture full traffic. ex: RCMB receives more traffic than MGoBlog per Alexa.]

Comments

busoflove

October 25th, 2010 at 8:26 PM ^

This site is my favorite. It shows us how spoiled we are in coverage of our favorite teams. I cant imagine being a fan of another school and having to search 20 different websites to gather limited info on my team. Thanks Brian (and Tim) for all the work you guys do.

Joined: 12/13/2008

MGoPoints: 281

Urban Warfare

October 26th, 2010 at 12:18 AM ^

It's sad, but I have yet to find any OSU blog that comes close to this one.  Eleven Warriors and Along the Olentangy are probably the two best, but 11W Xs and Os stuff like UFR is pretty much non-existent.  Along the Olentangy's reviews are decent when they happen, but they're irregular and nowhere near what MGoBlog does on a weekly basis.  I'm not sure what that says about the respective fans-whether Michigan fans have an unhealthy obsession or not-but it's kind of sad that I have to read a Michigan blog to see what's happening.  Except the last week of November.  Then it's sweet, sweet, schadenfreude. 

Joined: 09/28/2010

MGoPoints: 1691

elaydin

October 26th, 2010 at 8:44 AM ^

I think Ross Fulton at Along the Olentangy is a must read.

11W is getting better.  They've switched to drupal, and are even looking to add "points".  Their message boards are very weak.

I think the Scout premium board is probably the best place for Buckeye info.

Joined: 04/17/2010

MGoPoints: 2350

Magga Saraivah

October 25th, 2010 at 9:44 PM ^

I have been wondering this since lat years Iowa game when Denard cme in and had a great drive before being intercepted at the end.  What about putting in both Denard and tate at the same time in a wildcat formation ?  It would seem pretty sweet if the defense wasn't sure who was getting the snap.  Between Denard's quickness and tates accuracy, they could do some serious damage.

 

Maybe Rrod is saving a surprise for the Buckeyes ?

 

Joined: 11/19/2008

MGoPoints: 1027