Posted on 03/16/2009 10:36:21 AM PDT by TitansAFC
I thought it might be interesting to see which right-of-center websites actually receive the most traffic. So, I went to Alexa.com and ranked the 50 sites on the right. Do keep in mind that...
1) Alexa doesn't distinguish between top level domains and their sub-directories. So, for example, a blog on Townhall and Townhall itself would have the same rating. Additionally, websites hosted at places like Blogspot, which list each blog on a sub-directory, can't be measured. My guess is that it only knocked 2-4 websites max off the list including Ace of Spades HQ, Gateway Pundit, & Big Hollywood.
2) Although I have found Alexa to be generally accurate, it does occasionally make mistakes and certainly isn't as on target as a statistics tracker.
3) I didn't deliberately leave any right-of-center websites off the list, including the Libertarian websites. So, if you are supposed to be on list and weren't included, feel free to send me an email.
All 50 websites are listed with their Alexa rank following their link. So for example, a "1" would mean the page was the most popular website on the net. A "100,000" would mean the 100,000th most popular page on the net. With that being said, let's go ahead and take a look at the rankings.
1) Fox News: 260
2) Wall Street Journal: 383
3) The Drudge Report: 748
4) New York Post: 888
5) WorldNetDaily: 2,692
6) Newsmax: 3,264
7) Free Republic: 3,988
8) The Washington Times: 4,717 9) TownHall: 5,986
10) The Rush Limbaugh Show: 7,624
11) Real Clear Politics: 7,957
12) National Review: 10,346
13) Hot Air: 11,517
14) Michelle Malkin: 12,871
15) Glenn Beck: 13,153
16) Human Events Online: 17,538
17) The Heritage Foundation: 20,746
18) Newsbusters: 21,452
19) Lew Rockwell: 24,677
20) The Weekly Standard: 25,565
21) News With Views: 27,352
22) Sean Hannity: 28,086
23) Pajamas Media 28,969
24) The Ludwig von Mises Institute: 29,116
25) Atlas Shrugs: 29,548
26) The American Thinker: 29,980
27) Cybercast News Service: 32,348
28) Neal Boortz: 32,857
29) Reason: 33,254
30) Lucianne: 34,135
31) Ann Coulter 36,864
32) The Cato Journal: 39,187
33) Daily Paul: 41,465
34) The Volokh Conspiracy: 42,021
35) Bill O'Reilly: 42,533
36) Redstate: 42,655
37) Conservapedia: 43,866
38) Power Line: 44,542
39) Jewish World Review: 44,765
40) Front Page Magazine: 48,645
41) Daniel Pipes: 49,692
42) Little Green Footballs: 49,844
43) Campaign for Liberty: 50,638
44) The American Spectator: 52,377
45) Commentary: 55,447
46) GOPUSA: 58,771
47) James Lileks': 60,536
48) Right Wing News: 63,097
49) Wizbang: 63,427
50) Day by Day: 63,455
10 bonus websites for you
51) Moonbattery: 67,850
52) Life News: 69,493
53) Vdare: 70,866
54) Debbie Schlussel: 73,543
55) Republican National Committee: 73,599
56) Lifesitenews: 73,823
57) Dick Morris: 77,187
58) Blackfive: 83,031
59) Outside the Beltway: 83,455
60) American Conservative: 90,579
Update #1: Jihad Watch emailed to note that they're at 29,887. That would put them at #26. Sorry, I missed you, guys!
I find it interesting just how much larger Free Republic is than the sites that get constant mention and cross-referencing.
Considering how much press and mention at NRO sites like Redstate get - and considering NRO and their ilk would never, ever, ever be seen mentioning Free Republic - this is quite a feat!
Congrats, Jim Rob and all!!!
FYI ping.
I’m surprised WND is that high on the list.
Congrats Jim! Quite the amazing place you’ve built here, and the best for FR is still yet to come. I really believe that.
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Top 10!
Let’s go for top 5!
Great news, but I wonder why everyone looks at Alexia, it only tracks usage of those who have the Alexia toolbar. I would love to see a list with a better rating system, I bet we would be above WND.
Something else I noticed—where’s Instapundit? I can’t believe Glenn Reynolds wouldn’t be in the top 60 conservative websites.
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I know I don't say it enough, but Thank You, Jim Robinson and all those who make this site possible. You have made my life better!
great list. thanks.
Is the RNC right of center?
bump
Redstate.com was farther down the list than I thought. Thanks.
Yep.
What happened to number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine?
I’m not. WND is an important source of news and commentary.
Thanks for the list!
Excuse me but Fox News is not conservative. They´re just not-liberal, so people make the connection that they must then be conservative.
Question? Is a viewer counted if they go directly to the Forum or do they need to go through the FreeRepublic home page?
Try quantcast.com
1) Fox News: 260
2) Wall Street Journal: 383
3) The Drudge Report: 748
4) New York Post: 888
5) WorldNetDaily: 2,692
6) Newsmax: 3,264
7) Free Republic: 3,988
8) The Washington Times: 4,717
9) TownHall: 5,986
10) The Rush Limbaugh Show: 7,624
11) Real Clear Politics: 7,957
12) National Review: 10,346
13) Hot Air: 11,517
14) Michelle Malkin: 12,871
15) Glenn Beck: 13,153
16) Human Events Online: 17,538
17) The Heritage Foundation: 20,746
18) Newsbusters: 21,452
19) Lew Rockwell: 24,677
20) The Weekly Standard: 25,565
21) News With Views: 27,352
22) Sean Hannity: 28,086
23) Pajamas Media 28,969
24) The Ludwig von Mises Institute: 29,116
25) Atlas Shrugs: 29,548
26) The American Thinker: 29,980
27) Cybercast News Service: 32,348
28) Neal Boortz: 32,857
29) Reason: 33,254
30) Lucianne: 34,135
31) Ann Coulter 36,864
32) The Cato Journal: 39,187
33) Daily Paul: 41,465
34) The Volokh Conspiracy: 42,021
35) Bill O'Reilly: 42,533
36) Redstate: 42,655
37) Conservapedia: 43,866
38) Power Line: 44,542
39) Jewish World Review: 44,765
40) Front Page Magazine: 48,645
41) Daniel Pipes: 49,692
42) Little Green Footballs: 49,844
43) Campaign for Liberty: 50,638
44) The American Spectator: 52,377
45) Commentary: 55,447
46) GOPUSA: 58,771
47) James Lileks': 60,536
48) Right Wing News: 63,097
49) Wizbang: 63,427
50) Day by Day: 63,455
10 bonus websites for you
51) Moonbattery: 67,850
52) Life News: 69,493
53) Vdare: 70,866
54) Debbie Schlussel: 73,543
55) Republican National Committee: 73,599
56) Lifesitenews: 73,823
57) Dick Morris: 77,187
58) Blackfive: 83,031
59) Outside the Beltway: 83,455
60) American Conservative: 90,579
Jihad Watch #26.
Canada Free Press is at #55.
I like quantcast, I’ve posted their stats before. They show an uptrend at FR recently where Alexa shows a slight downtrend, the latter may be more related to fewer using Alexa’s toolbars.
Just like the BHO birth certificate, it can’t be revealed.
BUMP!
Ditto for the Wall Street Journal. They are slightly to the right of the Washington Post. That hardly makes them right of center.
Interesting list. Informative even if not perfectly accurate. Good leads to places I’ve not been. Thanks for posting!
Bookmarked!
ping for later
Free Republic number 7? Cool!
bttt
I happen to talk to the guy who writes “Moonbattery” on a forum just for sports and sport video games, we have to keep our right leanings subtle there, it’s dominated by a younger/dumber demographic.
Ping for later.
Sad isn’t it?
btt
FreeRepublic is clearly #1!
It’s sad that we’re in the wilderness because they went spend-a-thon on us these last 8 years.
Mark
We need shirts like that!!
#9 is on the same line as #8
Congrats FR
It;s a shame Lucianne is ranked above RedState and other far more worthy sites.
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