Top 100 Conservative Political Websites of 2007

Intellectual Conservative ^ | July 30, 2007 | Rachel Alexander

[az4vlad]

The most popular 100 conservative political websites and blogs for 2007 are listed here. Read who made the list and who surprisingly didn't.

Here is a ranking of the top 100 conservative political websites and blogs. Other than sifting and sorting through directories like alexa’s, there’s no easy to determine what are the most popular conservative websites. John Hawkins of rightwingnews has ranked all political websites in order of popularity in the past, but hasn’t put out an updated list since 2004. I have attempted to create an updated list of the conservative websites for 2007, using alexa’s directory and rankings. There are other sites like trafficranking.comwhich use different methodology to rank the popularity of websites, however, alexa’s system, which is based on the web surfing habits of those using its browser helper software remains the most popular. 

Conservative websites fall under various categories in the alexa directory, so I may not have found everyone. If you have been inadvertently left off, please email meso I can adjust the list, even if it means lengthening it to the top 125 or so. In some cases, it wasn’t easy to determine whether or not a site really belonged in this list. I am still open to changing some of the methodology, if you would like to dispute how I included or excluded sites I would like to hear from you. 

Blogs without their own domain name, such as blogs run off of blogspot.com, were not included, since with few exceptions, alexa does not separate them out. Some conservative leaning or more mainstream libertarian sites like the Cato Institute, Reason, and Radley Balko I thought should be included, whereas others that were more traditionally libertarian I left out (those included Neil Boortz’s site, ranked 35,416, samizdata, ranked 90,209, and the Libertarian Party site, ranked 116,978). I left out the Christian Science Monitor(ranked 12,583) because it is not reliably conservative, but I included U.S. News & World Report, since I believe it is still generally right leaning. 

I included think tanks and organizations like the legal American Center for Law and Justice, individual personalities like Michelle Malkin, and newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal. I may have left off some right of center regional newspapers, although I included the biggest ones. I included non-American sites, although there were few, and one German-language site I left off (think tank Konrad Adenhauer Foundation– ranked 176,951) 

I excluded one issue sites, for example sites that deal only with abortion or gun issues. I left off campaign sites since those sites come and go quickly. I left off sites like Politically Correct, which runs political cartoons (ranked 62,714), and conservative libraries like Online Library of Liberty(ranked 320,732). 

Now for the interesting findings. There were some big disappointments. The Republican National Committee barely made the list at 405,641. Scrappleface, which most of us remember as one of the early popular satire sites, also barely made the list at 433,108. The following sites didn’t even make the list: 

Hugh Hewitt – 5,633,009

Federalist Society – 1,245,004

Christian Coalition – 1,002,811

American Conservative Union – 950,055

Independent Women’s Forum – 930,362

Ifeminists.com – 828,382

And here is the list. Intellectual Conservative rounds out the end of the top 100.

1. Drudge Report – 951
2. Fox News - 599
3. Wall Street Journal – 1,043
4. New York Post – 1,778
5. WorldNetDaily – 4,605
6. NewsMax – 5,334
7. Boston Herald – 6,684
8. Free Republic – 7,114
9. Town Hall – 7,915
10. U.S. News and World Report - 8,694
11. National Review Online – 10,502
12. Politico – 11,359
13. Lew Rockwell – 13,174
14. Washington Times – 13,621
15. Rush Limbaugh – 14,117
16. Real Clear Politics – 17,027
17. The Post Chronicle – 19,203
18. Reason Online – 19,942
19. Little Green Footballs – 21,079
20. Michelle Malkin – 23,570
21. Instapundit – 25,661
22. Ludwig von Mises Institute – 28,169
23. Human Events – 28,937
24. Weekly Standard – 43,327
25. Powerlineblog – 41,288
26. Heritage Foundation – 48,044
27. FrontPageMag – 48,461
28. Red State – 49,599
29. Free Market News – 54,314
30. Jewish World Review – 55,733
31. Lucianne – 56,585
32. Ann Coulter – 57,910
33. Cato Institute – 58,391
34. Volokh Conspiracy – 61,682
35. Vdare – 76,539
36. American Thinker – 81,917
37. Michael Savage – 82,673
38. Bill O’Reilly – 83,723
39. Sean Hannity – 87,305
40. RightWingNews – 106,285
41. American Enterprise Institute – 108,262
42. American Spectator – 118,709
43. Mens News Daily – 126,426
44. Laura Ingraham – 145,994
45. Ilana Mercer – 162,520
46. Adam Smith Institute (U.K.) – 162,584
47. Radley Balko – The Agitator – 165,128
48. Snapped Shot – 166,275
49. American Conservative – 181,314
50. GOPUSA – 186,477
51. Acton Institute – 187,367
52. Renew America – 190,345
53. Christopher Hitchens – 194,067
54. Hoover Institution – 200,268
55. Political Crossfire – 200,941
56. Commentary Magazine – 211,054
57. Liberty Forum – 211,445
58. An Englishman’s Castle (U.K.) – 228,967
59. World and I (Washington Times) – 236,083
60. Accuracy in Media – 232,120
61. American Daily – 251,092
62. Media Research Center – 253,620
63. Etherzone – 257,691
64. Heartland Institute – 257,924
65. Café Hayek – 265,888
66. John Birch Society – 273,956
67. Concerned Women for America – 277,015
68. Independent Institute – 281,097
69. National Center for Policy Analysis – 290,051
70. La Shawn Barber’s Corner – 300,533
71. View from the Right – 301,593
72. Becker-Posner Blog – 305,780
73. Fraser Institute (Canadian) – 307,688
74. World Magazine – 307,978
75. Tom G. Palmer – 310,087
76. Talk Show America – 318,999
77. Tom Rants – 346,982
78. MichNews – 361,642
79. RealityCheck – 325,321
80. Family Research Council – 332,263
81. National Center for Public Policy Research – 334,388
82. Insight Magazine – 334,429
83. American Center for Law & Justice – 341,008
84. Club for Growth – 341,118
85. Tammy Bruce – 353,769
86. Sierra Times – 359,115
87. John Locke Foundation – 359,971
88. Enter Stage Right – 361,598
89. Judicial Watch – 367,970
90. Eagle Forum – 381,771
91. Sweetness and Light – 390,593
92. Discovery Institute – 398,031
93. Conservative Underground – 406,018
94. Hudson Institute – 419,364
95. Reason Foundation – 426,451
96. Young America’s Foundation – 450,076
97. Republican National Committee – 405,641
98. Scrappleface – 433,108
99. Claremont Institute – 456,349

100. Intellectual Conservative – 458,064

[frossca]

53. Christopher Hitchens

Huh?

[Chi-townChief]

And Savage at 82,673 right with him.

[ProfoundMan]

Judicial Watch? Oh please...

[dynachrome]

“Mark’s startling growth in radio audience”
I was curious because I know his audience is growing. I hadn’t thought of the difference between pay and free website hits, but I would think the pay areas are much smaller overall.

[George W. Bush]

To get Rush's podcasts, you have to subscribe. Not cheap either.

You can stream Mark's from his website or download MP3's of his broadcast around 9pm EST daily.

Mark's numbers might be depressed because so many of us are subscribed to his podcast via iTunes so we can load it on our portable MP3 players or listen to it at our computers.

Mark's website will grow. But he's giving us for free what we have to pay to get from Rush and we can get it from Apple as well as Mark's own site.

[DesScorp]

That list sucks. Seriously.

Drudge? That’s not a conservative site. Matt simply links you to other stories, mostly at liberal news outlets.

O’Reilly’s comments and Rupert Murdoch’s refusal to criticize China should have put an end to the “Fox is right wing” thing long ago.

WSJ? Their editorial page is (except for immigration, where they’re hard left). The rest of that paper is as leftist as the New York Times. Their reporters staged a political protest when Rupert Murdoch made his bid.

US News is centrist, not conservative.

Lew Rockwell? Lew fscking Rockwell????? He’s a Bush hating nutbag libertarian, and has been from early on.

And on the subject of Libertarians.....Libs are NOT conservatives. The Mises Institute, while it does some good work in some areas, has no business being on a conservative list. Conservatism includes social conservatism, and Libertarianism does not. There’s no such thing as a “libertarian conservative”. That’s as absurd as “liberal conservative” or “marxist conservative”. No such beast exists.

[DesScorp]

That list sucks. Seriously.

Drudge? That’s not a conservative site. Matt simply links you to other stories, mostly at liberal news outlets.

O’Reilly’s comments and Rupert Murdoch’s refusal to criticize China should have put an end to the “Fox is right wing” thing long ago.

WSJ? Their editorial page is (except for immigration, where they’re hard left). The rest of that paper is as leftist as the New York Times. Their reporters staged a political protest when Rupert Murdoch made his bid.

US News is centrist, not conservative.

Lew Rockwell? Lew fscking Rockwell????? He’s a Bush hating nutbag libertarian, and has been from early on.

And on the subject of Libertarians.....Libs are NOT conservatives. The Mises Institute, while it does some good work in some areas, has no business being on a conservative list. Conservatism includes social conservatism, and Libertarianism does not. There’s no such thing as a “libertarian conservative”. That’s as absurd as “liberal conservative” or “marxist conservative”. No such beast exists.

[synbad600]

I find Rush’s subscription rate to be very reasonable. $65 a year, is it?

[stevio]

What exactly does the number next to the site mean?

[George W. Bush]

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Apparently, JimRob doesn't agree. Republican libertarians are a vital part of our party. They have been ever since the Fifties when William F. Buckley and Barry Goldwater created the conservative movement, both known for their libertarian positions.

[MizSterious]

LOL!

[George W. Bush]

I find Rush’s subscription rate to be very reasonable. $65 a year, is it?

Something like that.

Not as reasonable as Levin's free podcasts, delivered automatically nightly via iTunes. And I come to FR for articles and comments, not Rush's site or Mark's site.

[MizSterious]

They’re saving that one and a couple others for the 100 top moonbat sites. ;)

[Lancey Howard]

But, O’Reilly apparently agrees with Lanny Davis that Free Republic is a “hate” site?

[greyfoxx39]

Ditto!

[mplsconservative]

Lew Rockwell??? Wasn’t he the guy playing footsie with Cindy Sheehan?

What in the world is he doing on this list!

[Beagle8U]

“I don’t see WA? Oh the humanity!”

I think they’re # 96,487th in popularity on the mod/lib list.

[DesScorp]

“Republican libertarians are a vital part of our party. “

There’s a split coming. The “pure” libertarians are incrasingly persona-non-grata for the social positions (legalize drugs? Insanity). Usually, “republican libertarians” were nothing of the sort. They were libertarian on economics, and conservative on social issues. “Real” Libertarians think there should be no restrictions, legal or otherwise, on any kind of social behavior. Drugs, prostitution, you name it. Ideological libertarians are in favor of it all. In many ways, I can’t see the difference between a Libertarian and a Democrat on social issues. You simply are not a real Republican unless you’re a conservative, and conservatives don’t believe in things like the smutification of society and legalizing drugs

Furthermore, once upon a time (before he got old and found out his grandkids were homosexual), Goldwater used to espouse social conservatism too, and Buckley always has.

[Badeye]

‘They’re saving that one and a couple others for the 100 top moonbat sites. ;)’

The irony is it won’t rate there either....(chuckle)

You know its a kook site when 1)They ban the word ‘kook’...and 2) the longest threads are all about bashing FR.

[Nam Vet]

O'Reilly's support of a possible 4 year sentence for the college student who flushed a coran (intentional mispell) was completely boneheaded, actually a complete brain f*rt.

He's usually fairly level-headed, which is why I think he enjoys a level of popularity, but the more idiotic stands he takes, the less respect I and many others have for him. His treatment of the Swiftboaters p*ssed me off no end! I rifled him 2 or 3 emails which were 'no holds barred'.

Nam Vet