What the big bloggers are earning, and you’re not

July 15, 2007  |  By Travis  |  Entreprenews   

Don’t feel bad. YGG came a few spots short of the bottom of the list as well. BusinessWeek presents/estimates, how much moolah the top bloggers are pulling in.

1.jpg   BoingBoing Over $1 million a year

2.jpg   I Can Has Cheezburger? $5,600 a month

3.jpg   ShoeMoney $12,000 a month

4.jpg   Overheard in New York $8,100 a month

5.jpg   Kottke.org $5,300 a month

6.jpg   TalkingPointsMemo $45,000 a month

7.jpg   Perez Hilton $111,000 a month

8.jpg   Gothamist $250,000 a month

9.jpg   TechCrunch $200,000 a month

10.jpg   Go Fug Yourself $6,240 a month

11.jpg   Mashable $166,000 a month

12.jpg   Problogger Over $100,000 a year

You can see this list and read the story that accompanies it at BusinessWeek.

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About the author, Travis
One of the original members at YGG, Travis became a partner back in 2006. He's responsible for all the creative and mischief you see before you.

11 Comments

  1. Noel Hurtley said on July 15, 2007   

    Inspiring numbers. It’s amazing how big of a business blogging has become.

  2. Adam said on July 16, 2007   

    Hurrah for my $-25pm !!

    Gotta love it that icanhascheezbuger is in there!

  3. Satish said on July 16, 2007   

    Woot for no ads, lol. Damn I’m missing out… how’s YGG doing ;)? Full disclosure for readers!

  4. Travis said on July 16, 2007   

    I called Google and asked them when we could expect our million dollar adsense cheque.

    They told me to stop calling.

  5. Terry Ng said on July 16, 2007   

    I’m surprised you were able to get someone on the phone! ;)

  6. cooliojones said on July 17, 2007   

    You need to give that number to mobilejones, the girl who got a bad check from Google!

  7. phil said on July 18, 2007   

    great post, I was actually surprised how low some of those numbers were.

  8. Wayne said on July 19, 2007   

    All you need is that elusive niche.

  9. Kristen said on July 27, 2007   

    What Wayne said. Once you find that niche then you’re good to go.

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