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  • July 15th 2007

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

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

  I Can Has Cheezburger? $5,600 a month

  ShoeMoney $12,000 a month

  Overheard in New York $8,100 a month

  Kottke.org $5,300 a month

  TalkingPointsMemo $45,000 a month

7.jpg   Perez Hilton $111,000 a month

  Gothamist $250,000 a month

9.jpg   TechCrunch $200,000 a month

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

  Mashable $166,000 a month

  Problogger Over $100,000 a year

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

  • http://noelhurtley.com Noel Hurtley

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

  • http://noelhurtley.com Noel Hurtley

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

  • http://www.conversion-matters.co.uk Adam

    Hurrah for my $-25pm !!

    Gotta love it that icanhascheezbuger is in there!

  • http://www.conversion-matters.co.uk Adam

    Hurrah for my $-25pm !!

    Gotta love it that icanhascheezbuger is in there!

  • http://www.skanwar.com Satish

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

  • http://www.skanwar.com Satish

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

  • http://www.younggogetter.com/ Travis

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

    They told me to stop calling.

  • http://www.younggogetter.com/ Travis

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

    They told me to stop calling.

  • http://www.kineda.com Terry Ng

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

  • http://www.kineda.com Terry Ng

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

  • http://www.mynewhustle.com cooliojones

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

  • http://www.mynewhustle.com cooliojones

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

  • http://www.mindyandphil.com phil

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

  • http://www.mindyandphil.com phil

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

  • http://www.theonlineproducer.com Wayne

    All you need is that elusive niche.

  • http://www.theonlineproducer.com Wayne

    All you need is that elusive niche.

  • http://lepistol.org Kristen

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

  • http://lepistol.org Kristen

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

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