nz blogosphere rankings: January 2009 summary

The January 2009 nz blogosphere rankings list is completed now, slightly later than usual. Many blogs have rebounded in traffic since the lull of the holidays. Being a quiet time posts have been level since December - but comments have been up. There was a lot of heat over Gaza in this period within the blogosphere in an otherwise placid summer break. Things are getting competitive in the top thirty or so now.

There are a total of 212 blogs on the list (up 3). Changes from last month (December) in brackets.

Top 100:

[new]
#14 (new) Kiwipolitico : www.kiwipolitico.com
#19 (new) Open Parachute : www.openparachute.wordpress.com

[+]
#3 (+2) Public Address : www.publicaddress.net
#8 (+3) Dim Post : www.dimpost.wordpress.com
#11 (+7) Poneke’s Weblog : www.poneke.wordpress.com
#15 (+4) The Hand Mirror: www.thehandmirror.blogspot.com
#20 (+5) Hot topic : www.hot-topic.co.nz
#22 (+8) The Visible Hand in Economics : www.tvhe.co.nz
#26 (+9) Fundy post : www.fundypost.blogspot.com
#30 (+27) Anti-Dismal : www.antidismal.blogspot.com
#34 (+14) Dear John : www.dearjk.wordpress.com
#43 (+10) Just Left : www.jtc.blogs.com
#47 (+19) Greenpeace NZ blog : www.weblog.greenpeace.org.nz
#50 (+9) Aotearoa: a wider perspective: www.aotearoaawiderperspective.wordpress.com
#58 (+42) The Humanitarian Chronicle : www.humanitarianchronicle.com
#60 (+30) Socialist Aotearoa : www.socialistaotearoa.blogspot.com
#67 (+27) Say Hello to my Little Friend : www.beretta-online.com/wordpress
#73 (+25) Auckland blog : www.aucklandblog.blogspot.com
#75 (+16) Contra Celsum : www.jtcontracelsum.blogspot.com
#77 (+23) Ethical Martini : www.ethicalmartini.wordpress.com
#82 (+18) Blessed Economist : www.getrad2.blogspot.com
#83 (+17) Republican Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand : www.republic.org.nz

[-]
#17 (-4) Cactus Kate : www.asianinvasion2006.blogspot.com
#27 (-5) New Zealand Conservative : www.nzconservative.blogspot.com
# 35 (-12) Keeping Stock : www.keepingstock.blogspot.com
#46 (-34) Policy Blog : www.policy.net.nz/blog
#52 (-11) John Key : www.johnkey.co.nz
#53 (-22) Liberty Scott : www.libertyscott.blogspot.com
#55 (-11) Dave Gee: Life from Right Field : www.davegeeblog.com
#57 (-31) Pundit : www.pundit.co.nz
#81 (-16) Eye of the Fish : www.eyeofthefish.org
#87 (-27) The ex-expat : www.exexpat1.blogspot.com
#92 (-24) NZBC : www.nzbc.net.nz
#98 (-20) Ideologically Impure : www.ideologicallyimpure.wordpress.com

[Posts] Average per week:
135 (+15) Whoar
50 (-10) Inquiring Mind
50 (+10) Whaleoil
45 (-5) Kiwiblog
30 (+5) TUMEKE!
30 (+10) Aotearoa: a wider perspective
25 (-20) No Minister
20 (-10) Standard
20 (-) No Right Turn
20 (-10) Home Paddock
20 (n/a) Hand Mirror
20 (n/a) Roar Prawn
20 (-) Keeping Stock

[Comments] Average highest post per week:
390 (+190) Public Address
205 (+35) Kiwiblog
90 (-70) Frogblog
80 (-20) Standard
80 (new) Kiwipolitico
75 (+25) TUMEKE!
60 (+35) TBR
35 (+10) No Minister
35 (+10) Hot Topic
30 (+10) Dim Post
30 (+10) Poneke
30 (-5) New Zeal
30 (-5) NZ Conservative
25 (new) Open Parachute
20 (n/a) Cactus Kate
20 (-) Hand Mirror
20 (n/a) Reading the Maps
20 (n/a) MandM
20 (-) Eye of the Fish

To all those bloggers who have given details or provided a traffic meter etc., thank you for your assistance.