Oct 6, 2011
Scroll DOWN a bit for Invesp.com’s BlogRank clickable listing of 150 blogs they have ranked, but note they DO NOT RANK most travel blogs. That’s a project I’m working on now and it’s going to be very helpful to those of us in the sector since there are now tens of thousands of travel blogs, most with almost no traffic at all but many good ones with more than you’d think.
BlogRank’s Top General Travel blogs unique monthly visitors shows how dominant Gadling is in the Travel Blog Sector, though the great folks at BootsnAll up in Eugene Oregon appear to be doing very well also. I’m skeptical of these visitor numbers and will try to follow up on where they come from.
Compete in the past, based on just a bit of research by me, seemed notorious for underestimating traffic unless you used their (paid) system and installed their counter. For sites I controlled the underestimation tended to be very dramatic compared to our actual traffic logs and Google Analytics reporting. I hope they’ve fixed that and a study might be in order, as I’m happy with Google Analytics reporting which seems to match our logs better (again, I’m saying this without enough research to back it up robustly).
1. Gadling 733,497
2 BootsnAll Travel 178,575
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Rank
Blog Name
RSS
Monthly Visitors
1
Gadling 733,497
2
BootsnAll Travel 178,575
3
MiceChat 89,419
4
The Travel Blog by TravelPod 81,972
5
Jaunted – The Pop Culture Travel Guide 72,462
6
TheJetpacker 69,924
7
Travellerspoint Travel Community 59,745
8
BoardingArea 59,286
9
elliott.org 37,701
10
Europe for Visitors 30,051
11
Vagabondish 27,879
12
PeterGreenberg.com 25,679
13
Suzannes Files – Luxury Travel Insights 23,176
14
Johnny Jets Weekly Newsletter 20,386
15
Nomadic Matts Travel Site 19,712
16
Go Visit Hawaii 19,266
17
Travel Guides 18,263
18
Kathika Travel Website 15,417
19
OffbeatTravel 14,930
20
The Cranky Flier 13,423
21
Global Grasshopper | Travel Tips and Inspiration 13,223
22
NewYorkology 12,385
23
Touropia 11,488
24
Everything Everywhere 11,185
25
Wanderlust and Lipstick 11,170
26
The Vacation Gals 11,094
27
EuropeUpClose.com 10,464
28
World Hum 10,286
29
My Several Worlds 10,143
30
Upgrade: Travel Better 9,537
31
DeliciousBaby.com 9,235
32
Traveling Mamas 8,937
33
Bonjour Paris 8,868
34
almostfearless.com 8,804
35
The Amateur Traveler Travel Podcast – best places to travel 8,803
36
Uncornered Market 8,798
37
Travels with Children 8,364
38
WanderingEducators 8,254
39
Go Green Travel Green 7,959
40
Holland America Blog 7,415
41
Off Track Planet – The Backpackers Ultimate Travel Guide 7,286
42
foXnoMad 7,023
43
Hole In The Donut 6,851
44
As We Travel 6,526
45
itravelnet.com Travel Blog 6,491
46
Canada Adventure Couple 6,174
47
Indie Travel Podcast 6,145
48
Travelvice 5,827
49
My Melange 5,672
50
Go, See, Write 5,158
51
Fun Things to Do 5,095
52
Solo Traveler 4,946
53
Chris Around The World 4,905
54
GoBackpacking 4,822
55
Online Travel Review 4,506
56
Tales from Technomadia 4,161
57
Gourmeted 4,077
58
Wandering Trader’s Travels 4,005
59
My Itchy Travel Feet 3,922
60
Tech Guide For Travel 3,871
61
Nomadic Notes Travel Blog 3,627
62
RickSeaney.com 3,481
63
Ottsworld 3,438
64
Champagne Living 3,355
65
Get In the Hot Spot 3,181
66
Traveling Canucks 2,996
67
Mommy Musings 2,966
68
Vagablond 2,811
69
soultravelers3 2,805
70
Travel Experta – All You Need to Know About Traveling in Central America! 2,786
71
TravelBlogs 2,755
72
Travel Happy 2,741
73
Alaska Travelgram 2,722
74
Neil Duckett 2,684
75
Johnny Vagabond – Around the World, Low and Slow 2,644
76
Blog about barcelona, berlin, madrid and paris 2,621
77
Travel Wonders of the World 2,608
78
Married with Luggage 2,557
79
Travels with a Nine Year Old 2,555
80
Travel Blog Sites 2,494
81
Family Friendly Hotel, Resort, Suite Reviews: Travel Savvy Mom » blog 2,415
82
Briefcase to Backpack 2,397
83
Europe Travels 2,358
84
SoloFriendly.com 2,345
85
Africafreak 2,341
86
Round the World Travel 2,272
87
The Ticket 2,235
88
The Professional Hobo 2,181
89
Heather on her travels 2,003
90
501 Places 1,979
91
HAPPYTIMEBLOG 1,900
92
Telluride Inside… and Out 1,898
93
Vagablogging 1,890
94
The Brooklyn Nomad 1,889
95
A Luxury Travel Blog 1,871
96
The Road Forks 1,864
97
SimpliFlying 1,858
98
What a Trip 1,761
99
Andy’s Blog – Gone Further 1,697
100
Travel Blog Exchange 1,658
101
Asian Ramblings 1,634
102
PassportChop Travel Experience Blog 1,530
103
TravelBrook 1,497
104
The Longest Way Home 1,484
105
Inside the Travel Lab 1,467
106
Peregrine Online 1,432
107
tripso.com 1,348
108
Travelwires.com 1,333
109
Go Galavanting 1,330
110
Grumpy Traveller 1,309
111
Traveling with MJ 1,285
112
Gap Year Escape 1,266
113
The Gypsy’s Guide 1,250
114
Top vacation spots 1,244
115
Travel Feeder 1,244
116
Travelogged 1,240
117
Travellious.com 1,207
118
Fuzzygalore.com -Girlie Motorcycle Blog 1,195
119
iBackpack Canada 1,171
120
Unearthing Asia 1,106
121
Exposed Planet.com. The world exposed in words and vision, by Harry Kikstra 1,100
122
Wanderlust Journey 1,090
123
MaxaBlog.com 1,073
124
Family Travel Guide 1,051
125
Travels of Adam 1,046
126
VirtualWayfarer – A Place For Intellectual Musings 1,044
127
davidlansing.com 1,006
128
The Seattle Traveler 986
129
Travel Writers Exchange 985
130
Travel Rants Blog 958
131
MuseumChick 947
132
FOGG odyssey 919
133
The Aussie Nomad 870
134
Family Adventure Guidebooks 771
135
Lanzarote Information – Everything and anything about Lanzarote 750
136
Chengdu Living 747
137
hipcompass.com 740
138
MarksTravelNotes.com 738
139
Wandalust 684
140
Double the Adventure 654
141
iKangaroo, 644
142
divehappy.com 578
143
Kyspeaks 576
144
Backpacker Ben Travel Blog 573
145
Tyson Williams 572
146
Vietnam Travel 543
147
thelasvegasadventurer.com 534
148
Lifecruiser 534
149
Ll World Tour 509
150
Travel Junkie Julia 500
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