Wednesday, October 17, 2012

The Top 150 Conservative Websites, October 2012

Here are the latest rankings of conservative news and opinion sites, which are ranked based upon Alexa traffic rankings. Yes, some of these are middle-of-the-road or moderate sites, but they are included because they do publish center-right opinion pieces on a regular basis.
RankTraffic RankWebsite
1165foxnews.com
2233wsj.com
3245telegraph.co.uk
4379usatoday.com
5426drudgereport.com
6454bloomberg.com
7914realclearpolitics.com
8997thedailybeast.com
91031theblaze.com
101196nypost.com
111283dailymail.co.uk
121576breitbart.com
131873zerohedge.com
142185dailycaller.com
152230weeklystandard.com
162263washingtontimes.com
173103hotair.com
183186townhall.com
193332thehill.com
203409washingtonexaminer.com
213776nationalreview.com
224239newsbusters.org
234355rasmussenreports.com
244414jpost.com
255064freerepublic.com
265247investors.com
275252pjmedia.com
285272ocregister.com
295617foreignpolicy.com
305887military.com
316232rushlimbaugh.com
327701debka.com
337758twitchy.com
347967americanthinker.com
358409ynetnews.com
368434reason.com
379375theweek.com
3810283ijreview.com
3911522timesofisrael.com
4011634freebeacon.com
4112418redstate.com
4213472lucianne.com
4313596thegatewaypundit.com
4414074michellemalkin.com
4514823humanevents.com
4615091ace.mu.nu
4715091mypetjawa.mu.nu
4815091rhymeswithright.mu.nu
4916326powerlineblog.com
5017380mises.org
5117443westernjournalism.com
5218216heritage.org
5318650freedomoutpost.com
5419563wattsupwiththat.com
5521825therightscoop.com
5625248creators.com
5727639canadafreepress.com
5828321legalinsurrection.com
5928737stratfor.com
6030102commentarymagazine.com
6130935whitehousedossier.com
6231540patriotupdate.com
6334129thenewamerican.com
6435109freedomworks.org
6535636weaselzippers.us
6636091realclearmarkets.com
6738380lifenews.com
6838413marklevinshow.com
6939366jihadwatch.org
7039490althouse.blogspot.com
7140892globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
7243506atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com
7346025market-ticker.org
7446106the-american-interest.com
7546477mrc.org
7646951ricochet.com
7752867memeorandum.com
7854290frontporchpolitics.com
7955687navytimes.com
8057693hannity.com
8157840dailypundit.com
8259076atr.org
8359781rightwingnews.com
8460351takimag.com
8564082hillbuzz.org
8665831boortz.com
8766046spectator.co.uk
8870344cnsnews.com
8971330cowboybyte.com
9072888borderlandbeat.com
9173118anncoulter.com
9276632city-journal.org
9379797riehlworldview.com
9481766armytimes.com
9585787wizbangblog.com
9686572theothermccain.com
9789537volokh.com
9891812numbersusa.com
9993562firstthings.com
10097514conservativedailynews.com
101104606defensetech.org
102105139linkiest.com
103107539jammiewf.com
104112549israelhayom.com
105119890climateaudit.org
106120811moonbattery.com
107124447conservatives4palin.com
108125746directorblue.blogspot.com
109127275lonelyconservative.com
110131243airforcetimes.com
111131626thecommentator.com
112132942cato-at-liberty.org
113133574gatestoneinstitute.org
114134337maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com
115135144marinecorpstimes.com
116137863danielpipes.org
117142555aim.org
118143837american.com
119146652aei.org
120147536sayanythingblog.com
121148382floppingaces.net
122162809patterico.com
123163547judicialwatch.org
124168032economicnoise.com
125174785datechguyblog.com
126180434polipundit.com
127183567angrywhitedude.com
128187067radicalislam.org
129188371smalldeadanimals.com
130192554steynonline.com
131193336maggiesnotebook.com
132197884redalertpolitics.com
133199870dennisprager.com
134201925allamericanblogger.com
135203409theblogmocracy.com
136204807spectator.org
137215449creepingsharia.wordpress.com
138220031bostonreview.net
139223159fireandreamitchell.com
140223510iowahawk.typepad.com
141232030memri.org
142233937gaypatriot.net
143237288americanpowerblog.blogspot.com
144237326ihatethemedia.com
145238883sultanknish.blogspot.com
146239848shark-tank.net
147242194freeenterprise.com
148244467blackfive.net
149250343noisyroom.net
150251689breitbart.tv
151256298imao.us
152256405proteinwisdom.com
153260250moelane.com
154261455politicsandfinance.blogspot.com
155272305zombietime.com
156273425justoneminute.typepad.com
157276675nicedeb.wordpress.com
158278032thisainthell.us
159288120cafehayek.com
160301834tammybruce.com
Related: The Top 150 Conservative Websites, July 2012.

20 comments:

Shayne said...

#108 ain't nothing to sneeze at, Doug. Congratulations!

Unknown said...

It's lucky the list went up to 160. Thanks Doug!

Mike
The Political Commentator #154

chris Muir said...

No Day by Day?
Information for daybydaycartoon.com Get Details
Alexa Traffic Rank: 92,402 Traffic Rank in US: 12,597
Sites Linking In: 1,332

:)

K said...

"The Daily Beast" a conservative website? In a pig's eye, maybe.

The_Bad said...

#8,247,692: Rants and Other Refinements. I keep all three readers glued to their computers.

808soulsurfer said...

ellmAwesome...108 is actually a very significant number with powerful symbolic meaning to various cultures. Well done!

directorblue said...

Chris - you are absolutely right about that, I missed it!

Have included DBD in the BadBlue database and also cued up for inclusion in the next list...

Sorry about that!

directorblue said...

Daily Beast is included solely because of Eli Lake's reporting...

Jack Daniels said...

what happened to iOTW?

Warner Todd Huston said...

I always kind of thought radio guys should not appear in lists like this. Not because they aren't conservative, but because they sort of have a different mandate AND because they have a bit of an unfair advantage since they have a built-in audience of millions. They should be in a list of their own.

And I have a question. What the heck is #56? Creators? Never herd of them and I went to the link and there's nothing there. How can that be a "top" site?

Anonymous said...

Where's InstaPundit. I see sites like Althouse and Ace on the list -- both of which are clearly below Insty

directorblue said...

iOwnTheWorld shoulda been in there... somehow got removed accidentally!

K-Bob said...

Thanks, Doug! Nice to see some work that filters out the crazy.

Beck's new channel on the gas-fired TeeVee has got me watching it once in a while. Having an entire "network" seems to have put him on firmer footing.

I was never a big fan of his radio show, but I watched a lot of his 5pm Fox things. Then it seemed like he was wandering off the map altogether (culminating in that huge, rally-to-nowhere in DC). So I sort of gave up on the endeavor.

But for now, it's nice having a conservative/libertarian news hour with no talk-over-each-other crap, and no Alan Colmes types "for balance."

I hope it stays normal. (-ish.)

Hugh Beaumont said...

The neocons have done to conservatism what the movie Deliverance did to Southern hospitality.

Unknown said...

Heck, Alexa reports:
Alexa Traffic
2,478,350 Global Rank
504,568 Rank in US
204 Sites Linking In
for my blog, anexconsview.wordpress.com

Maggie@Maggiesnotebook said...

Doug, thanks so much for the work you do on this. I know it has to be quite time consuming.

directorblue said...

Maggie, thanks - actually, the whole thing takes about 15 or 20 minutes. I wrote some code to help automate the entire process.

One of these days, I'll get the list of sites right. USA Today and Bloomberg shouldn't be there... Day By Day, Barnhardt and iOwnTheWorld should be...

Anonymous said...

Any chance of shifting over to using Quantcast for rankings?

They seem more reliable (better methodology) and appear to have more data points.

akdart said...

If you used Quantcast "monthly US people" rankings, my site would be at about #114 on this list. And do you really think borderlandbeat.com has more visitors than anncoulter.com ?

Anonymous said...

Personal Liberty Digest ought to be in there. 24,313 global/5,545 US.