Check out our list of lists! Here are a number of personal finance blog rankings.
A lot of newcomers to the financial space may wonder: where do all the financial bloggers convene? Where are some places to find like-minded folks who are interested in the world of finance? Well, we hope to provide you some answers. We’ve had some blog rankings and lists done by various finance bloggers as a way of taking the pulse of the blogosphere and discovering who else makes up the financial community space. It’s a handy way for the general reading audience to find out about the personal finance blogs out there and I’ve enjoyed going through these lists to discover quality blogs I may not have come across before.
For instance, I’ve just found out that the Money Crashers team has come up with a really great new rankings page for personal finance bloggers. I actually met up with the MC folks some weeks back when they came over to visit the Bay Area. And well, they are very cool folks. Now I like their rankings because aside from seeing where you are in the “space”, you can discover new bloggers that you may want to get to know better. š
Top Personal Finance Blog Rankings: A Bunch Of Lists
There are of course, many other such lists floating around. The ones I am enumerating below are some of the more popular ones. In some instances, the information is also updated dynamically so the ranks change based on several criteria.
- Wise Bread’s Top 100 Personal Finance Blogs
- FIRE Finance’s Top 100 Personal Finance Blogs
- Bargaineering’s List of Top Financial Blogs
- Probargainhunter’s Top 30 PF Blogs By Feedburner
- Technorati’s Financial Blog Rankings
- Technorati’s Business Blog Rankings
You can visit these lists to see where your favorite financial blogger ranks. š If you know of any other lists of this sort (or those that are current), let me know! It’s a great way to map out the personal financial web.
Where In The World Are The Finance Bloggers?
Another way to map out the financial blogosphere is with PT Money’s World of Personal Finance Bloggers. This neat tool offers a view of where money bloggers are based. If you blog about finance, you should get yourself on the map asap!
Growth In The Financial Blogosphere
I applaud the efforts of those who’ve spearheaded the creation of these resources. Thanks to all of you who’ve done the legwork. I can just imagine how time-consuming it can be. Plus, this stuff always invites a lot of feedback as people wonder what considerations were given to the endeavor. If you’re a blogger and a stats fan, it can certainly be a fun thing to delve into. It may not be as fun if you’ve been left out (as I’ve been on various occasions, but it’s all cool!), which could be for many reasons such as technical issues (no domain, stat tracker not publicly displayed, etc), or arbitrary rules that list-makers come up with, or your blog may be too new to be considered.
Be aware that these rankings are a work in progress. The traffic or statistics gathering process may be evolving and may be imperfect. But it tells us “who’s out there”. Of course, I also do such discovery by checking out pfblogs.org religiously.
At any rate, if you own a personal finance blog not in this list and feel you were missed, you can make your presence heard to the list creator. Otherwise, by joining in the pf community and making enough noise, you’ll soon find yourself in some other listing. Or you can also do as others have done and make your own! Keep up the great work and I’m sure I’ll find you in the next mondo ranking project. And if you’re a reader, I’m sure you’ll find a few favorites from these lists.
If you want to sound off on these points, you can leave me a comment!
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I think the lists are a fun way to see what is out there, but I donāt believe any list can truly rank which blogs are the best ā personal finance is such a broad subject, and each blogs tackles subjects differently, or with a different focus.
I think the best thing to do with these lists is take some time and visit some of the blogs you either havenāt seen before, or havenāt visited in awhile. Iāve found a lot of good blogs this way. Itās a fun way to find new sites!
Thanks for sharing your thought and all these lists. Itās certainly nice to be on one. I was on rather-be-shopping.comās list and I certainly appreciated it.
I understand your comment about contacting the list maker, but it just doesnāt feel the same.
In the end, I do as you do. Go to pfblogs.org and discover other blogs. Itās great not to limit myself to just a handful of blogs.
I think a great way to get āseenā on the radars of pfbloggers is to interact with them via financial blogging forums.
@Patrick,
Yes, I agree lists vary according to subjectivity, although popularity can be measured to some degree, if only there was truly one measure of popularity. Also, older blogs would obviously have an advantage as traffic goes up as time goes on. Itās interesting though, from the point of view of seeing how the pf blogosphere evolves over time.
@Pinyo, regarding contacting the list maker, I guess I was referring to those lists that were based on stat based rankings. If you find yourself left out of such a list, it may serve you well to point it out to the list maker to give you a proper place. Youāre right that it would be more than awkward to request placement in a subjectively created list š .
@Jim ā yes, thanks for bringing up pf forums. Some of them are private forums though, where members are discussing schemes to take over the world š . To join, you’ll have to ask around!
Are there rankings for marketing or business blogs? Would love to check it out!
David, are you referring to lists or forums? There must be something out there for business or marketing, but Iām not aware of them per se, although I do follow entrepreneurial blogs to some degree. I found a few of them via the blog carnivals (blogcarnival.com). Have you joined these? They may give you a good feel for who writes in a given space and from there you can contact some folks to find out more about the business/marketing online communities.
That rankings page for Money Crashers is pretty nifty. I ranked at 179 yesterday, I’m excited to be on the list! š I didn’t know about PT Money’s map of bloggers so I went there to sign up for that, too. It doesn’t look like there are any other bloggers signed up in Arizona yet, so I’m going to share that site with the other AZ bloggers that I know. Thanks!
Those rankings are interesting. I’ve been reading financial blogs for sometime and I can see that some of the ones I follow aren’t even on there. Nice resource for blogs though.
@Everyone, thanks for dropping by! The Blogger Map is interesting. Definitely let others know…
Just wanted to pass on our own blog: twentyfourpoor.blogspot.com.
My wife and I are trying to get free of debt and then hope to help others do so as well through our non-profit.
Thanks for your help!
Jack Barley
Thanks for sharing the blogger map. š
The blogosphere is indeed a dynamic place. It’s great to touch base with such knowledgeable bloggers.
The list from Money Crashers is pretty neat!
Thanks for mentioning our list SVB. You are so right about so many variables making the ranking process complex. Also each site has different stats trackers, which makes the task all the more complicated. We will try to be more creative with time. Great post!
Next time we visit Silicon Valley maybe we’ll get a chance to hang out. If you come to Boston, let us know & maybe something will work out :).
Cheers,
FIRE
Thanks everyone! @FIRE Finance, would be great if we can do that! Drop me a line anytime if you plan on coming over! I’ll do the same if we find our way there! Did you know that Lazy Man and Money goes to Boston quite often? He’s originally from there.
I just discovered this site a few months ago but I can already see why your readership has grown so much. It’s all about great content and you have it here.
A job well done! Thanks for the mention and keep up the great work over here!
Thanks for listing the Fire Finance top 100 listing. Itās nice to see that this is updated monthly.
Lists are always interesting and thatās why bloggers from all niches like to write posts with lists.
The many variable/ranking system process is as tough as you say. Not sure how you can subjectively order the divergent rankingsā¦ But they’re worth referencing.
Excellent. Your lists are always interesting!