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27.9 Million Blogs in U.S. … and Growing

Posted on April 22, 2009 by David with No Comments

blog-trendseMarketer.com reports some dramatic statistics about the popularity of blogging among Internet users in the U.S. – There are an estimated 27.9 million bloggers online now, and the number is increasing steadily. By 2013, there may be 37.6 million bloggers:

If yesterday’s blogs were about personal expression, today’s are about two-way conversations that take place on many fronts: independent, standalone blogs; social networks; e-commerce and mainstream media sites; and microblogging platforms such as Twitter.

Per-capita online penetration in the U.S. is the highest of any nation in the world, according to Internet World Stats. Approximately 251.3 million Americans are actively online or 74.4 percent of the total population of the country.

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About the Author: David is a veteran communications strategist, writer, blogger, online publisher and Emmy Award winning former CBS Network News correspondent. He lives in the Washington, D. C. area and works worldwide. David launched Blog Strategies in April 2008. Later, in December 2009, he transferred ownership to the blog's current owner, Michael Pollock.

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