I'm guest-blogging over at Rohit Bargava's place today, as he and his wife are expecting their second baby any second now. I wrote about the Top 10 US Social Network and Blog Site Rankings, just issued for October, and highlight what I thought were a couple of interesting bits.


Read the full post here. Included are the ranking/stats for social networking hubs (MySpace, Facebook lead the pack) along with stats for the top blogging sites (Blogger, Wordpress, SixApart).
Here's what I thought was interesting about the rankings:
The lead dogs are pulling ahead of the pack. The number of visitors to the top 2, MySpace and Facebook, increased from September, whereas those ranked 3rd through 4th (Classmates Online and Windows Live Spaces) decreased visitor numbers slightly from the previous month.
Wordpress is kicking A– The little blog company that could, WordPress, has steamrolled up in the rankings to number two, having grown an incredible 444 percent (!) compared with the year-earlier period. It had 11.4 million visitors, up from 2.1 million last year. I'd love some insight on how Wordpress has achieved such tremendous growth .... anyone know the backstory?
–but so are blogging platforms in general. Six Apart/Type Pad might have dropped to No. 3, but it also grew a respectable 20 percent, to nearly 10.6 million visitors in October.
As Cam Beck commented, "All good news for us, eh? :)"
Read the post -- and wish Rohit and family well while you are there!
Top 10 Social Network and Blog Rankings: 3 Interesting Points