Blogging, so much a part of daily lives today, actually
took a while to catch on before becoming enormously successful –
practically overnight. Blogging began to rapidly spread in 1999 and
shortly thereafter thanks to a few nearly-simultaneous creations of blog
tools: Open Diary (1998), LiveJournal (1999), Pitas.com (1999), and
Blogger.com (1999).
In 1997, John Bargerm, editor of Robot Wisdom, coined the term
“web-log” while attempting to describe the daily list of sites that he
“logged” onto during his web travels. A few years later Peter Merholz
used the word in his sidebar but made the creative decision to split the
word into two: we blog. It wasn’t long after that, that Evan Williams
at Pyra Labs began using the word “blog” on its own as both a verb and a
noun, before finally creating the term “blogging” in association with
Pyra Labs’ Blogger product.
Today, blogging is more than a familiar term. Many of us interact
with blogs on a daily basis in one way or another; whether we write our
own blogs, contribute to a blog, or just enjoy reading and commenting on
them, blogs are huge part of the online experience.
Many people have chosen to make blogging their lifestyle, and their
livelihood. And as we delve into the earnings associated with the top
ten bloggers in the world today, it becomes clear why these people
decided to make the success of their blog down their career path.
Blogging, as a profession, has proven to be quite lucrative but not many
people realize just how lucrative a successful blogging career can be.
However, creating a wildly successful, lucrative blog is no easy
feat. The blogosphere is competitive, and it takes an extreme amount of
dedication, a fair amount of talent, a good amount of business sense,
and a whole bunch of luck for a blog to become one of the most popular
in the cyberverse.
With 33.9 million new blogs being created every month and over
60,328,496 blogs on sites like WordPress.com, the following blogging
stars have truly emerged from the masses and have risen to the top of
the blogosphere for a great many reasons. One thing they all have in
common, though; none of these bloggers would have attained this level of
influence and wealth if they didn’t have drive, passion and expertise
in their respective niches.
10. Ewdison Then, ‘Slash Gear’: $60,000 – $80,000 per month
Ewdison Then is the co-founder and executive editor of this consumer
electronic and tech news site. He also works as a media publisher for
his blog within the site and as CEO of R3 Media LLC.
SlashGear is “geared” towards consumers in need of tech gadgets. If
you’re in need of an iPhone 5S, tablet, iPad, or looking to get your
hands on the newest, coolest touch screen than you will love Then,
because that’s what he does. He puts tech lovers in touch with the
latest news regarding all kinds of technology and gadgets. His blog is
consistent with its updates and aids readers in becoming the first to
get a hold of a new fantastic gadget or app.
Most of Then’s income comes from pay-per-click advertising. His
overhead has to be incredibly small as he only staffs about 13 people
for this small enterprise. SlashGear is also notable for being the most
successful blog to utilize the WordPress platform.
9. Matt Marshall: $50,000 – $100,000 per month
Matt Marshall was somewhat of a presumptuous journalist prior to
breaking out as a top blogger. He started blogging in 2006, covering
world wide technology. He is founder of VentureBeat, a informative blog
that covers a range of topics, not just technology, and has developed a
network of technology specialized websites. VentureBeat’s scope
encompasses tech as well as money, finance and investment topics.
Marshall provides a plethora of valuable information to his readers,
including different business techniques to earn money from your
investments and aspects of the startup process.
8. Gina Trapani: circa $110,000 per month
Gina Trapani takes her spot as the only woman on this list of highest
earning bloggers. Trapani is not only CEO and founder of the popular
blog Lifehacker, but she is highly active in the social media community.
Most recently she has become a part of both Gawker Blog Empire and
Gizmodo. Trapani’s focus on Lifehacker is to find ways to do things
better, and improve the way in which one lives their life. Lifehacker
encourages followers to share tips and new ideas to make everyday life
easier. No wonder it’s so popular.
7. Collis Ta’eed: $55,000 – $120,000 per month
Collis Ta’eed, owner of the number seven blog on this list — TutsPlus
— contributes to various famous blogs. This man just loves him some
blog! TutsPlus is an informative site for building skills that compiles
tutorials, lectures and many other teaching methods to inform readers
about application software and numerous designing tools. Ta’eed’s
tutorials can help you with anything from downloading a photo to
mastering a software application. Not only is Ta’eed making money from
this site but members of the site can make money too by writing articles
themselves. So whether you need help with music production or have some
knowledge you’d like to share and make a buck doing it, Ta’eed’s site
is definitely worth a visit.
6. Jake Dobki:$80,000 – $110,000 per month
The famous blog Gothamist.com makes Jake Dobkins a pretty handsome
income. Gothamist is a newsy site. Its articles cover the genres of
food, events, and art. The information spans the globe. If you are
planning a trip overseas and want to know about the cuisines in a
certain location, Gothamist is a good place to look. Gothamist started
covering city life in New York but has expanded its reach to 13 cities
worldwide: including Toronto, London and Shanghai. Prior to becoming the
publisher of Gothamist, Dobkin worked as an amateur urban photographer.
Quite a turn of events for the urban artist.
5.Timothy Sykes: Monthly Income: $150,000 – $180,000 per month
If you want to learn how to make lots of money Timothy Sykes’ blog is
what you should be reading. It includes inspiring articles about
investment, finance, stocks, and the like. Sykes is incredibly smart
when it comes to stocks. He is an expert, and makes around two million
dollars a month from stock operations. This is on top of what he makes
from his wildly successful blog — which is, apparently, like a side job.
While some people waitress at night, Sykes writes one of the most
popular, highest earning blogs in the world. Sykes’ story is
inspirational in and of itself, as he started as a penny stock trader — a
penny stock scam geek — and now he trains people and writes articles
that help people around the world, and he makes millions doing it.
4.Vitaly Friedman: $150,000 – $190,000 per month
Vitaly Friedman is founder of SmashingMagazine, a blog for
website designers. He also started the Smashing Network in 2009 to
curate the best of other design blogs. The majority of Friedman’s
reported income is from advertising banners and doesn’t include
affiliate revenues. SmashingMagazine is the most popular and famous blog
in web design and development. If you want to master this field than
SmashingMagazine can help you in achieving your goal by making sure you
get the newest, latest tips, and provides guides and high quality
tutorials to help you on your way.
3. Mario Lavanderia, ‘Perez Hilton’: $200,000 – $400,000 per month
Mario Lavandeira,
a.k.a. Perez Hilton, has been a powerhouse blogger since launching his
site in 2005. Say what you will about his particular style of
journalism, it’s making him a lot of dough. PerezHilton is a blog about
celebrity news, scandals and and the like. Most likely you’ll see stuff
about Lindsay Lohan and Justin Bieber on here. It doesn’t take a blog
making it on a top ten list of highest earning bloggers to tell us that
people love reading and talking about the latest celebrity news. So, if
you have any burning questions about your favorite celebrity you may
want to give PerezHilton a glance.
2.Pete Cashmore:$560,000 – $600,000 per month
Pete Cashmore
is CEO and founder of the world famous blog Mashable, which covers
anything from technology and business to social media, entertainment and
lifestyle. Mashable is the largest (award winning) independent site. It
is the most influential, the most read and the most popular destination
for digital, social media, and technology resources and news. This
generation connecting site was established in Cashmore’s bedroom in
Scotland when he was only 19-years-old. Cashmore is now the youngest and
almost the richest blogger in the world.
1. Michael Arrington: $500,000 – $800,000 per month
Are you a technology news and article lover? TechCrunch is a great place to be if you are. Founder
Michael Arrington
has created a one stop destination for tech news. Arrington has
famously become know as the “prophet of Silicon Valley.” He has become
the most influential personality in technology. His site updates its
news so often you can get minute-to-minute tech news. So, yea, if you
like technology chances are, you’ll love Arrington. That is of course,
if you don’t already.
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