Top Blogging Markets in the United States

Yay for Austin, TX bloggers! Austin made #1 on this recent Scarborough Report that studies consumer and retail behaviors. According to his report, 15% of all adults in Austin, TX are bloggers.

Where are the Top Local Markets for Bloggers?

1. Austin, TX – 15%
2. Portland, OR – 14%
3. San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose, CA – 13%
4. Seattle/Tacoma, WA – 13%
5. Honolulu, HI – 12%
6. San Diego, CA – 12%
7. Dallas/Fort Worth, TX – 11%
8. Columbus, OH – 11%
9. Nashville, TN – 11%
10. Colorado Springs/Pueblo – 11%
    
11. Washington D.C. – 11%

Holy Moly! Colorado Springs made this list!

They define a blogger as an
adult (over 18) that read or contributed to a blog in the past 30 days. They also noted that, “… the cities that rank highly for bloggers are also prominent Internet-usage markets.”

Other interesting findings on this report included:

• Bloggers are attracted to user-generated content. – Um, really? No way …
• Bloggers are early adopters of new technology. – Again… Really? No way …
• Bloggers tend to have a different relationship with the internet than regular users. – Yeah, THAT is quite true.
• Bloggers are middle class people who are 66% more likely (than the national average) to be between the ages of 18-35. (Middle class? Who said I had any class? They must not know me very well.)
• 50% of bloggers have children in the house under the age of 17. That would explain my 12 and 4 year old, “Mom, are you blogging again?”

After reading this report (thanks Brian), I did a little research and found that there are about 4 real estate bloggers in Colorado Springs, with me being the most active – by far…. So far. We have a lot of religious and political bloggers, as well as a very healthy news blog community. Interesting.

To see where you city ranked, check out the recent Scarborough Report.

Mariana Wagner – One of 11% of Colorado Springs Bloggers.