Top 10 Most Popular Blogs in the World

Annually in June, bloggers around the world celebrate a "professional" holiday - the International Day of the blogger. To this significant event, we timed today's Top-10 most popular blogs on the world wide web .
These pages on the Internet brought their creators fame and a very good income. Most of the blogs in the top ten are estimated by analysts at several tens of millions of dollars.

10. "The Huffington Post"

The blog was launched in 2005, and already 12 months later, one of the major banks invested $ 5 million in the project. In 2011, the page was sold to AOL for $ 315 million. Today, the "The Huffington Post" employs about 9,000 authors, among whom there are authoritative scientists, politicians and show business stars.

9. TechCrunch

This blog is devoted to everything that is related to technology - high and not very much. Since 2005, the project has risen in price from zero to an impressive $ 100 million. True, the project is increasingly losing the look of the classic blog, turning into a multipurpose network resource. For example, the owners of TechCrunch often organize conferences and exhibitions dedicated to computer technology.

8. "Gawker"

This popular blog, launched in 2003, allows the audience to learn news about world celebrities: actors, politicians, musicians. Informers for "Gawker", as a rule, are anonymous authors from popular media. To date, the cost of the blog is about $ 100 million.

7. «Lifehacker»

There are lots of tips on "How to make life more comfortable and enjoyable".Blog covers news from the world of gadgets and software. Gawker Media owns the page. Significant investment in the project makes the company "Sony", placing here its advertising. Daily in the blog is published from 18 articles. The cost of "Lifehacker" is estimated at about $ 109 million.

6. "Mashable"

This blog specializes in Internet technologies, websites, social media. The page was founded in 2005 by Scottish teenager Pete Cashmore. By 2013, the blog acquired about 3.2 million subscribers in Twitter and about a million subscribers on Facebook. The cost of the project analysts estimate at $ 95 million.

5. "Fail Blog"

This humorous blog is filled with anecdotes, funny stories, videos and funny photos. The project was launched in 2008, and after 5 months it was acquired by Cheezburger Inc. The blog's daily audience is more than a million visitors. By the way, most of the content on the site is downloaded by the subscribers of the blog.

4. "Smashing Magazine"

This blog is dedicated to tips for web developers and web designers. The blog was founded in 2006.On the page there are many templates, icons, fonts and other utilities available for download. The creators of the popular blog publish textbooks on the development of Internet business and design. The project cost is estimated at $ 5 million.

3. "Business Insider"

The blog was founded in 2009 and today it is considered one of the most reliable sources of business information in the world. The creator of the project Kevin P. Ryan buys all the content only from authoritative sources. There are 45 experienced journalists working for the blog. Subscribers can also leave their own news in a special section. The site is often quoted as authoritative publications as The New York Times.

2. "The Daily Beast"

The blog is dedicated to news, and any - from the world of fashion, politics, tourism, etc. The project was founded in 2008, and its cost for today is about $ 100 million. On the blog often publish their own ratings of educational institutions, the media and much more. Big income for the bloggers brings the periodically released book "Beast books", containing the most interesting materials from the site.

1. "Engadget"

One of the most popular blogs in the world is devoted to network technologies, electronics and gadgets. Since 2004, dozens of professional analysts and journalists have been working on the blog. And the editor-in-chief of Engadget, Darren Murph, entered the Guinness Book of Records as the most "prolific" blogger - his record was 17,212 articles. The blog is written in English, Korean, Chinese and German.