The PeekScores of the Political Blogosphere’s Top 30 Names
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Below are 30 of the individuals most closely associated with 30 of the Internet’s most prominent political websites and/or blogs. As we do around here, we’ve listed them in order – from highest to lowest – according to their PeekScores. This is not a measurement of the traffic their sites receive, nor even of the degrees to which they wield political influence. This is a measurement of the presences and impacts of these individuals here in cyberspace; their digital footprints, as we say (a concept you will find explained in brief above, and more in depth by clicking through here).
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| Rank | Picture | Name | Blog | Current PeekScore |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Michelle Malkin | Michelle Malkin | 8.39 / 10.00 |
| 2 |  |
Ana Marie Cox | The Guardian | 8.21 / 10.00 |
| 3 |  |
Ben Smith | BuzzFeed Latest | 8.18 / 10.00 |
| 4 |  |
Arianna Huffington | Huffington Post | 8.17 / 10.00 |
| 5 |  |
Andrew Sullivan | The Dish at The Daily Beast | 8.14 / 10.00 |
| 6 |  |
Robert Spencer | Jihad Watch | 8.06 / 10.00 |
| 7 |  |
John F. Harris | Politico | 8.01 / 10.00 |
| 8 |  |
Mark Steyn | Steyn Online | 7.96 / 10.00 |
| 9 |  |
Pamela Geller | Atlas Shrugs | 7.84 / 10.00 |
| 10 |  |
Jake Tapper | ABC News’ Political Punch | 7.80 / 10.00 |
| 11 |  |
Juan Cole | Informed Comment | 7.63 / 10.00 |
| 12 |  |
Erick Erickson | RedState | 7.59 / 10.00 |
| 13 |  |
Glenn Reynolds | Instapundit | 7.52 / 10.00 |
| 14 |  |
Ann Althouse | Althouse | 7.51 / 10.00 |
| 15 |  |
MarKos Moulitsas | Daily Kos | 7.48 / 10.00 |
| 16 |  |
Andrew Malcolm | Investor’s Business Daily | 7.40 / 10.00 |
| 17 |  |
Ed Morrissey | Hot Air | 7.30 / 10.00 |
| 18 |  |
Matt Welch | Reason Magazine’s Hit & Run | 7.26 / 10.00 |
| 19 |  |
Eugene Volokh | The Volokh Conspiracy | 7.23 / 10.00 |
| 20 |  |
Faiz Shakir | Think Progress | 7.22 / 10.00 |
| 21 |  |
John Amato | Crooks and Liars | 7.21 / 10.00 |
| 22 |  |
John Aravosis | AMERICABlog | 7.20 / 10.00 |
| 23 |  |
James Joyner | Outside the Beltway | 7.19 / 10.00 |
| 24 |  |
John Podhoretz | Commentary Magazine’s Contentions | 7.16 / 10.00 |
| 25 |  |
Patrick Frey | Patterico’s Pontfications | 7.16 / 10.00 |
| 26 |  |
Taegan Goddard | Political Wire | 7.15 / 10.00 |
| 27 |  |
Matthew Sheffield | NewsBusters | 7.13 / 10.00 |
| 28 |  |
Josh Rogin | Foreign Policy’s The Cable | 7.09 / 10.00 |
| 29 |  |
Michael Falcone | ABC News’ The Note | 7.08 / 10.00 |
| 30 |  |
Josh Marshall | Talking Points Memo | 7.04 / 10.00 |