OpinioJuris has an interesting ranking of the most popular law blogs based on traffic reports on The Truth Laid Bare. These traffic stats are imperfect, as they do not cover some popular law blogs (e.g., Legal Theory Blog, The Right Coast, The Becker-Posner Blog) and they do not measure RSS feeds.
The OpinioJuris list excludes blogs by law profs "that are not true law blogs" (e.g., InstaPundit, Hugh Hewitt, Althouse), as well as "those blogs that straddle the fence" (e.g., Is That Legal?). I thought it would be interesting to rank law blogs by law professors, so I excluded law blogs by practitioners on OpinioJuris’s list (How Appealing, ACS Blog, Appellate Law & Practice, Southern California Law Blog, Crim Law), and corrected a few mistakes and omissions:
Most Popular Law Blogs by Law Professors (Ranked by Traffic Counts)
Law Prof Ranking
Blog
Overall Blog Ranking
1
46
2
189
3
192
4
367
5
371
6
389
7
448
8
475
9
524
10
765
11
1183
12
1194
13
1225
14
1820
We are, of course, thrilled to be ranked #5, but are even more delighted that five of the fourteen most popular law prof blogs are part of our Law Professor Blogs Network.
13 responses to “Most Popular Law Blogs by Law Professors”
Big Fish, Small Puddle
Apparently, as law blogs go — if this is a true law blog any more than Is That Legal? which gets excluded — discourse.net is a popular blog (by all measures). As I noted in a private comment to the original count at Opinio Juris, I think we should no…
But I’m a law professor. Why doesn’t isthatlegal.org count?
Point of Law (#2396) has several law professors who write for it.
Big Fish, Small Puddle
Apparently, as law blogs go — if this is a true law blog any more than Is That Legal? which gets excluded — discourse.net is a popular blog (by all measures). As I noted in a private comment to the original count at Opinio Juris, I think we should no…
Big Fish, Small Puddle
Apparently, as law blogs go — if this is a true law blog any more than Is That Legal? which gets excluded — discourse.net is a popular blog (by all measures). As I noted in a private comment to the original count at Opinio Juris, I think we should no…
It’s interesting to compare the traffic ranks to the link ranks. It yields some interesting results.
Ranking schmanking. What next, Paul, rankings of the rankings?
But I’m a law professor. Why doesn’t isthatlegal.org count?
http://www.alemsohbet.net
What next, Paul, rankings of the rankings?
We’re # 3
Or # 4, depending on who’s counting and what they’re counting. Anyway check out Roger Alford’s list of the most popular law blogs, on which I’m # 4. Then check out Paul Caron’s version, which focuses just on law professor
Ranking schmanking. What next, Paul, rankings of the rankings?
Ranking schmanking. What next, Paul, rankings of the rankings?
Point of Law (#2396) has several law professors who write for it. good by