Apr09 - Top 100 Personal Finance Blogs - Ranked By Traffic

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]

The LATEST RANKINGS are available HERE.

Updated on May 29, 2009: Welcome back to our rankings of personal finance (pf) blogs for May 2009 based on traffic data of April 2009. It requires a lot of hard and smart work to figure among the best personal finance blogs. Heartiest congratulations to all those who made it to our list of "Top 100 Personal Finance Blogs." Our next ranking of PF Blogs will be released in August 2009.

The following tables show traffic rankings of individual and group personal finance blogs respectively based on monthly traffic data (Apr 2009) from corresponding sources.

TABLE's LEGEND
» FIRE RANK: Overall Traffic Rank of a site
» BLOG: Name of the blog being ranked
» CHANGE: Change in FIRE RANK of a blog wrt previous month's position
» SITEMETER: Traffic rank based on Sitemeter's data
» QUANTCAST: Traffic rank based on Quantcast's data
» COMPETE: Traffic rank based on Compete's data
» SCORE: Average Traffic rank (Sitemeter, Quantcast, Compete)
» PAGE RANK: Google's page rank for the blog

Rankings	Methodology	Raw Traffic Data	Master List	Notes
INDIVIDUAL PF BLOGS - RANKED

Last updated on Sun May 17 2009 05:49 PM EDT

FIRE RANK	BLOG	CHANGE	SITEMETER	QUANTCAST	COMPETE	SCORE	PAGE RANK
1	MoneySavingMom	-	1	1	1	1.0	5
2	GetRichSlowly	-	3	2	2	2.3	6
3	TheSimpleDollar	-	2	3	3	2.7	6
4	DealSeekingMom	New		4	4	4.0	5
5	BluePrintForFinancialPros	↓1		6	5	5.5	3
6	CommonSenseWithMoney	↑6	5	7	9	7.0	5
6	MyMoneyBlog	↑2		8	6	7.0	5
7	FiveCentNickel	↓2		9	8	8.5	3
8	CouponCravings	↑4	4	16	7	9.0	5
9	MoneyBlueBook	↓3		10	10	10.0	5
10	BankDeals	↑3		5	17	11.0	3
11	FreeMoneyFinance	↓1		11	15	13.0	6
12	TheDigeratiLife	↓1		14	12	13.0	2
13	CashMoneyLife	↓4		13	14	13.5	3
14	MomAdvice	-		19	11	15.0	3
15	SavingToInvest	↓8		15	16	15.5	4
16	ChristianPF	↑4		12	19	15.5	3
17	FrugalDad	-	6	23	18	15.7	3
18	BeingFrugal	-	7	21	22	16.7	3
19	TheSun'sFinancialDiary	↓3		17	20	18.5	3
20	GenerationXFinance	↑3		18	21	19.5	3
21	MoneyNing	↑5	12	30	26	22.7	4
22	AskMrCreditCard	↑6	10	39		24.5	4
23	MyTwoDollars	↑2	11	31	33	25.0	2
24	MoneySmartLife	↓9		24	28	26.0	2
25	MyDollarPlan	↓4		29	25	27.0	3
26	TheDoughRoller	↑3		26	29	27.5	3
27	BeingFrugalIsFabulous	↑11	15	32	37	28.0	3
28	LazyManAndMoney	↓6		25	34	29.5	3
29	DebtKid	↓3		37	23	30.0	4
30	MoneyMatter&MoreMusings	-		20	40	30.0	3
30	Moolanomy	↓11		33	27	30.0	3
30	NotMadeOfMoney	↑10		28	32	30.0	3
30	PaidTwice	↑3	14	38	38	30.0	3
31	DividendGrowthInvestor	↑16		22	39	30.5	3
32	NoCreditNeeded	↓8	18	35	44	32.3	5
33	TheFinanceBuff	↓2	9	36	52	32.3	3
34	GatherLittleByLittle	↓7	16	46	42	34.7	3
35	FrugalUpstate	↑11	21	44	41	35.3	4
36	IWillTeachYouToBeRich	↑3		58	13	35.5	3
37	KeepingKingdomFirst	↑18	13	74	24	37.0	4
38	MoneyUnder30	↑3		41	35	38.0	5
39	EngineerADebtFreeLife	↑20		40	36	38.0	0
40	BloggingAwayDebt	↑8		34	43	38.5	3
40	MillionDollarJourney	↓3		27	50	38.5	3
41	BibleMoneyMatters	↓7		48	30	39.0	3
42	PTMoney	↓19	23	45	49	39.0	2
43	SingleGuyMoney	-	41			41.0	4
44	FreeFromBroke	↓8	29	52	45	42.0	3
45	DontMessWithTaxes	-	25	60	51	45.3	6
46	MyOpenWallet	↑3	24	43	70	45.7	3
47	LittlePeopleWealth	↑11	33	53	54	46.7	3
48	CleverDude	↓4	20	64	57	47.0	3
48	FrugalLawStudent	↓6	17	66	58	47.0	3
49	PunnyMoney	↑14	27	55	59	47.0	0
50	StopBuyingCrap	↑2		49	46	47.5	5
51	TheHappyRock	↑6	32	54	65	50.3	0
52	BargainBabe	New	19	78	56	51.0	4
53	MrsMicah	↑7		50	55	52.5	2
54	SenseToSave	↓3	35	59	66	53.3	2
55	ThePiggyBanker	↑24		47	60	53.5	4
56	GiveMeBackMyFiveBucks	↑5	26	42	93	53.7	3
57	TheFrugalDuchess	↓22	37		72	54.5	5
58	ItsJustMoney	↑11	28		82	55.0	0
59	FIREFinance	↓6	34	65	67	55.3	3
59	GoodFinancialCents	↑6	22	81	63	55.3	3
60	PoorerThanYou	↑14	39		73	56.0	2
61	NoDebtPlan	↓3	30	62	77	56.3	2
62	MightyBargainHunter	-		69	47	58.0	3
62	MyPersonalFinanceJourney	↑16	45		71	58.0	3
63	ExperimentsInFinance	↑5	8	108	64	60.0	3
64	ManVsDebt	New	48	56	76	60.0	0
65	MoneyMusings	↓11		76	48	62.0	0
66	WellHeeled	↑6		63		63.0	5
67	HowISaveMoney	↓1		61	69	65.0	2
68	2millionBlog	↓12		70	62	66.0	3
69	UltimateMoneyBlog	New	44		88	66.0	0
70	ThriftyFloridaMama	↑6	36	99	68	67.7	3
71	YetAnotherBlogAboutMoney	↑4	68			68.0	4
72	Pecuniarities	↑4	43	71	90	68.0	3
73	BudgetsAre$exy	↓23	31	113	61	68.3	4
74	TightFistedMiser	↑7	50	72	85	69.0	0
75	TheWanderingTaxPro	↓8	38		101	69.5	5
76	Neville'sFinancialBlog	↓5		67	75	71.0	3
77	Jim'sFinanceandInvestment	↑3	71			71.0	0
78	AlmostFrugal	↓8		90	53	71.5	3
79	TheFinanceJourney	↓15	42	75	100	72.3	0
80	MillionaireMommyNextDoor	New		73	74	73.5	4
81	TheWisdomJournal	↑9		116	31	73.5	3
82	SavingsToolbox	↑12	58	91	83	77.3	3
83	Mapgirl’sFiscalChallenge	↑3	52	85	96	77.7	2
84	MoneyCrashers	↓52			78	78.0	3
85	BankBonuses	↓1	53	88	94	78.3	0
86	DinksFinance	↓13		68	89	78.5	6
87	MyFinancialJourney	↑6	40		118	79.0	0
88	MoneyEnergy	New			80	80.0	2
89	ERollOver	New		80	81	80.5	4
90	FinallyFrugal	↑4	61	100		80.5	3
91	AFrugalLivingBlog	-		83		83.0	4
92	GettingFinancesDone	-	59		107	83.0	0
93	TheBaglady	↓8	55		112	83.5	0
94	OneFrugalGirl	↑4	56	92	103	83.7	0
95	MakeLoveNotDebt	↑4		84	84	84.0	3
96	Caveman'sFinJourney	New	54	57	142	84.3	0
97	TheFinancialBlogger	↓9		93	79	86.0	3
98	RetirementThink	New		86		86.0	-1
99	FrugalHomemakerPlus	↓12		87		87.0	4
100	My1stMillionAt33	New			87	87.0	3

GROUP PF BLOGS - RANKED

Last updated on Sun May 17 2009 12:28 PM EDT

FIRE RANK	BLOG	CHANGE	SITEMETER	QUANTCAST	COMPETE	SCORE	PAGE RANK
1	WiseBread	-	1	1	1	1.0	4
2	FourPillars	↑2		2	3	2.5	2
3	ConsumerismCommentary	-		4	2	3.0	5
4	PersonalFinanceAdvice	↓2		3		3.0	3
5	AllFinancialMaters	-		5	4	4.5	5
6	Queercents	-	2	6	8	5.3	3
7	SoundMoneyTips	↑4		8	6	7.0	5
8	AmericanConsumerNews	-		9	5	7.0	3
8	DebtFree	↓1	3	11		7.0	3
9	SmartMoneyDaily	↑1		7	9	8.0	0
10	CreditBloggers	↓1		10	7	8.5	5
11	TheDiv-Net	↑1	4	12	10	8.7	3

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