09Jul2004
Web Design Site Rankings: July 2004
Back in January, just for fun I posted an unscientific traffic ranking table of web design sites (blogs, largely) to see how popular some of the sites were that I enjoyed on a regular basis.
Well, I thought it was time to do an update.
| Position | Web Site | Alexa Ranking | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (1) | A List Apart | 11,887 | +7.2% |
| 2 (3) | Simon Willison | 27,580 | +10.1% |
| 3 (2) | Zeldman | 34,018 | -25.9% |
| 5 (6) | Eric Meyer | 44,162 | 0.0% |
| 6 (-) | Signal vs. Noise | 44,687 | n/a |
| 7 (9) | Mezzoblue | 48,783 | +25.0% |
| 8 (11) | Stop Design | 54,766 | +29.3% |
| 9 (5) | Digital Web | 55,472 | -27.4% |
| 10 (7) | Dive Into Mark | 62,700 | -30.1% |
| 11 (16) | Whitespace | 68,679 | +53.3% |
| 12 (15) | Simple Bits | 74,931 | +44.5% |
| 13 (8) | Boxes and Arrows | 75,865 | -20.9% |
| 14 (10) | Measure Twice | 93,347 | -36.4% |
| 15 (-) | Design By Fire | 94,511 | n/a |
| 16 (17) | Asterisk | 95,038 | +35.8% |
| 17 (14) | What Do I Know | 109,529 | -6.3% |
| 18 (-) | hicksdesign | 126,462 | n/a |
| 19 (13) | A Whole Lotta Nothing | 139,330 | -19.2% |
| 20 (12) | Textism | 157,468 | -46.3% |
| 21 (20) | Andy Budd | 175,121 | +50.0% |
| 22 (19) | Web Graphics | 179,735 | +13.3% |
What's interesting about this table is that it ties in quite well with the comments that Scrivs received to his post on "The Influencers". Some of the 'new influencers' are definitely making their mark in '04.
Posted on: July 9, 2004 | 5 Comments
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5 Comments Posted
Great chart and I will have to make use of some of these results for the post next week. Alexa must be on crack to even think I am in the top20. Oh well, nice ego boost for the day.
1. Posted by Scrivs on July 09, 2004
Yeah I'm pretty sure Alexa is on crack. I've messed around with it a bit and some of the results you get are pretty strange...
2. Posted by Keith on July 09, 2004
No web stats are perfect, but at least these are equally imperfect for all sites. Don't forget that this is the top 20(ish) list of a bunch of sites that I read.
There could be (and, I'm sure, are) numerous other sites that I should have added in if I wanted to be more inclusive. However, that wasn't the point of my post (although I did run the rankings for most of the 'names' out there).
Hence the inclusion of 'just for fun' and 'unscientific' at the start of the post.
3. Posted by Christian on July 09, 2004
Looks like I'm about to fall off the bottom of your chart :-(
4. Posted by Andy Budd on July 12, 2004
Andy - no way man, you're up 50% in 6 months. The way things are going, others will drop off the chart before you.
Anyway, I reserve the right to extend the list should I feel the need to do so - it wouldn't do to lose 1/3 of the British contingent, would it?!
5. Posted by Christian on July 12, 2004