The Best 50 Famous Blogs


red carpet with barriers and flashesThe Best 50 Famous Blogs

You should know these blogs... 'cause they're famous! Here you have it: the Web's most famous, popular, and notorious blogs. Naturally, many of these sites' focuses are firmly entrenched in pop culture or politics, but fashion, personal memoir, and other such themes do appear.

Students for a Free Tibet

This website has attracted quite the furor of support for these '60s-style young political die-hards.

TMZ

Don't even try to deny it -- you know you love the Web's finest juicy gossip that is TMZ's bread and butter. If you don't, you've probably just awoken from a coma.

Vulture

Entertainment news done with an exceptionally attractive craftsmanship has helped the following of Vulture to burgeon.

Perez Hilton

The original gossip sleaze queen is now one of the world's most powerful popular opinions, thanks to this guilty pleasure of a blog site.

Huffington Post

When socialite Ariana Huffington decides to launch a political blog site, we should all know to make way -- the people will arrive in droves, as they have here.

Boing Boing

"Media culture brainwash for 'now' people" serves as the apparently alluring theme of this popular blog site.

Jezebel

Designed to be the ultimate women's magazine -- only to take place online -- Jezebel leaves other such female-centric websites jealous and angry.

CNN Political Tracker

This site can make a very strong claim to being the Internet's most popular and beloved political blog site.

Crooks and Liars

This American liberal political blog is noteworthy for being one of the first sites to feature video logs, or vlogs.

Daily Finance

You've got your mind on your money, your money on your mind, and your mouse clicking on this site at least a few times a day -- if you're serious about making dough.

Jalopnik

The automotive industry provides V-8 level fodder for this blog site, all about cars, cars, cars.

Ben Smith

The writer for Politico earned his Internet celebrity for breaking first news coverage on Obama's difficult yet ultimately successful campaign.

The Daily Dish, by Andrew Sullivan

Andrew Sullivan is an amazing person; an HIV-positive Roman Catholic who'll prompt anyone to give what they think about life a very serious second thought.

Balloon Juice

One of the Web's foremost political blogs -- this one leans to the left -- demands at least one reading by every American citizen.

Just Jared

This is one of the most buzzed about sources for "trend-spotting, hot online source for pop culture gossip, fabulous celeb photo galleries and breaking entertainment news."

The Awl

Be less stupid, thanks to Awl's promotion of "daily discussion of the issues of the day—news, politics, culture (and TV!)—during sensible hours of the working week."

Yglesias

Matthew Yglesias, a noteworthy figure in the American liberal political scene, has an addictively readable writing style.

Grist

Environmental news has never been as chic as it has since Grist came on the scene.

Electronista

Technology, gadgets, whiz-gigs -- oh my! Anyone obsessed with the technological advancement scene will plaster their eyes to this site.

Laughing Squid

This site, with the simple goal of promoting art, culture, and technology, has ballooned into a must-read cultural blog.

Chocolate and Zucchini

A Parisian woman and excellent home chef has attracted a major following for her breathtaking recipes and photo shots of the final dishes.

Ezra Klein

Writer for the Washington Post, Mr. Klein writes expertly on economic and domestic policy, and their many controversies, in the States.

Red State

We would have to definitely label this site as America's most popular politically conservative site.

Pop Watch: EW

Entertainment Weekly's pop culture blog extension is well-reputed for breaking celebrity news first.

Gothamist

New Yorkers, hurry up and click on this link to the site tailored to blogging charismatically on all that happens in the Big Apple.

Arts Beat

The New York Times' blog on all things related to art and culture naturally flaunts a specialty for late-breaking Broadway news.

Awards Daily

If you basically live to count down the 364 days in between today and the next Academy Awards, this site will leave you in sheer ecstasy.

Engadget

"Everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics" serves as the very exciting theme for this trendy site.

FanHouse

Sports and athletic fans force this site to crash nearly on a daily basis, so enthralling is the sports news on offer here.

Kotke

The application of psychology in a visual & functional context essentially clarifies the raison d'etre of this site devoted to hypertext products.

Dooce

When the blogger of this site was fired after her boss discovered that she wrote honestly about her job, it became a hit -- and "dooce" became a verb for an unrighteous dismissal.

Talking Points Memo

Their tagline says it all: "Media watchers consider TPM the site to watch as the news business transforms from the old world of print to the online digital future."

I Can Has CHeezburger (aka home of LOLCats)

The unique and endearing language used on this site's photos of cats and other animals behaving cutely will apparently be used to translate the Bible.

Gawker

Aiming primarily at celebs and the media, this extremely popular mega-blog is the source for daily Manhattan media news and gossip.

Xu Jinglei

In terms of sheer numbers, this is the Web's most visited site; it chronicles the semi-candid thoughts of one of China's most popular celebrities.

TreeHugger

The is the number-one blog dedicated to getting the word out on sustainability and green issues.

Marbury

Translatlantic politics, culture, and ideas are harnessed by Mr. Leslie to prompt his enormously worthwhile thought process.

The Sartorialist

This is, bar none, the world's best and most popular fashion-related site -- the good news, the Sartorialist might even take a pic of you, if your look is fly enough.

Stephanie Klein's Greek Tragedy

This foodie who sometimes abuses hair care products can't find enough combs to tease the huge number of readers she's attracted out of her hair.

Holy Moly

This entertainment and gossip site based in the United Kingdom shows no fear in completely skewing the celebs that unwittingly deserve the roasting.

Michelle Malkin

This conservative political writer based in the Capitol has developed a site that's earned several rankings on lists of the Internet's most powerful blogs.

Go Fug Yourself

Celebrities with enough money to do better often don't, when it comes to dressing themselves -- this site's dedicated to capturing their atrocities.

Gapingvoid

One of the world's most celebrated cartoonists eclipses the Sunday page of funnies to shine on his own spotlight of a blog site.

Angry Black Bitch

This blogger earned her following for not holding back on her incendiary but often sensible opinion.

The Drudge Report

This site developed an immense following soon after its negligible 1998 revelation -- that President Clinton was seeking certain favors from an aide.

Microsiervos

This famous site, composed in Spanish, earned virtual celebrity for its wacky and zany topic choices.

Gigazine

You won't find a more celebrated and visited Japanese blog site than this one, specializing in coverage of trashy food and pop culture.

Mashable

Love Facebook/Twitter/Myspace/Foursquare/any-other-social-network-site-you-know-please-insert-here? Then you'll likely bookmark this blog that keeps track of them all.

Cranky Flier

Sleazy, no-good airlines, get ready to meet your frequent-flyer maker. The Cranky Flier ensures that no mile-high misstep goes unreported.

Samizdata

This is one of the most bombastic and oldest blogs about British politics and makes for a head-spinning read.