Perseus: 53.4 Million Scripted Blogs by Year's End

The number of hosted blogs is expected to exceed 53.4 million by the end of 2005, according to research released today by Perseus Development Corp. The company randomly surveyed 10,000 blogs on 20 leading blog-hosting services to release the latest edition of its model of blog populations.

Jeffrey Henning, CTO of Perseus credits Dave Winer's first Bloggercon, in October 2000, backed by Harvard, for propelling media and public interest in the category and dramatically accelerating growth.

I'm not so sure one event is responsible. Blogging has had many evangelists.

Comments

Posted by: NetReflector at January 3, 2007 4:28 PM

Post a comment

Email this story to a friend

TrackBacks

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.whatsnextonline.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/2171

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Perseus: 53.4 Million Scripted Blogs by Year's End:

is blogging going full-bore corporate? from oservations and particulars
The blogosphere is definately getting getting larger. Newer technology is allowing blogging more serious consideration in the corporate world. [Read More]

Tracked on April 13, 2005 11:10 AM