Top 20 Liberal Blogs
A list of the most influential liberal blogs. It’s based on Technorati, Alexa, and Wikio rankings plus my well-honed intuition. Due to the dynamic nature of the blogsphere the list is, of course, subject to change.
Last Updated: May 6, 2009
- Huffington Post | wiki | about | Arinna Huffington | Kenneth Lerer | Roy Sekoff
- - Daily Kos | wiki | about | Markos Moulitsas Zuniga | Susan Gardner
- - Democratic Underground | wiki | about | Democratic Underground, LLC | David Allen
- - The Daily Dish | wiki | Andrew Sullivan
- - Think Progress | wiki | about | Center for American Progress (CAP) | Faiz Shakir
- - The Conscience of a Liberal | about | Paul Krugman
- - Talking Points Memo (TPM) | wiki | about | Josh Marshall
- - Crooks and Liars | wiki
- - Glenn Greenwald | wiki
- - Wonkette | wiki | Nick Denton | Ana Marie Cox | Choire Sicha | Alex Pareene | David Lat | Ken Layne (also) | John Clark Jr | Jim Newell | Megan Carpentier | Sara K. Smith | John Fruhlinger
- - Political Animal | Steve Benen | wiki
- - Pharyngula | wiki | about | Paul Zachery “PZ” Myers
- - Matthew Yglesias | wiki
- - Firedoglake | wiki | about | Jane Hamsher
- - Feministing | wiki | about | Jessica Valenti
- - Informed Comment | wiki | Juan Cole
- - Truthdig | wiki | about | Robert Scheer | Zuade Kaufman
- - AMERICABlog | wiki | John Aravosis
- - Digby’s Hullabaloo | Digby (pseudonym)
- - Baloon Juice | John Cole
Ten Worthy Mentions
- Open Left | wiki | about | Chris Bowers | Mike Lux | Matt Stoller
- - Shakesville | wiki | about | Melissa McEwan
- - MyDD | wiki | about | Jerome Armstrong | Jonathan Singer
- - Atrios’ Eschaton | wiki | Duncan Black
- - Pandagon | wiki | about | Jesse Taylor | Amanda Marcotte
- - Talk Left | about | Jeralyn Merritt
- - Obsidian Wings | about | Hilary Bok (Hilzoy)
- - The Washington Note | Steve Clemons
- - The Brad Blog | wiki | about | Brad Friedman
- - Lawyers, Guns and Money | David Noon (also)| Robert Farley | Scott Lemieux
