Blog Usage Statistics And Trends: State Of The Blogosphere

The blogosphere continues to grow at a quickening pace." wrote, Technorati CEO Dave Sifry, almost three months ago, when his leading blog search engine, Technorati, reported to be tracking over 27.2 Million weblogs.

This is why, Dave Sifry's State of the Blogosphere report, has rapidly become a valuable reference for all those interested in understanding and anticipating the blogging phenomenon as it evolves. Check it out; there are some really interesting charts and stats: I wasn't able to identify all of the spikes, but I did find some of the notables. For example, on the chart here (click it to enlarge), it certainly appears that technology product launches attract great interest in the blogosphere - seems that we just can't restrain our inner geekiness when products like the iPod Video and the Intel Macintoshes were launched. Posting volumes on those two days even eclipsed blog coverage and commentary of the Superbowl and the 2006 State of the Union speech.