http://www.johnbreslin.com/blog/2007/04/24/how-many-posts-are-there-on-blogs-as-opposed-to-message-boards/ John Breslin's Blog Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:45:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.johnbreslin.com/blog/2007/04/24/how-many-posts-are-there-on-blogs-as-opposed-to-message-boards/#comment-398862 KickApps » The Original Micro-Communities Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:51:43 +0000 http://www.johnbreslin.com/blog/2007/04/24/how-many-posts-are-there-on-blogs-as-opposed-to-message-boards/#comment-398862 <p>[...] But message boards aren’t some relic of a bygone era. It’s hard to know how many are out there—various parties track anywhere between 40,000 and 90,000, but according to estimates compiled by John Breslin, an expert in the space and co-founder of Ireland’s largest bulletin board community, the so-called ‘boardscape’ is about 5 times larger than blogosphere—representing over 50 billion posts and growing at 400 million posts annually. As John admits, the blogosphere is much younger and growing much faster, but the absolute numbers are still staggering. This is living, breathing proof that micro-communities are (and always have been) one of the Internet’s dominant paradigms. [...]</p> [...] But message boards aren’t some relic of a bygone era. It’s hard to know how many are out there—various parties track anywhere between 40,000 and 90,000, but according to estimates compiled by John Breslin, an expert in the space and co-founder of Ireland’s largest bulletin board community, the so-called ‘boardscape’ is about 5 times larger than blogosphere—representing over 50 billion posts and growing at 400 million posts annually. As John admits, the blogosphere is much younger and growing much faster, but the absolute numbers are still staggering. This is living, breathing proof that micro-communities are (and always have been) one of the Internet’s dominant paradigms. [...]

]]> http://www.johnbreslin.com/blog/2007/04/24/how-many-posts-are-there-on-blogs-as-opposed-to-message-boards/#comment-224035 Ron Kass Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:38:37 +0000 http://www.johnbreslin.com/blog/2007/04/24/how-many-posts-are-there-on-blogs-as-opposed-to-message-boards/#comment-224035 <p>to bring the number of posts on blogs from 650 to 10 billion, that would suggest a 16 comments per blog on average. This is however very far from reality as most blog posts get no replies at all. Indeed, the most popular blogs out there get few replies per post (sometimes even 50 or more) but this accounts for a handful of blogs.<br /> It is very safe to assume that the average comments/post is less that 1 (and even safe enough to assume it is less than 0.1). That would suggest that there are around 30-60M comments on blogs. It would be interesting to see actual study about the comments on blogs to verify the estimates I have put forth.</p> to bring the number of posts on blogs from 650 to 10 billion, that would suggest a 16 comments per blog on average. This is however very far from reality as most blog posts get no replies at all. Indeed, the most popular blogs out there get few replies per post (sometimes even 50 or more) but this accounts for a handful of blogs.
It is very safe to assume that the average comments/post is less that 1 (and even safe enough to assume it is less than 0.1). That would suggest that there are around 30-60M comments on blogs. It would be interesting to see actual study about the comments on blogs to verify the estimates I have put forth.

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