# How many philanthropy-related blogs?

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/12/11/how-many-philanthropyrelated-blogs/
- Published: 2006-12-11T11:42:23+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**How many nonprofit or philanthropy-related blogs are there? In [Blogs on the rise](http://philanthropy.com/free/articles/v19/i05/05003501.htm)
in The Chronicle of Philanthropy on 7 December 2006, Peter Panepento writes:**

> “Nobody knows for sure how many blogs are devoted to nonprofit issues, but the
> best guess by people who write blogs is that about 100 are now in operation. That
> is an infinitesimal fraction of the estimated 12 million blogs available on the
> Internet, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, in Washington.”

While he might be thinking purely of US-based blogs, but I believe that the number
is actually two or three times that figure.

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Of course, it all comes down to what one means by “blogs devoted to nonprofit issues”.
Does it include blogs by nonprofit staff? Or is it just blogs written _about_ the
nonprofit sector?

To demonstrate the number of blogs already available visit:

* the blogroll at [OpenCharityBlog](http://open.charityblog.org.uk/blogroll)

* the links at [CharityBlog](http://www.charityblog.org.uk/wordpress/links)

* [Charity blog sites – shall we build a list?](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/blogs/sarahhughes/2006/03/30/charity-blog-sites-shall-we-build-a-list)
on Sarah Hughes’ blog on UK Fundraising

The above get us easily to the 100+ mark, and those are primarily just the UK blogs.
Then of course there are the existing UK Fundraising blogs (Streetlife, Kevin Kibble,
Fundraising Ireland 2006, Ian MacQuillin), plus several more lined up to go live
soon.

I think the figure of 100 completely underestimates the number blogs devoted to 
nonprofit issues in existence.

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   12 December 2006)
 * **[Wealthy donors](https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/12/18/wealthy-donors/)** (18
   December 2006)
 * **[A new fundraising swicki](https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/12/23/new-fundraising-swicki/)**(
   23 December 2006)