# Visits to UK blogs hits all-time high, says Hitwise

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/07/30/visits-uk-blogs-hits-alltime-high-says-hitwise/
- Published: 2008-07-30T13:20:24+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The popularity of blogs in the UK continues to grow. Hitwise UK reports that "UK
Internet visits to weblogs reached an all-time high during the week ending 7/6/2008,
with traffic to the Hitwise Lifestyle – Blogs and Personal Websites category accounting
for 1.19% of all UK Internet traffic, equivalent to one in every 84 website visits"

![Weekly market share in 'all categories' measured by visits, based on UK usage.
Source/copyright: Hitwise United Kingdom](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/files/u11/
hitwise_blogtraffic_200807.gif "Weekly market share in 'all categories' measured
by visits, based on UK usage. Source/copyright: Hitwise United Kingdom")

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Hitwise’s data shows that, while traditional news and media sites still attract 
more traffic than blogs, traffic to blogs is growing at a much faster rate. Hitwise
UK say that "over the last three years, UK Internet traffic to Hitwise’s Blogs and
Personal Websites category has increased by 171%, compared to a 70% increase in 
traffic to News and Media sites".

Perhaps not surprisingly charity or fundraising blogs don’t show up in the top 20
websites in Hitwise’s Blogs and Personal Websites category: gadgets and gossip are
more attractive it seems.

But if you thought that blogging was still a fad that your charity could safely 
let pass, I’d suggest you think again.

www.hitwise.co.uk

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