Top 125 Political Web Sites - January 2005

Political Web Site Blog Traffic Rank Newspaper Traffic Rank Notes
(Data from Right Wing News) (Alexa) (ABC FAS-FAX Report) (Alexa)
1  CNN 26
2  Fox News 248
3  The Drudge Report 329 USA Today 281 Top ranked paper by circulation
4  Reuters 486
5  MSNBC 787
6  Associated Press 1,236 Los Angeles Times 1,017 4th ranked paper by circulation
7  Salon 1,250
8  Newsmax 1,315
9  Financial Times 1,389
10  Free Republic 1,510
11  World Net Daily 1,799
12  Time 1,918
13  The Economist 2,287
14  Real Clear Politics 2,361
15  National Review 2,754
16  Lew Rockwell 3,100
17  John Kerry For President 3,140
18  IndyMedia 3,272
19  TownHall 3,410
20  The Christian Science Monitor 3,869
21  Michael Moore 3,976
22  Daily Kos * 4,066 St. Louis Post Dispatch 4,024 25th ranked paper by circulation
23  The Rush Limbaugh Show 4,073
24  U.S. News and World Report 4,276
25  Opinion Journal 4,341
26  Common Dreams 4,445
27  Antiwar.com 4,516
28  Bush Cheney '04 4,548
29  The Democratic Underground 4,674
30  The Village Voice 6,422
31  Front Page Magazine 8,061
32  Air America Radio 8,067
33  Instapundit * 8,242
34  The Weekly Standard 8,450
35  AlterNet 8,522
36  Little Green Footballs * 10,015 Omaha World-Herald 8,734 50th ranked paper by circulation
37  Buzzflash 10,068
38  The Nation 10,121
39  Lucianne 10,191
40  Wonkette * 10,285
41  Power Line * 10,514
42  Periodicals of the Ludwig von Mises Institute 10,578
43  Democratic National Committee 10,703
44  Counterpunch 10,752
45  Talking Points Memo * 10,808
46  Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish * 10,858
47  Sean Hannity 10,959
48  New Yorker 12,282 Des Moines Register 11,969 75th ranked paper by circulation
49  What Really Happened 12,454
50  C-Span 13,627
51  Neal Boortz 14,241
52  Move On 14,453
53  The New Republic 14,803
54  Poynter Online 14,837
55  Reason 14,996
56  Zmag 15,006
57  Ann Coulter 15,883
58  Cybercast News Service 15,973
59  Arts And Letters Daily 16,699
60  Bill O'Reilly 16,703
61  Washington Monthly * 16,770
62  Jewish World Review 16,798
63  Media Matters 18,487
64  The Cato Journal 19,041
65  World Socialist Website 19,390
66  Mother Jones 19,393
67  James Lileks * 20,654
68  Tech Central Station 21,446
69  The Heritage Foundation 22,264
70  Hugh Hewitt * 22,321
71  The American Spectator 22,686
72  Human Events Online 23,332
73  The Atlantic Online 23,939
74  Glenn Beck 24,305
75  Wizbang * 24,611
76  Libertarian Party  24,995
77  The American Prospect 25,082
78  Tom Paine 25,137
79  Republican National Committee 25,232
80  Open Secrets 25,308
81  Michelle Malkin * 25,401
82  Informed Comment * 26,886
83  Vdare 27,140
84  Strike The Root 30,204    Topeka Capital-Journal    29,383 100,000 Daily Circulation
85  The Command Post * 30,230
86  American Conservative 30,589
87  The Smirking Chimp 31,693
88  The Drudge Retort * 34,702
89  Bartcop * 35,660
90  MyDD * 35,933
91  Polipundit * 36,379
92  Foreign Policy 37,182
93  Sobran's 37,341
94  Political Wire * 37,442
95  Election Projection * 37,525
96  Men's News Daily 37,912
97  United Press International 38,052
98  The Hill 38,245
99  The Blue Lemur * 38,612
100  The Raw Story * 40,416
101  GOPUSA 40,943
102 Media Research Center 43,995
103  Buzz Machine * 44,249
104  Israeli Insider 44,401
105  Etherzone 45,520 The Spokesman-Review 44,486
106  The Semi-Daily Journal of Economist Brad DeLong * 46,093 (Spokane)
107  Roger L. Simon * 46,264
108  Captain's Quarters * 47,234
109  Arianna Online 47,697
110  Right Wing News * 48,191
111  National Journal 48,262
112  The Volokh Conspiracy * 48,276
113  Laura Ingraham 50,435
114  Talk Left * 50,631
115  Scrappleface * 50,671
116  Vote.com 53,698
117  Fairness And Accuracy In Reporting 54,089
118  Pandagon * 56,123
119  Bush Watch 56,796
120  Democrats.com 57,771
121  Cox and Forkum 58,776
122  The Truth Laid Bear * 60,086
123  Blackfive * 62,504
124  Insight Magazine 63,849
125  The Progressive 64,496
























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