50,000 best blogs earned $ 500 million in 2006

If your blog brings in $ 833 a month - you can be proud that you have entered the elite of the global blogosphere. As shown by a study of the blogosphere ( PDF ), conducted by the University of Texas in conjunction with the advertising blogger network Chitika , the average blogger from the “elite” group of 50 thousand most popular blogs earns this amount. True, the elite elite are different, so even in this head group, the income of bloggers is thousands of times different.

So, here are the key research findings:
1% of the best blogs control 20% of the advertising market
5% of the best blogs control 50% of the advertising market
10% of the best blogs control 80% of the advertising market
15% of the best blogs control 90% of the advertising market