ArtsAutosBooksBusinessEducationEntertainmentFamilyFashionFoodGamesGenderHealthHolidaysHomeHubPagesPersonal FinancePetsPoliticsReligionSportsTechnologyTravel

The Top Ten Richest Bloggers and Their Earnings

Updated on May 8, 2012

Want to be an internet Millionaire? Then Read the story of top ten richest bloggers here …….

Most of us have at one time or another started blogging just for the fun of it. While we know that blogging is great way to make money online in the short run very few of us take blogging business model seriously. While there are all reasons that you will definitely passive income with a blog very few people take this seriously. I suppose we all suffer from ‘blogging block’ (this is my own term) which is equivalent of writers block….I coming series of my hubs I would like to explore the opportunities of blogging business model and help you to overcome the ‘blogging block’ . It is often said that you can not know where you are going unless you know where you are coming from …so take time to read the hub on making money with WordPress Minisites and learn how you can start this blog empire.

Enough said about the importance of adopting blogging as your business online let us get motivated here by those who have made it in blogging. As I have mentioned in the past that the best way to fuel your ambitions is thorough the role models who have walked down this path and made it big. His hub will be dedicated to identifying the best bloggers and their estimated earnings as well as illustrations of how their sites look like and their business model. Before you think of starting a blogging empire borrow a leaf from these top ten richest bloggers

Though most people do blogging for the fun of it or just as a hobby you may want to establish a niche that you have interest in and make money as you do your hobby. The top ten bloggers and their earnings exceed numerous ordinary offline businesses and their future is even brighter than other business models. I will however not fail to explain in the next hub the preparation you should put in place as a blog millionaire to be!

So here is the list of the top ten richest bloggers and their earnings

1) Michael Arrington is one of the top ten bloggers. Alongside is a screen shot of his site TechCrunch that earns an estimated $ 8,00,000 per Month with about 26 million visitors. His business revenue is generated from Ad sense, banner and text advertising. Surprisingly the blog was launched in 2005. It is therefore not too late for you to start your multi million business empires…why wait any longer?

2 Pete CashMore started a blog called Mashable when he was very young at the age of 19. Today Mashable is most popular social media blog, earning estimated $6,00,000 Per Month from about 25 million visitors

3 Mario Lavandeira started a blog ion 2005 about celebrity gossip and make a lot of money from it. The blog earns approximately $2,00,000 and receives about 1 Million Visitors a day!

4) Timothy Sykes the 29 years old who blogs on making money makes a cool $ 1,80,000. from this blog .

5.) Collis Taeed a German web designer who runs a blog in from of tutorials and makes most of his earnings from the membership fee that is charged from would be members.Earning approximately $1,20,000

6) Jake Dobkin More or less many of the visitors in his blog comes from the richest part world since the blog has low traffic but enormous earnings. Earnings are about $1,10,000 from about 3.6 million visitors per month.The blog was founded in 2003.

7) Matt Marshall he was a journalist and changed to online journalism and he curved a niche and established a blog Venture in 2006 beat that makes about $1,00,000

8) Gina Trapani owns one of the most popular blogs for software downloads and tips. The blog Lifehacker earns about $1,08,000 from the 0.3 million visitors per day . The blog was founded in 2005. Gina is a web developer and tech writer who is based in San Diego.

9) Vitaly Friedman owns the blog that is the ultimate resource for any web designing the blog Smashing Magazine makes about $1,50,000 per month

10 )Richard MacManus lives in New Zealand and is the founder and co author of readwriteweb blog , that earns about $60,000 blogging about social media and web trends.

What makes these bloggers successful while there are millions of blogs out there ? Find out in the next hub as we look at the intricate details of becoming a blog mogul. We will basically look at the pros and cons of various blogging business models in the next hub

If you found this hub to be great leave me a feedback :)

Do you know that

You can also make money writing on Hubpages, if you are not a member join here and make money as you write about your favorite topics.



working

This website uses cookies

As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.

For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy

Show Details
Necessary
HubPages Device IDThis is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons.
LoginThis is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service.
Google RecaptchaThis is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy)
AkismetThis is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy)
HubPages Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy)
HubPages Traffic PixelThis is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized.
Amazon Web ServicesThis is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy)
CloudflareThis is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy)
Google Hosted LibrariesJavascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy)
Features
Google Custom SearchThis is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy)
Google MapsSome articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
Google ChartsThis is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy)
Google AdSense Host APIThis service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
Google YouTubeSome articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
VimeoSome articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
PaypalThis is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
Facebook LoginYou can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
MavenThis supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy)
Marketing
Google AdSenseThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Google DoubleClickGoogle provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Index ExchangeThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
SovrnThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Facebook AdsThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Amazon Unified Ad MarketplaceThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
AppNexusThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
OpenxThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Rubicon ProjectThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
TripleLiftThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Say MediaWe partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy)
Remarketing PixelsWe may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites.
Conversion Tracking PixelsWe may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service.
Statistics
Author Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy)
ComscoreComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy)
Amazon Tracking PixelSome articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy)
ClickscoThis is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy)