The tremendous news comes straight out of the US of A. Being a blogger is no longer a hobby. The statistics are astounding but it seems that there are more people making their living out of blogging than there are barmen, firemen or programmers in the land of hope and opportunity. I read this news first on La Stampa.it though it was originally reported on the Wall Street Journal.
Comparing Job Numbers in America
Lawyers 555,770 Bloggers 452,000 Computer Programmers 394,710 CEOs 299,160 Firefighters 289,710 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Blogging as a profession has overtaken computer programmers and is hot on the heels of the beloved profession. The description of the average “blogger for a living” makes for interesting reading:
“Demographically, bloggers are extremely well educated: three out of every four are college graduates. Most are white males reporting above-average incomes. One out of three young people reports blogging, but bloggers who do it for a living successfully are 2% of bloggers overall. It takes about 100,000 unique visitors a month to generate an income of $75,000 a year. Bloggers can get$75 to $200 for a good post, and some even serve as “spokesbloggers” — paid by advertisers toblog about products. As a job with zero commuting, blogging could be one of the most environmentally friendly jobs around — but it can also be quite profitable. For sites at the top, the returns can be substantial. At some point the value of the Huffington Post will no doubt pass the value of the Washington Post.”
As the Maltese blogosphere continues to give signs of shifting and upheaval (J’accuse’s list of reference blogs in Malta is badly in need of an update) it seems that elsewhere the science of blogging has established a new profession. Now that J’accuse’s dark cloud of technological incommunicado seems to be finally over we hoe to re-establish ourselves as the point of reference in Maltese blogging. Meanwhile remember… what you see comes to you for free… which does explain the occasional gap in continuity.
2 replies on “All the World's a Blog”
Your connection is back. So what’s this week’s excuse?
Well this is like that statistic that there so many Elvis impersonators that by (insert date here), 25% of human beings will be Elvis impersonators.
What would be really interesting would be to see how the questions were phrased and what people really mean by “blogging for a living”.
Apart from seeing who’s telling porkies and who isn’t
U T