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Successful Blogs Earning Money Online

For today’s post, I wanted to look at some of the most successful and profitable blogs that are currently online.

For many people that are just starting out blogging, it is hard to know how much you can potentially earn. In the initial stages of setting up a blog, it can be tough to keep motivated to keep going when you’re not making much money. Given time and lots of effort a blog can take off in a big way. The best examples that you can look at are the blogs that are at the top. It certainly inspired me to learn just how much money some of the top blogs make on a daily basis.

The following list of 50 blogs are considered the best in the business. I often get inspired by these blogs, urging me to put in the work to make my own site the best that it can be. I hope that this inspires you as well!

WebsiteOwnerDaily IncomeValueMain Income
1The Huffington PostArianna Huffington$29,896$21.82 MillionPay Per Click
2MashablePete Cashmore$15,781$11.52 MillionAdvertising Banners
3TechcrunchMichael Arrington$14,816$10.82 MillionAdvertising Banners
4EngadgetPeter Rojas$9,861$7.2 MillionAdvertising Banners
5Smashing MagazineVitaly Friedman$6,382$4.66 MillionAdvertising Banners
6Tuts+Collis Taeed$5,068$3.7 MillionMembership Area
7Life HackerNick Denton$4,821$3.52 MillionAdvertising Banners
8GizmodoAttila Talos$3,918$2.86 MillionAdvertising Banners
9Perez HiltonMario Lavandeira$3,645$2.66 MillionAdvertising Banners
10JoystiqAOL$1,752$1.28 MillionCPM Advertising
11ProbloggerDarren Rowse$1,751$1.28 MillionAdvertising Banners
12KotakuNick Denton$1,599$1.17 MillionAdvertising Banners
13Six RevisionsJacob Gube$1,587$1.16 MillionAdvertising Banners
14NoupeNoupe$1,400$1.02 MillionAdvertising Banners
15Venture BeatMatt Marshall$1,251$913,721Pay Per Click
16CopyBloggerBrian Clark$1,184$864,861Affiliate Sales
17AbduzeedoFabio Sasso$983$718,239Advertising Banners
18Talking Points MemoJoshua Micah Marshall$887$647,750Advertising Banners
19WPBeginnerSyed Balkhi$692$505,420Affiliate Sales
20Matt CuttsMatt Cutts$669$488,944Affiliate Sales
21Steve PavlinaSteve Pavlina$664$485,024Pay Per Click
22Slash GearEwdison Then$621$453,999Pay Per Click
23Smart Passive IncomePat Flynn$607$443,406Affiliate Sales
24John ChowJohn Chow$555$405,242Affiliate Sales
25Freelance SwitchCollis Ta’eed$533$389,517Membership Area
26ShoemoneyJeremy Schoemaker$485$354,112Private Advertising
27GothamistJake Dobkin$452$330,022Pay Per Click
28Entrepreneurs JourneyYaro Starak$389$284,170Affiliate Sales
29IncomeDiaryMichael Dunlop$382$279,505Affiliate Sales
30Chris BroganChris Brogan$371$271,147Affiliate Sales
31Matts Marketing BlogMatt Carter$302$220,834Affiliate Sales
32ClickNewzLynn Terry$239$174,873Affiliate Sales
33DooceHeather B. Armstrong$229$167,580Pay Per Click
34Coolest GadgetsAllan Carlton$227$166,069Advertising Banners
35Tony RobbinsTony Robbins$193$141,526Affiliate Sales
36Just Creative DesignJacob Cass$185$135,497Advertising Banners
37David RisleyDavid Risley$137$100,588Affiliate Sales
38Car AdviceAlborz Fallah$127$92,886Advertising Banners
39SizlopediaSaad Hamid$118$86,842Pay Per Click
40Gary VaynerchukGary Vaynerchuk$88$64,744Affiliate Sales
41Tech JunkieDavid Risley$82$59,955Affiliate Sales
42Timothy SykesTimothy Sykes$81$59,284Affiliate Sales
43Joel CommJoel Comm$75$55,408Affiliate Sales
44Tyler CruzTyler Cruz$74$54,736Affiliate Sales
45Chris GarrettChris Garrett$67$49,327Affiliate Sales
46Money DummeyJohn Paul Aguiar$65$48,093Affiliate Sales
47Retireat21Michael Dunlop$65$47,487Affiliate Sales
48ReveNewsReveNews, LLC$64$47,122Affiliate Sales
49StandOutBloggerThomas Sinfield$59$43,633Affiliate Sales
50BlogBareFootCarrie Wilkerson$37$27,390Affiliate Sales

This list is only an estimate of the true worth of these sites. If anything, these are probably UNDERestimates, as many of these sites have many streams of income. Check out our ‘30 Ways Your Website Can Earn You Money‘ to learn of other ways in which you can monetize your own website. It took me quite a bit of time to research this ‘Top 50 Earning Blogs‘ list. I learnt a lot from doing this and found loads of interesting sites and bloggers. This list helps to illustrate the ladder of success that we all strive to climb up. I follow a lot of these inspirational people on Twitter (@matt_oit) and have made my own ‘bloggers’ list which you make like to follow yourself. You can find it @matt_oit/blogger

Disclaimer: The website’s featured in this top 50 list are only estimates and are not 100% accurate! This is just an indication of how well they are doing regarding making money from their blog. All of the ‘Daily Income’ & ‘Value’ statistics were calculated using the free tool ‘SiteWorthChecher‘ http://www.siteworthchecker.com/ which can be used to estimate the worth of a website.
If you believe that you deserve a place on the top 50 list, or know of any blogs that should, please comment below!

About Matt Smith

Matt Smith is the founder and editor of OnlineIncomeTeacher. He is a Professional Blogger, SEO Consultant & Web Developer, running a number of sites from the UK. Connect with him on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn.