Top 100 Conservative Political Websites of 2007

Intellectual Conservative ^ | July 30, 2007 | Rachel Alexander

[az4vlad]

The most popular 100 conservative political websites and blogs for 2007 are listed here. Read who made the list and who surprisingly didn't.

Here is a ranking of the top 100 conservative political websites and blogs. Other than sifting and sorting through directories like alexa’s, there’s no easy to determine what are the most popular conservative websites. John Hawkins of rightwingnews has ranked all political websites in order of popularity in the past, but hasn’t put out an updated list since 2004. I have attempted to create an updated list of the conservative websites for 2007, using alexa’s directory and rankings. There are other sites like trafficranking.comwhich use different methodology to rank the popularity of websites, however, alexa’s system, which is based on the web surfing habits of those using its browser helper software remains the most popular. 

Conservative websites fall under various categories in the alexa directory, so I may not have found everyone. If you have been inadvertently left off, please email meso I can adjust the list, even if it means lengthening it to the top 125 or so. In some cases, it wasn’t easy to determine whether or not a site really belonged in this list. I am still open to changing some of the methodology, if you would like to dispute how I included or excluded sites I would like to hear from you. 

Blogs without their own domain name, such as blogs run off of blogspot.com, were not included, since with few exceptions, alexa does not separate them out. Some conservative leaning or more mainstream libertarian sites like the Cato Institute, Reason, and Radley Balko I thought should be included, whereas others that were more traditionally libertarian I left out (those included Neil Boortz’s site, ranked 35,416, samizdata, ranked 90,209, and the Libertarian Party site, ranked 116,978). I left out the Christian Science Monitor(ranked 12,583) because it is not reliably conservative, but I included U.S. News & World Report, since I believe it is still generally right leaning. 

I included think tanks and organizations like the legal American Center for Law and Justice, individual personalities like Michelle Malkin, and newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal. I may have left off some right of center regional newspapers, although I included the biggest ones. I included non-American sites, although there were few, and one German-language site I left off (think tank Konrad Adenhauer Foundation– ranked 176,951) 

I excluded one issue sites, for example sites that deal only with abortion or gun issues. I left off campaign sites since those sites come and go quickly. I left off sites like Politically Correct, which runs political cartoons (ranked 62,714), and conservative libraries like Online Library of Liberty(ranked 320,732). 

Now for the interesting findings. There were some big disappointments. The Republican National Committee barely made the list at 405,641. Scrappleface, which most of us remember as one of the early popular satire sites, also barely made the list at 433,108. The following sites didn’t even make the list: 

Hugh Hewitt – 5,633,009

Federalist Society – 1,245,004

Christian Coalition – 1,002,811

American Conservative Union – 950,055

Independent Women’s Forum – 930,362

Ifeminists.com – 828,382

And here is the list. Intellectual Conservative rounds out the end of the top 100.

1. Drudge Report – 951
2. Fox News - 599
3. Wall Street Journal – 1,043
4. New York Post – 1,778
5. WorldNetDaily – 4,605
6. NewsMax – 5,334
7. Boston Herald – 6,684
8. Free Republic – 7,114
9. Town Hall – 7,915
10. U.S. News and World Report - 8,694
11. National Review Online – 10,502
12. Politico – 11,359
13. Lew Rockwell – 13,174
14. Washington Times – 13,621
15. Rush Limbaugh – 14,117
16. Real Clear Politics – 17,027
17. The Post Chronicle – 19,203
18. Reason Online – 19,942
19. Little Green Footballs – 21,079
20. Michelle Malkin – 23,570
21. Instapundit – 25,661
22. Ludwig von Mises Institute – 28,169
23. Human Events – 28,937
24. Weekly Standard – 43,327
25. Powerlineblog – 41,288
26. Heritage Foundation – 48,044
27. FrontPageMag – 48,461
28. Red State – 49,599
29. Free Market News – 54,314
30. Jewish World Review – 55,733
31. Lucianne – 56,585
32. Ann Coulter – 57,910
33. Cato Institute – 58,391
34. Volokh Conspiracy – 61,682
35. Vdare – 76,539
36. American Thinker – 81,917
37. Michael Savage – 82,673
38. Bill O’Reilly – 83,723
39. Sean Hannity – 87,305
40. RightWingNews – 106,285
41. American Enterprise Institute – 108,262
42. American Spectator – 118,709
43. Mens News Daily – 126,426
44. Laura Ingraham – 145,994
45. Ilana Mercer – 162,520
46. Adam Smith Institute (U.K.) – 162,584
47. Radley Balko – The Agitator – 165,128
48. Snapped Shot – 166,275
49. American Conservative – 181,314
50. GOPUSA – 186,477
51. Acton Institute – 187,367
52. Renew America – 190,345
53. Christopher Hitchens – 194,067
54. Hoover Institution – 200,268
55. Political Crossfire – 200,941
56. Commentary Magazine – 211,054
57. Liberty Forum – 211,445
58. An Englishman’s Castle (U.K.) – 228,967
59. World and I (Washington Times) – 236,083
60. Accuracy in Media – 232,120
61. American Daily – 251,092
62. Media Research Center – 253,620
63. Etherzone – 257,691
64. Heartland Institute – 257,924
65. Café Hayek – 265,888
66. John Birch Society – 273,956
67. Concerned Women for America – 277,015
68. Independent Institute – 281,097
69. National Center for Policy Analysis – 290,051
70. La Shawn Barber’s Corner – 300,533
71. View from the Right – 301,593
72. Becker-Posner Blog – 305,780
73. Fraser Institute (Canadian) – 307,688
74. World Magazine – 307,978
75. Tom G. Palmer – 310,087
76. Talk Show America – 318,999
77. Tom Rants – 346,982
78. MichNews – 361,642
79. RealityCheck – 325,321
80. Family Research Council – 332,263
81. National Center for Public Policy Research – 334,388
82. Insight Magazine – 334,429
83. American Center for Law & Justice – 341,008
84. Club for Growth – 341,118
85. Tammy Bruce – 353,769
86. Sierra Times – 359,115
87. John Locke Foundation – 359,971
88. Enter Stage Right – 361,598
89. Judicial Watch – 367,970
90. Eagle Forum – 381,771
91. Sweetness and Light – 390,593
92. Discovery Institute – 398,031
93. Conservative Underground – 406,018
94. Hudson Institute – 419,364
95. Reason Foundation – 426,451
96. Young America’s Foundation – 450,076
97. Republican National Committee – 405,641
98. Scrappleface – 433,108
99. Claremont Institute – 456,349

100. Intellectual Conservative – 458,064

[FreeManWhoCan]

Which of these sites is more has more so-called “moderates”?

[ken21]

agree.

bill’s too rigid sometimes.

being in public view and under attack daily would be difficult i think.

rush is more removed and doesn’t take things personally.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

I don’t see WA? Oh the humanity!

[Dante3]

He sometimes has stories that no one else covers or dares to cover. I especially appreciate Bill O’Reilly’s coverage of corrupt judges who give a pass to violent pedophiles.

[Recovering_Democrat]

If Drudge is 951, and Fox News is 599, why is Drudge #1?

[PinkDolphin]

Ping for later, thanks for this!

[Vision]

Rush is a stunningly brilliant mind.

O’Reilly is a good guy, a little bit blowhard, who loves attention.

[ken21]

yep.

and bill’s down on rap music

and he’s in the face of child abusers and

democrap public officials that defend them.

i applaud him for this.

[ken21]

i listen to rush a lot and like him.

he has a disciplined approach to politics

that he said once he was taught by his father, a lawyer and pilot.

[F-117A]

Thanks for the post!

[Tanniker Smith]

Okay, I have to bookmark this thread.
Places to go when I'm bored!

[Beagle8U]

FreeRepublic is nearly 5 times as popular as Bill O’Reilly!

[Badeye]

Golly, where’s liberty post?

(chuckle)

[Bob J]

That’s a world ranking.

[khnyny]

8. Free Republic – 7,114

38. Bill O’Reilly – 83,723

Enough said.

LOL...I said last night that BOR was jealous/threatened by the internet.

[Tanniker Smith]

Okay, I have to bookmark this thread.

Oh, man! I just checked out my bookmarks. Apparently, I was on a roll back in 2000 with the bookmarking. There are threads there that I'd totally forgotten about, and most really aren't relevant anymore.

Time to review and start pruning!

[dynachrome]

ping. Check out #37 and #38 on this list. I no see that Levin guy.

[colorcountry]

Bump for FreeRepublic #8. Woo Hoo

[George W. Bush]

I found this section interesting since it's us and some others we know well.

#8 Free Republic – 7,114
# Town Hall – 7,915
# U.S. News and World Report - 8,694
# National Review Online – 10,502
# Politico – 11,359
# Lew Rockwell – 13,174
# Washington Times – 13,621
# Rush Limbaugh – 14,117
# Real Clear Politics – 17,027
# The Post Chronicle – 19,203
# Reason Online – 19,942
# Little Green Footballs – 21,079
# Michelle Malkin – 23,570
# Instapundit – 25,661
# Ludwig von Mises Institute – 28,169
# Human Events – 28,937
# Weekly Standard – 43,327
# Powerlineblog – 41,288
# Heritage Foundation – 48,044
# FrontPageMag – 48,461
# Red State – 49,599

WND's #5 shows a lot more strength than most FReepers give them credit for. And LewRockwell.com surprised me with its ranking.

I don't grasp how Politico is allowed in this list. They're not a conservative site. Neither is U.S. News and World Report. The WSJ isn't very conservative either.

[George W. Bush]

I no see that Levin guy.

First you build up your radio audience, then you start to build a pay forum for your diehard fans.

Rush's and Sean's websites are really fanboy sites. Rush's is especially good, not only with the podcasts but showing so much extra material he uses to pull his show together.

Mark's startling growth in radio audience is remarkable. His web presence is still centered around National Review. I think he's playing it just about right.