Battle Of The Sexes – Do Men Dominate The Blogsphere?

Todays Guest Blogger Joella From Blogs With Wings

Hi, I’m Joella and it is awfully kind of Glenn to invite me to guest
post on his blog, especially when he should by all rights consider me
“the enemy”. I say this because Glenn is intent on producing a blog
with a male perspective. I am most decidedly not male, but I enjoy
reading Glenn’s blog. He has a very entertaining writing style and I
love the opportunity to poke around the male psyche, its such an
amusing mystery!

That brings me to an email conversation that Glenn and I recently had.
In one of his emails he lamented that he appeared to be in the minority
as a male blogger. He stated that it seems to be that “90% of bloggers
are women”… Ah poor boy, I felt sorry for him and proceeded to
comfort him with what I consider to be some well-known facts. It went
something like this:

Women are more verbal and that’s why there are so many women
bloggers. We love to connect, we do that by communicating, we love to
talk and share, we are generally better at writing than men. No I’m not
sexist, there are some awesome male authors from all walks of the
journalistic world, but women are generally more hard-wired for verbal
communication. It’s an evolutionary thing. We give birth, we tend to be
more nurturing, nurturers need communication skills to care for and
interact with others. (Did I mention I have a degree in
psychology?)

Sheesh, do I really sound like that? I can be such an annoying know-it-all!

Anyway, after I wrote that splendid bit of blabber, I got to thinking
about all the blogs I read and review on a daily basis. I started doing
the math in my head (I hate math) and I began to have my doubts. I began
to suspect that Glenn was wrong and that the great lengths that I had
gone to in consoling him were totally wasted. So I decided to do a
little research. But where would I find reliable statistics? Why Technorati of course, after all monitoring the blogsphere is what they do.

Well it turns out that Glenn was mistaken and I was wrong to console
him. Are you ready for this? The statistics seem to indicate that a full
two-thirds of bloggers are male. (Gasp!) Here are few more findings on
who bloggers are:

• 75% of us have college degrees
• 40% of us have graduate degrees
• 1 in 3 has an annual household income of $75K+ (I wish!)
• 1 in 4 has an annual household income of $100K+ (I double wish!)

68% have been blogging for 2 years or more

• And here is an interesting one:35% have worked within traditional media as a writer, reporter,
  producer, or on-air personality.

Where do you fit? Are you in line with the statistics? You can check out
the 5 day report from Technorati, starting with day one, here: Day
1: Who Are The Bloggers? SOTB 2009

In conclusion, I think the fact that most of the comments Glenn gets on
his posts are from women is what had us both fooled. I’m not sure why
more women are commenting on his blog, but maybe more women read blogs or maybe more women leave comments than men. Maybe both. Who knows, in any case, Glenn and all you other male bloggers can celebrate that you are in the majority, you dominate the blogsphere – for now.

About the author:
Joella Molson a.k.a. Blog Angel is the creator and caretaker of Blogs With Wings, a blog designed to help bloggers create and maintain successful blogs. If you want more

great blogging tips and ideas, you should visit her at Blogs With Wings
and learn all the ways you can teach your blog to fly! Visit today: http://www.blogswithwings.com

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