Battle Of The Sexes – Do Men Dominate The Blogsphere?
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!)
- And here is an interesting one:35% have worked within traditional media as a writer, reporter,
producer, or on-air personality.
68% have been blogging for 2 years or more
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
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Hmmm, I always thought women out blogged men but maybe it’s because the majority of blogs I read are from women. However, MOB happens to be one of the male blogs I enjoy often. And surprisingly many of the comments on my blog are coming from men, that feels good to know men are listening/reading what I have to say.
PS the captcha seems to be off. I have had to submit this comment 3 times but this time I looked at the captcha which is P5UM, then I listened to the captcha which says 4R5P. So if this 3rd time goes through then the visual is not right but the audio is
Thank you so much for commenting and also staying with it. Sometimes the Captcha likes to try peoples patience. I have no idea why. I have deleted the captcha for now and pray the spam keeps at a minimum. By the way, I love your blog as well and invite all our readers to please stop by http://the-fly-on-the-wall.com and enjoy some great writing and thoughts
Interesting article. My guess even before reading the article was right on the money. I based this on the blogs that I had been following or read since May 2008, when I started my personal blogs. Currently, I believe, I am following about 20 blogs on all topics, only two of the bloggers are woman. This percentage will increase after I add Joella’s blog to my lists. Cheers!
Nice post and very well penned !
I would have guessed that we were at par with the numbers of male bloggers.
I think it also depends on which topics interest us also!
I am not surprised at the facts. I have seen many men that write blogs.But that is a great post, Joella. She has a great blog and is always very helpful.
I think there are more male bloggers.
I so enjoyed reading Joella’s post. I must say, I am a bit surprised by the statistics. i would have put money on the women topping that chart.
P.S. Glenn, have you been over to see Roschelle? I think we need to do an intervention!
I’m not surprised at this one bit. I do fit in the figures too. I know I rule. Bwahahahahahaha.
Have a terrific day Glenn. Big hugs.
Hi Joella,well, as a newbie to blogging, and just judging from all the blogs I have been visiting lately thanks to Glenn’s advice and your help, I would have thought that Glenn was right.
As to why Glenn gets so many responses from women, I think it is due to his sensitivity and keen insight into the woman psyche. He is a role model for insensitive,tank top wearing guys like me that just sit in front of a computer all day, drinking San Miguels, and scratching their…..belly. Nice post, you sound very intelligent. I sound like a “Bonehead”, which I am proud of, that is why I read MOB.
It’s a technocrats dominion, take a look at ‘behind the scenes’, everything technical, or just about everything on the net is also dominated by men. The vast majority of programmers, network engineers, the people that literally built the supporting infrastructure for everyone, even sexist women (jk), to blog… The fact is they practically invented the Internet lol.
I have female commentators.
The reason I visit mostly female blogger/s.
I didn’t know. I thought most bloggers were chicks. Of course, I should have known by just considering the blog “success stories”. Darren Rowse, Chris Brogan, Brian Clark…just to name a few. All dudes…Even with the statistics laid bare in front of me when I consider the blogs I frequent the majority are authored by women. Maybe they don’t count the ones that never really make it to the top of the food chain.
Loving this guest post idea! Wish I could get a dude from NY to honor me with a guest post over in my neck of the woods….and when you stop by DON’T SAY NOT ONE FREAKIN’ WORD!!!!!!!!!!!
This was really wonderful of you guys to allow Joella to post on your site…and wow I really thought we dominated the blogs as well not so sure I like the results (what can we do about this)..
Hope all is well and if you guys would like to post on grammology
let me know..I’d love to have you pick something and submit it to my email address..this was a very informative post Joella..best of luck to you..
Dorothy from grammology
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