Top ten blogs of 2008

As a part of my mission to map the web, I did some research of blog popularity. Here are the top 10 most visited blogs according to technorati:

1. huffington post - politics
2. gizmodo - tech & gadgets
3. TechCrunch - web startups
4. engadget - gadgets
5. boing boing - hodge-podge
6. lifehacker - productivity tools & tips
7. ars technica - tech news & analysis
8. icanhascheezburger - lolcat imageboard
9. Mashable - social networking
10. SMASHING - web, design

The most popular subjects are politics, tech, web and social networking.