Top 200 economics blogs, ranked by Onalytica Indexes

Borrowing the entire post from Onalytica Blog, for student ease — the top 200 economics blogs (via Mr. Darrell’s Pin Factory, with express permission and a few modifications). Reading a smattering from the top 20 should offer some real-world assistance in understanding any high school economics course.

Read ’em and reap benefits, as the saying goes.  What did you learn just browsing the list?  Economics teachers and especially first-year economics students will want to bookmark this list and keep it handy.

Interesting that the Nobel Prize-winning Paul Krugman ranks so high, doubly interesting that Bruce Bartlett also ranks so high — and a clue, perhaps, to conservatives, that they should pay more attention to real economists.

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(With a wave of the old wire-cutters to Bruce Bartlett, whose own blog is #2 on this list.)

It’s been several months since we published our latest ranking of influential economic blogs. Below is an updated list of the top 200 economic blogs, ordered by their Onalytica Influence index.

An explanation of the methodology can be found in our previous post on influential economic blogs.

We report the same metrics as before: Onalytica Influence Index, Popularity and Over-Influence. Influence index is the impact factor of blogs, similar to the impact factor of academic journals; Popularity measures how well-known a blog is amongst other economic blogs and Over-Influence seeks to capture how influential a blog is compared to how popular it is.

There are quite a few new entries in the list as a results of our growing underlying corpus of economic blogs from which the most influential ones are calculated. Over time, we should expect to see a reduced number of economic blogs entering the top 200 for the first time.

We have recently added some very well-known and influential blogs such as Economix, FT Alphaville and Vox, causing most blogs to go down in ranking. Moreover, there were other shifts in the ranking generated by a change in the quantity and quality of citations that blogs have received. If a blog has gone up it means that it has been cited by more influential blogs and/or has received a higher number of citations since our last ranking.

Rank Change	Website		I	P	O-I
–	1. The Conscience of a Liberal		100.0	100.0	1.2
New Entry ★	2. Economix		61.7	64.9	1.1
New Entry ★	3. FT Alphaville		60.8	52.0	1.4
New Entry ★	4. Vox		57.4	56.5	1.2
2 ↓	5. Marginal Revolution		53.1	63.4	1.0
2 ↓	6. Brad Delong		50.8	61.3	1.0
5 ↓	7. Economist’s View		50.6	62.8	1.0
9 ↑	8. Zero Hedge		49.0	57.7	1.0
2 ↓	9. Naked Capitalism		40.4	48.0	1.0
4 ↓	10. Econbrowser		36.2	42.0	1.0
–	11. The Big Picture		35.9	42.6	1.0
2 ↓	12. EconLog		35.9	45.3	0.9
4 ↓	13. The Money Illusion		30.2	48.0	0.7
9 ↓	14. Greg Mankiw’s Blog		30.1	36.6	1.0
5 ↑	15. Economic Policy Institute		28.7	35.7	0.9
3 ↓	16. Calculated Risk		28.6	25.5	1.3
23 ↑	17. Next New Deal		26.2	24.0	1.3
New Entry ★	18. On the Economy		25.1	33.3	0.9
4 ↓	19. Crooked Timber		24.5	26.4	1.1
6 ↓	20. Freakonomics		23.4	32.4	0.8
9 ↓	21. Worthwhile Canadian Initiative		23.3	32.1	0.8
New Entry ★	22. Tax Policy Blog		22.3	12.3	2.1
1 ↑	23. The Baseline Scenario		22.0	25.5	1.0
48 ↑	24. Noahpinion		21.9	42.3	0.6
6 ↓	25. Cafe Hayek		20.3	26.4	0.9
8 ↓	26. Interfluidity		19.8	24.3	0.9
11 ↓	27. Why Nations Fail		19.3	27.0	0.8
New Entry ★	28. Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis		19.3	21.0	1.1
3 ↓	29. Credit Writedowns		18.7	23.7	0.9
27 ↑	30. Liberty Street Economics		18.0	21.9	1.0
8 ↓	31. The Incidental Economist		17.7	22.8	0.9
New Entry ★	32. LewRockwell.com		17.2	15.9	1.2
New Entry ★	33. The Grumpy Economist		17.1	18.9	1.0
13 ↓	34. Angry Bear		16.8	23.7	0.8
New Entry ★	35. Macro and Other Market Musings		16.3	23.4	0.8
New Entry ★	36. Not the Treasury View		16.0	17.1	1.1
16 ↑	37. IMF Direct		15.7	19.5	0.9
New Entry ★	38. Steve Keens’ Debtwatch		15.7	16.5	1.1
New Entry ★	39. Stan Collender’s Capital Gains and Games		15.5	11.7	1.5
New Entry ★	40. Bruegel		15.3	10.8	1.6
7 ↓	41. The Policy Center		15.2	26.1	0.7
4 ↓	42. Mainly Macro		15.2	8.4	2.0
New Entry ★	43. Bill Mitchell – billy blog		14.8	16.5	1.0
16 ↓	44. The Irish Economy		14.5	9.6	1.7
10 ↑	45. New Economic Perspectives		14.4	17.1	1.0
New Entry ★	46. off the charts		14.3	11.1	1.5
New Entry ★	47. Eschaton		14.1	13.8	1.2
3 ↑	48. Andrew Gelman		14.0	17.1	0.9
New Entry ★	49. macroblog		13.9	15.9	1.0
New Entry ★	50. Steven Landsburg		13.6	15.6	1.0
15 ↓	51. Stumbling and Mumbling		13.4	20.1	0.8
27 ↓	52. Overcoming Bias		13.4	21.0	0.7
New Entry ★	53. Pragmatic Capitalism		13.3	18.9	0.8
7 ↓	54. The Undercover Economist		13.1	12.3	1.2
New Entry ★	55. Robert Reich		12.8	15.0	1.0
27 ↓	56. The Becker-Posner Blog		12.7	9.6	1.5
13 ↓	57. China Financial Markets		12.5	16.5	0.9
19 ↓	58. Uneasy Money		11.8	17.1	0.8
New Entry ★	59. Consider the Evidence		11.6	10.2	1.3
New Entry ★	60. Bleeding Heart Libertarians		11.6	16.5	0.8
7 ↓	61. Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal		11.2	13.5	0.9
69 ↑	62. Economics One		11.2	16.2	0.8
New Entry ★	63. the nef blog		11.1	8.4	1.5
6 ↓	64. The Volokh Conspiracy		11.0	14.7	0.9
30 ↓	65. Dani Rodrik’s weblog		10.9	12.6	1.0
21 ↓	66. Organizations and Markets		10.9	10.8	1.1
119 ↑	67. Conversable Economist		10.5	8.7	1.3
New Entry ★	68. Euro Intelligence		10.5	14.4	0.8
New Entry ★	69. The Market Monetarist		10.4	12.6	0.9
40 ↓	70. A Fistful of Euros		10.2	11.1	1.0
New Entry ★	71. The Center of the Universe		10.1	9.9	1.2
39 ↓	72. Keith Hennessey		10.0	8.4	1.3
New Entry ★	73. Enlightenment Economics		9.9	6.9	1.6
52 ↑	74. The Street Light		9.8	8.4	1.3
New Entry ★	75. Robert P. Murphy’s Free Advice		9.5	10.8	1.0
New Entry ★	76. MacroBusiness		9.4	10.8	1.0
68 ↑	77. Econospeak		9.4	11.4	0.9
15 ↓	78. TaxProf Blog		9.3	15.6	0.7
23 ↓	79. Adam Smith Institute		9.1	16.2	0.6
21 ↓	80. Donald Marron		9.0	6.9	1.4
New Entry ★	81. Free Banking		9.0	14.1	0.7
17 ↓	82. The Reformed Broker		8.9	12.3	0.8
46 ↓	83. John Kay		8.8	12.9	0.8
New Entry ★	84. Economic Policy Journal		8.8	10.8	0.9
54 ↓	85. InfectiousGreed		8.7	9.6	1.0
New Entry ★	86. Crossing Wall Street		8.7	7.8	1.2
41 ↓	87. The Oil Drum		8.6	10.2	1.0
46 ↓	88. Patrick Chovanec		8.5	6.0	1.5
New Entry ★	89. Coordination Problem		8.4	15.0	0.6
New Entry ★	90. Cheap Talk		8.3	11.7	0.8
New Entry ★	91. Michael Hudson		8.3	10.5	0.9
40 ↓	92. John Quiggin		8.1	11.1	0.8
New Entry ★	93. Kids Prefer Cheese		8.0	11.1	0.8
New Entry ★	94. The Market Ticker		8.0	12.9	0.7
New Entry ★	95. Real-World Economics Review Blog		8.0	12.6	0.7
32 ↓	96. Daniel W. Drezner		7.9	8.1	1.1
New Entry ★	97. ToUChstone		7.8	8.7	1.0
20 ↓	98. Historinhas		7.8	7.2	1.2
New Entry ★	99. Facts and Other Stubborn Things		7.8	8.1	1.1
42 ↑	100. Stephen Williamson: New Monetarist Economics		7.8	15.3	0.6
New Entry ★	101. Credit Slips		7.8	6.3	1.3
New Entry ★	102. The Bonddad Blog		7.7	11.7	0.8
New Entry ★	103. The Economic Collapse		7.7	9.3	0.9
New Entry ★	104. Corey Robin		7.7	11.4	0.8
New Entry ★	105. Sober Look		7.6	8.4	1.0
56 ↓	106. Environmental Economics		7.6	7.8	1.1
40 ↑	107. Bronte Capital		7.6	7.8	1.1
New Entry ★	108. George Monbiot		7.6	10.2	0.8
New Entry ★	109. Max Keiser Financial War Reports		7.5	8.1	1.0
New Entry ★	110. Club Troppo		7.4	13.8	0.6
New Entry ★	111. Catallaxy Files		7.4	12.3	0.7
New Entry ★	112. Coppola Comment		7.4	6.6	1.2
New Entry ★	113. Of Two Minds		7.4	7.8	1.0
39 ↓	114. ThinkMarkets		7.3	6.0	1.3
New Entry ★	115. Tax Research UK		7.3	9.3	0.9
New Entry ★	116. The Beacon Blog		7.3	9.9	0.8
New Entry ★	117. Unlearning Economics		7.2	10.5	0.8
75 ↓	118. A Dash of Insight		7.1	3.0	2.4
78 ↓	119. Chris Blattman		7.0	10.5	0.8
New Entry ★	120. The Aleph Blog		6.9	10.5	0.7
New Entry ★	121. Evan Soltas		6.8	8.7	0.9
New Entry ★	122. UDADISI		6.7	3.0	2.2
26 ↑	123. The Slack Wire		6.7	5.7	1.3
New Entry ★	124. Economics for public policy		6.7	9.0	0.8
41 ↑	125. Supply and Demand (In That Order)		6.7	4.8	1.5
22 ↑	126. NYU Development Research Insitute		6.6	4.2	1.7
2 ↑	127. Ludwig von Mises Institute		6.6	9.0	0.8
New Entry ★	128. OECD Insights		6.6	4.5	1.5
New Entry ★	129. Mike Norman Economics		6.5	8.7	0.8
54 ↓	130. The Economic Populist		6.5	8.7	0.8
New Entry ★	131. MacroMania		6.4	8.7	0.8
65 ↓	132. TripleCrisis		6.2	7.5	0.9
New Entry ★	133. Economic Thought		6.2	9.0	0.8
New Entry ★	134. Jesse’s Cafe Americain		6.2	11.7	0.6
New Entry ★	135. Yanis Varoufakis		6.1	8.1	0.8
New Entry ★	136. Political Calculations		6.1	9.6	0.7
New Entry ★	137. Dan Ariely		6.1	6.0	1.1
New Entry ★	138. Abnormal Returns		6.0	9.0	0.8
42 ↑	139. Ideas		5.9	9.0	0.7
New Entry ★	140. Monetary Freedom		5.9	8.4	0.8
New Entry ★	141. azizonomics		5.9	6.9	0.9
76 ↓	142. Tim Worstall		5.9	9.9	0.7
51 ↑	143. Falkenblog		5.8	9.6	0.7
40 ↑	144. Rajiv Sethi		5.7	7.5	0.8
76 ↓	145. Coyote Blog		5.7	8.1	0.8
New Entry ★	146. International Liberty		5.6	5.4	1.1
59 ↓	147. CoRE Economics		5.5	7.8	0.8
68 ↓	148. Knowledge Problem		5.4	8.4	0.7
New Entry ★	149. I, Cringely		5.3	3.3	1.6
New Entry ★	150. David Smith		5.3	8.1	0.7
New Entry ★	151. Sanjeev Sabhlok’s Revolutionary Blog		5.3	6.0	1.0
91 ↓	152. Division of Labour		5.3	2.7	1.9
New Entry ★	153. Peter Martin		5.2	3.6	1.5
22 ↓	154. Neighborhood Effects		5.2	5.1	1.1
New Entry ★	155. The Epicurean Dealmaker		5.1	7.5	0.8
88 ↓	156. Economists Do it With Models		5.0	6.3	0.9
New Entry ★	157. Dr. Ed’s Blog		5.0	5.7	0.9
85 ↓	158. Growthology		4.9	4.2	1.2
99 ↓	159. Multiplier Effect		4.9	6.6	0.8
66 ↓	160. Economics Intelligence		4.9	6.0	0.9
69 ↓	161. The Capital Spectator		4.9	6.6	0.8
New Entry ★	162. Offsetting Behaviour		4.8	8.1	0.7
New Entry ★	163. Antonio Fatas and Ilian Mihov on the Global Economy		4.8	5.4	1.0
New Entry ★	164. Tom Woods		4.8	6.0	0.9
New Entry ★	165. owenzidar		4.6	3.6	1.3
10 ↓	166. Market Design		4.6	5.1	1.0
New Entry ★	167. Economics of Contempt		4.6	6.9	0.7
New Entry ★	168. Balance		4.5	2.7	1.6
New Entry ★	169. Jim Sinclair’s MineSet		4.5	5.1	1.0
26 ↓	170. Environmental and Urban Economics		4.4	4.5	1.0
New Entry ★	171. An Economic View of the Environment		4.4	1.8	2.2
New Entry ★	172. Tax Justice Network		4.4	4.5	1.0
New Entry ★	173. Mandel on Innovation and Growth		4.4	4.5	1.0
New Entry ★	174. The Sports Economist		4.4	4.5	1.0
New Entry ★	175. mathbabe		4.3	6.0	0.8
New Entry ★	176. Financial Armageddon		4.3	6.6	0.7
107 ↓	177. Brett Keller		4.3	1.2	2.9
New Entry ★	178. Social Democracy for the 21st Century: a Post Keynesian Perspective		4.2	8.7	0.5
New Entry ★	179. Robert Skidelsky		4.2	4.2	1.0
63 ↓	180. Truth on the Market		4.1	5.4	0.8
81 ↓	181. Economic Logic		4.1	4.5	1.0
New Entry ★	182. Moneyness		4.0	6.0	0.7
New Entry ★	183. Sparse Thoughts of a Gloomy Eurpoean Economist		4.0	3.3	1.2
New Entry ★	184. Rick Bookstaber		4.0	4.8	0.9
96 ↓	185. Alpha.Sources.CV		3.9	4.8	0.9
85 ↓	186. Karl Whelan		3.9	2.4	1.6
17 ↓	187. Macro Man		3.9	8.4	0.5
New Entry ★	188. Robert’s Stochastic Thoughts		3.9	2.4	1.5
16 ↓	189. History Squared		3.9	3.6	1.1
128 ↓	190. Taking Hayek Seriously		3.8	6.9	0.6
66 ↓	191. Ralphonomics		3.8	8.4	0.5
New Entry ★	192. Naked Keynesianism		3.8	8.1	0.5
New Entry ★	193. International Political Economy at the University of North Carolina		3.8	4.2	0.9
New Entry ★	194. Middle Class Political Economist		3.7	4.2	0.9
New Entry ★	195. Ed Dolan’s Econ Blog		3.7	4.2	0.9
111 ↓	196. Roubini Global Economics		3.7	3.9	1.0
118 ↓	197. Club for growth		3.7	5.7	0.7
New Entry ★	198. Adam Smith’s Lost Legacy		3.7	7.2	0.6
New Entry ★	199. Greed, Green & Grains		3.7	2.1	1.6
New Entry ★	200. Cassandra Does Tokyo		3.7	5.7	0.7

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