A recent survey indicates there will be 10 million hosted blogs by the end of 2004.
10 million blogs by year-end. OK, so not all are maintained and kept current but some are – I was surprised at how low the number was – approached a bit more than 1%. Sounds low but as blogging gains popularity, blogs will evolve into widely read sites about all sorts of subjects. And as that happens, blogs will become much more influential. I can’t wait to see how blogging will influence behaviors at the upcoming democratic and republican national conventions. Of course, that's assuming both parties can get their acts together.
And bloggings popularity and growth will be fueled by the growing population of “power blogs and bloggers”. They will be the roll models for the growing community and, like it or not, I see them as the catalyst for more acceptance into the differing corporate verticals.
I’ll bet the 1% that represents today’s active blogs becomes significantly higher as acceptance grows.
