Below is a comprehensive list of the top best bloggers in United States (US) that you should follow. Most of them have had so much success with their blogs that they would prefer to be called tech entrepreneurs rather than bloggers.
The criteria used to list the American bloggers include the number of blogs one owns, Alexa rankings, quality of blog content, and social presence.
1. Arianna Huffington
She is one of the top best bloggers in US. Arianna Huffington was born on July 15, 1950. She has had interest in politics and in 2003 she ran for California Governor. She is the co-founder of one of the top-ranked blogs in the US, Huffing Post. The Huffing Post is an American news website that posts original content covering topics on politics, culture, technology, entertainment among others.
Blog founded: huffpost.com
2. Nick Denton
Nick has been listed in the Forbes magazine list as one of the most powerful people in the world. He owns more than 10 blogs that are listed in the top 100 blogs in the US by Alexa. His bloggers are collectively managed by his company Gawker media. He is the managing editor of Gawker.com. Some of his top blogs in US are Deadspin, Gizmodo, Jalopnik, Jezebel, Lifehacker and Jezebel.
Most of his blogs have now been acquired by different blogs.
Blog founded: gawker.com
3. Ben Huh
Ben Huh was born in South Korea and grew up in California. He is the CEO of Cheezburger which is a group of blogs that receive more than 370 million views a month. He is one of the best writers and among the most influential bloggers in the US.
Blog Founded: cheezburger.com
4. Michael Arrington
Michael is the founder of TechCrunch one of the top-ranked blogs in the US. Michael’s website (Techrunc) covers technology-related topics and is among the best tech blogs in the world. TechCrunch is also considered one of the best-designed websites in the US.
TechCrunch is based in Seattle, Washington.
Blog Founded: techcrunch.com
5. Peter Cashmore
Peter is the founder of Mashable, one of the top tech blogs in the US. Mashable was listed in Technorati as one of the top ten best blogs in the world. Mashable website mostly posts news, technology, business, entertainment, and social content.
Blog Founded: mashable.com
6. Kevin P. Ryan
Ryan is the co-founder of business websites based in New York like Gilt, Business insider among many others. Kevin is commonly known for his blog Business Insider which is ranked among the top 100 business websites in US (Business Insider was acquired in 2015 by Axel Springer).
He is also the founder of MongoDB, a database software.
Blog Founded: businessinsider.com
7. Syed Balkhi
When it comes to top bloggers in USA who have had success with WordPress CMS tools and plugins, then Syed Balkhi takes the number one spot.
Syed Balkhi is the founder of Awesome Motive which owns wpbeginner, optinmonster, wpforms, wp Mail SMTP, PushEngage, among many other WordPress web apps used by millions of websites. His company is based in West Palm Beach, Florida.
He is famous amongst users of WordPress CMS.
Blog Founded: wpbeginner.com
8. Pat Flynn
Pat Flynn is a legend when it comes to bloggers sharing tips on how to build an online business. Pat Flynn has had success sharing tips on how to make a living through his podcast and blog smartpassiveincome.com. His blog is popular amongst users searching for blog income-generating opportunities.
He is the founder of SPI Media, LLC based in San Diego, California
Blog Founded: smartpassiveincome.com
Conclusion
There are thousands of blogs that are created each day. What was the best blog today might not be the best tomorrow due to competition and changes in search ranking algorithm. Therefore, as much as we do our best to update this blog post, it might not be 100% accurate.
It is important to note that once a blog becomes too popular in America, it is likely to be acquired by any of the tech giants. Ownership changes but the founder(s) will remain to be the founder(s).
You can let us know in the comment section if there are any blog details that we’ve got it wrong.
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