When it comes to people who read or contribute to blogs, Honolulu, Hawaii ranks as one of the top six blogging metropolitan areas (out of 79) in the United States. This is according to a new survey by Scarborough Research, a firm that studies shopping, media and demographics.
The blogging city survey showed that 12 percent of Honolulu adults have read a blog or contributed to a blog in the past 30 days.
Austin, Texas, was the number 1 blogging city with 15 percent, followed by Portland, Oregon at 14 percent. Seattle/Tacoma Washington and the San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose California area each had 13 percent.
"Not surprisingly, the cities that rank highly for bloggers are also prominent Internet-usage markets. Austin and San Francisco adults, for example, are more likely than the average to have a broadband connection at home," said Gary Meo, a senior vice president, in a news release.
Bloggers in Honolulu ranked higher than other metropolitan areas such as Dallas, Washington, Atlanta, Boston and Los Angeles. The national average was 8 percent.
The lowest-ranked blogging cities were Pittsburgh and Buffalo at 2 percent.
Whether or not you find your city on this list, do you think your city blogs a lot?
Scarborough Local Market Analysis: Top Local Markets for BloggersDesignated Market Area (R) %Percentage
Austin, TX 15
Portland, OR 14
San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose, CA 13
Seattle/Tacoma, WA 13
Honolulu, HI 12
San Diego, CA 12
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX 11
Columbus, OH 11
Nashville, TN 11
Colorado Springs/Pueblo, CO 11
Washington, D.C. 11
Atlanta, GA 10
New York, NY 10
Boston, MA 9
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 9
Los Angeles, CA 9
Syracuse, NY 9
Detroit, MI 9
Philadelphia, PA 9
Indianapolis, IN 9
Albuquerque/Santa Fe, NM 9
Rochester, NY 9
Oklahoma City, OK 9
Albany/Schenectady/Troy, NY 9
Houston, TX 9
Richmond/Petersburg, VA 9
Chicago, IL 9
Harrisburg/Lancaster/Lebanon/York, PA 9
Providence/New Bedford, RI 8
Raleigh/Durham, NC 8
Bakersfield, CA 8
Kansas City, MO 8
Des Moines/Ames, IA 8
Orlando/Daytona Beach/Melbourne, FL 8
Salt Lake City, UT 8
Phoenix, AZ 8
Tulsa, OK 8
Baltimore, MD 8
Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville/ Anderson, SC 8
Denver , CO 8
Hartford/New Haven, CT 8
Memphis, TN 8
Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo/Battle Creek, MI 8
Louisville, KY 8
Lexington, KY 7
Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem,NC 7
Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto, CA 7
San Antonio, TX 7
Milwaukee, WI 7
Spokane, WA 7
Fort Myers/Naples, FL 7
Toledo, OH 7
Tucson, AZ 7
Green Bay/Appleton, WI 7
Dayton, OH 6
Las Vegas, NV 6
Jacksonville, FL 6
Wichita/Hutchinson, KS 6
Mobile/Pensacola, FL 6
Norfolk/Portsmouth/Newport News, VA 6
Little Rock/Pine Bluff, AK 6
Tampa/St.Petersburg, FL 6
Cincinnati, OH 6
Miami/Ft.Lauderdale, FL 6
Charleston/Huntington, WV 6
Chattanooga, TN 6
El Paso, TX 6
Flint/Saginaw/Bay City, MI 6
Knoxville, TN 6
St. Louis, MO 6
Birmingham, AL 5
Charlotte, NC 5
West Palm Beach/Fort Pierce, FL 5
Fresno/Visalia, CA 5
Cleveland/Akron, OH 5
Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA 4
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA 4
Buffalo, NY 2
Pittsburgh, PA 2
If I count myself as part of New York City, then our area is fairly respectable at 10%. However, I would guess Northern New Jersey, where I actually live, may be somewhat lower. I only know two other people at work who even read blogs let alone write them. One of my friends reads a lot of blogs and occasionally comments. However, a neighbor of mine is a major blogger who actually has hundreds of fans. So we may be a hotter blog area than I thought! Of course, she just moved here from New York a year ago!
Posted by: Mauigirl52 | October 27, 2007 at 08:36 AM
I have found blogs written from bloggers in Hawaii, but many of them don't blog regularly.
Posted by: HawaiiVacationGifts | October 28, 2007 at 03:28 AM