In a previous post we published a list of the top 100 most influential education blogs, ranked by their Onalytica Influence Index. Six months on, we have made an updated list of the top influential bloggers.
For a detailed explanation of the methodology we refer to our previous post. As before, we report the following metrics: Onalytica Influence Index, Popularity and Over-Influence.
The Influence Index is the impact factor of the blogs, similar to the impact factor of academic journals; Popularity measures how well-known a blog is among other education blogs and Over-Influence seeks to capture how influential a blog is compared to how popular it is.
The movements in the ranking have been caused by a change in the quantity and quality of citations that a blog has received. If a blog has gone up it means that it has been cited by more influential blogs lately and/or has received a higher number of citations. Moreover, there are new influential blogs that we have only recently started monitoring.
Stay tuned for more updates on education blog rankings.
| Change In Rank | Rank | Name | Influence | Popularity | Over-Influence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 1 | Dan Meyer’s Blog | 100.0 | 82.1 | 1.6 |
| – | 2 | Hack Education | 97.4 | 42.3 | 2.7 |
| 3 ↑ | 3 | Dangerously Irrelevant | 63.7 | 59.0 | 1.3 |
| 34 ↑ | 4 | Diane Ravitch’s Blog | 61.9 | 66.7 | 1.2 |
| 2 ↓ | 5 | The Principal of Change | 61.8 | 56.4 | 1.3 |
| 3 ↑ | 6 | Free Technology for Teachers | 58.2 | 93.6 | 0.8 |
| 17 ↑ | 7 | Will Richardson’s Blog | 53.5 | 37.2 | 1.6 |
| 8 ↑ | 8 | Stephen Downes | 48.2 | 25.6 | 1.9 |
| New Entry ★ | 9 | Cool Cat Teacher Blog | 47.9 | 46.2 | 1.2 |
| New Entry ★ | 10 | Steve Hargadon’s blog | 45.2 | 30.8 | 1.6 |
| 3 ↓ | 11 | The Blue Skunk Blog | 44.8 | 33.3 | 1.5 |
| 8 ↓ | 12 | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day … | 44.2 | 70.5 | 0.8 |
| 1 ↑ | 13 | Getting Smart | 42.3 | 34.6 | 1.4 |
| New Entry ★ | 14 | for the love of learning | 40.8 | 35.9 | 1.3 |
| 3 ↓ | 15 | Practical Theory | 38.0 | 30.8 | 1.3 |
| 9 ↓ | 16 | Ideas and Thoughts | 36.7 | 38.5 | 1.1 |
| New Entry ★ | 17 | Computing Education Blog | 35.9 | 9.0 | 2.7 |
| 8 ↑ | 18 | The Learning Spy | 35.1 | 35.9 | 1.1 |
| 14 ↓ | 19 | The Learning Network | 35.1 | 34.6 | 1.1 |
| New Entry ★ | 20 | On an e-Journey with Generation Y | 33.1 | 7.7 | 2.6 |
| 9 ↑ | 21 | Shanker Blog | 32.4 | 28.2 | 1.2 |
| 29 ↑ | 22 | Kevin’s Meandering Mind | 32.1 | 16.7 | 1.7 |
| New Entry ★ | 23 | Granted, and…thoughts on education by Grant Wiggins | 29.9 | 33.3 | 1.0 |
| New Entry ★ | 24 | The Core Knowledge Blog | 29.6 | 21.8 | 1.3 |
| New Entry ★ | 25 | The Education Trust | 29.1 | 11.5 | 1.9 |
| 4 ↓ | 26 | Around the Corner-Mguhlin.org | 28.4 | 12.8 | 1.8 |
| New Entry ★ | 27 | Angela Maiers’ Blog | 28.1 | 34.6 | 0.9 |
| 6 ↑ | 28 | This Week in Education | 27.5 | 17.9 | 1.4 |
| 14 ↓ | 29 | Ewan McIntosh’s edu.blogs.com | 27.1 | 21.8 | 1.2 |
| 10 ↓ | 30 | Moving at the Speed of Creativity | 26.9 | 37.2 | 0.8 |
| 21 ↓ | 31 | The Thinking Stick | 26.3 | 21.8 | 1.2 |
| 4 ↓ | 32 | David Warlick | 25.6 | 25.6 | 1 |
| New Entry ★ | 33 | Lisa Nielsen – The Innovative Educator | 25.1 | 30.8 | 0.9 |
| New Entry ★ | 34 | Tech Transformation | 24.8 | 5.1 | 2.3 |
| 4 ↓ | 35 | Continuous Everywhere But Differentiable Nowhere | 24.7 | 19.2 | 1.2 |
| New Entry ★ | 36 | f(t) | 24.4 | 20.5 | 1.1 |
| New Entry ★ | 37 | I Speak Math | 24.1 | 12.8 | 1.5 |
| 20 ↓ | 38 | Cogdogblog | 23.8 | 20.5 | 1.1 |
| 29 ↑ | 39 | Action-Reaction | 23.8 | 16.7 | 1.3 |
| New Entry ★ | 40 | Math Mistakes | 23.7 | 14.1 | 1.4 |
| New Entry ★ | 41 | The Daring Librarian | 23.5 | 23.1 | 1.0 |
| 23 ↓ | 42 | Open Thinking | 23.3 | 21.8 | 1.0 |
| New Entry ★ | 43 | Shawn Cornally’s Blog | 23.0 | 20.5 | 1.1 |
| New Entry ★ | 44 | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice | 22.8 | 34.6 | 0.7 |
| 10 ↓ | 45 | Nerdy Book Club | 22.8 | 30.8 | 0.8 |
| New Entry ★ | 46 | always learning | 22.7 | 14.1 | 1.3 |
| 14 ↓ | 47 | Learning in Hand | 22.3 | 17.9 | 1.1 |
| 23 ↓ | 48 | Doug – Off the Record | 22.2 | 16.7 | 1.2 |
| New Entry ★ | 49 | Gary Rubinstein’s Blog | 22.0 | 16.7 | 1.2 |
| New Entry ★ | 50 | edrethink | 21.7 | 26.9 | 0.8 |
| New Entry ★ | 51 | TonyBaldasaro.com | 21.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 20 ↓ | 52 | Let’s Play Math! | 21.2 | 9.0 | 1.6 |
| New Entry ★ | 53 | Change Agency | 20.5 | 5.1 | 1.9 |
| New Entry ★ | 54 | The Edublogger | 20.2 | 100.0 | 0.3 |
| – | 55 | Eduwonk.com | 20.0 | 17.9 | 1.0 |
| 11 ↑ | 56 | Linking and Thinking on Education | 19.9 | 15.4 | 1.1 |
| New Entry ★ | 57 | Daniel Willingham’s blog | 19.6 | 24.4 | 0.8 |
| New Entry ★ | 58 | Colossal | 19.6 | 6.4 | 1.7 |
| 2 ↓ | 59 | The Wejr Board | 19.2 | 15.4 | 1.1 |
| 6 ↓ | 60 | Jay P. Greene’s Blog | 19.2 | 16.7 | 1.0 |
| – | 61 | My Island View | 19.0 | 29.5 | 0.7 |
| New Entry ★ | 62 | Van Meter Library Voice | 18.6 | 15.4 | 1.0 |
| New Entry ★ | 63 | Lost in Recursion | 18.3 | 11.5 | 1.2 |
| New Entry ★ | 64 | Computer Science Teacher | 18.2 | 7.7 | 1.5 |
| 54 ↓ | 65 | David Wees | 17.8 | 15.4 | 1.0 |
| New Entry ★ | 66 | @theresashafer | 17.7 | 2.6 | 2.0 |
| New Entry ★ | 67 | Teachers as Technology Trailblazers | 17.7 | 11.5 | 1.2 |
| New Entry ★ | 68 | Digital Leader Network | 17.5 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| New Entry ★ | 69 | Tait Coles @totallywired77 – Punk Learning | 17.5 | 14.1 | 1.0 |
| New Entry ★ | 70 | School Finance 101 | 17.1 | 19.2 | 0.8 |
| New Entry ★ | 71 | Dropout Nation | 17.1 | 11.5 | 1.1 |
| New Entry ★ | 72 | Quantum Progress | 17.0 | 15.4 | 1.0 |
| New Entry ★ | 73 | Constructing Modern Knowledge | 16.7 | 3.8 | 1.7 |
| New Entry ★ | 74 | 6D 2012 – 2013 Happy learners blog well | 16.6 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| New Entry ★ | 75 | Remote Access even from here | 16.3 | 7.7 | 1.3 |
| 59 ↓ | 76 | Annie Murphy Paul | 16.3 | 23.1 | 0.7 |
| New Entry ★ | 77 | iLearn Technology | 16.3 | 16.7 | 0.9 |
| New Entry ★ | 78 | A Difference | 16.2 | 14.1 | 1.0 |
| New Entry ★ | 79 | Bianca Hewes | 16.2 | 6.4 | 1.4 |
| 10 ↓ | 80 | Marisa Constantinides – TEFL Matters | 16.2 | 17.9 | 0.8 |
| New Entry ★ | 81 | Nebraska Change Agent | 15.9 | 9.0 | 1.2 |
| New Entry ★ | 82 | Rational Expressions | 15.7 | 11.5 | 1.0 |
| 21 ↓ | 83 | User Generated Education | 15.7 | 15.4 | 0.9 |
| 48 ↓ | 84 | Assortedstuff | 15.6 | 10.3 | 1.1 |
| New Entry ★ | 85 | Half an Hour | 15.7 | 11.5 | 1.0 |
| 41 ↓ | 86 | David Truss :: Pair-A-Dime for Your Thoughts | 15.3 | 15.4 | 0.9 |
| 40 ↓ | 87 | I’m a teacher, get me OUTSIDE here! | 15.1 | 9.0 | 1.1 |
| New Entry ★ | 88 | Bob Sprankle’s Blog | 14.9 | 7.7 | 1.2 |
| New Entry ★ | 89 | The Doc Is In | 14.9 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| 32 ↓ | 90 | NYC Educator | 14.9 | 10.3 | 1.0 |
| New Entry ★ | 91 | Culture of Yes | 14.8 | 10.3 | 1.0 |
| New Entry ★ | 92 | Mrs. Yollis’ Classroom Blog | 14.8 | 19.2 | 0.7 |
| New Entry ★ | 93 | Math Mama Writes… | 14.5 | 12.8 | 0.9 |
| New Entry ★ | 94 | The Hum of Language Acquisition | 14.5 | 5.1 | 1.3 |
| New Entry ★ | 95 | Always Formative | 14.4 | 12.8 | 0.9 |
| New Entry ★ | 96 | Bud the Teacher | 14.4 | 10.3 | 1.0 |
| New Entry ★ | 97 | edcetera | 14.3 | 9.0 | 1.1 |
| New Entry ★ | 98 | The Fischbowl | 14.3 | 17.9 | 0.7 |
| 28 ↓ | 99 | Learning in Burlington | 14.2 | 15.4 | 0.8 |
| New Entry ★ | 100 | Concrete Classroom | 14.2 | 5.1 | 1.3 |