Japan: How many Japanese blogs are there?

Posted 3 February 2008 8:16 GMT

Countries	Japan
Topics	Ideas, Technology
Languages	Japanese

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On January 22, blogger smashmedia asked readers of his blog to answer a questionnaire [ja] on the topic of: “How many blogs are there in Japan?” [ja] In another post [ja], smashmedia reports that respondents on average estimated the number of Japanese blogs at 2.44 million. Other results: 23% answered that they post blog entries every day, and 29% blog 2-3 times per week. The average age of respondents was 31. smashmedia notes that results are biased as 63% of respondents report that they come from Tokyo.

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