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Famous Blogs Running Wordpress

If you take a moment to sit back and think about how much of a difference WordPress has made in the life on an online marketer and blogger, it’s quite amazing. Years ago I did everything in basic HTML. I had no idea how to program or design fancy web sites. It’s now been five years since I launched my first WordPress site at ZacJohnson.com, and WordPress is all I know and do now.

Even though WordPress is a free software and it powers over 50 million web sites and blogs, it’s still being used by some of the top sites and multi-million (even billion!) dollar companies.

In a recent “State of Blogging 2012” infographic from Blogging.org, it’s reported that “there are an estimated 31 Million bloggers in the US as of July 2012“. Imagine what this number will look like in just a few years! Everyone is moving to, and using WordPress… no matter what type of web site or blog it may be.

Let’s take a look at the top 10 web sites and blogs on the internet using WordPress.

Mashable

wordpress mashable

TechCrunch

wordpress techcrunch

ThinkProgress

thinkprogress

TheNextWeb

TheNextWeb

BoingBoing

boingboing

HotAir

HotAir

VentureBeat

VentureBeat

Mediaite

mediaite

NYTimes Bits

NYTimes Bits

GigaOM

GigaOM
If WordPress can run these million dollar web sites, imagine what it can do for you!

About

Zac Johnson is a online marketer with 15 years of experience and also a blogger at BloggingTips.com and ZacJohnson.com, as well as the author of Blogging Tips: Confessions of a Six Figure Blogger on Amazon.com.

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  1. Pankaj says:
    i am using wordpress and its working very fine. but still i didn't get some good looking theme. can you please tell me where i can get some free themes like mythemeshop themes
  2. Vipin Soni says:
    i never knew these big websites are designed on WP. Is there any way to know which website is designed with WP?
  3. Arsal says:
    Mashable is a very nice blog in Wordpress and rest of the list is well described. Thanks for the share.
  4. Saurabh says:
    I didn't know about BoingBoing and Hot Air. Thanks for sharing this great list but what about cNet ? I was thinking that It runs on WordPress.
  5. Pushkar says:
    Amazing post...I never knew wordpress has got so famous! This is an amazing achievement of wordpress.The free blogger platform has now become outdated.
  6. Samuel says:
    I definitely recognize the majority of blogs on this list. It is amazing that all of these blogs are using WordPress. Thanks for the list Zac!
  7. Raheem Khan says:
    Love Mashable and now loving more when came to know its on WP :P BTW really inspired by this list and hope one day my blog will also be listed in this list :D
  8. Saad says:
    I think TheNextWeb Performs best on wordpress :) what do you guys think , it just has a better theme design :)
  9. Imran says:
    Surprise it was fr me. I never knew about these sites. these are big and how come i never came across em. I think gigoam is the only one i recognize, others are totally new to me. Thanks for sharing.
  10. Thomas says:
    WordPress has always been the top of my list. I have several blogs and all run on the Wordpress platform.What i like best about wordpress is the easy functionality it possess. I find it very easily and compatible to understand and use its features.
  11. Trung Nguyen says:
    Yeah, Wordpress always is my best platform to build a website or blog, and I'm sure many of you agree with me. Thanks for sharing these sites, Zac
  12. Avi Jit ( says:
    Great to know that all the top blogs use Wordpress. I too love wordpress. I'm using it and never felt like moving to another platform as it's simply awesome...
  13. JamesW says:
    Great post, this just shows the power of the wordpress. Maybe with the time websites like mashable and techcrunch improved some of their blogs functionalities, but their cms is still the same, open and useful :) thanks for sharing
  14. Pratik Dholakiya says:
    Recently I came across to couple of discussions about which blog platforms to use AND almost everyone voted for Wordpress. It's really amazing with no doubt. I use a wordpress theme from Woothemes.com and it's freaking awesome.
    • Zac Johnson says:
      I know there are other options out there, but I personally think it would be silly to choose anything else over Wordpress.
  15. Mark says:
    Zac, I must be out of the loop brother, because the only ones out of that list I recognized were Mashable, Tech Crunch, and Boing Boing. I'll definitely check the others out. Thanks for the recommendations. Actually, your blog seems to be getting some solid numbers too. Maybe there should be 11 on this list :) Mark
    • Zac Johnson says:
      Thanks, glad you liked it. Maybe I will do a follow up post to this one about top wordpress blogs in other niches.
  16. Vivek Nath says:
    All the famous blogs are using WordPress, no high rated blogs using Blogger. WordPress dominating.
  17. Al Sefati says:
    wordpress rocks no reason at all not to use it. If you are concerned about security issues, put it on a subdomain, different hosting account or something and keep it updated with latest patches but I recommended wordpress to all large companies I have worked out.
  18. Abhi Balani says:
    I am glad I migrated from blogger to WordPress. Now, things seems to be more easy and effective.
    • Zac Johnson says:
      I don't know how or why people are still using Wordpress or Blogger hosted sites when they could have a domain and hosting of their own for just a few dollars a month. Of course I know it's a non-techie issue.. but still! :P
      • Abhi Balani says:
        Hey Zac, Because they are kids. They see others earning from blogs and decide to start blogging. The easiest way to make a blog is go to Blogger. They have no budget. Kind of, same was for me. I was on blogger 6 months back. But when I finally understood what blogging exactly is AND I won my first blogging contest as well (see the link in CommentLuv), then I decided to switch to WordPress by using my winnings. Also, many bloggers including Ileane Smith, suggested me to migrate because I was doing good with Blogger. Do you consider guest blogging on NOT SO popular blogs? :D hehe..
  19. Kulwant Nagi says:
    OMG !! I am stunned after watching these BIG names !! This is such an outstanding achievement by WordPress that it is powering such big sites.. WordPress has changed the way of blogging and it has provided very brilliant and easy to do features that every new blogger is in love with WordPress.
  20. Pingdom says:
    You may want to have a look at this http://royal.pingdom.com/2012/04/11/wordpress-completely-dominates-top-100-blogs/
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Hey Pingdom, nice to see you here, and thanks for the list!
  21. Mairaj Pirzada says:
    Oh, NO! I did never know this before except TNW and Mashable, thanks for others, the list is inspiring.. It means we can also create such awesome sites too, why not? But, Experienced Skills are required.
  22. Kamal says:
    Great to see how they are able to make such websites with wordpress. One name is missing and that is Zacjohnso dot com
  23. Mike says:
    Even though I use WordPress myself, I didn't realize that some of those big name sites were using it as well. I love the flexibility and the ease of use. The sites showcased above do a great job of showing how creative you can get. I have set up blogs for a few friends of mine and they are always amazed at how simple the interface is when they see it. I think that a lot more people would build their own websites if they realized how easy Wordpress makes the process. Nowadays, if you can use a word processor, you can set up a blog.
  24. Klajdi says:
    actually VentureBeat has a custom CMS! Well, that's what I've heard at least, it might be true!
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Well.. You can check its source code and see by yourself it's using WordPress!
      • Klajdi says:
        You know what? I was thinking of 'The Verge'. My bad! :/
        • Hesham Zebida says:
          Ah, no problem!