Top 200 Christian blogs

This is a list of top Christian blogs and micro-bloggers (who tweet in English) organized by the number of Twitter followers

NB You can READ THIS LIST on Twitter or follow those you want to

There has been a lot more interest and discussion than usual about the recent release of the Church Relevance Top 200 Christian Blogs list, which I am fortunate to have once again featured in. Some commented on the fact that the methodology of constructing any such list inevitably leads to some notable omissions.  Others, including Ed Stetzer and Rachel Held Evans commented specifically on the absence of women bloggers (and Frank Viola posted his own Top Ten Christian Women Blogs).

So I thought I would share a Top Christian Blogs list with a difference.  This list is ranked by another measure of influence that as far as I can see the other lists dont measure: Number of Twitter followers. Interestingly I found almost nobody in the top blog lists who didn’t also Tweet, and the vast majority of them post all their blog posts as links to their Twitter feed (usually automatically).  If you run a blog and don’t do that yet, its time you sort that out!  I did add some blogs not in the Church Relevance List, as well as including some who seemed too low on his list.  I made note of all the comments in posts linked above (for example everyone Frank Viola’s list are included in this one), and looked at some other lists of popular blogs, as well as people that I follow on Twitter. To try and catch a few people I missed, I did look at Klout.com and Commun.it.  But it is inevitable that I must have missed some people out, and for that I am sorry, feel free to let me know who is missing!

I have renamed this post as “Top Christian blogs and micro-bloggers” in recognition of the fact that some of the people on this list don’t actually blog as such. Most of them write articles relatively frequently, however, and even those who don’t probably should be bloggers, and use Twitter as though it is the micro-blogging tool it really is. If you are looking for a list with a more rigorous definition of what it is to be a blogger try the following, and add yourself there if you are missing: http://www.invesp.com/blog-rank/Christianity

You may also want to read my follow up post about how we should handle our feelings when considering such a list and our position on it, entitled On having an area of influence and not comparing yourself with others.

This list demonstrates that the other measures of blog influence do not always correlate with Twitter follower counts.  No doubt as time goes on and more and more people get onto Twitter this may change.  You will note that there are no links below, which is because I have created a Twitter List which you can either subscribe to, or go through and follow the ones you like.  If you don’t yet have Twitter, now is a great time to start, and just like reading blogs, you can read without feeling under obligation to write if that is what you prefer!

If you are on Twitter and don’t find yourself in my list, never fear, here is a list of 500 Christian Twitter accounts I have also handpicked over the months to form a list that I read much more often than my main Twitter feed.  Lists are a great feature to help people stay on top of their Twitter accounts in my view!  Without further ado, here is my Top 200 list, updated thanks to the support of the excellent folks at www.nextanalytics.com:

The Top Christian Blogs and micro-bloggers ranked by Twitter Followers