The Top 25 Blogs is becoming a trademark around here. We have already created the Top 25 Blogs About Blogging and the Top 25 SEO Blogs. Now it is time to cover the web design niche.
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| #1 | A List Apart | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 38 |
| #2 | Smashing Magazine | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 36 |
| #3 | 456 Berea Street | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 33 |
| #4 | Meyer Web | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 31 |
| #5 | Simple Bits | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 30 |
| #6 | Pearsonified | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| #7 | Tutorial Blog | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| #8 | CSS Beauty | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| #9 | Snook.ca | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| #10 | Bartelme Design | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| #11 | The Man in Blue | 7 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
| #12 | Andy Budd | 8 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| #13 | Particle Tree | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
| #14 | Warpspire | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| #15 | Brian Gardner | 6 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 24 |
| #16 | Sitepoint Design Blog | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 24 |
| #17 | The Undersigned | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| #18 | Bitt Box | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| #19 | Fadtastic | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| #20 | Colour Lovers | 0 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| #21 | David Airey | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 22 |
| #22 | Design Meltdown | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| #23 | Clagnut | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| #24 | Dev Lounge | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| #25 | Smiley Cat | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
Blogs considered: the list considers only blogs that have a high percentage of web design related content.
Google Pagerank (0 to 10): the actual Pagerank was used on the algorithm.
Alexa Rank (0 to 10): Ranges were determined based on the Alexa Rank (i.e., 150k and up, 150k-100k, 100k-75k, 75k-50k) and each range was assigned a number (1 to 10).
Bloglines Subscribers (0 to 10): Subscriber ranges were determined (i.e., 1-50, 50-100, 100-150, 150-200) and each range was assigned a number (1 to 10).
Technorati Authority (0 to 10): Ranges were determined based on Technorati’s Authority rank (i.e., 1-100, 100-200, 200-400,400-600) and each range was assigned a number (1 to 10).
