Welcome to Volume VIII of the Top 100 Travel blogs! I know! I know! It’s been beyond ages since I finally update the Top 100. Instead of giving you a laundry list of excuses as to why it’s taken such a long time, I’m going to attempt to never let it slide this long again. When an update hasn’t been completed for nearly half a year significant changes have taken place. There are a plethora of new blogs that have been added to the list. There are some rising stars and some fading stars, in terms of where travel blogs appear to be trending.
My blog is about to turn two years old and it’s crazy to think that I’m now considered a veteran travel blogger. Grizzled and all, I’ve really come to understand the life cycle of travel blogs over these past 23 months. It’s a heck of a daunting task trying to keep up a travel blog consistently on a day by day, week by week, month by month basis. For those who have done this the rewards are immense and you’ll be hard pressed to find a travel blog in the top 10 – or even top 20 – that isn’t consistently updating their site.
In terms of metrics performance Alexa and Moz (formerly SEOmoz) have not been kind to us travel bloggers. Since late last November, sites in general have taken a general dip in Moz scores and there are now only a handful of travel blogs that feature sub 100,000 Alexa scores. I suppose a correction was in order considering the constant climb travel blogs (and other sites) were making from early 2012 until near the end of the year. On this particular update I’ve tracked 184 sites meaning every category is now ranked out of a possible 184 points all the way down to 1. The theoretical maximum amount of points (if a site was to lead in all three categories) is 552 this time around.
Top Performers Shout Outs!
Normally I feature travel blogs that have rocketed up the list in terms of recent performance; however, given that I haven’t updated this list – for what seems to be an eternity – coupled with the plethora of new sites on this recent update, I’m going to just feature all of the newcomers instead. I’d like to welcome, in no particular order, Don’t Stop Living, Young Adventuress, Fearful Adventurer, Time Travel Turtle, Traveling with Sweeney,Vagabond Journey, Solo Friendly, LL World Tour, Wandering Educators, 1 Dad 1 Kid 1 Crazy Adventure and the Expeditioner.
# | Top 100 Travel Blogs | Score |
1 | Stuck In Customs | 547 |
2 | Fluent in 3 months | 539 |
3 | Almost Fearless | 537.5 |
4 | The Planet D | 537 |
5 | Travel Dudes | 536 |
6 | Nomadic Samuel | 527.5 |
7 | Adventurous Kate | 519 |
8 | Wandering Educators | 517.5 |
9 | Y Travel Blog | 512.5 |
10 | Fox Nomad | 504.5 |
11 | The Vacation Gals | 502.5 |
12 | Legal Nomads | 498.5 |
13 | Twenty Something Travel | 498.5 |
14 | Go Backpacking | 497 |
15 | The Amateur Traveler | 491 |
16 | Wild Junket | 488 |
17 | The Everywhereist | 487.5 |
18 | Wandering Earl | 472 |
19 | Hole in the Donut Cultural Travel | 466 |
20 | Uncornered Market | 460.5 |
23 | LandLopers | 460 |
24 | Camels & Chocolate | 459.5 |
25 | Bacon is Magic | 458 |
26 | Otts World | 456 |
27 | Solo Traveler | 453.5 |
28 | Velvet Escape | 450 |
29 | That Backpacker | 448.5 |
30 | Art of Backpacking | 447 |
31 | Dave’s Travel Corner | 438 |
32 | My Itchy Travel Feet | 430.5 |
33 | Wandering Trader | 428 |
34 | As We Travel | 427.5 |
35 | Travels of Adam | 423 |
36 | The Indie Travel Podcast | 421.5 |
37 | Hecktic Travels | 421 |
38 | Man on the Lam | 419.5 |
39 | A Dangerous Business | 418.5 |
40 | Delicious Baby | 414 |
41 | The Professional Hobo | 411 |
42 | Migrationology | 408 |
43 | 2 Backpackers | 403.5 |
44 | Beers and Beans | 403 |
45 | Nerd’s Eye View | 403 |
46 | Johnny Vagabond | 402.5 |
47 | Travel O Cafe | 398.5 |
48 | Go See Write | 397.5 |
49 | Expert Vagabond | 393.5 |
50 | GranTourismo | 392.5 |
51 | A Little Adrift | 390 |
52 | Brendan’s Adventures | 386.5 |
53 | My Beautiful Adventures | 384.5 |
54 | Green Global Travel | 383.5 |
55 | Ordinary Traveler | 377 |
56 | One Step 4Ward | 376.5 |
57 | Plum Deluxe | 374 |
58 | Heather on Her Travels | 372 |
59 | Inspiring Travellers | 372 |
60 | Inside The Travel Lab | 371.5 |
61 | Flip Nomad | 363 |
62 | The Travel Tart | 359 |
63 | Nomadic Notes | 358.5 |
64 | Never Ending Voyage | 357.5 |
65 | Family On Bikes | 355.5 |
66 | Breathe Dream Go | 351 |
67 | Travel with a Mate | 347 |
68 | Life Cruiser | 346 |
69 | Muza Chan | 339.5 |
70 | Traveling Canucks | 333.5 |
71 | Backpacking Travel Blog | 330.5 |
72 | Finding The Universe | 322 |
73 | The Aussie Nomad | 321 |
74 | Europe Up Close | 320 |
75 | Get In The Hot Spot | 318 |
76 | Soul Travelers 3 | 318 |
77 | Around the World L | 309 |
78 | Smiling Faces Travel Photos | 308 |
79 | The Longest Way Home | 305.5 |
80 | Over Yonderlust | 302.5 |
81 | Runaway Juno | 302.5 |
82 | Escape Artistes | 299 |
83 | Budget Travel Adventures | 291 |
84 | Chris Around The World | 290 |
85 | Globetrotter Girls | 285 |
86 | Ken Kaminesky Photography | 285 |
87 | Four Jandals | 284 |
88 | Monkeys and Mountains | 282 |
89 | Solo Friendly | 281.5 |
90 | Changes in Longitude | 280 |
91 | eTramping | 277 |
92 | Our Oyster | 275.5 |
93 | Pause the Moment | 271 |
94 | Stop Having a Boring Life | 270 |
95 | Fevered Mutterings | 268 |
96 | Just Travelous | 265 |
97 | Travel Wonders | 265 |
98 | Nomadic Chick | 261 |
99 | Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler | 260 |
100 | Never Ending Footsteps | 255 |
101 | Fearful Adventurer | 252 |
102 | Savoir Faire Abroad | 251.5 |
103 | 1 Dad, 1 Kid, 1 Crazy Adventure | 247 |
104 | Wild About Travel | 246.5 |
105 | Traveling Savage | 246 |
106 | Sophie’s World | 244 |
107 | Turkish Travel Blog | 243 |
108 | My Several Worlds | 241.5 |
109 | Mai Travel Site | 235 |
110 | Suzy Guese | 230 |
111 | Mallory On Travel | 227 |
112 | Leave Your Daily Hell | 225.5 |
113 | Maiden Voyage | 225 |
114 | LL World Tour | 222.5 |
115 | Virtual Wayfarer | 212.5 |
116 | Time Travel Turtle | 208 |
117 | The World Of Deej | 206.5 |
118 | Nerdy Nomad | 206 |
119 | The Travel Chica | 205.5 |
120 | D Travels `Round | 202 |
121 | Waegook Tom | 200.5 |
122 | The Road Forks | 198.5 |
123 | Traveling With Sweeney | 197.5 |
124 | 501 Places | 197 |
125 | Travel Experta | 197 |
126 | Brooke Vs The World | 194.5 |
127 | My Spanish Adventure | 189.5 |
128 | Captain and Clark | 186.5 |
129 | Travel Yourself | 182 |
130 | Kaleidoscopic Wandering | 172.5 |
131 | What’s Dave Doing? | 172.5 |
132 | Globotreks | 169.5 |
133 | Vagabond Journey | 169 |
134 | Don’t Ever Look Back | 153.5 |
135 | Trans-Americas Journey | 153.5 |
136 | Tourist 2 Townie | 152 |
137 | Runaway Jane | 148 |
138 | 1000 Fights | 147.5 |
139 | Breakaway Backpacker | 146 |
141 | Vagabond3 | 144 |
142 | Pommie Travels | 142 |
143 | Matt Gibson | 140.5 |
144 | Will Peach | 139 |
145 | CC Food Travel | 135.5 |
146 | Katie Aune | 135 |
147 | Bucket List Journey | 130 |
148 | Traveling Ted | 129.5 |
149 | Raising Miro | 126 |
150 | No Vacation Required | 122 |
151 | Career Break Secrets | 119 |
152 | Don’t Stop Living | 117.5 |
153 | The Expeditioner | 117 |
154 | Travel Sex Life | 115 |
155 | Aussie on the Road | 113 |
156 | Bohemian Trails | 112 |
157 | Travelated | 109.5 |
158 | Canvas of Light | 108 |
159 | Positive World Travel | 108 |
160 | Young Adventuress | 105 |