There are hundreds of nonprofit related blogs out there, but do you ever wonder which ones everyone else is reading? We do, which is why we have compiled a list of the world’s most popular nonprofit blogs.
What we measure.
- Traffic – Alexa Global Rank (AR)
- Buzz Depth – Moz’s Open Site Explorer Page Authority (PA)
- Buzz Scope – Moz’s Open Site Explorer Linking Root Domains (RD)
- Social – Twitter Followers
Don’t see a blog you think should be on here? Let us know.
Scroll down past the list to learn how the rankings are computed and what the metrics mean as well as the answers to many more commonly asked questions.
Note: If you are viewing this on a mobile device, some metrics might be hidden in order to make the list more readable. To view these click the “+” next to the rank of a particular blog.
Top 100 Nonprofit Blogs (2017 Summer Edition)
| Rank | Blog Name | Alexa GR | Moz PR | Moz RD | Twitter Followers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.00 | Huffpost Impact | 247 | 88.00 | 237.00 | @HuffPostImpact - 122000 |
| 2.00 | Chronicle of Philanthropy | 128,071 | 82.00 | 848.00 | @philanthropy - 202000 |
| 3.00 | Nonprofit Quarterly | 146,674 | 71.00 | 299.00 | @npquarterly - 112000 |
| 4.00 | PND - Philanthropy News Digest | 184,394 | 77.00 | 401.00 | @pndblog - 48300 |
| 5.00 | The Nonprofit Times | 331,312 | 79.00 | 726.00 | @nonprofittimes - 111000 |
| 6.00 | Third Sector | 188,948 | 71.00 | 294.00 | @ThirdSector - 77266 |
| 7.00 | Urban Wire (Urban Institute) | 81,287 | 81.00 | 67.00 | @urbaninstitute - 89000 |
| 8.00 | Shareable | 242,175 | 78.00 | 897.00 | @shareable - 28900 |
| 9.00 | What We're Learning (MacArthur Foundation) | 197,222 | 77.00 | 76.00 | @macfound - 117000 |
| 10.00 | Beth's Blog | 568,475 | 74.00 | 740.00 | @KANTER - 403000 |
| 11.00 | Nonprofit Tech for Good | 341,377 | 61.00 | 181.00 | @nonprofitorgs - 850000 |
| 12.00 | Culture of Health (RWJF) | 166,022 | 68.00 | 43.00 | @rwjf - 92700 |
| 13.00 | JustGiving Blog | 9,124 | 59.00 | 43.00 | @JustGiving - 120268 |
| 14.00 | John Haydon | 348,695 | 64.00 | 213.00 | @johnhaydon - 48100 |
| 15.00 | Ukfundraising | 384,716 | 66.00 | 307.00 | @ukfundraising - 21656 |
| 16.00 | Stanford Social Innovation Review Blog | 117,467 | 67.00 | 17.00 | @SSIReview - 122000 |
| 17.00 | Classy | 57,940 | 72.00 | 43.00 | @classy - 15200 |
| 18.00 | GuideStar Blog | 30,639 | 59.00 | 36.00 | @guidestarusa - 73000 |
| 19.00 | Charity Navigator Blog | 61,136 | 59.00 | 36.00 | @CharityNav - 65300 |
| 20.00 | The GiveWell Blog | 175,953 | 64.00 | 87.00 | @GiveWell - 15000 |
| 21.00 | Techsoup Blogs | 46,634 | 61.00 | 22.00 | @TechSoup - 45600 |
| 22.00 | Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog | 398,608 | 65.00 | 208.00 | @kivilm - 17800 |
| 23.00 | NTEN Connect Blog | 327,190 | 65.00 | 43.00 | @ntenorg - 30400 |
| 24.00 | Equals Change (Ford Foundation) | 180,296 | 65.00 | 10.00 | @FordFoundation - 136000 |
| 25.00 | EJewish Philanthropy | 479,173 | 62.00 | 153.00 | @eJPhil - 15500 |
| 26.00 | Nonprofit Hub | 220,065 | 58.00 | 111.00 | @NPhub - 11300 |
| 27.00 | SocialBrite | 511,853 | 60.00 | 212.00 | @socialbrite - 15300 |
| 28.00 | npENGAGE | 429,771 | 57.00 | 45.00 | @blackbaud - 33198 |
| 29.00 | Getting Attention | 1,189,216 | 62.00 | 230.00 | @nancyschwartz - 13100 |
| 30.00 | Idealware | 733,122 | 70.00 | 385.00 | @idealware - 6190 |
| 31.00 | Pioneers Post | 925,163 | 61.00 | 126.00 | @pioneerspost - 17200 |
| 32.00 | Purpose Decoded | 270,053 | 54.00 | 26.00 | @webershandwick - 36082 |
| 33.00 | TopNonprofits | 132,025 | 53.00 | 52.00 | @topnonprofits - 11262 |
| 34.00 | Fired-Up Fundraising | 648,695 | 59.00 | 100.00 | @GailPerrync - 18300 |
| 35.00 | Engaging Volunteers | 26,718 | 52.00 | 10.00 | @VolunteerMatch - 45200 |
| 36.00 | The Fundraising Coach | 688,621 | 59.00 | 207.00 | @marcapitman - 12900 |
| 37.00 | NCVO | 386,263 | 56.00 | 16.00 | @NCVO - 71100 |
| 38.00 | OSOCIO Weblog | 1,207,427 | 61.00 | 287.00 | @osocio - 8082 |
| 39.00 | The Fundraising Authority | 341,478 | 57.00 | 87.00 | @fundraisingauth - 7690 |
| 40.00 | NonprofitAF | 419,078 | 52.00 | 170.00 | @NonprofitAF - 10244 |
| 41.00 | Globalgiving Blog | 69,671 | 56.00 | 2.00 | @GlobalGiving - 104000 |
| 42.00 | WildApricot Blog | 82,367 | 60.00 | 48.00 | @WildApricot - 2316 |
| 43.00 | Broad Institute | 30,202 | 53.00 | 6.00 | @broadinstitute - 29700 |
| 44.00 | Associations Now | 279,115 | 62.00 | 14.00 | @associationsnow - 9097 |
| 45.00 | 1% for the Planet | 457,071 | 58.00 | 17.00 | @1PercentFTP - 26900 |
| 46.00 | Fundly Blog | 107,399 | 53.00 | 14.00 | @fundly - 13171 |
| 47.00 | Bloomerang | 280,431 | 60.00 | 32.00 | @bloomerangTech - 5557 |
| 48.00 | SocialEarth | 1,946,102 | 54.00 | 107.00 | @socialearth - 30100 |
| 49.00 | Nonprofit Marketing Blog (Network for Good) | - | 59.00 | 278.00 | @Network4Good - 67000 |
| 50.00 | Bloomberg Philanthropies | 430,068 | 61.00 | 5.00 | @bloombergdotorg - 90500 |
| 51.00 | The Balance | 783 | 55.00 | 9.00 | @joannefritz - 8889 |
| 52.00 | Ideas + Practices (Hewlett Foundation) | 406,372 | 62.00 | 4.00 | @Hewlett_Found - 46700 |
| 53.00 | The Razoo Blog | 200,752 | 50.00 | 18.00 | @razoo - 17400 |
| 54.00 | Philantopic | 2,071,168 | 59.00 | 37.00 | @pndblog - 48300 |
| 55.00 | 101 Fundraising | 1,324,399 | 51.00 | 87.00 | @101fundraising - 21009 |
| 56.00 | Pamela Grow | 1,942,199 | 54.00 | 106.00 | @pamelagrow - 18788 |
| 57.00 | Sofii Blog | 1,101,330 | 57.00 | 184.00 | @SOFIIisHOT - 5670 |
| 58.00 | Double the Donation | 204,884 | 58.00 | 13.00 | @2xDonations - 8508 |
| 59.00 | #Onward (YourMembership) | 332,216 | 70.00 | 25.00 | @yourmembership - 2819 |
| 60.00 | Center for Effective Philanthropy | 1,584,644 | 61.00 | 26.00 | @CEPData - 16500 |
| 61.00 | Philanthropy 2173; The Business of Giving | 9,873,044 | 64.00 | 171.00 | @p2173 - 17100 |
| 62.00 | Blue Avacodo | 434,115 | 66.00 | 272.00 | @ANonprofits - 180 |
| 63.00 | DonorDriven (Donor Drive) | 130,068 | 59.00 | 16.00 | @donordrive - 2875 |
| 64.00 | Forward Together (Abila) | 415,167 | 52.00 | 54.00 | @abila_inc - 6343 |
| 65.00 | National Council of Nonprofits | 162,248 | 50.00 | 6.00 | @NatlCouncilNPs - 29000 |
| 66.00 | Future Fundraising Now | 1,798,121 | 52.00 | 128.00 | @jeffbrooks - 8180 |
| 67.00 | Nonprofit Law Blog | 567,627 | 53.00 | 74.00 | @gtak - 4702 |
| 68.00 | Look To The Stars News | 201,023 | 51.00 | 7.00 | @looktothestars - 11100 |
| 69.00 | Institute of Fundraising | 489,492 | 54.00 | 6.00 | @ioftweets - 25300 |
| 70.00 | Ad Libbing (Ad Council) | 1,720,641 | 52.00 | 27.00 | @adcouncil - 20900 |
| 71.00 | Care2's Digital Engagement Blog | 1,618,335 | 49.00 | 16.00 | @care2 - 57300 |
| 72.00 | Keeping a Close Eye (National Committee for Repsonsive Philanthropy) | 2,321,115 | 55.00 | 22.00 | @NCRP - 19500 |
| 73.00 | CauseCast | 594,047 | 50.00 | 14.00 | @Causecast - 18900 |
| 74.00 | Joan Garry - Because Nonprofits Are Messy | 436,261 | 49.00 | 57.00 | @joangarry - 3519 |
| 75.00 | Social Fish | 1,546,302 | 56.00 | 155.00 | @socialfish - 2527 |
| 76.00 | Netsquared, an Initiative of TechsoupGlobal.org Blogs | 2,047,792 | 54.00 | 21.00 | @netsquared - 15100 |
| 77.00 | Cause Vox | 163,479 | 47.00 | 13.00 | @causevox - 5051 |
| 78.00 | The Agitator | 1,690,660 | 56.00 | 146.00 | @AgitatorEditors - 2218 |
| 79.00 | Clairification | 1,905,799 | 52.00 | 53.00 | @charityclairity - 5495 |
| 80.00 | Social Velocity | 1,325,337 | 51.00 | 32.00 | @nedgington - 6966 |
| 81.00 | Good News Shared | 2,307,137 | 48.00 | 62.00 | @GoodNews_Shared - 9501 |
| 82.00 | Knight Foundation | 238,554 | 42.00 | 1.00 | @knightfdn - 130000 |
| 83.00 | Servicespace | 508,173 | 46.00 | 7.00 | @servicespace - 26600 |
| 84.00 | Nonprofit Tech & Fundraising Blog (Donor Perfect) | 393,832 | 51.00 | 7.00 | @donorperfect - 7730 |
| 85.00 | BLOOM | 5,086,597 | 54.00 | 48.00 | @HBKidsHospital - 8500 |
| 86.00 | Happy Black Woman | 636,621 | 47.00 | 7.00 | @happyblackwoman - 21200 |
| 87.00 | Case Foundation | 537,503 | 33.00 | 8.00 | @casefoundation - 555000 |
| 88.00 | Allison Fine | - | 52.00 | 64.00 | @afine - 14900 |
| 89.00 | The School For Social Entrepeneurs | 882,671 | 48.00 | 5.00 | @SchSocEnt - 32300 |
| 90.00 | Navigating Digital Disruption | 790,711 | 42.00 | 53.00 | @mikekujawski - 5313 |
| 91.00 | Volunteering News & Trends | 89,941 | 47.00 | 6.00 | @volunteerhub - 3339 |
| 92.00 | Badrap Blog | 6,005,141 | 51.00 | 40.00 | @BADRAPorg - 11791 |
| 93.00 | Big Duck | 1,444,839 | 48.00 | 13.00 | @bigduck - 9855 |
| 94.00 | Ahern Donor Communications | 5,214,803 | 53.00 | 56.00 | @thattomahern - 4546 |
| 95.00 | Connectivity | 362,359 | 50.00 | 15.00 | @CQConnectivity - 1743 |
| 96.00 | My Social Good News | 2,513,666 | 42.00 | 11.00 | @devindthorpe - 44300 |
| 97.00 | For Impact | 3,023,255 | 51.00 | 58.00 | @forimpact - 2622 |
| 98.00 | The Story Telling Nonprofit | 1,403,564 | 44.00 | 21.00 | @vanessaechase - 5081 |
| 99.00 | greatergiving | 432,999 | 44.00 | 10.00 | @greatergiving - 4842 |
| 100.00 | Get Fully Funded | 2,113,481 | 46.00 | 16.00 | @SandyRees - 8337 |
FAQ :: Can you explain the metrics?
- Traffic – Alexa Global Rank (AR)
Alexa’s traffic rankings are based on the usage patterns of Alexa Toolbar users and data collected from other, diverse sources over a rolling 3 month period. A site’s ranking is based on a combined measure of reach and pageviews. Reach is determined by the number of unique Alexa users who visit a site on a given day. Pageviews are the total number of Alexa user URL requests for a site. However, multiple requests for the same URL on the same day by the same user are counted as a single pageview. The site with the highest combination of users and pageviews is ranked #1. - Buzz Depth – Open Site Explorer Homepage Authority (PA)
Predicts the website’s homepage ranking in search engines based on an algorithmic combination of the number of sites linking to it, the total number of links, Facebook shares & likes, tweets, and Google +1s. - Buzz Scope – Open Site Explorer Linking Root Domains (RD)
The number of unique root domains containing at least one URL linking to the website’s homepage. - Twitter Followers – Social Following
Though follower counts aren’t a perfect measure of social media authority, they are certainly a great indication and are the easiest to understand and measure. These numbers can be found by going to the primary twitter pages associated with a blog. If a blog is associated with multiple accounts on a single social network, we only count the largest as this eliminates inflation caused by duplicate followers.
