The NY Times on Technorati

"While rates of blog-reading are relatively comparable in major European countries and the United States — roughly one-quarter of the population looks at blogs at least once a week in America, Britain and France — blogs based in the United States remain more influential, according to the survey."

- 55 Million Blogs, and Now a Service to Track Them

ht: Michael W Kruse

Most of the readers of emergesque probably use Technorati more for meme-tracking.