I'm not sure when they did this (because I don't check it very often), but it looks like they shifted the Most Subscribed Blogger list (in a good way).
A few weeks ago, Tammy Emineth realized that AR had added a whole bunch of Active Rain profiles that new members were automatically subscribed to as soon as they joined. So naturally, these new profiles (along w/ a few others from AR staff) quickly shifted to the top. It didn't really make sense to me, since part of the reason for having this list in the first place is to find great bloggers (when I was new I went here to choose some people to subscirbe to). Recently, with this change there was a lot of "clutter."
So now, they removed them again, so you can see the true list based on how members are actually choosing to subscribe.
Jon Washburn, AR's founder, is first on the list.
Brad Andersohn is second. (He used to be on AR staff, so slight advantage here, but he is a phenomenal blogger who provides excellent content and is well deserving of that position.
Katerina Gasset is in the #3 position, and she is the top subscribed member who has never been part of the AR staff.
Jason Crouch, who used to be incredibly active, is #4. He also provides a lot of SEO/social media advice. He comes back occasionally and is often sharing some sort of good cause to help other.
Lenn Harley, the Queen of Active Rain (and I say that affectionately) is #5. I think everybody knows her and she needs no introduction.
Craig Daniels is #6 and he is a phenomenal teacher always educating us on how to use AR better. What I found so amazing about him, is that unlike the other top bloggers, he is fairly recent, starting in 2010. Because his content was so useful, he quickly moved up the ranks - probably faster than anyone.
Now that they've excluded these extra automatic profiles, as well as a couple of other AR staff members, it has now made room for several others at the bottom. The newest additions are:
- Kathy Streib
- Debbie Gartner (wow, I can't beleive I made it!)
- Jerry Newman
- Richard Zaretsky
So, if you haven't checked out the list lately, have a look. I'm sure you will recognize many people on there.
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