July 27, 2004
Moblogs in Numbers
The WSJ has pulled together the number of moblogs hosted by the biggest players.
-- Textamerica - One of the oldest moblogging sites, Textamerica.com counts about half a million users, about 110,000 who keep moblogs and about 400,000 who just view and comment.
-- Mobog - Mobog, run by Phil Kaplan, claims about half a million users, almost 16,000 of whom regularly send in photos (albeit many of them racy). Mobog says most of its users are in their 20s and 30s.
-- Yafro - Yafro, run by the same company that created dating site HotOrNot, is free and has more than 100,000 users. Yafro has a special section of "Pictures from the Frontline," featuring moblogs from soldiers in Iraq.
-- Buzznet - Buzznet reports more than 20,000 registered users, most of whom have posted photos, and plans to launch premium subscriptions.
-- moblogUK - moblogUK launched about nine months ago, has just under 1,000 users and features a forum where they can chat.
And interesting:
Most users of the sites, however, don't actually post. They just look at pictures. For example, Textamerica.com says it has a total of about half a million users, about 400,000 of whom just comment or view shots, and Mobog says about 95% of its half a million users don't have camera phones. [WSJ]
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