banner Top 15+ Social Bookmarking Sites of 2009

Since the early 2000’s social sites such as Digg & Stumbleupon were barley heard of. Presently in 09′ the social bookmarking scene has exploded exponentially leading more people to find popular posts by visiting their favorite sites or finding out by word of mouth (or tweet) via Twitter.

I’ve compiled a slightly subjective list of the most popular social bookmarking sites according to statistical data from Alexa.com & Compete.com.

My only critique of social bookmarking sites is that its becoming more and more fractured and segmented. I’m not entirely sure if this is a good thing for bloggers. Personally I despise blogs that use more than 6-7 sharing buttons. But I get the feeling that in the next 3-4 years we’ll have 300 different social bookmarking sites devoted to different topics.

Social Bookmarking Sites of 09′

# Social Site Google PageRank Compete.com Alexa.com
1 Digg 8 33,433,760 184

digg Top 15+ Social Bookmarking Sites of 2009

“Technology focused news site where the stories are chosen by community members rather than editors.”

2 Twitter 9 7,935,441 96
twitter Top 15+ Social Bookmarking Sites of 2009




“Social networking and microblogging service utilising instant messaging, SMS or a web interface.”

3 Reddit 8 4,908,990 431
reddit Top 15+ Social Bookmarking Sites of 2009




“User-generated news links. Votes promote stories to the front page.”"

4 Stumbleupon 8 4,418,609 359
stumbleupon Top 15+ Social Bookmarking Sites of 2009




A web browser plugin that allows users to discover and rate webpages, photos, videos, and news articles.

5 Squidoo 6 4,324,281 509
squidoo Top 15+ Social Bookmarking Sites of 2009




“Squidoo is a free, easy-to-use service that allows anyone to post a lens about a topic that they have expertise in.”

6 Technorati 9 3,309,174 660
technorati Top 15+ Social Bookmarking Sites of 2009




“Real-time search for user-generated media (including weblogs) by tag or keyword. Also provides popularity indexes.”

7 Delicious 8 1,623,083 2,363
delicious Top 15+ Social Bookmarking Sites of 2009




“social bookmarking web service for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks.”

8 Propeller 8 1,164,549 1,790
propeller Top 15+ Social Bookmarking Sites of 2009




“Propeller is a social news portal, meaning that it is programmed by you – the audience.”

9 Mixx 8 879,108 641
mixx Top 15+ Social Bookmarking Sites of 2009




“Lists user-recommendations for stories, photos and videos. Customize the start page, join private groups, and rate content.”

10 Fark 4 652,762 4,107
fark Top 15+ Social Bookmarking Sites of 2009




“Interesting, bizarre and amusing news stories, along with regular photo manipulation contests.”

11 Sphinn 6 386,457 6,629
sphinn Top 15+ Social Bookmarking Sites of 2009




“Sphinn, a social site for search and interactive marketers.”

12 Dzone 6 281,098 6,911
dzone Top 15+ Social Bookmarking Sites of 2009




“dzone is a free link-sharing community for developers. Anyone can contribute stories to the incoming queue. Members vote on stories to determine what gets promoted. Everyone can browse, search and comment on stories. It s that simple, enjoy!”

13 Furl 7 164,949 5,916
furl Top 15+ Social Bookmarking Sites of 2009




“Save, share and recall anything you find online.”

14 BlinkList 7 86,650 10,969
blinklist Top 15+ Social Bookmarking Sites of 2009




“(Social Bookmarking Website / General Bookmarking) which includes: reviews, ratings, tutorials / how-tos, similar websites / websites”

15 DesignFloat 5 39,158 33,644
designfloat Top 15+ Social Bookmarking Sites of 2009




“Design Float is a social media site dedicated to the design industry.”

16 Slashdot 9 13,090 976
slashdot Top 15+ Social Bookmarking Sites of 2009




“Source for technology related news with a heavy slant towards Linux and Open Source issues.”