This number is huge, and although I don't doubt the size of the active Iranian blogoshere, it would be really valuable to know exaclty how many active blogs there are emanating from Iran. THe reason I say this is that the more accuracy that can be attatched to these figures, the more they can be used as an argument for letting grass-roots change occur in Iran and other nations in the region, rather than opting for the incredibly destructive but more politically valuable (for some parties) option of direct intervention in Iran's soveriegn affairs.
- By: ed on December 9, 2005

How does this figure compare to the number of active internet users in Iran? I'm curious what the number of Iranian english bloggers are as well.
- By: Nema on December 6, 2005

Like the text says: "these are total blog numbers and not active blog numbers (which are between 40,000 and 110,000)." Adding dead blogs to the total number of blogs isn't very helpful. That's like doing a census and adding all dead people to the total number of inhabitants. But it seems to be popular. One source claims there are 20'000 blogs, total, in Switzerland. I don't personally know every active Swiss blog, but I know for a fact that there are far less than 20'000 active blogs - probably even less than 5000. Nevertheless, it's nice to see the blogosphere grow!
- By: Matthias on December 2, 2005

I think number is really inflated
- By: faridpouya on December 2, 2005