The 25 Most Popular Progressive Websites: How They Rank

June 30, 2004 by CommonDreams.org

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Which are the Most Popular Progressive Websites?

Alexa.com rates popularity of all websites on the internet - over 250 million of them. They use a combination of the number of 'users' and 'page views' over a 3-month period to calculate website popularity.

Here's how the top 25 progressive websites rank:

Progressive Ranking Website (as of June 30, 2004)
Alexa Ranking

1 CommonDreams.org 5,014
2 Village Voice 5,362
3 AirAmericaRadio.com 5,697
4 DemocraticUnderground.com 6,181
5 MichaelMoore.com 7,002
6 Daily Kos 7,803
7 CounterPunch.org 9,147
8 TruthOut.org 10,343
9 The Nation 11,750
10 MoveOn.org 10,874
11 Fahrenheit 9/11 12,202
12 AlterNet.org 11,395
13 Amnesty International 13,663
14 Planet Out 13,621
15 BuzzFlash.com 13,149
16 ZNet/ZMagazine 14,735
17 Doonesbury 19,291
18 Washington Monthly 19,317
19 Center for American Progress 21,073
20 Human Rights Watch 21,418
21 DemocracyNow! 21,629
22 WorkingforChange.com 21,766
23 Greenpeace 24,538
24 TomPaine.com 25,159
25 MotherJones.com 26,558

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Tom Paine
Veterans for Truth
AntiWar.com
People for the American Way
Jim Hightower's website

and a host of editors and contributors to American Conservative Magazine. Being anti-war isn't progressive, it's common sense, and there are many progressives who were pro-war (John Kerry, John Edwards, etc.) Plus the guy who actually runs it is a libertarian anti-semite.

he opposes Israeli policies? That term gets bandied about quite a bit. Though I do share your discomfort over joining up with the Right on anything.

Good Point. Many people who do not support Sharon's right-wing regime are slandered as anti-Jewish and racists.

The purpose of that name-calling is to end any discussion and debate on Sharon's policies. It's a lot like redbaiting.

any alternative news site is just that....I wouldn't take any of 'em at their word, but I do like to see as many sides of an issue as possible, just so I can get a clear idea of what is going on.

That's why I added 'em.

LiberalOasis?

I wonder how Free Republic, Townhall, etc rate?

Freerepublic = 1,509
Townhall = 3,360
Hannity = 12,713

They have fewer options though

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along with The Progressive magazine's website. http://www.progressive.org

Hmmm, okay I guess:(

Um, we should be on this list!! Righter after Znet.

They gotta be in there somewhere....

And for world news Web sites I think we are in the top 50 (not sure how to count that exactly, but looks like).