What websites should you be trying to reach? What websites should you put your music on? If you're looking for answers, check Audible Hype out, but stick around for some statistics I collected today for another project. Feel free to suggest additional sites I missed -- drop a comment.
Hip Hop Sites by Traffic, March 2009
484k Ourstage.com
457k Reverbnation.com
238k Allhiphop.com
233k Hiphopdx.com
154k XXLmag.com
135k sohh.com
95k amiestreet.com
86k garageband.com
66k 2dopeboyz.com
61k nahright.com
58k okayplayer.com
52k ballerstatus.com
48k Hiphopgame.com
48k loud.com
22k thesource.com
14k mzhiphop.com
12k rawkus.com
Hip Hop Sites by Traffic, September 2008
784k Ourstage.com
287k Allhiphop.com
268k Hiphopdx.com
261k Reverbnation.com
153k XXLmag.com
130k sohh.com
68k garageband.com
67k Hiphopgame.com
63k rawkus.com
58k ballerstatus.com
58k ohhla.com
54k amiestreet.com
50k nahright.com
48k loud.com
44k 2dopeboyz.com
37k okayplayer.com
25k prohiphop.com
17k hypebot.com
15k thesource.com
08k rhymesayers.com
08k cocaineblunts.com
07k definitivejux.net
06k cratekings.com
05k ohword.com
03k unkut.com
02k blogsiswatching.com
01k artofrhyme.com
Source: Compete.com
Futher Reading
...from Audible Hype: "The No-Bullshit Guide to Hip Hop Demographics"
...from New Music Strategies: What Websites Should I be on? and The Sequel. Andrew Dubber has been doing excellent work for the past year, and he's a founding author of Music Think Tank.
...the New Music Ideas Top 10 most useful sites for musicians.
3 comments:
Added a couple new sites to the list. If we missed any, please leave a suggestion here.
mzhiphop.com
And dont ever go to:
rnbxclusive.com (SPAM LIKE CRAZY)
Gotta shout out
Kahdiak (CPR BOSTON)
best NEW Hip Hop
Check hit single WILD SIDE
FUCK YEAH. Please keep doing this, it's been impossible to find straight data on hip hop websites and the amount of actual traffic they get. Is Compete reliable? I mean, nothing online is gospel, but how far off could they be?
It'd be cool if sites just started publishing metrics.
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