About this list of the 100 Top Christian Blogs
To make this list of top Christian blogs, I gathered and inspected about 500 Christian blogs and ranked them using a variety of factors. Some of the blogs I inspected are listed below the list of the 100 Top Christians blogs.
I will update this list occasionally, so if you want your blog to be considered for future ranking, and your blog is not listed below the list of 100 Top Christian blogs, please include a link to your blog in the comment section. Thanks!
Oh, and do I need to say it?
I guess so… sigh…
Disclaimer: I do not necessarily endorse all the views or perspectives of the bloggers on this list. The list contains many Christian bloggers who write from theological perspectives with which I have some disagreement.
Like who? (Let’s see who I can offend…) Calvinists, Charismatics, Conservative Baptists, and Catholics, just to name a few. Remember, I, Jeremy Myers, am the ONLY correct blogger in the world. (I’m KIDDING!)
Anyway, if someone is on the list of Top Christian blogs and you think they are a heretic, don’t burn me for it! Go be a troll on their site… (I’m kidding again!)
How I Created the List of 100 Top Christian Blogs
Below is an explanation of how I went about ranking these 100 Top Christian Blogs.
First, I gathered the list of Christian blogs using these sites:
Kent Shaffer’s Top Christian Blogs
Jared Moore’s List of Christian Blogs
Top Christian Blogs ranked by Twitter Followers
Top Christian Blogs ranked by Facebook Likes
NewsMax Top 75 Religious Blogs
Second, I removed all “Community Blogs” which had multiple authors. This caused all blogs from Patheos, the Gospel Coalition, and other similar blogs to be dropped from the list. The reason I did this twofold. Many of these community blogs are not accurately ranked by Alexa and SimilarWeb, which are two of the ranking factors I used (see below). But more than this, I wanted this list to honor the individual blogger who started his or her blog from scratch, and has labored away at it for years, slowly building an audience and faithfully writing quality posts which get read and shared. Those huge mega community blogs often overshadow the quality writing and hard work of individual bloggers. So if a blogger was writing on a community blog, I kept them off my list.
Finally, once I had my list of individual bloggers, I ranked them using a variety of factors. These factors include:
Traffic Rank on Alexa
Traffic Rank on
SimilarWeb
Back link Count (shows people are linking to your content)
Pages Indexed by Google (shows that the blogger is writing a lot)
A variety of other traffic and social signals
The ranking number in the list below is a compilation of these ranking signals. The lower the number, the better the blog ranks.
How to get on this list of Top Christian Blogs
If you are not on this list and you want to work toward getting on it, or if you are on it and want to know what you can do to rise in the ranks of these top Christian blogs, here are six recommendations:
1. If you are are on a “free” blogging platform (like Blogger.com or WordPress.com), move over to a “self-hosted” site with Knownhost or
Bluehost . It’s only a few dollars per month, and you will be set up for success. If you already have a blog, both companies can help you migrate.
2. Once you have your blog set up properly, make sure it loads fast and looks good. If you don’t do this, people won’t read it. I recommend WP Rocket to help it load fast and StudioPress themes to make it look good.
3. Write regular blog posts with great content. I recommend 1-3 blog posts per week, with at least 500 words each. Use the free Yoast SEO plugin to help you write your posts.
4. Read and leave comments on popular blogs (like this one!). By reading blogs you learn how to write a blog, and commenting is a great way to gain readers for your own blog .
5. Get a WordPress plugin like Social Network Auto Poster to help your posts get listed on social sites like Twitter, Facebook, and others.
6. One of the primary keys to getting traffic is to get links to your blog from other blogs. One of the best ways to do this is to
join the Synchroblog . You will get several backlinks each and every month that you participate.
Here then, are the 100 Top Christian Blogs
100 Top Christian Blogs
RankScore Blog Title and Link
Blogger Name
1 217,403 Challies Tim Challies
2 311,841 A Holy Experience
Ann Voskamp
3 312,177 Fr. Z’s Blog John Zuhlsdorf
4 480,359 LifeChurch.tv : swerve
Craig Groeschel
5 483,757 Albert Mohlers Blog
Albert Mohler
6 543,006 Thom Rainer Thom Ranier
7 555,477 Redeeming God Jeremy Myers
8 569,004 Storyline Donald Miller
9 639,219 Rachel Held Evans
Rachel Held Evans
10 708,606 Blog and Mablog
Doug Wilson
11 716,321 Alpha & Omega Ministries
James White
12 771,432 James MacDonald
James MacDonald
13 822,726 Insight Grahame Knox
14 908,354 XXXChurch.com Craig Gross
15 912,195 Mark Driscoll Mark Driscoll
16 930,966 Jarrid Wilson Jarrid Wilson
17 932,673 Ron Edmondson
Ron Edmondson
18 987,589 Moore to the Point
Russell Moore
19 1,009,976 Living Proof Beth Moore
20 1,040,981 Biblical Studies Rob Bradshaw
21 1,180,360 Red Letter Christians
Tony Campolo & Shane Claiborne
22 1,185,542 Jen Hatmaker Jen Hatmaker
23 1,242,598 The Naked Bible
Michael S. Heiser
24 1,267,270 Beyond Evangelical Frank Viola
25 1,323,223 ReKnew Greg Boyd
26 1,344,629 Denny Burk Denny Burk
27 1,465,513 Christianity Cove Mary-Kate
28 1,494,946 Liturgy Bosco Peters
29 1,508,259 Experimental Theology
Richard Beck
30 1,515,386 Head Heart Hand
David Murray
31 1,584,527 Frame & Poythress
John Frame & Vern Poythress
32 1,612,339 Reclaiming the Mission David Fitch
33 1,658,756 Worship Matters
Bob Kauflin
34 1,660,143 Perry Noble Perry Noble
35 1,672,051 Canon Fodder Michael J. Kruger
36 1,707,579 The American Jesus Zack Hunt
37 1,749,053 J.D. Greear J.D. Greear
38 1,766,833 Andy Naselli Andy Naselli
39 1,797,475 What’s Best Next
Matt Perman
40 1,862,063 Tony Morgan Live
Tony Morgan
41 1,891,059 Margaret Feinberg
Margaret Feinberg
42 1,963,329 Lifestream Wayne Jacobsen
43 1,985,895 Zwinglius Redivivus Jim West
44 2,035,457 Blogging Theologically
Aaron Armstrong
45 2,112,811 Sarah Bessey Sarah Bessey
46 2,304,695 Faith and Theology Ben Myers
47 2,309,572 Communicate Jesus
Steve Kryger
48 2,310,092 Reading Acts Phillip Long
49 2,318,301 Growing Kids Ministry
Lindsey Whitney
50 2,407,916 Stuff Christians Like Jon Acuff
51 2,541,554 The Very Worst Missionary
Jamie Wright
52 2,617,350 Borrowed Light Mike Leake
53 2,755,792
Courageous Christian Father
Steve Patterson
54 2,769,134 Larry Hurtado’s Blog
Larry Hurtado
55 2,808,869 Sayable Lore Ferguson
56 2,864,393 DJ Chuang DJ Chuang
57 2,873,396 Stuff Fundies Like Darrell
58 2,937,119 Brian McLaren Brian McLaren
59 3,023,294 Unsettled Christianity
Joel L. Watts
60 3,026,191 Matthew Paul Turner
Matthew Paul Turner
61 3,061,236 Skye Box Skye Jethani
62 3,069,675 Living By Faith Blog
Steve Fuller
63 3,217,964 Everyday Theology
Marc Cortez
64 3,249,355 Sam Luce Sam Luce
65 3,280,570 Counseling Solutions
Rick Thomas
66 3,326,531 Adam McLane Adam McLane
67 3,327,471 Kingdom in the Midst
Marty Duren
68 3,345,392 DashHouse.com Darryl Dash
69 3,402,962 Pastor Joe McKeever
Joe McKeever
70 3,455,879 Anita Mathias Anita Mathias
71 3,472,536 Curious Christian Matt Stone
72 3,485,259 For His Renown
Jim Hamilton
73 3,486,291 Church Leader Insights
Nelson Searcy
74 3,649,485 Nathan W. Bingham
Nathan W. Bingham
75 3,660,524 Cerulean Sanctum Dan Edelen
76 3,710,383 Redeemed Reader
J.B. Cheaney & Emily A. Whitten
77 3,716,394 Thinking Out Loud
Paul Wilkinson
78 3,745,997 Hip and Thigh Fred Butler
79 3,765,303 Claude Mariottini
Claude Mariottini
80 3,785,440 RJ Grune RJ Grunewald
81 3,819,892 Religious Affections Scott Aniol
82 3,918,927 Christian Apologetics
Maryann Spikes
83 3,974,189 John Shore John Shore
84 4,015,635 Istoria Ministries Blog
Wade and Rachelle Burleson
85 4,087,774 NT Resources Rod Decker
86 4,096,481 Daniel Darling Daniel Darling
87 4,116,167 A Place For the God-Hungry Jim Martin
88 4,117,044 Pomomusings
Adam Walker Cleaveland
89 4,134,643 RPM Ministries Blog
Bob Kellemen
90 4,150,303 Will Mancini Will Mancini
91 4,160,043 Daniel Wallace Daniel Wallace
92 4,234,680 Counseling One Another
Paul Tautges
93 4,285,168 Ragamuffin Soul
Carlos Whittaker
94 4,339,169 Joe Thorn Joe Thorn
95 4,349,304 Chuck Warnock Chuck Warnock
96 4,504,781 Eugene Cho Eugene Cho
97 4,544,392 WithoutWax Pete Wilson
98 4,554,264 Kathy Escobar Kathy Escobar
99 4,620,367 Fundamentally Reformed Bob Hayton
100 4,668,710 On the Box Ray Comfort
Previous Lists of Top Christian Bloggers
This is the second annual list of Top Christian Bloggers. Below is a link to the Previous list:
Top Christian Bloggers 2014
Top Christian Bloggers 2015
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