The Fastest Growing Old School RPG Blogs

Here's a list of 212 old schoolish roleplaying blogs ranked by the number of followers they gained between 16 December and 31 January. I am ranking the blogs using this system - as opposed to raw follower number - in order to determine which blogs are "hottest" without being biased by how long a blog has been around. My main motivation for making this list is to highlight the blogs that are currently attracting the most reader attention regardless of the blogs' age. Out of respect, I DID NOT list blogs with zero or negative growth this time. At the end of the list are blogs that I am now tracking, but did not have data for when I was making this list.

My usual blogometric caveats apply: (1) This list only has blogger.com blogs because follower numbers are not publicly available for WordPress blogs. (2) Yes, I know some blogs are missing. If your blog is on my big blog list as of today, it should be in the next ranking. If your blog is not on my list and you want to be included, please send me the link.

Although older and more well-established blogs tended to fill in most of the top spots this time, attention is due to some of the smaller and newer blogs making the top rankings, including Black Hole Diaries, Gorgonmilk, Rather Gamey, The City of Iron, and The Dump Stat. Keep up the good work, everyone - there's definitely an audience out there!

Blog Name	31-Jan	16-Dec	Change
Playing D&D With Porn Stars	619	561	58
GROGNARDIA	783	726	57
Rule of the Dice	103	57	46
Black Hole Diaries	36	0	36
Cyclopeatron	213	177	36
destination unknown	171	136	35
The Underdark Gazette	214	181	33
Gorgonmilk	32	0	32
From the Sorcerer's Skull	141	112	29
Swords Against the Outer Dark	201	172	29
B/X BLACKRAZOR	235	208	27
Beyond the Black Gate	288	261	27
Hill Cantons	119	94	25
Rather Gamey	28	3	25
The City of Iron	39	15	24
The Dump Stat	34	10	24
LotFP: RPG	343	320	23
The Lands of Ara	77	54	23
Gothridge Manor	155	133	22
Aeons & Augauries	111	90	21
Dungeons and Digressions	212	191	21
THE LAND OF NOD	126	105	21
Jeffs Gameblog	416	396	20
Risus Monkey	122	103	19
The Tao of D&D	170	152	18
Sorcery & Super Science!	65	48	17
The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope	219	202	17
Trollsmyth	188	171	17
Bat in the Attic	180	164	16
Greyhawk Grognard	180	164	16
I Waste The Buddha With My Crossbow	106	90	16
World of Wonder	91	75	16
Akratic Wizardry	152	137	15
Cthulhu's Library	30	15	15
Errant	52	37	15
Gaming All Over The Place	44	29	15
Tenkar's Tavern	98	83	15
The Yaqqothl Grimoire	14	0	14
Axe & Hammer	109	95	14
Fame & Fortune	34	20	14
The Other Side blog	122	108	14
aldeboran	83	70	13
Crawdads and Dragons	52	39	13
Hack & Slash	31	18	13
I SEE LEAD PEOPLE	190	177	13
Monsters and Manuals	196	183	13
The RPG Corner	142	129	13
Tombs of Horrors	39	26	13
Uhluht'c Awakens	94	81	13
Green Skeleton Gaming Guild	115	103	12
In Places Deep	89	77	12
Lord of the Green Dragons	256	244	12
Professor Pope	33	21	12
Telecanter's Receding Rules	124	112	12
Troll and Flame	88	76	12
"It's okay; Gary sent us."	109	98	11
Carto Cacography	61	50	11
Countdown to Game Time	36	25	11
Discourse and Dragons	84	73	11
Fabled Lands	80	69	11
Grimmhaus	74	63	11
HUGE RUINED PILE	147	136	11
Old Guard Gaming Accoutrements	133	122	11
Old School Heretic	60	49	11
PLANET ALGOL	111	100	11
The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms	90	79	11
The Warlock's Home Brew	113	102	11
Tower of Zenopus	24	13	11
What a horrible night to have a curse...	96	85	11
A Hamsterish Hoard of Dungeons and Dragons	86	76	10
A Paladin In Citadel	227	217	10
ADnD Grognard	25	15	10
Daddy Grognard	133	123	10
Forgotten Runes	53	43	10
Henchman Abuse	33	23	10
HeroPress	151	141	10
Jasoomian Dreams	55	45	10
Quickly, Quietly, Carefully	20	10	10
Sickly Purple Death Ray	87	77	10
SWORD & SHIELD	54	44	10
Tower of the Archmage	65	55	10
ChicagoWiz's RPG Blog	240	231	9
For A Fistful Of Coppers	45	36	9
Sword and Board	63	54	9
The Wasted Lands	74	65	9
Advanced dungeons & dragons	43	35	8
Beyond the Wall	32	24	8
Carjacked Seraphim	80	72	8
Delta's D&D Hotspot	95	87	8
EXONAUTS!	69	61	8
Middenmurk	35	27	8
Roles, Rules, and Rolls	67	59	8
Tales from the Flaming Faggot	57	49	8
Teleleli	25	17	8
TEMPLE OF DEMOGORGON	131	123	8
The Grumpy Old Troll	49	41	8
The Lair of the Evil DM	157	149	8
Vaults of Nagoh	74	66	8
Asshat Paladins	50	43	7
Bugbears for Breakfast	28	21	7
El RagnaBlog	34	27	7
FightingFantasist	65	58	7
Havards Blackmoor Blog	105	98	7
Have dice, will travel...	49	42	7
OEF	129	122	7
Reviews from R'lyeh	53	46	7
The 25 Mile Hex	30	23	7
The Book of Worlds	52	45	7
The Grand Tapestry	137	130	7
Warning - Mutagenic Substance	77	70	7
Age of Ravens	47	41	6
BigDungeon	22	16	6
How to Start a Revolution in 21 Days or Less	134	128	6
In a Dark Cell	28	22	6
In Like Flynn	54	48	6
No School Like The Old School	18	12	6
Over the Misty Mountains	19	13	6
Shouting Into The Void	45	39	6
The Blog That Time Forgot	85	79	6
The Doomed Wastelands	34	28	6
The Frothy Friar	56	50	6
The Gallery: Russ Nicholson	154	148	6
The Jovial Priest	13	7	6
The Savage AfterWorld	110	104	6
Threads of Adventure!	49	43	6
Weird Worlds of Geoffrey McKinney	69	63	6
Appendix N	42	37	5
Back Screen Pass - A DM's Secrets	49	44	5
Digital Orc: Fantasy, Horror, and Sci Fi in Ro...	12	7	5
ENCOUNTER	34	29	5
of Pedantry	12	7	5
Old School Psionics	15	10	5
Saturday Night Sandbox	35	30	5
Tankards & Broadswords	128	123	5
The Omnipotent Eye	56	51	5
The Realm of Zhu	20	15	5
5 Stone Games	34	30	4
A Wizard in a bottle	37	33	4
chirine's workbench	46	42	4
Dungeonskull Mountain	82	78	4
Joethelawyer's Wondrous Imaginings	105	101	4
Rustfoot	45	41	4
Swords of Abandon	39	35	4
Tempora Mutantur	22	18	4
THE WHEEL OF SAMSARA	49	45	4
Back in '81	113	110	3
Beacon	12	9	3
Castle Dragonscar	52	49	3
Drawings & Dragons	48	45	3
Iron Rationales	22	19	3
Kingdoms in Trevail	25	22	3
Lawful Indifferent	46	43	3
Maximum Rock & Role Playing	44	41	3
MORE&BIGGER LOOT!	23	20	3
My RPG characters	25	22	3
RPG Blog II	132	129	3
SANDBOX EMPIRE	71	68	3
Savage Swords of Athanor	69	66	3
SAVE OR DIE!	32	29	3
The Delve	47	44	3
The Keep on the Gaming Lands	119	116	3
The Metal Earth	61	58	3
Warriors of the Red Planet	76	73	3
Attack Plan R	16	14	2
Back to the Dungeon!	59	57	2
Blood of Prokopius	38	36	2
DUNGEON ADVENTURES	25	23	2
Dungeonmum	93	91	2
gnotions	22	20	2
Knightvision Games - This Changes Everything!	6	4	2
Let's Make Believe	22	20	2
No Signal!	15	13	2
Penguin Overlord	6	4	2
Places to Go, People to Be	37	35	2
Polar Bear Dreams and Stranger Things	23	21	2
Save Vs. Poison	84	82	2
Spell Card!	38	36	2
Terminal Space	54	52	2
The Library: Retro and Classic Fantasy Games	46	44	2
The Vorpal Spork	28	26	2
The Weirdlands of Xhuul	39	37	2
Unofficial Games	46	44	2
Valley of Blue Snails	36	34	2
"The Troll Ate My Homework"	48	47	1
Archive of the Rotted Moon	33	32	1
Coffee swillin' analog gamer	35	34	1
Creative Mountain Games	13	12	1
Dungeons & Dorks	13	12	1
Embrace the Dungeon!	13	12	1
Grevious-Injury	18	17	1
Inspired Mythos	1	0	1
KOK'ed Dice	23	22	1
Mandragora: The Mandrake March	46	45	1
MF WARS	11	10	1
Mike's Amazing RPG Fun Pad	24	23	1
Musings from Myern	11	10	1
O RPG da Vida Real	10	9	1
Oubliette Magazine	34	33	1
Semper Initiativus Unum	39	38	1
Some King's Kent	31	30	1
Superhero Necromancer	51	50	1
Tales from the Dusty Vault	11	10	1
The Badger King's Den	17	16	1
The Burning Wastes	7	6	1
The Contemptible Cube of Quazar	42	41	1
The Dragon's Eye	4	3	1
The Hydra's Grotto	16	15	1
The Incredible Fétide Grigou Rôliste Show	8	7	1
The Old Forest	13	12	1
The Paradigm Traveler	10	9	1
The Polyhedral Dicebag	26	25	1
Trollish Delver	34	33	1
Where'd my Vorpal Sword Go?	20	19	1