Last month, I shared with you the top 40 sources for my Google Reader shared items link blog. See: Roll Your Own Blog Leaderboard With Google Reader Trends. As a month has passed and it's the 26th of the month, as promised, here is the list updated for the last 30 days of activity.
First, the dataset:
According to Google Reader, from my 368 subscriptions, over the last 30 days I read 15,566 items and shared 765 items. Month over month, despite adding 32 new subscriptions, they contributed 820 fewer items, and I shared 154 fewer items than in July.
Second: The leaders for August of 2008:
Unlike last month, where items from my own blog held the #2 position, this month, thanks to some strong content from guest bloggers, it held the #1 position with 45 total shares. As mentioned last month, I don't want to manipulate the statistics, so I'm leaving the data here. Close behind in the #2 position for August was Duncan Riley's The Inquisitr, up from #3, and Robert Scoble's Shared Link Blog, which rose from the #14 position. TechCrunch, last month's leader fell to #4, followed by Read/Write Web, which was #4 overall in July. All percentages shown are the result of taking the number of shares in the month per source, divided by the total number of shares. (In this case N/763)
| Position | Blog | % of Shares |
| 1. | louisgray.com | 6.28% |
| 2. | The Inquisitr | 5.58% |
| 3. | Robert Scoble's Shared Link Blog | 5.16% |
| 4. | TechCrunch | 4.60% |
| 5. | Read/Write Web | 4.18% |
| 6. | Profy.com | 2.93% |
| 7. | Webware.com | 2.65% |
| 8. | CenterNetworks | 2.37% |
| 9. | 9 to 5 Mac | 1.81% |
| 10. | GigaOM | 1.67% |
| 11. | Scripting News | 1.53% |
| 12. | Scobleizer | 1.39% |
| 13. | Andy DeSoto | 1.26% |
| 14. | Kyle Lacy | 1.26% |
| 15. | WinExtra | 1.26% |
| 16. | SEO and Tech Daily | 1.26% |
| 17. | I'm Not Actually a Geek | 1.26% |
| 18. | Alexander van Elsas | 1.12% |
| 19. | Stay N' Alive | 1.12% |
| 20. | Twitter Blog | 0.98% |
| 21. | Chris Brogan | 0.98% |
| 22. | Google Blogoscoped | 0.98% |
| 23. | Fred Wilson | 0.98% |
| 24. | Mark Evans | 0.98% |
| 25. | Michael Fruchter | 0.98% |
| 26. | David Risley | 0.98% |
| 27. | Silicon Alley Insider | 0.98% |
| 28. | Technologizer | 0.98% |
| 29. | Rex Hammock | 0.84% |
| 30. | Pixel Bits | 0.84% |
| 31. | Mathew Ingram | 0.84% |
| 32. | TechWag | 0.84% |
| 33. | Webomatica | 0.84% |
| 34. | Regular Geek | 0.70% |
| 35. | Epicenter | 0.70% |
| 36. | The Boy Genius Report | 0.70% |
| 37. | Sarah In Tampa | 0.70% |
| 38. | Venture Chronicles | 0.70% |
| 39. | Daring Fireball | 0.70% |
| 40. | Stephen Foskett, Pack Rat | 0.70% |
All told, these top 40 sources accounted for 477 of the 765 shares over the last 30 days, or 62.4% of the total, meaning the other 328 sources accounted for 288 total shares, or 37.6% of the total, showing there are a number of sites I consume, but never share, which could include pre-determined searches and the many sports or work-oriented sites I don't share to the public feed. If your feed isn't in the top 40 here, or you think I'm not subscribed at all, but should be, feel free to drop in your site in the comments. And if you're an avid Google Reader shared links blogger, be sure to add your feed to ReadBurner, where I'm an advisor, so it can be counted.
You can find my Google Reader shared items link blog here, or see them included in my FriendFeed.