NYT/CBS Poll: Most Americans Still Not Blogging On

By: E&P Staff A New York Times/CBS poll released Tuesday drew attention mainly for revelations that most Americans now separate the war in Iraq from the war on terrorism (they are no longer in in favor of the first). But buried in the poll data was a question about use of blogs.

The results showed that while blogs are growing increasingly popular, relatively few Americans visit them regularly, if at all.

Asked how often they visited blogs, the responses from the 78% who said they used the Web, came out this way: frequently 10%, occasionally 9%, rarely 17%, never 40%, and 2% did not answer. That suggests that less than 2 in 10 Americans now visit blogs a lot or occasionally.