Last week I suggested the Top 10 Personal Finance Blogs to Read In 2010. That list, however, was strictly compiled based on my personal preferences. Today I wanted to find a more mathematically way to declare the best personal finance blogs of 2009.
In June 2009 Free Money Finance started a a blog carnival called the Best of Money Carnival. Each week the host chooses the top 10 personal finances blog posts from the previous week. I really enjoyed the carnival and even had 9 best of money articles that I wrote on my own site. In addition I had three articles I authored that were published on other sites that were chosen best of money.
After following the selections from the 2009 Best of Money Carnivals I started to wonder who was chosen most often? Who most frequently had the highest ranked posts?
So I began a journey. My mission was to indentify and honor the best blogs that had the most articles selected in 2009. These are my results …
21 Best Personal Finance Blogs in 2009
Most Frequently Included in the Best of Money Carnival
The following list reflects the total number of times the blogger had his or her blog post included in the Best of Money Carnival.
| Rank | Blog | # of Best of Money Articles |
| 1 | Free Money Finance | 16 |
| 2 | Wealth Pilgrim | 15 |
| 3 | Budgets Are Sexy | 13 |
| 4 | Frugally Green | 11 |
| 5 | Christian PF | 10 |
| 5 | Get Rich Slowly | 10 |
| 5 | Good Financial Cents | 10 |
| 5 | Man Vs. Debt | 10 |
| 5 | The Digerati Life | 10 |
| 6 | Money Help For Christians | 9 |
| 6 | Darwin’s Finance | 9 |
| 6 | Cash Money Life | 9 |
| 7 | Money Ning | 8 |
| 8 | Bargaineering | 7 |
| 8 | Financial Highway | 7 |
| 9 | Bible Money Matters | 6 |
| 9 | Enemy of Debt | 6 |
| 9 | My Life ROI | 6 |
| 10 | PT Money | 5 |
| 10 | Debt Free Adventure | 5 |
| 10 | Provident Plan | 5 |
21 Best Personal Finance Blogs in 2009
Highest Cumulative Rank
The following list gives each blog extra rank depending on its position in a given carnival. A #1 article earned the blog 10 points. A #2 article earned the blog 9 points , #3 = 8 etc. A few of the carnivals did not clearly indicate their order so in those cases I gave all articles in that carnival 5 points. Based on my calculations this list indicates the blogs with the highest cumulative points. For the sake of simplicity I only included blogs from the list above as I assumed they would also have the highest cumulative points.
| Rank | Blog | Total Cumulative Points |
| 1 | Man Vs. Debt | 82 |
| 2 | The Digerati Life | 73 |
| 3 | Free Money Finance | 70 |
| 4 | Budgets Are Sexy | 67 |
| 5 | Wealth Pilgrim | 66 |
| 6 | Frugally Green | 57 |
| 7 | Darwin’s Finance | 54 |
| 8 | Good Financial Cents | 52 |
| 9 | Get Rich Slowly | 47 |
| 10 | Cash Money Life | 43 |
| 10 | Financial Highway |
43 |
| 11 | Christian PF | 42 |
| 12 | Money Ning | 37 |
| 13 | Money Help For Christians |
36 |
| 14 | Debt Free Adventure | 34 |
| 15 | Enemy of Debt | 32 |
| 16 | Bargaineering | 31 |
| 17 | Provident Plan | 26 |
| 18 | Bible Money Matters | 25 |
| 18 | My Life ROI | 25 |
| 19 | PT Money | 23 |
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{ 13 comments… read them below or add one }
Cool. Glad to be included with some great company. Here’s to another successful year in 2010.
.-= PT´s last blog ..WalletPop Giving Away Copies of Start Over, Finish Rich =-.
@PT Money
I completely agree. It is nice to be in the company of so many good bloggers – including you. I’m a new kid on the block and a lot of my blogging ‘hero’s’ are on this list.
Sweet- i made the list! Thanks for putting this together – it’s kind of cool!
.-= Peter´s last blog ..Blueprint For How To Make Money With A Blog: Laying A Solid Foundation – Setting Up Your Site =-.
Until today I’d never heard of Free Money Finance; looks like I’ll have to add that one to my list of regular reads.
As for the rest, I agree with all of the selections!
.-= Kevin@OutOfYourRut´s last blog ..7 Ways to Improve the Success of Your New Business =-.
@ Kevin
FMF writes about 4 times more than the average blogger. And to top it off – it is always good stuff. You should check it out. You’d be interested to know that every Sunday he posts on the Bible and money.
Thanks very much, Craig!
It was neat to see the stats, especially since I was surprised to be towards the top! Appreciate the kind words.
.-= Baker´s last blog ..I’m Gonna Kick Some Major Ass in 2010… Bet on it. =-.
@Baker
You’ve certainly had a stellar blogging year so you deserve to be on the list.
Keep up the good work and enjoy your travels.
Congrats guys! Hope I can join your elite crowd one day Craig, along with the others you’ve mentioned.
Hows PNG treating you?
.-= Financial Samurai´s last blog ..The Samurai Fund – All Hands On Deck! =-.
@Financial Samurai
. I do hope to see your name on the list next year.
The club is open to all bloggers. I just added the numbers
PNG is hot, but I’d take it over the Canadian cold.
I had a great birthday and New Year. Thanks for asking.
Craig, I just thought of something…with you in Papua New Guinea, and Adam Baker at some subject-to-change-location in Australia/New Zealand, you two are practically neighbors–relatively speaking of course.
(Obviously, I have too much time on my hands…)
.-= Kevin@OutOfYourRut´s last blog ..7 Ways to Improve the Success of Your New Business =-.
Thanks for putting this together, Craig. It was very interesting reading this and seeing how some of the sites compare. Best of luck to everyone in 2010!
.-= Patrick´s last blog ..Cloth Diapers vs. Disposable Diapers =-.
Thanks for putting this list together Craig! I got started a little late in the game in 2009 with this carnival so I hope to do better in 2010!
This is one of the only carnivals I like since it highlights the best 10.
Thanks again!
.-= Brad´s last blog ..People Need An Excuse To Spend Money, And They’re Eager To Find One =-.
Those are a great list of blogs, I enjoy most of them but a few are new to me. Thanks great post and looking forward to many more.