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You'd think the answer would be self-evident: yes, perhaps bewilderingly so. But that doesn't stop snobs in the media elite from accusing blogs of lacking diversity, as an infamous Newsweek column did. Simon Owens of the Bloggasm blog conducted an extensive poll of bloggers to see if it is true. Here is what Owens found:

The Blogosphere as a whole: These are the results if you add all the niches together:

Male: 69%
Female: 31%
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White/Caucasian/European: 73%
Black/African: 9%
Asian: 10%
Middle Eastern/Arab: 1%
Latino/Hispanic: 6%
Native American: 1%...

Conclusions:

1. The only niches where females outnumbered males were Sex Blogs, Gossip/Fashion Blogs, Feminist Blogs, and Food Blogs.

2. White males make up the largest group within the blogosphere as a whole.

Does this result mean that blogs are any less diverse than, say, Newsweek? That we do not know.

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