The “Best Read” Law Prof Blogs

You probably know which blogs have the most traffic from Paul Caron’s “Law Prof Blog Rankings.” But I bet you have no idea which law blogs are the best read, that is, the ones that have “sticky” readership.

If you take Paul Caron’s Top Law Prof Blog rankings and rank the blogs based on the “average visit length” rather than based on traffic, you get noticeably different results. The “average visit length” cannot be measured over time, but the Navigation Trends toolbar allows you to check daily duration stats, which appear to be fairly stable within a narrow range.

Here’s a snapshot ranking of the “Best Read” Law Prof blogs (with Caron’s rankings in parenthesis):

1. 2:56 Jack Bog’s Blog (9)
2. 2:50 Sentencing Law & Policy Blog (10)
3. 2:42 Althouse (4)
4. 2:39 Opinio Juris (17)
4. 2:39 Election Law Blog (28)
6. 2:26 Mirror of Justice (26)
7. 2:21 Antitrust & Competition (35)
8. 2:19 Sports Law Blog (24)
9. 2:16 The Faculty Lounge (20)
10. 2:07 Right Coast (16)
11. 2:03 Patently-O (7)
12. 2:00 Prawfsblawg (13)
13. 1:57 Religion Clause (23)
14. 1:49 Balkinization (12)
15. 1:44 Legal Profession Blog (30)
16. 1:40 White Collar Crime Prof Blog (18)
16. 1:40 Legal Writing Prof Blog (33)
18. 1:35 Leiter Reports: Philosophy (6)
18. 1:35 Concurring Opinions (8)
20. 1:33 Workplace Prof Blog (14)
21. 1:31 Conglomerate (19)
21. 1:31 Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof (21)
23. 1:23 Leiter’s Law School Reports (11)
24. 1:24 Immigration Prof Blog (22)
24. 1:24 Empirical Legal Studies (32)
26. 1:18 Legal History Blog (27)
27. 1:11 Tax Prof Blog (5)
28. 0:59 Ideoblog (29)
29. 0:51 Discourse.net (15)
30. 0:44 Hugh Hewitt (2)
31. 0:34 CrimProf Blog (25)
32. 0:27 Volokh Conspiracy (3)
33. 0:26 MoneyLaw (34)
34. 0:01 Instapundit (1)