Blog software

Weblog software (also called blogging software or blogware) is software designed to simplify the creation and maintenance of weblogs. As specialized content management systems, weblog applications support the authoring, editing, and publishing of blog posts and comments, with special functions for image management, web syndication, and moderation of posts and comments.

Software used for top 20 blogs

The top blogs as ranked by Technorati use a mixture between third party software such as WordPress and that developed and maintained primarily by internal engineers, such as the system used by Gizmodo.

Blog Software
1 The Huffington Post Movable Type
2 Gizmodo Gawker bespoke software[1]
3 TechCrunch WordPress
4 TMZ.com WordPress
5 Engadget Blogsmith
6 Mashable WordPress
7 The Corner Drupal (Same CMS as National Review)
8 Boing Boing Movable Type
9 Hot Air WordPress
10 Gawker Gawker bespoke software[2]
11 Think Progress WordPress
12 The Daily Dish Typepad
13 The Daily Beast Unknown
14 Newsbusters Drupal
15 CNN Political Ticker WordPress
16 Ezra Klein at Washington Post Unknown
17 Breitbart.tv WordPress
18 Big Government WordPress
19 ReadWriteWeb Movable Type
20 Matthew Yglesias WordPress

See also