Explosion

The blog population is exploding around the world, resembling the growth of e-mail users in the 1990s:

2005
April - 8,700,000
Jan. - 6,600,000

2004
Dec. - 5,400,000
Sept. - 4,100,000
June - 2,950,000
March - 2,000,000

2003
Dec. - 1,400,000
Sept. - 1,000,000
June - 300,000
March - 100,000

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But blogs are also taking off as chat boards and alternative newspapers in countries like Iran, Egypt, and China.