The 2008 BlogWorld & New Media Expo will take place September 20-21 in Las Vegas, USA. It is definitely one of the events which every serious blogger should consider joining. I would like to share some important blogging statistics which I found at Blog World & New Media Expo website:

• Over 12 million American adults currently maintain a blog.
• More than 147 million Americans use the Internet.
• Over 57 million Americans read blogs.
• 1.7 million American adults list making money as one of the reasons they blog.
• 89% of companies surveyed say they think blogs will be more important in the next five years.
• 9% of internet users say they have created blogs .
• 6% of the entire US adult population has created a blog .
• Technorati is currently tracking over 70 million blogs .
• over 120 thousand blogs are created every day .
• There are over 1.4 million new blog posts every day .
• 22 of the 100 most popular websites in the world are blogs .
• 120,000 new blogs are created every day .
• 37% of blog readers began reading blogs in 2005 or 2006 .
• 51% of blog readers shop online .
• Blog readers average 23 hours online each week .

Conclusion:

These numbers are amazing. Blogging industry is on the rise.  If you think you lost your chance to succeed in blogging because you are too late, you may fail. The gold rush has just began! Do your best and have your share in this ever-increasing giant industry. If you can afford, join events like Blog World Expo, meet leaders of blogging industry in person, and learn the latest trends in blogging.