Welcome to my fourth annual “Top CAD Blogs” post! Just like last year, I’ve lumped all different software specific CAD blogs (AutoCAD vs. Revit vs. Inventor vs. etc.) together.
As usual, I ranked the top CAD blogs according to Alexa’s Global Traffic Rank. Alexa explains that their traffic rank is a measure of a site’s popularity. The rank is calculated using a combination of average daily visitors and page views over the past 3 months. The site with the highest combination of visitors and page views is ranked #1.
The websites that qualified for consideration were website that were:
- Structured primarily as a CAD blog.
- Active.
- Not highly commercial.
Top CAD Blogs of 2014
I considered seventy eight (78) blogs, and listed them in table format below. The two charts that I’ve included display the top twenty six (26) blogs.
In tabular form, the Alexa Global Traffic Ranks for the seventy eight (78) blogs are as follows:
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| Top CAD Blogs | Alexa Global Traffic Rank |
|---|---|
| 1. cad-notes.com | 232,255 |
| 2. autodesk.blogs.com | 306,295 |
| 3. through-the-interface.typepad.com | 441,704 |
| 4. autocadtips.wordpress.com | 577,466 |
| 5. blog.jtbworld.com | 595,934 |
| 6. thebuildingcoder.typepad.com | 624,903 |
| 7. cadblog.pl | 722,480 |
| 8. lynn.blogs.com | 779,419 |
| 9. revitclinic.typepad.com | 807,435 |
| 10. labs.blogs.com | 919,810 |
| beingcivil.typepad.com | 977,265 |
| designandmotion.net | 1,206,716 |
| cadsetterout.com | 1,300,811 |
| jamiesjewels.typepad.com | 1,347,061 |
| thecadgeek.com | 1,626,254 |
| rcd.typepad.com | 1,627,597 |
| geospatial.blogs.com | 1,658,139 |
| 3dcadportal.com | 1,735,249 |
| dwf.blogs.com | 1,744,999 |
| deelip.com | 1,800,437 |
| caddmanager.com/CMB | 1,830,274 |
| mayastation.typepad.com | 1,853,478 |
| opendesignproject.org | 1,929,907 |
| justonesandzeros.typepad.com | 2,045,727 |
| crackingthevault.typepad.com | 2,089,314 |
| dux.typepad.com | 2,141,922 |
| underthehood-autodesk.typepad.com | 2,238,445 |
| bimblog.typepad.com | 2,506,493 |
| bimandbeam.typepad.com | 2,628,401 |
| cadpanacea.com | 2,712,819 |
| ontheedge.dezignstuff.com | 2,827,873 |
| blog.cadnauseam.com | 2,849,908 |
| worldcadaccess.typepad.com | 2,958,121 |
| autodeskmfg.typepad.com | 3,043,144 |
| heidihewett.blogs.com | 3,255,557 |
| otb.manusoft.com | 3,581,706 |
| modthemachine.typepad.com | 3,615,394 |
| cadtoolbox.com | 3,741,591 |
| ltunlimited.typepad.com | 3,926,290 |
| withoutanet.typepad.com | 4,294,096 |
| tonyscivil3dworld.blogspot.com | 4,692,895 |
| themadcadder.blogs.com | 4,913,667 |
| geospatialfrance.typepad.com | 4,951,465 |
| cadinsider.typepad.com | 5,378,238 |
| inside-the-system.typepad.com | 5,616,315 |
| hyperpics.blogs.com | 6,281,571 |
| geospatialnavigator.typepad.com | 6,444,518 |
| engineeringeducation.typepad.com | 7,368,417 |
| cadshack.blogspot.com | 7,389,290 |
| bimontherocks.typepad.com | 8,237,643 |
| insidethefactory.typepad.com | 8,252,677 |
| bimapps.typepad.com | 9,103,106 |
| kungfudrafter.com | 9,801,812 |
| cadblog.info | 10,138,270 |
| inventortopix.blogspot.com | 11,165,699 |
| betterateverything.info | 11,963,433 |
| in-the-pipes.typepad.com | 12,067,736 |
| lazydrafter.blogspot.com | 12,664,122 |
| mistressofthedorkness.blogspot.com | 13,571,046 |
| inthemachine-autodesk.typepad.com | 14,896,594 |
| gisexchange.typepad.com | 15,169,830 |
| ellipsis-autodesk.typepad.com | 15,271,342 |
| civilfrance.typepad.com | 15,275,799 |
| cad-a-blog.com | 18,565,681 |
| atlandsend.typepad.com | 18,809,495 |
| caddhelp.blogspot.com | 19,428,976 |
| whatamesh.typepad.com | 20,169,490 |
| fromthegroundup.typepad.com | 23,550,694 |
| doddsandends.typepad.com | 24,562,110 |
| familyjewels.typepad.com | 25,316,966 |
| adt_blog.typepad.com | no data |
| cad-botequim.typepad.com | no data |
| cadngis.blogspot.com | no data |
| cadklein.blogspot.com | no data |
| revit-pl.typepad.com | no data |
| classroomconnection.typepad.com | no data |
| structurebim.typepad.com | no data |
Let’s congratulate Edwin Prakoso for his second year in a row as the #1 CAD Blog with his blog https://www.cad-notes.com!! Congrats Edwin!!
Let’s also congratulate Shaan Hurley for his second year in a row as the #2 CAD Blog with his blog https://autodesk.blogs.com/. Way to go Shaan!!
And congrats to Kean, for securing third place with his blog https://through-the-interface.typepad.com. Welcome to the top 3 Kean!!
Conclusion
That’s it for 2014! I hope 2015 is the best and most prosperous year of your life!