The Total Politics list of the Top 300 UK political blogs is here.

I have sunk to place 196 from 161 last year. Craig Murray has soared to 95 from 145.

Aaargh.

The methodology of this survey was curious this year, with people being expected to list ten blogs to take part:

Bloggers and blog readers were asked to rank their top ten blogs and then email them to Total Politics. The results were fed into a spreadsheet, with the top blog getting ten points, the second blog nine points and so on.

In total, people voted for 940 blogs (compared to 590 in 2008).

In other words, the sample is tiny, and skewed in favour of (a) people who read Iain’s blog, and (b) people who follow ten UK political blogs – a bit of a stretch for many of us?

Given the vast numbers of people who do read Iain’s blog, the participation rate was surprisingly small. I assume that he wanted to get the views of people who read a variety of blogs, so that less well-known blogs get a look-in? Were he to ask for people to vote for only (say) five blogs, he might get many more people voting but fewer blogs represented?

Anyway, all good clean fun. I wear my Top 20 Libertarian Blog badge with pride.

And feeble as my showing was in the Total Politics 2009 poll, I have moved up the Wikio ratings to a majestic 449th place for some reason.

Thanks, readers!