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.
Here’s the pie chart of the top 26.
Here’s the bar chart of the top 26.
In tabular form, the Alexa Global Traffic Ranks for the seventy eight (78) blogs are as follows:
| 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 | inventor-ru.typepad.com | no data |
| 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 http://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 http://autodesk.blogs.com/. Way to go Shaan!!
And congrats to Kean, for securing third place with his blog http://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!
If you’re interested, please follow my site as well for your next years rankings… I might even break to top 100! LOL
Thanks.
Hey Chris. I’m creating the post for 2015. You made it.
Brian,
I enjoyed your article. I was hoping to see my CAD blog, Best CAD Tips, http://bestcadtips.com, on the list, but despite having a pretty good Alexa rating, it was missing. Could you please give my blog a look and see if you would include it in future lists? Thanks, and have a Happy New Year! Mark
Hey Mark. I’m doing 2015’s post now, and you made it.
Congratulations to Edwin!
Nice ranking. I know most of them but some are new and very interesting. Thanks
Hi Brian
We have launched a new blog this year for the purpose of sharing tips, shortcuts and workflow ideas using Autodesk infrastructure applications. We would love to have our blog included in your next review.
Civilimmersion.typepad.com
Thank you for your consideration!
Jeff Bartels
Hi Jeff. I’m just going through my comments now, and came across yours. I’ve included your blog in my soon coming 2016 post. Thanks for letting me know about it. Brian
cad-notes website helps me a lot