I am currently plowing my way through Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere 2009 report and thought that many of you fellow bloggers might find this information helpful.

Technorati has been publishing this report since 2004, and this year’s report focuses on a subject that is near and dear to many of our hearts – professional blogging.  For example, did you know that fully 9% of active bloggers are self-employed and blogging to get business? Considering all the blogs out there, this seems like a huge number to me. (The hobbyists – the ones blogging without any particular agenda – still lead the pack by far at 72%).

Only two parts of the five part report are currently out, but a new part is slated to appear every day this week, and all make for excellent morning coffee reading. I’m especially looking forward to the section on monetization which, if I’m not mistaken, will appear on Thursday.

Give it a read!