Most bloggers are eager to know the most visited blogs in Kenya as at 2018.According to data from Alexa,here are the top 25 most visited sites in Kenya in 2018.
| RANK IN KENYA | BLOG NAME | MONTHLY VISITORS |
| 1 | Tuko | 30 million |
| 2 | Standard Media | 45 million |
| 3 | Nation | 40 million |
| 4 | The Star | 25 million |
| 5 | sde | 12 million |
| 6 | Citizen TV | 9 million |
| 8 | Ghafla | 8 million |
| 9 | Kenyans | 3 million |
| 10 | Kenyamoja | 2.5 million |
| 11 | NTD.TV | 2.3 million |
| 12 | Mpasho | 1.7 million |
| 13 | Venas News | 1.7 million |
| 14 | BrighterMonday | 1.5 million |
| 15 | Victor Matara | 700,000 |
| 16 | Career Point Kenya | 700,000 |
| 17 | Kenyan Post | 650,000 |
| 18 | My Job Mag | 600,000 |
| 19 | Business Daily Africa | 600,000 |
| 20 | Soft Kenya | 600,000 |
| 21 | Fuzu | 550,000 |
| 22 | Jobweb Kenya | 550,000 |
| 23 | Kenyaplex | 530,000 |
| 24 | Capital FM | 500,000 |
| 25 | Pulselive | 500,000 |
The most popular blog in Kenya is Standardmedia with 40 million monthly visitors. The blog’s total number of visits dropped by 25% after Facebook reviewed its algorithm.Tuko, which on paper is the most visited takes position 2 with 30 million visits.
Over the past few months, precisely from January 2018 to April the same year, most blogs lost traffic, others with at least 50% visits. This was attributed to Facebook changes.
Blogging in Kenya is changing and in future, only few blogs will survive. Even those that will survive won’t manage over 30 million visits as is the case for Tuko.
In 2017 most sites that existed among the most visited websites in Kenya,have since dropped.Sites like Plive and Softkenya that used to dominate are now pushed downwards.Surprisingly,blogs like Venas News and Victor Matara,which have almost zero Facebook following are appearing in the list of most popular blogs in Kenya.
Now,as a blogger, what will you do to appear among the most popular websites in the country? Here is the trick.
Now that you won’t rely much on Facebook traffic,the best thing to do is learn how to use keywords.LongTail Pro is one tool you can use to understand how keywords are used. You can sign up for free here.Another way to improve your traffic is by using SEMrush.This tool will help you understand the most popular keywords among your competitors.
Make sure as you learn the usage of keywords, you take into consideration high quality articles. Without generating high quality articles, readers will eventually get bored with you.