This report analyzes the state of blogging in Manchester across five sectors: Manchester-centric, personal, art and culture, news and politics, and digital and PR. Data was collected on over 350 blogs from August 2010, including metrics like posts per month, age, links, and social media presence. On average, Manchester blogs are hosted on Blogger, created in 2007, and have 10 posts per month. Most blogs feature images and have a Twitter profile linked from the homepage. When analyzing blogs by sector, personal blogs average 14 posts per month and were created in 2007, while news and politics blogs average 56 posts and were created in 2008.