Guest Posting Statistics: What 3,225 Websites Tell Us

I've kept a database of websites that accept guest posts for years, and people use it every day to find places to pitch. It holds a lot of data, so I went through all of it to see what it says about where the opportunities are, how strong those sites are and which niches have the most open doors.

Everything on this page comes from the database itself. I haven't added survey answers, estimates or anyone else's figures.

The key guest posting statistics

• 3,225 different websites accept guest posts across 37 niches in my database (4,921 listings in total).
• The median Domain Authority is 43, and 37.6% of the sites (1,211) score 50 or higher.
• Marketing, Business and Technology are the biggest niches, with 1,270 listings between them (26% of the whole database).
• Technology has the most high-authority sites, with 74 at DA 70 or above.
• 854 websites (26%) accept guest posts in more than one niche.

How strong are the sites that accept guest posts?

Domain Authority (DA) is a score from 0 to 100 that estimates how likely a site is to rank. It's not a Google metric, but it's the number most people use to compare guest post sites. Here's how the 3,225 websites spread out, using each site's highest listed score.

Domain Authority	Websites	Share
70 and above	404	12.5%
50 to 69	807	25.0%
30 to 49	1,357	42.1%
Under 30	657	20.4%

The biggest group sits between 30 and 49. That's where most working blogs are: established enough to have readers, but not so big that every pitch disappears into a queue. The 404 sites at 70 and above are the ones everyone wants, so expect stricter editors and longer waits.

Guest posting statistics by niche

This is every niche in the database, sorted by how many listings it has. The median DA tells you what a typical site in that niche looks like.

Niche	Listings	Median DA	DA 50+	DA 70+
Marketing	462	44	177	67
Business	422	45	166	58
Technology	386	45	156	74
Lifestyle	376	42	117	37
Health and Fitness	297	40	98	39
Travel	236	42	74	17
Web Design and Web Development	235	44	95	41
Fashion and Wedding	180	44	68	24
Finance	176	48.5	86	43
Food	168	46	75	30
Home and Garden	142	38	41	11
Family and Parenting	139	44	56	15
Books and Writing	132	46.5	58	16
Blogging	116	45	46	20
Education	116	48.5	52	25
Career	84	42	29	6
Self-Improvement	82	44	29	4
Religion	81	43	24	4
SEO	81	37	21	10
Pets and Animals	77	40	24	6
Music	72	39.5	22	12
Automotive	70	35	12	3
Science	68	45.5	31	14
Arts	66	44.5	28	11
Law	65	39	23	6
Entertainment	64	45.5	26	15
Real Estate	62	40	15	5
Gaming	57	46	28	11
Content Marketing	56	49	28	18
Entrepreneurship	56	47.5	25	10
Photography	56	43.5	23	7
Social Media	56	46	24	7
Sports	54	53	31	14
Politics	50	54.5	29	8
Movies	32	58.5	19	11
Dental	25	34	9	3
Shopping	24	39	6	3

Which niches have the most high-authority sites?

If you want the strongest sites, these niches have the most at DA 70 or above:

• Technology: 74 sites at DA 70+ out of 386
• Marketing: 67 sites at DA 70+ out of 462
• Business: 58 sites at DA 70+ out of 422
• Finance: 43 sites at DA 70+ out of 176
• Web Design and Web Development: 41 sites at DA 70+ out of 235

Bigger niches naturally have more of everything, so it's worth looking at the typical site too. Among niches with at least 30 listings, these have the highest median DA:

• Movies: median DA 58.5 across 32 listings
• Politics: median DA 54.5 across 50 listings
• Sports: median DA 53 across 54 listings
• Content Marketing: median DA 49 across 56 listings
• Finance: median DA 48.5 across 176 listings

Smaller niches can be the better bet. Shopping, Dental and Movies have the fewest listings, which usually means fewer people pitching the same editors.

What this means if you're pitching guest posts

Start with the niche your business lives in, then look sideways. 854 sites accept posts in more than one niche, so a marketing blog may also take a small business or technology piece if the angle is right.

Don't chase DA alone. A site at 40 that your customers read is worth more than a site at 80 they've never heard of. Use the score to shortlist, then read the last few posts on each site and check the topics and quality before you pitch.

You can search the full list in my database of websites that accept guest posts, and my guide to blogs that accept guest posts explains how to pitch them. If you want to write for this blog, here are my guest post guidelines.

How I put this study together

I took every listing in the database, 4,921 in total across 37 niches. Some websites appear in more than one niche, so I removed the duplicates by domain to count 3,225 unique websites. For the authority figures I used the Domain Authority recorded for each site in the database, taking the highest listed score where a site appears more than once. Scores change over time, so treat them as a snapshot rather than a live reading.

This study looks at niches and authority. I also checked the same list live, site by site, to see how many were still working, and you can read what the live check of 5,000 guest post websites found. Editors open and close their doors all the time, so always check a site's current guidelines before you pitch.

Frequently asked questions

How many websites accept guest posts?

My database lists 3,225 different websites that accept guest posts, across 37 niches. Some sites accept posts in several niches, so there are 4,921 listings in total.

What is a good Domain Authority for a guest post site?

Across the 3,225 sites in my database the median Domain Authority is 43. Around a quarter score 50 to 69 and 12.5% score 70 or above, so anything over 50 puts a site in the top 37.6%.

Which niche has the most blogs that accept guest posts?

Marketing has the most, with 462 listings, followed by Business with 422 and Technology with 386.

Can I use these statistics in my own article?

Yes. Please credit Lilach Bullock and link to https://www.lilachbullock.com/guest-posting-statistics/ so your readers can see the full data.