As January draws to a close, it’s time to celebrate the first TotallyMoney Blog Awards of 2012! Every month we delve into stats from our Top Finance Blogs List to unearth the best blogging talent.

Our TotallyMoney Top Blogs List is an interactive compendium of some of the best finance blogs out there. Members have exclusive access to unique graphs and features, which show how your blog is faring over time in comparison to other blogs in the list.

Not a member of the TotallyMoney Top Finance Blogs List? Claim your blog to join us today!

Now on to the awards…

Social Butterflies

Our ‘Social Score’ aggregates Twitter Followers and Klout Score to see how extensive your social reach truly is. Taking Social Score figures from the end of the month and comparing them against stats from the beginning of January, we’ve whittled down the most socially influential members of the TotallyMoney Top Blogs List. They were…

1. Wealth Artisan
2. Pinch That Penny
3. The Penny Hoarder
4. Canadian Doomer
5. The Debt Princess

Blogging Powerhouses

Our ‘Blog Influence Score’ aggregates feed subscribers and Technorati Authority to work out just how popular and influential your blog is. Once again we looked at Blog Influence Score at the end of January versus the beginning of the month to find the top blogging heavyweights. They were…

1. Smart on Money
2. Debt Resolution
3. The Penny Hoarder
4. Below Your Means
5. Debt Sucks Blog

Mighty Sites

We’ve aggregated SEOmoz Rank, Google Rank, Alexa Rank and SEOmoz Links to work out your Site Strength Score. Comparing Site Strength stats from the beginning of and end of January, we found the most popular within the TotallyMoney Top Blogs List. They were…

1. The Credit Letter
2. Money Challenge
3. 20andEngaged
4. Cash the Checks
5. Help Me to Save

Crowd Pleasers

We’ve incorporated Alexa Rank and Compete Rank to come up with an overall ‘Site Traffic Score’, to gauge the volume of traffic your blogs are drawing in. The greatest crowd pleasers in our list last month were…

1. Bank Nerd
2. The Credit Letter
3. Money in the 20s
4. Krant Cents
5. Wealth Artisan

Top Newcomers

By combining Social Reach Scores, Blog Influence Scores, Site Strength Scores and Site Traffic Scores, we’ve come up with an overall TotallyMoney Score. We looked at the most recent subscribers in our list to see who had the highest overall scores. They were…

1. Coupon Cabin
2. Financial Mentor
3. Magical Penny
4. American Debt Project
5. Humble Savers

Ones to Watch

The TotallyMoney Score aggregates ten different APIs to give a complete picture of a blog’s performance. We’ve delved into the stats to find the blogs who made the biggest improvements to their overall TotallyMoney Score last month. The blogs who’ve made the greatest leap in all-round performance are…

1. Careful Cents
2. Pinch That Penny
3. The Credit Letter
4. Newly Weds on a Budget
5. Money Fox

Massive congratulations to all of you who’ve performed so well over the past month! We’ll be taking another look at where the stats stand in February. Until then, remember to check into your dashboards!

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p.s. Do you fancy hosting the TotallyMoney Blog Carnival in 2012? We still have a few host spots up for grabs. See here for more details.