December Tots100 Index: the UK's Top 100 parent blogs

Welcome to the December Tots100 index of the UK's top 100 parent blogs and bloggers!

Right off the bat, I'm just going to say: This is the BEST INDEX EVER.

It's a bold claim, I know. But after all the shenanigans of the last few months, this month I've gone through the metrics with a fine toothcomb. Everything has been checked, evaluated and compared so we can be confident the metrics we're using are as fair and representative as I think they can be.

We have ended up with something that is balanced between valuing longevity and volume of content on the one hand with how popular and talked about a blog is right now across all online platforms - not just the blog itself.

And I know I say it every month, but while there may be other indexes based in whole or in part on the subjective views of the companies that create them, this is the only independent index based entirely on publicly available data, that's updated every single month (although judging by how long certain companies spend copying huge tracts of information from this blog, I'd expect a copycat to come floating out of the woodwork any time now).

Before we get started, then, some points I'd like to make about this month's index:

1. It's an index. Not the formula for eternal life. Therefore I reserve the right to (gently) tease anyone who takes it too seriously.

2. The metrics score you based on three basic things: links; comments; readership. As Meatloaf says, two out of three ain't bad. But it won't get you in the top 10 of the Tots100. No, he didn't say the last bit.

3. If you want to boost your score, my top tips are: put a link to your Twitter account on your blog; register your blog with Technorati; make it as easy as possible for people to comment on, link to and Tweet your content. Simple.

Of course, don't forget to get your blog badges by clicking on the link here.

If you’re not listed this month and you haven’t yet submitted your blog to Who’s the Mummy, please leave a comment on THIS post with your blog name and blog URL, and I’ll add you to the mix next time.

Right, let’s go!

The Top100 British Parent Blogs and Bloggers:

Rank	Blog	Score	Change
1	Alpha Mummy	701	+1
2	A Modern Mother	673	-1
3=	Jo Beaufoix	653	+5
3=	Bambino Goodies	653	+11
5	Who's the Mummy?	652	+2
6	Potty Diaries	651	+2
7	Babyccino Blog	647	+4
8	Sticky Fingers	628	-2
9	Single Parent Dad	625	+3
10=	All That Comes With It	621	-6
10=	Violet Posy	621	+5
12	Baby Baby	606	-7
13	Noble Savage	605	+9
14	English Mum	604	-11
15	Crystal Jigsaw	596	+2
16	You've Got Your Hands Full	595	-6
17	Little Mummy	587	+8
18	Are We Nearly There Yet, Mummy?	577	+6
19	Bedside Crow	573	-4
20	Molly Chicken	572	+12
21	Millennium Housewife	519	21
22	Maternal Tales	506	-2
23	If I Could Escape	489	+21
24	Grits Day	486	+22
25	Insomniac Mummy	480	+5
26	Nixd Minx	480	+1
27	Brits in Bosnia	476	-8
28	Bringing Up Charlie	470	-10
29	Working Mum on Verge	468	+24
30	Motherhood: The Final Frontier	467	+18
31	WAHM-BAM	466	-9
32	Diary of a Desperate Exmoor Woman	465	-3
33	Family Affairs	462	-20
34	Being a Mummy	458	-12
35	Breastfeeding Mums Blog	456	+6
36	Wife in the North	435	=
37	Notes From Inside my Head	434	-2
38	Living With Kids	432	=
39	Parentdish	431	NEW
40	Diary of a Yummie Mammy	421	=
41	Cotton Pickin' Days	420	+6
42	More Than Just a Mother	419	-9
43	A Mother's Ramblings	410	+35
44	Live Otherwise	410	+11
45	The Woods and the Trees	407	+23
46	Have a Lovely Time	395	+26
47	Not Supermum	392	+12
48	Patch of Puddles	389	NEW!
49	Family Friendly Working	388	-18
50	Rosie Scribble	373	-7
51	Country Lite	370	NEW!
52	Diary of a Surprise Mum	357	+15
53	Wife of Bold	353	+4
54	Clareybabble	352	-2
55	Dulwich Mum	349	+25
56	Tattie Weasle	347	+18
57	Frog in the Field	343	+7
58	Rebel Mother	339	+27
59	Dulwich Divorcee	338	+2
60	New Mummy	337	-34
61	Kitschy Coo	337	-34
62	Mother at Large	336	-11
63	Flower Fairies and Fairy Cakes	332	RE-ENTRY
64	Hairy Farmer Family	327	+7
65	Metropolitan Mum	323	+22
66	Welsh Hills Again	319	NEW!
67	Mummy Do That!	318	NEW!
68	More to Life than Laundry	317	RE-ENTRY
69	Glowstars	311	NEW!
70	3 Kids no Job	310	RE-ENTRY
71	Nappy Valley Girl	306	-25
72	Sleep is for the Weak	304	+1 ;-P
73	Home Office Mum	301	RE-ENTRY
74	Daddacool	301	NEW!
75	Musings of a Juggling Mother	300	-6
76	Bush Babies	297	-11
77	Family Relationships	296	-1
78	It's a Small World	285	-33
79	Hot Cross Mum	281	-51
80	Positive Parents, Happy Kids	278	RE-ENTRY
81	A Place of my own	271	-47
82	Littlesheep Learning	273	=
83	Synchronisation of Us	265	NEW!
84=	20 Something Mum	264	+14
84=	Withenay	264	NEW!
86	Yummy Mummy Tips	259	+9
87	40 Not Out	257	-29
88	Perfectly Happy Mum	245	-25
89	Mom or Mum Wars	234	RE-ENTRY
90=	Mums Rock	233	NEW!
90=	Snaffles Mummy	231	NEW!
92	Four Down Mum to Go	226	-38
93=	Really Rachel	221	-41
93=	Some Mothers Do Ave Em	221	NEW!
95	And 1 More Means 4	220	RE-ENTRY
96	Smell of Little Pong	217	-25
97	Don't Panic RTFM	209	RE-ENTRY
98	Most/Least	198	-17
99	Thames Valley Mums	197	-27
100	View from Nappy Mountain	195	RE-ENTRY

JUST MISSED OUT THIS MONTH: Nunhead Ramblings and Angels and Urchins were both within 5 points of the top 100. Well done!