Top 19 UK Money Saving Blogs - (Personal Finance Blogs)
We in the UK seem to be somewhat lacking in personal finance and money saving blogs. I intended to write a post called the top 50 personal finance blogs in the UK, but I couldn’t find 50, in fact I couldn’t even find 25. So please find below a list of the top 19 personal finance blogs in the UK. I’m really surprised that there are not no more blogs about money saving especially with the economy slipping into recession. With so many people looking for ways to tighten their belts now is the time to start a personal finance blog. I personally thought there would be loads of great UK money saving blogs but where are they all?
There are already loads of lists of the most popular personal finance blogs like this list, this list, this list, and this list, but they are nearly all American sites. Lots of the advice is still relevant but you can’t beat great advice from a blog in your own country. So I been working hard and pulled together the definitive list of the best money saving blogs in the UK. See below:
| Blog |  |
Google Page Rank | Total Score | ||
| 1 | Fool.co.uk | 11,407 | 13,439 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | Blogs.guardian.co.uk/money | 132,700 | 381 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Thriftyscot.co.uk | 7950 | 116,087 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Stevenaitchison.co.uk/blog | 41,314 | 103,031 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Blog.moneysavingexpert.com | Not listed | 2,503 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Plonkee.com | 36,876 | 410,222 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Moneyweek.com | not listed | 56,823 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | Thisismoney.co.uk/money-savers | 4,978,471 | 17,736 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Lse.co.uk/personal-finance-blogs.asp | Not listed | 72,994 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | Timesbusiness.typepad.com | Not listed | 90,818 | 3 | 9 |
| 11 | Promotionalcodes.org.uk/frugal-blog | 1,951,828 | 496,895 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | Msnukmoney.spaces.live.com | Not listed | Not listed | 5 | 5 |
| 13 | Debtbuddy.co.uk/blog | 4,537,200 | 2,264,167 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Bargainblog.blog.co.uk | 4,537,200 | Not listed | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Money-watch.co.uk | 4,537,200 | 933,286 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Christopherray.co.uk | 4,537,200 | 5,012,236 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Talk.mungomoney.co.uk | Not listed | 1,83,210 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Ukmoneypot.co.uk | Not listed | 1,976,698 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Youcouldsave.co.uk | Not Listed | 2,254,466 | 1 | 1 |
Note: Some of the Alexa ratings are for the main website not the actual blog, so this skews the results towards the large sites like Fool.co.uk, etc.
Scoring system: I used a similar to one used by Daniel at Daily Blog Tips.
Google Pagerank (0 - 10): The score comes from the actual Pagerank of the website site.
Alexa Rank (0 - 10): Ranges were determined based on the Alexa Rank (under 10,000 = 10 points, 10k to 25k = 9 points, 25k to 50k = 8, etc). Technorati Authority (0 - 10): Ranges were determined based on Technorati’s Authority rank and each range was assigned a number (1 to 10).
Is your blog missing? If your personal finance / frugal / money saving blog is not on this list and you are based in the UK just post a comment which includes your details and why you think your blog should be included in this list. If suitable I will add it for you.
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We are Kathryn and Captain Frugal two money saving fanatics. Kathryn is a freelance writer living in San Francisco which means that she's had to work hard to maintain a frugal budget. Captain Frugal learned from a young age that a penny saved is a penny earned, he's made it his life's mission to beat "the system" a few cents at a time. "Living the high life is easy!" say's captian frugal, "all you need is a little creativity, to improve your lifestyle and still save money!
Hello, as suggested I put my personal finance blog up for review - its called Where Does It Go? (http://www.where-does-it-go.com) and tries to cover money issues that affect the average 30 year old in the UK. Any comments welcomed! Best Wishes, Robert Brown