Blogging is now one of the highest paying online businesses in the world today. The good thing about it is that it costs next to nothing to startup. Why waste time engaging in internet fraud when you can do affordable online businesses as this. Since its introduction to Nigeria, many started off as a joke and others to help keep the bloggers busy but today, they have grown into online media empires worth millions of dollars. The thing about blogging is that anyone can be a blogger, and anybody can be successful. It’s just about following the rules on SEO, quality content, passion, persistence and consistence. It is a way to offer vital informations in exchange for good sums of money. Read on to see the 2017 list of highest earning blogs in Nigeria from Google adsense, affiliate marketing, in-site advertising, promotions and more.

FROM NO. 10 TO NO. 1 HERE ARE THE 2017 HIGHEST EARNING BLOGS IN NIGERIA


10. Ogbonge Blog: Nigeria's number one tutorial website ogbongeblog.com is one stacked with the most basic tutorials online. With monthly traffic running into millions, the blog generates revenue from affiliate marketing (including Jumia-Kaymu, Payoneer etc), and adverts publishing (including Google AdSense, Media.net) etc. raking in a total of $2.5million in 2016 alone. Jide the blogger always shares screenshots of his earnings to inspire and encourage uprising Nigerian bloggers
9. Techloy.com: one of Nigeria's top tech blog techloy.com, has made its mark in the African blogosphere. It was started at a time when other blogs focused strictly on entertainment. Their uniqueness has paid off big time as only a few blogs are able to compete with them in the tech industry. Techloy is worth an estimated $5million.
8. Yabaleftonline.com: this blog is presently the most read blog on celebrity matters. It has a huge traffic turnover running tens of millions every month especially from Facebook. Although the blog is rumored to have stepped into an already paved path by buying already existing and successful Fanpages and other social media handles. It’s also ranking as one of the most engaging blog Fan-pages in Nigeria on Facebook. What has been confirmed is that they use money to buy/gain traffic in legal ways which in return is more money. The top notch blogsite has been conservatively estimated to be worth $5.7million
7. Ynaija: ynaija.com is a joint venture/partnership type of blog. Maybe that’s the criteria that led to its fast rising. Started in August 2010, Ynaija deals majorly on the Nigerian youth culture. Ynaija is the mother company of the RedSTART group, the future project (organizers of one of Nigeria’s most prestigious youth awards “The Future Awards”). Ynaija is worth $7million.
6. GossipMill: gossipmill.com is by far one of Nigeria’s highest earning websites ever. The lifestyle of its CEO Somto Monanu has met real time transformation as the blogsite is a major source of revenue. It manages traffic of over 17million every month. The blog is one really salacious blog that focuses on celebrity, lifestyle and odd news. It’s presently worth a whopping $8million
5. 360Nobs: Nigerian entertainment, lifestyle and fashion website 360nobs.com has been quite successful lately. This has led to the further expansion of the online empire into a delivery company. With 360Delivery, you can order anything from clothing & apparels, to roast plantain if that’s what you want. Worth a whopping $9million, 360nobs is a formidable bog to watch.

4. NotJustOk: notjustok.com has penetrated the Nigerian music industry with which it started off and today it’s also ranking as one of Nigeria’s most red celebrity news blog. The NotJustOk blog is presently worth $9.6million
3. BELLA NAIJA: Bellanaija.com is one of the first modern blogs ever introduced to Nigeria. The blog started as a way to kill boredom, but today, its ranking as Nigeria’s no. 1 lifestyle blog. Google adsense and corporate advertiser s have been fair to this blog making a total worth of $10.3million
2. Naijaloaded: naijaloaded.com.ng was launched in 2009 as a forum for browsing cheats, tutorials and national exam malpractice (they sent answers to students right in their various exam locations for a fee).  This led to the abrupt blossoming of the site but due to several bad experiences with hackers, the forum which had over 1.3million registered users, was reformed to the music, entertainment and lifestyle blog it is now. Naijaloaded manages traffic of tens of millions worldwide and makes major revenue from promoting music, Google adsense, adverts, affiliate marketing, and several other private means. They recently launched their $1.2million office and the Naijaloaded Tv and studio. The website is worth a whopping $10.5million.

1. Linda Ikeji’s Blog: Linda Ikeji is one of the very debut elites of blogging in Nigeria. Her blog has become the number one online source for corporate advertisers. She has made her fortune from blogging as an advertiser and publisher. The Lindaikejisblog.com is simple to use, easy to access, and enjoyable to surf. It has an estimated worth of a whopping $15million. The blog is unarguably one of the top Nigerian blogs ever.

CONCLUSION
This list is subject to change in the coming years as we hope to see more disruptive blogs in the nearest future. If you still feel that there’s a blog that deserves all applauds as possible but has not been mentioned here, drop your comment and let us be aware of it.