Until a few years back you could find only a few worthwhile blog related to personal finance focused for Indian audience. Thanks to the increasing internet usage here, there has been a sharp surge in number of bloggers from India. This has definitely helped the Indian audience to take better financial decisions. The post has listed top 30 Personal Finance blogs in India.
These blogs deals with Personal Financial Planning, Investments, Retirement Planning, Insurance, Loans, Fixed Deposits, Provident Funds, Stock Markets, Gold, Silver, Real Estate Investment, Credit Cards, Credit Score, Taxation, Inheritance Planning, Reviews on various Financial Products among many other topics.
The interesting thing is these blogs are authored by a diverse set of authors – some are expert financial planners while others are IT professionals, engineers, doctors or Home makers.
Blog Ranking Methodology:
There are several ways in which blogs’ popularity can be ranked and all of them have some drawback. I have ranked the blogs based on their Alexa India Rank as on January 13, 2013 [Alexa Ranks are updated daily]. This shows the popularity of blog in India. Lower the rank, more popular is the blog.
For those who are not familiar with Alexa Ranking – Alexa is one of the leading internet statistics engines. Its ranks show how your site is doing in comparison to other sites. The top 100 million websites are assigned Alexa worldwide rank and Alexa country rank. The worldwide rank shows your site popularity in the world while Alexa country rank shows the popularity in that particular country.
According to some internet gurus Alexa Ranks are not 100% accurate and based on estimations. This is true to an extent but it is generally good in comparing when the blogs deal with similar subject [personal finance in our case] and same country [India].
Top 30 Personal Finance Blogs in India:
I have also added the blog’s Google page rank, Number of subscribers on RSS & email and Facebook Likes as was available on respective blogs on January 13, 2013.
[dropcap]1[/dropcap] Simple Tax India by Raj Kumari
The blog is based on blogger platform and writes mainly on Tax related topics. No details available about author.
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
4,582 | 47,785 | 3 | ? | ? | Nov 2011 |
[dropcap]2[/dropcap] Tax Guru by Sandeep Kanoi
Again a website which writes on tax related topics mainly for CA, CS and finance professionals. Also covers recent Circular, Notification, Amendments, and Case Laws etc. Not much details about the author.
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
4,730 | 45,387 | 3 | ? | 6,303 | Feb 2008 |
[dropcap]3[/dropcap] Jago Investor by Manish Chauhan
The blog covers all the topics related to personal finance – right from investments, insurance, product reviews and much more. The blog also has a very active forum where you can ask questions. Manish is from IT background and also does financial coaching. Manish has also authored a book with Network18 Publications Limited Jago Investor: Change your Relation with Money.
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
5,108 | 44,208 | 3 | ? | 4,400 | Jan 2009 |
[dropcap]4[/dropcap] Investment Kit by ?
The blog reports all the latest news related to personal finance. This is one of the oldest blog and updated very frequently. There is not much information about the author.
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
11,015 | 97,169 | 1 | ? | 763 | Apr 2005 |
[dropcap]5[/dropcap] One Mint by Manshu
The blog covers almost all aspect of personal finance. Has “Suggest a topic” where you can tell Manshu, what you want to read next.
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
12,838 | 85,926 | 6 | 10,559 | 1,187 | Nov 2005 |
[dropcap]6[/dropcap] Apna Plan by Amit Kumar
Well this is my blog and you can read more about me here.
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
16,303 | 142,878 | 1 | 921 | 97 | Jul 2011 |
[dropcap]7[/dropcap] My Investment Ideas by Suresh K P
This is quite young blog and covers business ideas, money saving tips along with personal finance tips. Suresh, the author of the blog has experience of more than 15 years in financial planning and investing.
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
26,835 | 2,07,226 | 1 | ? | 26 | Jun 2012 |
[dropcap]8[/dropcap] TFL Guide by Hemant Beniwal
A blog written by Hemant, who is certified financial planner. The blog has more than 11,000 feedburner subscribers, which shows its popularity.
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
29,073 | 2,24,840 | 3 | 11,257 | 2,054 | Dec 2010 |
[dropcap]9[/dropcap] Raag Vamdatt by Raag Vamdatt
Raag is MBA from NMIMS, Mumbai and BE from Gujrat University. He is full time financial planner and blogger.
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
30,282 | 2,28,635 | 3 | ? | 2,202 | Oct 2007 |
[dropcap]10[/dropcap] Think Plan Invest by Krishna
Krishna is computer engineer and full time blogger. His blog covers personal finance topics along with Banagalore real estate. I like the name of the blog – Think, Plan & Invest.
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
32,490 | 2,63,264 | 2 | ? | ? | Oct 2008 |
[dropcap]11[/dropcap] Be Money Aware by Kirti
Kirti is a software consultant and mother of two children, residing in Bangalore. The best part of her blog is the detail in which she covers the topics.
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
36,421 | 3,50,470 | 2 | ? | ? | Mar 2011 |
[dropcap]12[/dropcap] Fin Gyan by Neetu Sehgal
Neetu is MBA from Symbosis, Pune and commerce graduate from Delhi University. You can find a lot of informative articles on her blog.
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
36,526 | 4,23,728 | 2 | 784 | 271 | Nov 2010 |
[dropcap]13[/dropcap] Capital Mind by Deepak Shenoy
The blog covers Indian Stock markets, Indian Economy along with various topics related to investments. Deepak is an entrepreneur and also writes for yahoo India. You can approach him for financial planning advise and training.
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
39,621 | 3,28,229 | 4 | 4,505 | 612 | Jan 2010 |
[dropcap]14[/dropcap] Subra Money by P V Subramanyam
Subramanyam is CA by qualification and financial trainer by profession. He is regular on TV and writes personal finance related columns in magazines. Recently he has also authored a book – “Retire Rich Invest Rs. 40 a day“. His blog covers some of his experiences from his day to day interaction with his clients.
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
42,823 | 3,73,932 | 3 | ? | ? | Aug 2008 |
[dropcap]15[/dropcap] Get Money Rich by Kaikhali
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
49,470 | 4,01,747 | 1 | 678 | 266 | Jun 2009 |
[dropcap]16[/dropcap] The Banking Bible by Vipul Taneja
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
55,676 | 4,93,842 | – | ? | 643 | Jun 2010 |
[dropcap]17[/dropcap] Wealthy Matters by
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
59,039 | 5,66,676 | 2 | ? | 6 | Jan 2011 |
[dropcap]18[/dropcap] Getting Money Wise by Ankit Agarwal
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
59,161 | 1,81,670 | 3 | ? | 1,940 | Dec 2009 |
[dropcap]19[/dropcap] My Journey to Billionaire Club by Asav Patel
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
60,149 | 4,00,628 | 2 | 1,201 | ? | Jul 2009 |
[dropcap]20[/dropcap] The Wealth Wisher by ?
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
60,156 | 5,30,347 | 1 | ? | 457 | Aug 2008 |
[dropcap]21[/dropcap] Nine Million Dollars by Mayank Gupta
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
60,167 | 3,76,455 | 2 | ? | 34 | Jul 2011 |
[dropcap]22[/dropcap] Anand’s Blog by Anand Vijaykumar
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
76,363 | 6,13,284 | 2 | ? | 189 | ? |
[dropcap]23[/dropcap] Personal Finance 201 by Ranjan Varma
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
90,496 | 10,23,928 | 4 | ? | ? | May 2007 |
[dropcap]24[/dropcap] Investorz Club by Amit Agarwal
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
92,954 | 6,38,866 | 2 | ? | 389 | May 2012 |
[dropcap]25[/dropcap] Capital Advisor by Vinaya H S
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
1,01,026 | 5,94,473 | 2 | 658 | 48 | Jan 2005 |
[dropcap]26[/dropcap] Money Excel by Shitanshu
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
1,08,232 | 7,53,546 | 2 | ? | 113 | Oct 2012 |
[dropcap]27[/dropcap] Value Investor India by Rohit Chauhan
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
1,17,695 | 10,49,915 | 3 | 3,121 | ? | ? |
[dropcap]28[/dropcap] Bachat Khata by Gopal Gidwani
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
1,26,705 | 18,73,222 | – | ? | ? | Jul 2010 |
[dropcap]29[/dropcap] Finance Dunia by Srikanta Kundu
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
1,46,285 | 11,25,008 | 1 | ? | 329 | Oct 2011 |
[dropcap]30[/dropcap] Good Moneying by Manikaran Singal
Alexa India | Alexa World | Page Rank | RSS/ email Subs. | Facebook Likes | Setup-Date |
1,76,801 | 19,06,166 | 1 | ? | ? | Oct 2011 |
Way Forward:
If your blog is listed here and you find any discrepancies please write back to us. I would update the same. You can also send me a 2-3 lines short write up which I can put against your blog listing. In case I missed your blog do let me know, I would like to extend this list for benefit of all.
I also request my readers to let us know about some blogs we missed through comments or contact me page. I also intend to track these blogs on a monthly/ quarterly/ annual basis and add more parameters to determine its popularity and usefulness. You can also give your feedback on the blogs listed here and I promise to display your feedback as it is provided it’s not spam.
In the mean time I would also love to hear your thoughts, criticism and ideas!
Hi Amit,
Thanks for added my blog here. My blog was started in October 2008 and has 217 likes (& counting) in fb with around 300+ followers via email/rss etc
Anand
Hey Amit, myself Srikanta Kundu founder of http://www.financedunia.com .
I have seen that you have firstly add this blog in your top 30 list and thereafter you have cut it.First of all thanks for choosing this blog in top 30 but why you have cut it,as this blog is running in well condition.So please check it update the above.
I cut it as your blog was down. Might be for the period I checked.
I would for sure make this link active again.
My suggestion for your site ,remove iframe ads from infolinks
Thanks for showing simple tax India on top Finance Blog .
we want to clarify that we are in this field since June ,2007 .See archive on our page .
Blog subscriber are 73445
http://feeds.feedburner.com/SIMPLETAXINDIA
Facebook followers
8437
https://www.facebook.com/simpletaxindia.org
Avg daily page views :60K
Monthly :18L
In June July figure are are around 30L
Wow! these are really great numbers 🙂
Hi Amit
Its nice to see my blog on the list with good ranking. Thanks for your mention Amit 🙂
All the listed blogs are really content rich and helpful…Also have a look at my stock market related blog …Do you have any list of top “stock market related blog?
Thanks! I look forward to list top stock market blogs too in near future :). Please keep your suggestions coming in!
Good info. I never saw such a detailed list before for Indian readers.
Thanks and good to know you like it. Which is your favourite?
Thank Amit for counting me in your list. It feels good to be in this List 🙂
Hi Amit,
Thanks for counting us in 🙂
Hemant Beniwal
The pleasure is all mine 🙂
Hello Amit,
I write on Personal Financial Planning at http://www.Bachatkhata.com. I have been ranked 28 on your list. Thank you so much for including my blog. It feels very nice to be included among the top personal finance blogs. Thanks once again.
Best Regards
Gopal Gidwani
Cheers to your hard work and Blogging skills! Would you like to add some more personal finance blogs I might have missed in the list?
I am also planning to start my blog. Can you tell me how much are these blogs earning.
I wished I could give you that figure. You can request the owners of the blogs to pass on the earning info. As far as I am concerned, I have published my earning report for 2012 here.
But let me tell you its not easy to make money through blogging and you would need lot of patience and perseverance to make good money.
A good collection,While there could be debate about choosing Alexa rank atleast it’s some metric.
Thanks a lot for including our name. We need to work harder to be able to make it to the list 🙂
Thanks! Going forward I want to use some more metrics for ranking but still not sure what! Can you something more to alexa?
Amit,I am Keerthika Singaravel. I write blog no.17 on your list -Wealthymatters.
I am an engineer,investor and businessperson.
Wealthymatters is for people interested in the topic of wealth-how to make it,keep it,grow it,spend it,enjoy it,pass it down the generations and give it away.
For the rest of the info,I’m afraid I don’t have the figures from Jan 13-just approximates from today.Please leave me a comment on my about page if you want them for your list.
In any case, thanks for including my blog.I am familiar with quite a few blogs on the list but have never dared write to the bloggers themselves.I consider them way beyond me.I’m so flattered to find my blog mentioned on the same list as them.
Hi Keerthika
Thanks for writing in. I would include your brief profile with your blog rank. And about the stats of your blog I would contact you when I update the list next month/ quarter.
Amit
This is a great list of Indian personal finance blogs. Whenever I searched Google for top PF blogs in India, I used to get all US based blogs list.
I am regular reader of Jagoinvestor & Onemint. I think I will some more in my reading list now 🙂
Yes this would help readers widen their base and the good news is we have more and more people in India launching their blogs.
Thanks for including us on the list of Best 30 blogs.
I am regular reader of your blog and have learnt a lot from your blog.
While Alexa rank is not a great metric to develop a top 30 list I appreciate the effort and thank you for including us in the list 🙂
I agree about limitations of Alexa – but am using it for lack of a better metric 🙂