1. Every calendar month over the last year (and more) I have shortlisted and featured

. For the above ranking, I added up the number of pieces from each blog featured in the whole of 2016 - the more posts featured, the higher the blog is ranked.

2. The blogs shortlisted in the ranking above are a subset of all the blogs whose posts have featured. in

, which also includes posts from creatives, technologists, group blogs, etc.

3. For the purposes of this ranking, I have defined a planning/strategy blog as a single-author self-published blog run by an account planner/strategist. This definition also encompasses alumni planners and marketing thinkers whose blogging output is of relevance to those within the discipline.

4. Blogs with a shared ranking(denoted with =) have been listed alphabetically.

5. If you have read or write something that merits inclusion in the upcoming editions of

, ping me via

or

.