TechCrunch raking Php10 Million a month

The TechCrunch blog was launched in June of 2005 and in just 2 years, they’re the world’s #4 blog (Technorati Popular) and maybe the 2nd most influential (after Engadget).

But the news the other day was how much TC was raking in per month — $240,000PHP 14,084,520INR 20,339,952EUR 228,552CNY 1,746,792 or just over Php10,000,000USD 170,400INR 14,446,000EUR 162,300CNY 1,241,000. Sweet.

Now that’s a lot of trailing zeros. With just 8 full-time employees, including a recently-hired CEO, that number breaks down to $30,000PHP 1,760,565INR 2,542,494EUR 28,569CNY 218,349 per month per employee. The San Francisco Chronicle screamed the obvious — “Yes, some blogs are profitable – very profitable.”

That amount comes from the 125×125 pixel ads at the homepage – each one, $10,000PHP 586,855INR 847,498EUR 9,523CNY 72,783 a pop per month. Add to that a $200PHP 11,737INR 16,950EUR 190CNY 1,456 per job listing on their Jobs Board. That does not count other revenues TC get from their conferences and parties.

Wow, I thought you spend money to do parties, not earn from them (cool!).