L.A. Observed ranked sixth (well, tied for sixth with Gawker et al) among favorite blogs of women in the media who responded to an email-in survey by Daniel Drezner of the University of Chicago. And it was conducted last winter, before traffic exploded around here. But OK, the poll was self-selecting to the max. And well, OK, women were just a small fraction of the respondents. And, yeah, I guess it's only fair to point out that only two (Excel file) actually wrote in L.A. Observed. But still...
Previously on L.A. Observed: Inside baseball