But just as important, in my opinion, is checking out new blogs. New bloggers with fresh voices (and great articles) pop up every month, and the very best of these are worth subscribing to. Meanwhile, there are still many popular, established PF bloggers that I haven’t had the time to check out yet.

So whether you’re trying to beef up your daily reading list, or trim it down–or even start one anew–I think it’s helpful to look at some of the better “top finance blogger” lists, to sift through the noise and get to the juicy signal. I’ve collected links to the best five such lists that I found, with a note/quote for each list.

Financial Ramblings: 150+ Personal Finance Blogs: who are the busiest bloggers, the longest lasting, and the most popular?

Why go to all this work? Well, it was fun, and some other people thought it was fun, so who am I to get in the way of fun? But practically, I discovered a ton of great blogs! Plus, I re-discovered a few that were not in my feed reader and should have been. Maybe you can find some new blogs, too.

WiseBread: Top 100+ Personal Finance Blogs – Sorted by Alexa Rank

The default view shows the top personal finance blogs ranked by traffic (Alexa). You can also rank these blogs by most incoming blog links, most subscribers, most link authority, and the best Compete Scores. This chart is updated daily.

the Dk report: Top 30 Financial Blogs

I compiled of 30 popular financial blogs. The ranking is measured against all US websites in the Alexa universe, blogs or otherwise… For this list, I excluded the huge financial behemoths, and to make the cut, each blog had to be ranked in the top 1,000,000 most popular US websites.

PopTopRanks: Personal Finance

This is a directory of top sites listed by popularity, where popularity is determined by the number of feed subscribers. Sites are listed according to their subject and we provide the sites’ most recent headlines.

reportonbusiness.com: Best of the Blogs

The popularity of investment blogging continues to grow. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of bloggers pumping out timely financial analysis and opinion. So who’s worth reading? Our Globe bloggers, columnists and hedge fund manager/blogger Howard Lindzon share their five favourites.

And there you go. I just created an hour’s worth of homework for you (scanning all of the above lists), and gave you 10 years worth of future reading.