> (More than a bit irritated by the "Do you have data to back that up" thing, given that you don't really have data to back up your position).

It wasn't necessarily a request for you personally to provide data. I'm curious if any larger blog operators have insight here.

"person who only reads the 0.001% of blog posts that reach the HN front page" is not terribly interesting as an anecdotal source on blog traffic patterns