"So, it seems that Ubuntu is, according to these sites, the most
visited of the distros from distrowatch’s top 10. It’s
also interesting to note that Linux Mint’s rankings have
dramatically improved since 2007. Perhaps Mint’s popularity
has something to do with their focus on being user friendly (and
not brown)?
"Blogging Trends
"Sites like Technorati and BlogPulse allow you to track how
often people are blogging about a certain topic. We compared
Ubuntu’s blog buzz to other top Linux distros and found that
people are writing about Ubuntu far more than any other Linux
distro.
"BlogPulse
"We took the top three distros from distrowatch and compared
them on BlogPulse."