Although I would like to go in detail on what Digg is, it would be a waste of time. If you managed to find this blog and are reading this article, I am almost 100% positive you know all about Digg and it’s status in todays social media scene. Digg is one of those services that with growth seems to get criticized the most. Some users and webmasters sit and wonder why there content never make it to the frontpage whereas others experience the “Server Crashing Traffic” day after day. On this post you will find 25 sites that get dugg the most and would be of no surprise if you saw them on Digg frontpage couple of times a day.
Also if you are trying to build your digg profile and trying to boost that “popular ratio,” try submitting content from these sites. You are bound to hit the frontpage much sooner than what it would otherwise be. Please do remember though that these sites do not get dugg the most for no reason, these blogs/sites are some of the best out there that provide exceptional content and breaking news day after day.
Enjoy!
note : the description for each site is taken directly from Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Since its pointed out quite a few times just wanted to let you know that the list is in no particular order.
- HuffingtonPost : An online liberal news website and aggregated weblog founded by Arianna Huffington and Kenneth Lerer, featuring hyperlinks to various news sources and columnists. The site covers a wide-range of topics, including sections devoted to politics, entertainment, media, living, business, and the green movement.

- YouTube : YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. YouTube was created in mid-February 2005 by three former PayPal employees. The San Bruno-based service uses Adobe Flash technology to display a wide variety of user-generated video content, including movie clips, TV clips and music videos, as well as amateur content such as videoblogging and short original videos.

- Arstechnica : A technology-related website that caters to PC enthusiasts, covering technology news along with editorial comment and analysis. Started in 1998 by Ken “Caesar” Fisher, Ars Technica is headquartered in Malden, Massachusetts. The site was independently owned until it was acquired by Condé Nast Publications in May 2008.

- Nytimes : The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. It is owned by The New York Times Company, which publishes 18 other newspapers, including the International Herald Tribune and The Boston Globe. It is the largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States. Nicknamed the “Gray Lady” for its staid appearance and style, it is often regarded as a national newspaper of record, meaning that it is frequently relied upon as the authoritative reference for modern events.

- Gizmodo : Gizmodo is a popular technology weblog about consumer electronics. It is part of the Gawker Media network run by Nick Denton.The blog, launched in 2002, was originally edited by Peter Rojas, but he was recruited by Weblogs, Inc. to launch their similar technology blog Engadget. By mid-2004, Gizmodo and Gawker together were bringing in revenue of $6,000 per month.

- Think Progress : Center for American Progress is an American liberal political policy research and advocacy organization. Its website describes it as “…a nonpartisan research and educational institute dedicated to promoting a strong, just and free America that ensures opportunity for all.

- Flickr : An image and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community platform. It was one of the earliest Web 2.0 applications. In addition to being a popular Web site for users to share personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers as a photo repository.

- Reuters : a news service and former financial market data provider that provides reports from around the world to newspapers and broadcasters. News reporting once accounted for less than 10% of the company’s income. Its main focus was on supplying the financial markets with information and trading products.

- Wired : An online technology news website, formerly known as HotWired, that split off from Wired magazine when the magazine was purchased by Condé Nast Publishing in the 1990s. Condé Nast later purchased Wired News on 2006-07-11.

- ChicagoTribune : A major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and owned by the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the “World’s Greatest Newspaper” (for which WGN radio and television is named), it remains the principal daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan region and the Midwestern United States and is currently the 8th largest newspaper in America by circulation.

- Rawstory : A left-leaning news and politics weblog founded in 2004. Updated continuously, it is known primarily for its speedy investigative reporting. In addition to breaking news, Raw Story has pointed out fraudulent and manipulated news stories carried by other web sites. The Raw Story currently covers daily local, world and economic news and publishes its own editorials and investigative pieces. Raw was the first US media outlet to publish the Downing Street memo, an account of secret meetings between US and UK officials in the lead-up to the Iraq war, and the first to reveal the Iran-related work of outed CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson.

- io9 : io9 is a science fiction blog launched in 2008 by Gawker Media. It is edited by Annalee Newitz, a former policy analyst for the Electronic Frontier Foundation and contributor to Popular Science, Wired, New Scientist.

- Telegraph : A British broadsheet newspaper, founded in 1855. Excepting the Financial Times, it is the only remaining daily newspaper printed on traditional newsprint in the broadsheet format in the United Kingdom, as most other broadsheet publications have converted to the smaller tabloid/compact or Berliner formats.

- Break : The main focus of the site is videos, with an emphasis on humorous videos and other material targeted towards their male demographic. Break also has several video categories including animation, military, sports, humor, movies and entertainment. Break posts roughly 8 new videos on the homepage per day, mostly consisting of user generated home movies of people performing stunts and pranks. Some of the videos feature people getting injured, usually as a result of their own recklessness or foolishness, on purpose or by accident, but Break does not post videos where it is certain someone has died (with the exception of the Saddam Hussein execution video).

- Cracked : Cracked’s publication frequency was reduced in the 1990s, and was erratic in the 2000s. In 2006, the magazine was revived with a new editorial formula that represented a significant departure from its prior “Mad Magazine” style. The new format was more akin to “lad” magazines like Maxim and FHM. The new formula, however, was unsuccessful and Cracked again canceled its print magazine in February 2007 after three issues. As of 2008, the brand exists as a Web site.

- TorrentFreak : (commonly referred to as TorrentFreak) is a weblog dedicated to reporting the latest news on the BitTorrent protocol and anything closely related to it. TorrentFreak was started in November of 2005 by a Dutchman named Ernesto.

- Engadget : A multilingual technology weblog and podcast (with the latter on hold as of August 31, 2007) about consumer electronics. The weblog has won several awards. Engadget currently has four different sites, all operating simultaneously with each having its own staff, which cover technology news in different parts of the world in their respective languages.

- PopularMechanics : An American magazine devoted to science and technology. It was first published January 11, 1902 by H.H. Windsor, and has been owned since the 1950s by the Hearst Corporation.

- AppleInsider : A semi-renowned news and rumor website which focuses on Apple Inc. It includes a forum for discussion of news stories and other community news. In 2004 several moderators and members left the forum to found a related forum called AppleNova.

- DailyMail : The website is in the Top 25 most visited English language websites in the world and one of the most read internet newspapers in the world, with 2 million more people visiting it regularly in the past year.

- The Onion : An American “fake news” organization. It features satirical articles reporting on international, national, and local news as well as an entertainment newspaper and website known as The A.V. Club. It claims a national print circulation of 690,000 and says 61 percent of its web site readers are between 18 and 44 years old per the 2008 media kit.

- Time : Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report. A European edition (Time Europe, formerly known as Time Atlantic) is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition (Time Asia) is based in Hong Kong. Time publishes simultaneously in Canada, with separate advertising. The South Pacific edition, covering Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, is based in Sydney. In some advertising campaigns, the magazine has suggested that through a backronym the letters T-I-M-E stand for “The International Magazine of Events.”

- Lifehacker : An advertising-supported weblog about life hacks and software which launched on January 31, 2005. The site is owned by Gawker Media and covers Microsoft Windows, Mac and Linux programs as well as time-saving tips and tricks. The staff updates the site about 18 times each weekday, with reduced updates on weekends.

- TechCrunch : A blog about Web 2.0 products & companies, many of the posts written by Michael Arrington. The blog’s first post was on June 11, 2005. The website’s Technorati rank is 2, and is their 3rd most favorited blog. As of July 17, 2008, it has over 914,000 web feed subscribers as measured by tracking company FeedBurner.

- Guardian : Formerly known as Guardian Unlimited, is a British website owned by the Guardian Media Group. It contains nearly all of the content of the newspapers The Guardian and The Observer, as well as a substantial body of web-only work produced by its own staff, including a rolling news service. It is one of the world’s leading online newspapers, becoming the first UK newspaper to attract more than 20 million unique users in a month.

We certainly didn’t cover everything on this post. If you got a minute please share with us links to sites and blogs that get the most out of Digg.
WOW…the great list. Now, new diggers will have a clue on where to have a look to find top stories. Thanks for sharing