There's much buzz about the new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project written by Amanda Lenhart, Senior Research Specialist, and Susannah Fox, Associate Director, titled Bloggers: A portrait of the internet's new storytellers (pdf). One of the highlights that many have glommed on to is that:

Thirty-nine percent of internet users, or about 57 million American adults, read blogs – a significant increase since the fall of 2005.