Where do sneakerheads get their information?

Where do sneakerheads get their information? Well, for most of them, it's sneaker blogs. This is where early images of Air Jordans, release dates, and everything in between gets shared and posted on the Internet.

But sneaker blogs function as much more than an alert system for when a pair of  Air Dior Jordans will drop. They're just as much a part of a sneakerhead's life, these days, as going to Foot Locker on a Saturday morning. They serve as a place where sneaker culture gets discussed, reminisced about, and critiqued. And some blogs do it better than others.

To rank the best sneaker blogs right now, we took into consideration some criteria. For starters, we eliminated corporate sneaker blogs. That's a different list for a different day. We also noted how much impact a blog has, and whether it's able to carve its own niche within the plethora of other websites. Smaller sneaker blogs—although they deliver good information, but not as frequently, and often focus on one particular brand or style—were left off the list, too.

When it comes to covering the world of sneakers from the perspective of inside the industry, nobody does it better than Counter Kicks. From interviews with the sneaker business' most notable personalities to monthly roundups of top-selling sneakers, air dior Counter Kicks has connections with all the right people in sneakers through its partnership with Slam Magazine. Along with Complex Senior Staff Writer Russ Bengtson, Counter Kicks founder and editor-in-chief John Brilliant contributed to the basketball magazine's first sneaker book: SLAM Kicks: Basketball Sneakers That Changed the Game.