Often the popular listings of javablogs appeared suspect to me as many times I could see the same listings on top for days, whereas newer listings with higher view count didn't make the list. However it was just a feeling from reading entries from both start page and most popular page. So I decided to do a little experiment. The last posting on Hibernate has 106 hits:

To Hibernate or not? - A commentary on ORM's and few recommendations
Angsuman's Blog | 10 hours 30 mins ago | Reads: 106

However you cannot find it on popular blogs list, which also lists blogs with lower hit counts.

My understanding was that it is based on hit count…no?

What do you think?