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Blogger vs Tumblr: What are the differences?

Developers describe Blogger as "Create a blog. It's free". Since Blogger was launched in 1999, blogs have reshaped the web, impacted politics, shaken up journalism, and enabled millions of people to have a voice and connect with others. On the other hand, Tumblr is detailed as "Tumblr lets you effortlessly share anything". Tumblr is a feature rich and free blog hosting platform offering professional and fully customizable templates, bookmarklets, photos, mobile apps, and social network. The site now ranks as the 11th-largest in terms of traffic, according to Quantcast, with 170 million monthly visitors globally.

Blogger and Tumblr can be categorized as "Hosted Blogging Platforms" tools.

"Free and nice" is the top reason why over 3 developers like Blogger, while over 38 developers mention "Free" as the leading cause for choosing Tumblr.

According to the StackShare community, Tumblr has a broader approval, being mentioned in 48 company stacks & 25 developers stacks; compared to Blogger, which is listed in 6 company stacks and 9 developer stacks.

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Pros of Blogger
Pros of Tumblr
  • 7
    Free and nice
  • 2
    Widegets
  • 1
    Settings of the blog pags :v
  • 39
    Free
  • 27
    Easy setup
  • 20
    Modern Layout
  • 14
    Simple
  • 8
    Feature rich
  • 3
    Mobile App
  • 2
    No ads on blogs
  • 2
    Backed by Yahoo
  • 1
    Blogging simplified
  • 1
    Fully customizable HTML/CSS
  • 1
    Free personal domain mapping
  • 1
    Rich, flexible API for rich themes

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What is Blogger?

Since Blogger was launched in 1999, blogs have reshaped the web, impacted politics, shaken up journalism, and enabled millions of people to have a voice and connect with others.

What is Tumblr?

Tumblr is a feature rich and free blog hosting platform offering professional and fully customizable templates, bookmarklets, photos, mobile apps, and social network. The site now ranks as the 11th-largest in terms of traffic, according to Quantcast, with 170 million monthly visitors globally.

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What are some alternatives to Blogger and Tumblr?
WordPress
The core software is built by hundreds of community volunteers, and when you’re ready for more there are thousands of plugins and themes available to transform your site into almost anything you can imagine. Over 60 million people have chosen WordPress to power the place on the web they call “home” — we’d love you to join the family.
Wix
Creating your stunning website for free is easier than ever. No tech skills needed. Just pick a template, change anything you want, add your images, videos, text and more to get online instantly.
Medium
Medium is a different kind of place on the internet. A place where the measure of success isn’t views, but viewpoints. Where the quality of the idea matters, not the author’s qualifications. A place where conversation pushes ideas forward.
Google Sites
It is a free and easy way to create and share webpages. Its goal is for anyone to be able to create simple web sites that support collaboration between different editors.
Weebly
Weebly is an AJAX website creator that allows you to create pages with template skins and content widgets. Users can easily drag-and-drop content widgets like pictures, text, video and Google Maps in WYSIWYG-fashion.
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