What Is Tumblr?

Tumblr combinesmicro-bloggingfocused on posting text and multimedia with some aspects of social media.

Content posted on Tumblr is generally longer and richer than what is shared on some other sites.

Screenshot of the mani Tumblr dashboard

In this way, Tumblr is more likeBloggerorMedium, more focused on creating a personal page.

Tumblr posts can contain text, photos, video and audio, live-streamed content, and more.

Users can comment on posts.

Blogs can be set to be public or private and users can have more than one blog.

How Many People Use Tumblr?

Tumblr doesn’t provide a lot of information about how many people use the site.

Some estimates say that Tumblr has as many as 375 million monthly visits.

For perspective, the same estimates say Facebook gets about 11 billion monthly visits.

Does Tumblr Ban Adult Content?

No, but with some exceptions.

In 2018, the platform banned adult content during its ownership by Verizon.

How Do I Join Tumblr?

What Does Tumblr Cost?

Generally speaking, Tumblr is free.

For the most part, Tumblr is supported by ads, but there are a few paid features.

Users can pay to remove ads from their experience.

Tumblr Blaze lets you pay to show your posts to users who otherwise wouldn’t see them.

Users can also buy credits that can be given in appreciation to users who are live-streaming content.

How Does Tumblr Compare to X?

FAQ

Tumblr is a blogging system much likeBlogger.com.

Its often referred to as a microblogging platform because many users only create short posts.