Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Tumblr
The 20 closest social media microblogging alternatives to Tumblr, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 11 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Tumblr? The closest matches are twitter.com, x.com and Weibo. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About Tumblr
Tumblr tumblr.com
Tumblr
Tumblr is the place you go to be yourself on the internet. No performance, no perfection. Just you, and the people who get it.
Wikidata: microblogging platform and social networking website
Summary by Claude
Tumblr is a microblogging and social networking service where users create short-form blogs, post text, images, GIFs, video and audio, follow other blogs, and reblog content.
- Who it’s for
- Internet users, fandoms and creative communities
- Business model
- Advertising and premium subscriptions
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Tumblr’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Tumblr
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Tumblr, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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9GAG - Best Funny Memes and Breaking News
Your daily dose of funny memes, GIFs, videos and weird news stories. We deliver hundreds of new memes daily and much more humor anywhere you go.
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Blogger.com - Create a unique and beautiful blog easily.
Publish your passions your way. Whether you’d like to share your knowledge, experiences or the latest news, create a unique and beautiful blog.
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TikTok - Make Your Day
video-focused social media platform
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GumGum | The Mindset Company™ – CTV, OLV & High Impact Display Advertising
A global advertising technology company identifying the moments consumers are most receptive — delivering mindset-driven campaigns across CTV, online video, and high-impact display at scale.
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promotion & networking platform for digital designers and creatives
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Imgur: The magic of the Internet
Find, rate and share the best memes and images. Discover the magic of the Internet at Imgur.
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Flipboard: Your Social Magazine
One place for all the stories you care about. Join the Flipboard community to discover and share what inspires you.
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LinkedIn: Log In or Sign Up
1 billion members | Manage your professional identity. Build and engage with your professional network. Access knowledge, insights and opportunities.
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product discovery website
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Publications / My feed / Habr
collaborative blog
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Boing Boing - A Directory of Mostly Wonderful Things
Boing Boing is the Web's favorite site devoted to technology, entertainment, and culture. Launched in 1989 as a print 'zine and still...
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GIPHY - Be Animated
GIPHY is the platform that animates your world. Find the GIFs, Clips, and Stickers that make your conversations more positive, more expressive, and more you.
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DEV Community
A space to discuss and keep up software development and manage your software career
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online video sharing, live streaming, and cloud services platform
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Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters, & software
Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters. Timely news source for technology related news and B2B software reviews & comparisons.
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Internet Meme Database | Know Your Meme
Know Your Meme is a website dedicated to documenting Internet phenomena: viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, web celebs and more.
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DeviantArt - The Largest Online Art Gallery and Community
DeviantArt is where art and community thrive. Explore over 650 million pieces of art while connecting to fellow artists and art enthusiasts.
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Luma
Discover and host memorable events effortlessly with Luma. Invite friends, sell tickets, and find great events happening near you.
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Wattpad - Stories to obsess over
Wattpad connects a global community of millions of readers and writers through the power of story
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MyAnimeList.net - Anime and Manga Database and Community
Welcome to MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. Join the online community, create your anime and manga list, read reviews, explore the forums, follow news, and so much more!
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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to tumblr.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Tumblr uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Tumblr is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CMS
- WordPress page source: /wp-content/
- Marketing automation
- HubSpot TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.automattic.com include:se…
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.automattic.com include:se…
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (page source: /wp-content/)
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Email delivery
- SendGrid TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.automattic.com include:se…
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=HLvi8VknRfLwuOZ7TmiaKM8GgOgai45SxxeWZdd…
- DocuSign TXT docusign=89f952a7-e765-4f50-a3d7-9de3cd65cac4
- Dropbox TXT dropbox-domain-verification=gsvpgz511vsp
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=evUIJKvsT_rKVFCun0dPbCRHgQqDz1L3f36AjHyVuL4
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Tumblr adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace 14/20
- Atlassian 9/20
- Apple Business · not on tumblr.com 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on tumblr.com 7/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on tumblr.com 6/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on tumblr.com 6/20
- Zendesk 5/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on tumblr.com 5/20
- Google Analytics · not on tumblr.com 5/20
- Adobe · not on tumblr.com 4/20
- Miro · not on tumblr.com 4/20
- GlobalSign · not on tumblr.com 4/20
- Canva · not on tumblr.com 3/20
- Slack · not on tumblr.com 3/20
- Stripe · not on tumblr.com 3/20