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.

Neighbours
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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

Top 1K · #156 English 11 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Tumblr

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

RumbleGiphyHabrLinkedInImgurDribbbleGumGumTikTokBlogger9GAG

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Tumblr

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Tumblr, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    9GAG 9gag.com Top 10K English

    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.

  2. 02
    Blogger blogger.com Top 1K English

    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.

  3. 03
    TikTok tiktok.com Top 100 English

    TikTok - Make Your Day

    video-focused social media platform

  4. 04
    GumGum gumgum.com Top 1K English

    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.

  5. 05
    Dribbble dribbble.com Top 10K English

    promotion & networking platform for digital designers and creatives

  6. 06
    Imgur imgur.com Top 1K English

    Imgur: The magic of the Internet

    Find, rate and share the best memes and images. Discover the magic of the Internet at Imgur.

  7. 07
    Flipboard flipboard.com Top 10K English

    Flipboard: Your Social Magazine

    One place for all the stories you care about. Join the Flipboard community to discover and share what inspires you.

  8. 08
    LinkedIn linkedin.com Top 100 English

    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.

  9. 09
    Product Hunt producthunt.com Top 10K English

    product discovery website

  10. 10
    Habr habr.com Top 10K English

    Publications / My feed / Habr

    collaborative blog

  11. 11
    Boing Boing boingboing.net Top 10K English

    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...

  12. 12
    Giphy giphy.com Top 10K English

    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.

  13. 13
    DEV Community dev.to Top 10K English

    DEV Community

    A space to discuss and keep up software development and manage your software career

  14. 14
    Rumble rumble.com Top 10K English

    online video sharing, live streaming, and cloud services platform

  15. 15
    Slashdot slashdot.org Top 10K English

    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.

  16. 16
    Know Your Meme knowyourmeme.com Top 10K English

    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.

  17. 17
    DeviantArt deviantart.com Top 1K English

    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.

  18. 18
    Luma luma.com Top 10K English

    Luma

    Discover and host memorable events effortlessly with Luma. Invite friends, sell tickets, and find great events happening near you.

  19. 19
    Wattpad wattpad.com Top 1K English

    Wattpad - Stories to obsess over

    Wattpad connects a global community of millions of readers and writers through the power of story

  20. 20
    MyAnimeList myanimelist.net Top 10K English

    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!

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
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
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

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Competitors by meaning, stacks from the source. Data from public homepages and DNS.

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