There are countless free blogging sites out there, and even though each one gives you a platform to publish whatever you want, not all are made equal.
Here are some of the top free blogging sites and a brief summary about each of their main feature to help you decide which one fits all your blogging needs best.
1. Blogger
Blogger has been one of the most reliable blogging platforms on the web for years. It’s owned by Google, so everything on your own Blogger blog can be accessed through your Google account. The Blogger platform is great for simplicity—allowing you to choose from a good variety of design templates, add sidebars or widgets where needed, see your stats, earn money with AdSense ads and be a part of the Blogger community.
2. WordPress
WordPress is another very popular blogging platform, and many professional sites rely on its content management system for its great publishing and customizable design experience. Free WordPress blogs give you more features and flexibility than Blogger does, with thousands of design templates to choose from that look like they’d be seen on a professional website.
3. Tumblr
Tumblr has come a long way since it was first launched in 2007. As a microblogging platform, you can choose to blog text, photos, videos, audo clips, links or chat conversations. Its community is highly driven by visual content, and much of its activity comes from mobile devices. If you like your content to be shared around the web, Tumblr’s “reblog” feature may be a great added way to help get your stuff out there.
4. Blog.com
Blog.com is a lot like WordPress and Tumblr, and has some great design templates to choose from. There’s also a good selection of widgets you can stick on your blog, including the ability to showcase Flickr photos, your latest tweets and more. And if you’re interested in launching a blog with multiple contributing authors, Blog.com lets you pick your team so you can divide up the editorial and publishing work.
5. Weebly
Weebly is another beautiful and simple free blogging site, and the best part of it all is that a lot of its gorgeous design themes are mobile friendly, so if someone visits your blog from a smartphone or tablet, the mobile design is automatically shown to them. You can drop and drag different widgets around your blog to customize it, link to social media for easy sharing, and take advantage of the built-in site analytics too.
6. Jux
If you’re really into mobile browsing and your readers are too, Jux is another great free blogging option. It’s a bit newer than the rest, but that’s what makes it so great. Its design templates promote large, full screen publishing for visual content, like photos or videos. Even though Jux’s theme variety isn’t quite as big as what other blog platforms currently offer, you can customize the text, coloring, formatting and more to make it look just right.
7. Blogsome
If you aren’t crazy about design or professional site templates and just need a place to post stuff, Blogsome is an extremely simple free blogging site that lets you do just that. Still, you can upload your photos and personalize your blog however you like. There’s also a nifty forum area you can take advantage of if you need help or simply want to interact with other Blogsome bloggers.
8. LiveJournal
Last but not least, we have to include LiveJournal. Although LiveJournal was more popular in the past, it still has tons of thriving blogs or online journals today. If you just want to set up a very casual blog, LiveJournal is still a great option. It’s been known as a very reliable and free tool for writing journal entries since 1999.
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