Week 4: Is blogging still relevant in the age of TikToks and Instagram?
hahaha no who the hell actually blogs in 2021 Before we begin, let’s ask what even are blogs ? why ask this question ? well I don’t know and I want to fill up the blogpost with more text so it doesn't look empty, deal with it . According to the OG WordPress (2021) website, they define a blog as a and abbreviation of web log with a diary-like content scheme and topics that would vary immensely. I've only seen the blogs of my friends in high school and it was mostly gossip and girl drama.
Personally I’ve always found the blogpost sector of the internet a bit weird and unrelatable, even back in its hay day where every teen girl had a blog and swore that they were unique lol . I’ve always had a terrible procrastination monster so such endeavors like blogging felt nigh unapproachable which is why I’m doing all these weekly posts in one night hahaaha.
In today’s instant gratification and short attention span fueled teenagers and adults simply don’t care and don't actively look out for blogs for either entertainment purposes of information. I’d flat out say that no, blogging is not relevant, but then I did some research and found out the opposite is true.
So after doing research I've found out that not only is blogging not dead but it's still thriving. I read a blog, yes I know wow very meta and relevant to the topic at hand, which compiled an insane amount statistical data about blogging. Todorov (2021) provided the data in a presentable manner, even though it still gave me an aneurysm trying read it. According to Todorov, there are over 30 million bloggers in the United states alone which is insane. I'm a simple monkey, I see huge numbers and I'm impressed, just like any corporate environment where profit only matters. Firstly seeing all the data compiled on the website showed how little I knew about blogging in general.
I didn't know that a lot websites you read on the internet for example like articles about tech or media most of the time end up being a type of blog. I've had a shrewd view of what blogging even was. You'd think that platforms like TikTok or Instagram would have completely phased out blogging but the data shows otherwise. Another thing I didn't know was that vlogging is essentially another form of a blog, and that format is literally everywhere. So I guess blogging is not dead!! yay :D
References Todorov, G., 2021. 81 of the Most Up-to-Date Blogging Statistics in 2021. [online] Semrush Blog. Available at: <https://www.semrush.com/blog/blogging-stats/> [Accessed 27 November 2021]. WordPress.org Forums. 2021. Introduction to Blogging. [online] Available at: <https://wordpress.org/support/article/introduction-to-blogging/> [Accessed 27 November 2021].