Tumblr: the 3 best alternatives

Tumblr combines many different skills that make it a special platform. In this practical tip, we present three alternatives to Tumblr that may be more suitable for you depending on the focus.

Tumblr alternative for artists: DeviantArt

Tumblr is a so-called microblogging website and is mainly used for a large number of small, compact posts and for sharing content from other bloggers. For many users, art in all shapes and colors is essential.

• If the most important thing for you at Tumblr is the exchange between artists, DeviantArt is a good alternative.
• This website focuses on the galleries of the individual users.
• Feedback and exchange are possible directly under the creations and in the profiles of the individual users.
• Whether drawings, paintings, photos or - not so prominently - also all sorts of texts. This website offers a large pool of artists.
• The chance of being discovered on the home page also makes the website interesting for aspiring art stars.
• However, due to the large reach and the amount of content, this is not necessarily realistic. Nevertheless, a look is worthwhile for art enthusiasts.

Tumblr alternative for photo bloggers: Instagram

Tumblr also attracts many enthusiastic photographers who want to share their everyday adventures with the world primarily through their snapshots. If you feel at home here, Instagram is a great alternative for you.

• Instagram lives almost exclusively from its stream of images.
• These are primarily sorted into categories by tags, which you can follow in reverse.
• At the same time, you can build up a social network of interesting people whose photo stories you want to experience.
• Above all, the link to the Instagram app and the very popular filters make it very easy to quickly share content from all over the world with this one.
• And no matter what your favorite topic is, you will definitely find it on Instagram - especially when it comes to vacation, food, sports or pets.
• However, the disadvantage of Instagram and some photo bloggers' success on the website is the handling of product placement.
• The popularity of the platform is currently being increasingly used for hidden advertising deals. This is what you should think about when you network with particularly successful Instagram users.

The classic blog alternative to Tumblr: WordPress

A large community also likes to use Tumblr as a full replacement for more extensive blog software such as WordPress. However, Tumblr is also limited in its possibilities, so you may want to switch to WordPress or comparable software.

• Basically, Tumblr offers sufficient opportunities to regularly write extensive blog posts.
• However, the platform is comparatively limited in its design and plugins. The WordPress community, on the other hand, develops countless plugins and widgets for everything.
• WordPress offers more options especially for professional appearances.
• Working on a website is also much easier with WordPress once you have gained an overview of the background management - the CMS.
• You can also use WordPress outside of your browser and are not bound to the official website with this CMS. If you want to use your own server, this is of course more work, but possible.
• You have almost no social media effect with WordPress. Spreading content is easy with Tumblr's blogs.

The best Tumblr alternative in itself is difficult to determine, since it absolutely depends on your wishes for such blog pages. And even in the rough categories, it is not always possible to choose a clear winner. For those interested in blogs, for example, there are numerous good alternatives to Tumblr and WordPress, which we will introduce to you in the next practical tip.