blogging

blogging — noun

1. the regular practice of writing short articles or personal diary entries on a pe

1.nounB1
Definition

the regular practice of writing short articles or personal diary entries on a personal website and sharing them online, either as a hobby or a profession

Example

Iker started blogging about his hiking trips after climbing Mount Fuji last autumn.

blogging + about [topic]

Caleb earns extra money by blogging about the latest video games and reviewing new releases.

by + blogging about [topic] — shows how it is done as an activity

Common collocations
  • take up blogging
  • start blogging
  • make money from blogging
  • blogging about [topic]
  • full-time blogging
  • travel / food / fashion / tech blogging
Synonyms
  • content creation

    broader term that includes video, audio, and social media posts alongside written material

  • journaling

    more private activity, usually not shared publicly online

  • vlogging

    specifically video-based, using a camera rather than written text

Grammar Patterns

blogging + about [topic]

take up / start / do + blogging

Usage Note

Blogging is an uncountable noun — it has no plural form. The countable form 'a blog' refers to the website itself, not the activity. Common in informal and digital contexts.

Common Mistakes

I have many bloggings this month.
I have done a lot of blogging this month.
'blogging' is uncountable and cannot be made plural.
She makes blogging about fashion.
She makes money by blogging about fashion.
'make' without 'money by' is incomplete; the structure 'make + noun + by blogging' shows purpose.

Word family

  • blog
    nounA2
  • blog
    verbB1
  • blogger
    nounB1
  • blogosphere
    nounC1
  • microblog
    nounB2
  • vlog
    nounB2

Synonym discussion

Sense: noun/1

Blogging and content creation both refer to producing material for an online audience, but content creation is much broader — it includes videos, podcasts, infographics, and social media posts, while blogging is specifically text-based and often personal. Journaling is a private, offline activity done for oneself, unlike blogging which is published publicly. Vlogging is the video equivalent of blogging: a person speaks to a camera instead of writing. For example, someone could say 'I do a lot of blogging, but I also make YouTube videos for vlogging.' A content creator might do all three — blogging, vlogging, and podcasting — as part of their online work.

blogging ↗content creationjournalingvlogging

Common collocations

Nouns

Adverbs

Phrases

  • take up blogging
  • start blogging
  • make money from blogging
  • do blogging as a hobby

Prepositions

Etymology

EnglishEnglish (blend: web + log)

Blogging comes from 'blog', which itself was clipped from 'weblog' — a blend of 'web' (the World Wide Web) and 'log' (a record or journal). The term 'weblog' was coined in 1997 by Jorn Barger, and the shortened form 'blog' became popular around 1999. Adding the '-ing' suffix created 'blogging' as the noun that names the activity.