blogroll.org
Ranked 7 of 9 blog directories by recommenders
Recommended as a free directory of personal blogs built from OPML blogrolls, with many entries that have RSS feeds for finding new blogs to read.
7 people recommended blogroll.org in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026.
Summary written by Claude from 8 comments.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- mixed feelings
- 0
- warn against or regret it
- 0
The record
Recommended in 5 of 12 months
In 8 different threads.
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 12 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
- Recommended in 8 threadsNeeds 5 or more, met.
- The biggest thread supplies 43% of its recommendersNeeds half or less, met.
The same rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. Mixed feelings count toward neither side. How the badge works
What people say about it
Reasons grouped from a sample of 6 of the 11 opinions about it, picked in proportion to how many people recommend it, have mixed feelings and criticize it. Each mark is one comment in the sample. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Built from OPML blogrolls
“There's an OPML export option that only has the ones with an RSS feed filed.”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “RSS.Social – the latest and best from small sites across the web” “I run another variant which collects OPML blogrolls via crawling”
Comment from 28 Aug 2026 in “Select * from Internet.blogposts”
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kagi Small Web | 35 | 8 | 29 | 55% | 9 | — | — |
| Wander small web explorer | 26 | 2 | 3 | 90% | 5 | — | — |
| Ooh.directory | 21 | 2 | 5 | 81% | 7 | — | — |
| Bubbles.town | 12 | 3 | 4 | 75% | 3 | — | — |
| blogroll.orgThis page | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 11 opinions about it, picked in proportion to the three counts, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I run another variant which collects OPML blogrolls via crawling”
“couple of options but there are more out there”
“here are a few other directories and indices worth checking out”
“There's a bit of everything in there but if what you want is a wild ride maybe you can give that a try.”
“Those who enjoy this might also like”
“There's an OPML export option that only has the ones with an RSS feed filed.”
Counts come from 1,791,911 Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, November 2025 to October 2026, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 2 Nov 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.