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Shares rank 10 of 11 blog directories by recommenders

People recommend it for randomly discovering personal blogs one post at a time, and for getting new readers and RSS subscribers from submissions.

People recommend it for randomly discovering personal blogs one post at a time, and for getting new readers and RSS subscribers from submissions.

5 people gave an opinion

recommend it
5
criticize it
0
approval share
100%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 6 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: recommended
  2. December 2025: recommended
  3. January 2026: recommended
  4. February 2026: not recommended
  5. March 2026: recommended
  6. April 2026: recommended
  7. May 2026: recommended
  8. June 2026: not recommended
  9. July 2026: not recommended
  10. August 2026: not recommended
  11. September 2026: not recommended
  12. October 2026: not recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.

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What people say about it

The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.

Why people recommend it

Each mark is one comment

  • Finds random indie blogs

    “subscribe to its RSS feed or mastodon account to discover indie blogs one random post at a time”

    Comment from 5 Dec 2025 in “Blogging in 2025: Screaming into the Void”

    “keep rolling the dice on https://indieblog.page/random”

    Comment from 9 Mar 2026 in “Ask HN: Most beautiful personal blog UI you have ever seen?”

    “for randomly discovering IndieBlogs check out”

    Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “RSS.Social – the latest and best from small sites across the web”
  • Anyone can submit a blog

    “Submit your blog to https://indieblog.page and you'll get the occasional random reader who might even become a RSS subscriber.”

    Comment from 28 Nov 2025 in “10 years of writing a blog nobody reads”

    “All kinds of personal blogs are welcome at https://indieblog.page no matter your fame on Hackernews.”

    Comment from 15 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: Could you share your personal website here?”
  • Leads to RSS subscribers

    “Submit your blog to https://indieblog.page and you'll get the occasional random reader who might even become a RSS subscriber.”

    Comment from 28 Nov 2025 in “10 years of writing a blog nobody reads”

    “subscribe to its RSS feed or mastodon account to discover indie blogs one random post at a time”

    Comment from 5 Dec 2025 in “Blogging in 2025: Screaming into the Void”
  • Listed among small-web directories

    “here are a few other directories and indices worth checking out”

    Comment from 4 Apr 2026 in “The Indie Internet Index – submit your favorite sites”

    “I've found a handful of sites that are useful like”

    Comment from 22 Nov 2025 in “Personal blogs are back, should niche blogs be next?”

Other blog directories people recommend

The four most recommended other blog directories, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.

indieblog.page compared with 4 alternatives
ProductRecommendCriticizeApprovalMonthsOwnedBadge
Kagi Small Web463061%9——
Wander small web explorer31391%71 mo3 ownersApproved
Ooh.directory26584%7—Approved
Personal blog frontpage21195%2——
indieblog.pageThis page50100%6——
See all 11 blog directories, ranked

What people said

8 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“here are a few other directories and indices worth checking out”

RecommendsComment from 4 Apr 2026 in “The Indie Internet Index – submit your favorite sites”

“A little shell function I have in my ~/.zshrc”

RecommendsComment from 16 Mar 2026 in “Kevin Boone: The "small web" is bigger than you might think”

“keep rolling the dice on https://indieblog.page/random”

RecommendsComment from 9 Mar 2026 in “Ask HN: Most beautiful personal blog UI you have ever seen?”

“for randomly discovering IndieBlogs check out”

RecommendsComment from 21 Jan 2026 in “RSS.Social – the latest and best from small sites across the web”

“All kinds of personal blogs are welcome at https://indieblog.page no matter your fame on Hackernews.”

RecommendsComment from 15 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: Could you share your personal website here?”

“subscribe to its RSS feed or mastodon account to discover indie blogs one random post at a time”

RecommendsComment from 5 Dec 2025 in “Blogging in 2025: Screaming into the Void”

“Submit your blog to https://indieblog.page and you'll get the occasional random reader who might even become a RSS subscriber.”

RecommendsComment from 28 Nov 2025 in “10 years of writing a blog nobody reads”

“I've found a handful of sites that are useful like”

RecommendsComment from 22 Nov 2025 in “Personal blogs are back, should niche blogs be next?”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.