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Minifeed

Ranked 7 of 11 blog directories by recommenders

A human-curated directory and feed of personal blogs with valid RSS feeds, useful for finding independent writing to follow.

A human-curated directory and feed of personal blogs with valid RSS feeds, useful for finding independent writing to follow.

8 people gave an opinion

recommend it
8
criticize it
0
approval share
100%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 5 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: not recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: recommended
  5. March 2026: recommended
  6. April 2026: recommended
  7. May 2026: recommended
  8. June 2026: 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

  • 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 5 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

  • Human-curated directory of personal blogs

    “I maintain and grow a manually curated collection of personal blogs with valid RSS feeds”

    Comment from 17 Mar 2026 in “Kagi Small Web”

    “I also maintain a human-curated directory (and search engine) of personal blogs”

    Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you”

    “If you seek more curated blogs to share with your users, check out my project”

    Comment from 2 Mar 2026 in “Enable CORS for Your Blog”
  • Valid RSS feeds from personal blogs

    “I maintain and grow a manually curated collection of personal blogs with valid RSS feeds”

    Comment from 17 Mar 2026 in “Kagi Small Web”

    “There are a small but healthy collections of RSS feeds with actual humans writing.”

    Comment from 5 May 2026 in “The best is over: The fun has been optimized out of the Internet”
  • Personal feed and related blog discovery

    “You can build a personal feed, follow others, see related blogs and posts”

    Comment from 17 Jun 2026 in “Hacker News but for Independent Blogs”

    “here are some of my fav ways to discover blogs”

    Comment from 3 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: I built a frontpage for personal blogs”
  • Points to similar blog discovery sites

    “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”

    “is another similar site that I’ve enjoyed”

    Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you”

    “Those who enjoy this might also like”

    Comment from 3 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: I built a frontpage for personal blogs”

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.

Minifeed compared with 4 alternatives
ProductRecommendCriticizeApprovalMonthsOwnedBadge
Kagi Small Web463061%9——
Wander small web explorer31391%71 mo3 ownersApproved
Ooh.directory26584%7—Approved
Personal blog frontpage21195%2——
MinifeedThis page80100%5——
See all 11 blog directories, ranked

What people said

10 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“You can build a personal feed, follow others, see related blogs and posts”

RecommendsComment from 17 Jun 2026 in “Hacker News but for Independent Blogs”

“There are a small but healthy collections of RSS feeds with actual humans writing.”

RecommendsComment from 5 May 2026 in “The best is over: The fun has been optimized out of the Internet”

“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”

“here are some of my fav ways to discover blogs”

RecommendsComment from 3 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: I built a frontpage for personal blogs”

“Those who enjoy this might also like”

RecommendsComment from 3 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: I built a frontpage for personal blogs”

“I maintain and grow a manually curated collection of personal blogs with valid RSS feeds”

RecommendsComment from 17 Mar 2026 in “Kagi Small Web”

“If you seek more curated blogs to share with your users, check out my project”

RecommendsComment from 2 Mar 2026 in “Enable CORS for Your Blog”

“This looks great. Your https://minifeed.net/about page is really nice too.”

RecommendsComment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you”

“I also maintain a human-curated directory (and search engine) of personal blogs”

RecommendsComment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you”

“is another similar site that I’ve enjoyed”

RecommendsComment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you”

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