Tumblr; it is extremely likely that you’ve heard about it by now, but have you ever taken the time to explore what it really is? Founded in February 2007, the rapidly growing social networking and microblogging website now has over 86 million blogs created on with over 39 billion posts, an impressive number for only a mere six years.

  Tumblr has an extreme ease of access as well, being useful for both professional and casual means. Many relevant figures in modern American society, such as Lady Gaga, John Mayer, and even Barack Obama have had blogs on Tumblr used to promote their respective images and update the public.

  Along with these fame-driven blogs, there a plethora of other styles to be found on the now prominent blogging website. Popular types of blogs include design, fashion, comedy, and gaming among others. Among these blogs, many people attempt to garner internet fame or start both large and small-scale businesses. With these kinds of blogs, mostly the picture, video, and text post options are utilized, though Tumblr has more features.

  In addition to having the ability to create text, picture, and video posts, users of the website can also upload conversations, links, quotes, and audio to their blogs. Unless these posts are tagged, it is probable that only blogs that follow the creator of the posts will see them. The queue feature is a unique addition that many users may enjoy as it allows them to set the time and date of which a post will be made.

  The queue is typically filled with “reblogged” images and text posts, which are reposts of a post from another user’s blog onto your own, though text replies, which some blogs allow on their posts, can only be made instantly. The queue is limited to 50 posts, while the daily limit is 250. Though it may seem impossible to exceed this limit, users can run multiple blogs under one account. The post limit counts for every blog combined, not just the primary blog.

  In each blog, a separate customizable theme and avatar may be utilized. Some themes can be rather costly, though there are free themes and, if one has knowledge regarding html coding, a custom theme may be created.  These secondary blogs may be “joint-blogs” with multiple people running them and creating posts. In addition, it may be turned private via password protection. Secondary blogs usually utilize the “submit” feature, allowing other users to submit content and posts to their blogs as well. All submissions can be reviewed before they are published.

  With a variety of features, it is easy to see why Tumblr has gained monumental acclaim and popularity in a short amount of time. New users and blogs join daily, due to both the popularity and ease of access along with the difference between this and other “social networking” websites.

  Tumblr’s endless amount of topics to blog about and a large audience makes it easy to become a popular and successful blogger. Users have various options that are all easy to use, even though it may seem overwhelming. Tumblr is an easy to use blogging platform with many options for its users