it’s end-of-year list szn, mind if we humblebrag on main? today, we launched our 2025 year in review, a look at the stats + overarching themes that high-key defined tumblr this year!

yes, you get several extra hours in the toy pit tumblr.at/toypit-bs

happy for all who are about that (tomodachi) life tumblr.at/tomodachi-di...

it is thursday my dudes tumblr.at/its-thursday...

From Vogue Singapore—welcome back to weird, indeed. vogue.sg/tumblr-era-o...

Welcome back to weird. I'm back in my Tumblr era—and I've never felt more at home

The time I went back to reclaim my little corner of the Internet on the beloved social blogging platform we all know as Tumblr.

vogue.sg

some saw blue and black, others saw white and gold. the web would never be the same.

Automattic@automattic.com · last yr.

Ten years ago, one question tore the internet in half: blue and black or white and gold? 👀👗 It's The Dress's 10th anniversary, and we’re celebrating with the person who made it go viral: @tumblr.com's Cates Holderness (@cates.bsky.social.) Relive the infuriating, internet-breaking sensation! 🧵

we all deserve to be as happy as this baby turtle

Defector@defector.com · last yr.

"To these turtles, there might be nothing better than the promise of food. To this human, there is nothing better than the turtle dance." https://defector.com/are-you-entranced-by-the-turtle-dance

we launched communities last week and this community for @netflix.com's arcane is now the largest one. it's about to hit 10,000 members—truly impressive, arcane fans! tumblr.at/arcane-commu...

Tumblr adds Reddit-like ‘communities’

Tumblr adds Reddit-like ‘communities’

Communities operate like subreddits

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Tumblr launches its interest-focused Communities out of beta

Tumblr launches its interest-focused Communities out of beta

A year after initial tests began, the web blogging site Tumblr, now owned by WordPress.com parent Automattic, is launching its Communities feature out of beta. Communities offer semi-private spaces on Tumblr where people can network around topics of…

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Well, this is exciting—Communities are here! Connect with others over what you love most, in public or in private. Read all about it ➡️ tumblr.at/communities-b

365 days of data ranking all the top topics from tumblr in 2024? why, it's tumblr's year in review! we'll be sharing some lists with you here throughout the month, but for those of you who can't wait to see what won on tumblr in 2024: smash this link now tumblr.at/tumblr2024b

This came together pretty fast, but here's my latest for @io9dotcom.bsky.social : A look at the history of Bartkira from the folks who started it on Tumblr back in the day. gizmodo.com/the-history-...

The History Behind That Viral Bartkira Anime Trailer

In 2013, a fan-art project on Tumblr enlisted 768 artists to redraw every page of Akira in the style of The Simpsons—and it got its own trailer, too.

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ahh, december. the season of hot chocolate, cinnamon-scented candles, warm socks, and reflecting on the past year. come back tomorrow for one of these things (spoiler: it's not socks).