Alternatives to Tumblr

…and what they’re good for.

At the 17th of December tumblr will ban all NSFW content, and it already started to delete blogs that are (wrongfully) flagged as such.

Since many of us are looking for new places to settle in, I’ll share the information I’ve gathered so far for alternative platforms and how they work in relation to Tumblr.



I’m covering over 55 options and how big they are!

I will update this list daily when I have new information, so make sure to check it out again now and then! I’m open for new suggestions to add, so if you have infos about new sites or more things, please contact me!



Help spreading the word for other tumblr refugees! Please consider reblogging!



UPDATE 5th December: Added a couple of new pages, new infos provided by other users, sorted everything alphabetical and some more bonus links at the end of this post.



Also, for reference: Tumblr had around 23 million users.



(Those with a ⭐ are the most promising for me personally!)





Amino (mostly an app)

Amino is something that comes very close to tumblr in sense of fandom. However, you cannot properly use it in a browser.

It compiles of groups only. Usually you join a few groups your interested in (with thousands of members), like a fandom, your hobby and maybe a support group, and then get active in every one of them separately. The groups are not connected whatsoever, and you don’t have a “main profile” (like on Deviantart, for example), you have to create an own profile for every group you’re in. NSFW ALLOWED: ❌ No

GOOD FOR: finding like-minded people, fandom activities, sharing your content (art, cosplay, writing), contests, communication, giving and receiving comments

BAD FOR: a portfolio (unless it’s just about one fandom or hobby), uploading hq images

ACTIVE USERS: ? (please tell me when you know!)

NEUTRAL: It’s free, though you can pay for some more (rather uninteresting) features. People on Amino tend to be a little younger, usually.

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Fans, content creators, getting known in a certain fandom, younger people (around 12-22)



AO3

A fanciction community. You have to be invited first to start at AO3. User breval said “ AO3 is fandom curated and relies on donations meaning you are not the product, you can also post fanart there not just fanfictions”



NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Yes

GOOD FOR: Sharing your written works, consuming written works, NSFW content, trigger warning, apparently also posting fanarts?

BAD FOR: Everything else

ACTIVE USERS: ? (please tell me when you know!)

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Writers & Readers, Fans



Behance / ArtStation ⭐

Behance and Art Station are amazing for artists (illustrators, photographers, graphic designers, models, CGi-artists, etc) who are taking their work to a professional level. I have worked in several companies over the years and all consult Behance or ArtStation if they want to find a good artist for their next project. It can be tiny bit complicated to understand the concept of the sites first, but it should be easy if you look at some others artists and try to understand their portfolio. ArtStation is a little bit more focused on game design and illustration, while Behance is for everyone. Btw, chances are high that an artist of your favorite game or comic are on one of these pages.



NSFW ALLOWED: ❌ No (To a certain degree - though I’m not entirely sure!)

GOOD FOR: representing your works and projects, finding jobs, finding great artists, seeling products (ArtStation only)

BAD FOR: community communication (comments are possible but very rare), fandom content, blogging and everything personal

ACTIVE USERS: ? (please tell me when you know!)

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free

MOST INTERESTING FOR: professional artists and those who want to try out being professional. More pages like these: Dribble (the “Twitter of professional artists”), 500px (photography community), Zerply, Hunie (for designers)



Blogger / Wordpress

Two oft the most well known blogging websites. Since there is no real connecting ground between all blogs it’s hard to be found, but a good place to create your own webspace. There are a couple of people who use it as a portfolio for their works, too. If you’re looking for a page that is more homepage than blog, Wordpress is the better choice. NSFW ALLOWED: ✅❓ Yes (as long as it’s not explicit)

GOOD FOR: Writing, creating a portfolio, receiving comments

BAD FOR: social connectivity, Groups, staying in touch (like Tumblr or Facebook, in which it is easy too see when somebody you like created new content)

ACTIVE USERS: as many as you can get on your blog.

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free but you can pay for certain features or templates I think

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Writer, Blogger



blogr.xxx (Somewhat Tumblr-esque!)

I still need to research this one. Seems to be a porn blogger site, like a mix of Instagram and Tumblr Might be interesting for sex workers. NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Absolutely

GOOD FOR: Not sure yet, probably porn videos and photographs

BAD FOR: Not sure yet, probably SFW stuff

ACTIVE USERS: ? (please tell me when you know!)

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: ?

MOST INTERESTING FOR: sex workers (?)



bdsmlr (Very Tumblr-esque!)

Don’t know nothing about this one yet. It seems to be a tumblr clone. It says “Microblogging and social media for people into Bondage, BDSM and Fetishes. 100% Free! ” NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Yes

GOOD FOR: If you’re looking for something similar to tumblr and are into bsdm, bondage & alike

BAD FOR: SFW stuff, probably, and people who aren’t into bdsm.

ACTIVE USERS: ? (please tell me when you know!)

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: ?

MOST INTERESTING FOR: People who used tumblr for NSFW/bdsm content



Curious Cat



This is a bit different to other communities, because it focuses a lot on interaction based on questions. I’ve seen quite a few tumblr members using it. You can connect it with your Twitter (and Facebook) NSFW ALLOWED: ✅❓ Yes, though only written.

GOOD FOR: FAQ, Interacting with your followers and fans

BAD FOR: blogging, picture sharing (?)

ACTIVE USERS: ~900 000

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free. You need a Twitter or Facebook account to join, though.

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Curious people who love to ask and answer questions

OTHER PAGES LIKE THIS: twoo, Ask.fm, Sararah, ZaQa

PERSONAL OPINION: Probably no good as a main platform for Tumblr refugees (as long as they aren’t ask blogs), but a good side platform you could connect with your Twitter or Facebook.



Cosplay.com

The biggest Cosplay community. NSFW ALLOWED: ❌ No

GOOD FOR: Cosplayers & people who are interested in it

BAD FOR: Non-Cosplayers, NSFW

ACTIVE USERS: ? (please tell me when you know!)

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free. The site is in maintenance atm.

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Cosplayers, Cosplay-Photographer



Deviantart

Probably the biggest artist community out there. It’s huge, powerful and user friendly. NSFW content is only partially allowed (as long as it’s not explicit). Many NSFW artists post censored work there and link their Hentai Foundry or Patreon in the description. NSFW ALLOWED: ✅❓ Yes (to a certain degree)

GOOD FOR: creating a portfolio, finding like-minded people, sharing your work, groups,

BAD FOR: Adult Artists, “dashbording” and browsing mutuals. It’s possible to see new content of your favorite artists, but it’s not as easily consumable as on Tumblr or Facebook.

ACTIVE USERS: >40 million

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free

MOST INTERESTING FOR: illustrators, photographer, cosplayer, writer



Discord ⭐

Discord is a whole different concept than tumblr, but you can join some really amazing communities over there. You can share your own works over there easily, can quickly create servers for you and your friends or whole fandoms, it really is a next level chat with many functions and private rooms and so on. The only downside is that it’s hard to find good communities, because there’s no main page where every sever is listed. Try Discordservers.com or Discord.me to find servers for your kind or keep an eye on tumblr. Now might be a good time to create an own server. It’s also great if you yourself have a fanbase.



NSFW ALLOWED: depends on the servers itself

GOOD FOR: fandom talk, communicating, chatting, sharing, voice talk, playing with bots (there are whole games out there you can play on discord!), private messaging, playing videogames

BAD FOR: own webspace or portfolio

ACTIVE USERS: As many as there are in the servers you are in.

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free but you can buy games there and upgrade to “Nitro” which has some features

MOST INTERESTING FOR: people who strive for communication (or lurkers), people of any kind

PERSONAL OPINION: I love Discord a lot!! It’s probably not suited as a main platform, but it’s very great for communication and connecting with others! However it can be quickly very overwhelming when you’re in too many servers.





Dreamwith

I don’t know much about this one, except that it’s much like the Livejournal fossil. If you don’t know what that is, imagine it to be something like blogger or wordpress, but with a little social connectivity and a bit like the reddit interface. Follower breval said it’s fandom curated, without ads and that it’s good for written posts but not for pictures. NSFW ALLOWED: maybe…? I’m not sure here, written NSFW seems to be ok

GOOD FOR: writers (?)

BAD FOR: sharing, reblogging and stuff like that

ACTIVE USERS: ? (please tell me when you know!)

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free, but you can buy some extra features

MOST INTERESTING FOR: blogger, writer (?)



Ello



I don’t know much about this page yet. It says “THE CREATORS NETWORK Ello is a global community of artists dedicated to creative excellence. Built by artists, for artists.” The community there seems to be amazing. I’m still researching/trying out. NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Yes (?)

GOOD FOR: Art & Photographs (?)

BAD FOR: Fandoms (?)

ACTIVE USERS: >1 million

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free (?)

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Artists, Photographer (?)



Facebook

Another well known social platform. If you’re looking for range (as an artist, writer, model, photographer, etc.) it’s a very good place to be on. For private users it has very elaborated functions on who can see your posts. Right now it’s probably the closest to tumblr. You can share images, videos, text posts - you can easily create more than one account, groups and events. Though Facebook is a little shady about your personal informations and advertisment. If you can deal with that it’s probably a good place to be. NSFW ALLOWED: ❌ No

GOOD FOR: communication (private profile), groups, finding like-minded people, easy “reblogging”

BAD FOR: communincation, too (when you have a public profile. People tend to go haywire on FB, it’s even worse then on tumblr)

ACTIVE USERS: >2 billion (!)

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Content Creators, People who want to stay in Touch, Blogger, Fans, People of every kind



FurAffinity

The “Deviantart” for furries and like-minded people. “Soft furries” (gijinkas, catgirls, humanizations etc) and monster lovers are welcome there, too. NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Yes

GOOD FOR: Furry related content (art, cosplay and stories), finding mutuals, NSFW content.

BAD FOR: People who are not into furry content

ACTIVE USERS: >1 million (?) (please tell me when you know!)

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Furries and everyone who’s interested in animal inspired creatures and monsters





Fetlife

Fetlife is probably the biggest international adult online community. It’s a bit like Facebook for adults. NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Absolutely

GOOD FOR: Talking about sex related things, finding like-minded people (in nsfw regard), sharing adult content of yourself (as a model, writer or photographer), groups, dating profile

BAD FOR: Looking for SFW stuff, building a portfolio

ACTIVE USERS: >2 million

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free

MOST INTERESTING FOR: People who search for partners and friends to talk about adult stuff, sex workers, 18+ photographers and models





Feabie

Feabie is a community for chubby & fat people, feeders & feedees and basically everything that is connected with it (weight gain, stuffing, etc). You are welcome there if you’re only a slightly chubby person with no real interest in gaining weight or feeding. NSFW content is not allowed. NSFW ALLOWED: ❌ No

GOOD FOR: Finding mutuals in regard of weight or weight preferences, as a dating site when you’re overweight

BAD FOR: Everyone who cannot deal with feeders or who isn’t overweight + has no interest

ACTIVE USERS: > 100 000

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free, you can blog and share images, though you can look only at a certain amount of images before they blur.

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Overweight people, Feeder/Feedies, Fat admirer

PERSONAL OPINION: The site is surprisingly chill. First I thought people would be all “I WANT THEM TO GET SO FAT THAT THEY CAN’T MOVE THAT’S HOT” but it really is more like Facebook. People say how they feel, what they are watching right now, share some selfies - only rarely I see them talking about Feeding/Gaining weight itself. I met a couple of cute, open-minded and genderqueer people over there and I feel comfortable sharing my images. Nobody has ever sent me an inappropriate, degrading or objectifying message there, even though I posted sensual pictures. Nobody ever tried to force me into stuff I didn’t like (feeding, weight gaining).





F-List

F-List is a (mostly NSFW) roleplay community. NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Absolutely

GOOD FOR: roleplaying, hosting your characters, finding roleplay mutuals, chatting, groups, making preference lists

BAD FOR: displaying your illustrated and cosplayed works

ACTIVE USERS: ? (please tell me when you know!)

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free

MOST INTERESTING FOR: roleplayers, furries, people who like to communicate about sexual things

PERSONAL OPINION: Most people I know (and myself) use it for their own preference list. It helps a lot when you’re looking for roleplay partners to see if you guys fit together!





Fanfiction.net

One of the biggest fanfiction communities. NSFW ALLOWED: ✅❓ Yes(to a certain degree)

GOOD FOR: Sharing your written works, consuming written works

BAD FOR: Everything else

ACTIVE USERS: ? (please tell me when you know!)

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Writers & Readers, Fans

MORE SITES LIKE THIS: RoyalRoad, Mibba, Archive Of Our Own, wattpad



Google+

We all know it but nobody uses it seriously. That might change now. It’s a bit like a facebook clone. Apparently it’ll shut down in 2019. NSFW ALLOWED: ❌ No

GOOD FOR:

BAD FOR:

ACTIVE USERS: 3.5 million, though far more people are registered

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free

MOST INTERESTING FOR: I don’t even know, old people probably



Ghost

I have yet to research that one. It seems to be a bit like Wordpress. NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Yes (?)

GOOD FOR: ?

BAD FOR: ?

ACTIVE USERS: ?

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free (the code only, otherwise $30 a month)

MOST INTERESTING FOR: ?



Hentai Foundry

An artist community for adult works, though you can upload soft stuff there too. It’s a little bit like Deviantart, albeit it’s a little bit less user-friendly (I’m on this page since years and I still don’t know many basic functions till this day, like for example where you can easily gather all the new likes and comments you received). Despite the page being very explicit, I’ve experienced it’s members as respectful. You can share Stories there, too, and you have the option of blogging. People aren’t very found of giving feedback, but when many tumblr artists go over there, that might change.



NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Absolutely

GOOD FOR: Adult illustration content

BAD FOR: Userfriendly interface

ACTIVE USERS: ? (please tell me when you know!)

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free

MOST INTERESTING FOR: NSFW artists

PERSONAL OPINION: I have high hopes that Hentai Foundry will get a little more exiting and a better user interface when many Tumblr refugees come over. I’d use it more often then, too!





Instagram (mostly an app) ⭐



It’s like Twitter, but with images, so to speak. Instagram is very famous, too, so if you’re planning to reach many people, it’s a good place to be represented. Though Instagram has heavy security issues and people are still being hacked to this day without any support from instagram. If you’re hacked, you’re done for. Instagram will not delete the hacked profile, either, and the hacker is free to use your name for whatever they want. If you go there I recommend using the highest security possibilities when going there. NSFW ALLOWED: ❌ No

GOOD FOR: Artists, Models, ASMR videos, being easily reachable, being found, quick posting

BAD FOR: HQ images, longer videos, reblogging (it’s possible though, with extra apps), adult work (though the are a bit easier on drawn NSFW), no group possibilitie, sharing links

ACTIVE USERS: >1 billion (!)

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free. It’s possible to write a bit of text in the descriptions of the images (and many users do that), but you’re limited to 2200 characters. It’s a bit complicated to use instagram properly on your pc (but possible with programs or editing the source code a bit)

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Content Creators (images), Fans

PERSONAL OPINION: Everyone and their children and pets have an Instagram account. It really is a great way to stay in touch (especially with your mutuals and friends!) and to gain audience. I definitely recommend.





Imgur

Reddits best friend. People often use Imgur when they want to share pictures on reddit. It is a image hosting “community”, though there’s not much communication over there. It’s a bit like Pinterest. NSFW is not allowed (only for uploading, but not sharing it in the Imgur community) NSFW ALLOWED: ❌ No (Yes for private sharing)

GOOD FOR: Finding funny stuff, quickly uploading images for sharing it elsewhere

BAD FOR: Communication, blogging, nsfw content, finding credit

ACTIVE USERS: ? (please tell me when you know!)

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Consumers, people who want to see funny things, maybe even artist who want to get their works out there



Ko-fi

Ko-fi is a bit like Patreon, except it’s more focused on donation than “give and get”. It’s quick and easy and it’s nice to give to people when they ask you if they can support you somehow, especially when you don’t want to share your Paypal address (if I remember correctly). Some of my friends have a Ko-fi without being content creators but simply because they are in need of money and can send that page to their friends, or as a link in their Instagram profile. You can even post content there. NSFW ALLOWED: ❌ No

GOOD FOR: Receiving and giving money, sharing some of your works

BAD FOR: No dashboard, NSFW

ACTIVE USERS: as many as you can get

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: the usual use if free, but if you want some special features that turn your Ko-Fi more into some sort of Patreon, you have to pay a least $5 a month.

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Content creators and their supporters



libertine.center



I don’t know much about that yet. It seems to be an online NSFW community, probably a bit like fetlife, but pretty. NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Absolutely

GOOD FOR: sharing your NSFW photos, meeting new people?

BAD FOR: SFW stuff

ACTIVE USERS: ?

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free (?)

MOST INTERESTING FOR: sex workers, people interested in the sex commuity (?)



mastodon ⭐

It’s a social network base. It’s like a mix of Discord, Twitter, Tumblr and Amino to me. It’s not, like tumblr, a community itself, but an option to create your own community (like Amino). Very clean and easy to use!

It’s probably worth mentioning that they’ve had, much like Tumblr, a pedophile incident. User reinhardt-the-dragon-slayer says: “theres drama because “aaa pedophiles use this” - that’s correct but fundamentally misunderstands what mastodon is. mastodon is a codebase. it is something you can take the code from and host on your own server, privately. pedophiles did that. they made their own privatized server using mastodon’s code. mastodon has 0 control over that. it’s like pedophiles making a phpbb board. they have however made every effort to block the pedo!server from their server cloud & get it off the web. power to em.”

Lustfullistening says: “NSFW is allowed on mastodon! The community is being highly accepting toward us exiles, and while it is mostly server based, you have the option to put content warnings and sensors on EVERYTHING you post. So many of us are joining and using the #TumblrExile“ NSFW ALLOWED: Server Related

GOOD FOR: building your own community, having a common base (like a fandom, a hobby, etc)

BAD FOR: Communication “outside your bubble”, so to say.

ACTIVE USERS: Server related, between 100-500 000.

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: Free.

MOST INTERESTING FOR: all kinds of people, probably those who enjoy Discord and Amino (those who want smaller, closed groups)

SOME INTERESTING SERVERS: mastodon.social (main mastodon server), artalley.porn (artists) Kinkyelephant.com (nsfw), Humblr.social (nsfw), pawoo.net (Pixiv’s server)

PERSONAL OPINION: I will try that one out for sure, some servers at least. I’ll add them at the end of the post once I’m on them, if you want to stay in touch! It offers so many possibilities!



MeWe

I just learned about this one, so I’m not sure about it, either. Quite some people seem to use it. It seems to be a non-commercial alternative to Facebook so far. User whodearmedear says: “ About MeWe, someone mentioned here yesterday that it’s basically Facebook for evangelical christians, so no good news for anyone left-leaning, lgbt+ or POC. “ NSFW ALLOWED: ❌ No

GOOD FOR: (?)

BAD FOR: (?)

ACTIVE USERS: ? (please tell me when you know!)

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: (?)

MOST INTERESTING FOR: People who are unhappy with Facebook (?)



MySpace

It’s still out there and a few people are using it. MySpace is a social community a tiny bit like Facebook, but not very suited as a portfolio or for “dashboarding”. If you’re an (music) artist however it might be worth to be represented over there, probably? Here’s an article about people who still use MySpace. NSFW ALLOWED: ❌ No

GOOD FOR: Social Networking, News, Music related content

BAD FOR: (?)

ACTIVE USERS: > 50 million

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: (?)

MOST INTERESTING FOR: (?)



Minds (Very Tumblr-esque!)

Don’t know nothing about this one yet. It seems to be a tumblr clone. It says “We are an open source and decentralized platform for Internet freedom. Get paid in crypto for your contributions to the community. ”

It seems to be an “tumblr for adults” but without the NSFW. I don’t get the whole crypto currency point. NSFW ALLOWED: ❌ No (I think)

GOOD FOR: If you’re looking for something similar to tumblr

BAD FOR: ?

ACTIVE USERS: ?

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: ?

MOST INTERESTING FOR: People who would like to use tumblr in a more professional way, probably?



Newgrounds ⭐

I’ve seen a couple of artists linking their Newground account in the last few hours. It’s know for its amazing flash content, but you can also find amazing artwork (of every kind, even pixelart!) and even audio there. There are several ways to communicate, so it can be a good alternative to Tumblr.

Here you can see a good introduction post for those who came over from Tumblr. NSFW ALLOWED: ✅❓ Yes(albeit to some degree, I think?)

GOOD FOR: content creators, people who love games, animation and artworks, communication, feedback, saucy stuff

BAD FOR: people who are easily overwhelmed, sex-compelled people, bodypositivity (?), if you can’t handle the rating system

ACTIVE USERS: >2 million (?) (please tell me when you know!)

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: Free. It’s often down lately because of the huge income of Tumblr artists.

MOST INTERESTING FOR: content creators, gamers, animators



NibbleBit (somewhat Tumblr-esque!

Don’t know nothing about this one yet. It seems to be a tumblr clone. It says “NibbleBit is a completely FREE unlimited blog host. We are also ADULT and GAY Friendly.We have been offering FREE blogs for that past 7 years”



Update: I’m registered now. It’s a bit confusing and feels a little bulky, but maybe that’s just because it’s new to me. NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Yes

GOOD FOR: If you’re looking for something similar to tumblr

BAD FOR: ?

ACTIVE USERS: ?

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: ?

MOST INTERESTING FOR: People who used tumblr for NSFW content





OnlyFans

Don’t know nothing about this one yet. Will update as soon as I know. It says “Sign up to make money and interact with your fans!“. NSFW ALLOWED: ?

GOOD FOR: ?

BAD FOR: ?

ACTIVE USERS: ? (please tell me when you know!)

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: ?

MOST INTERESTING FOR: ?



PaigeeWorld

PaigeeWorld is like the Instagram for (fan)artists. You can use it in your browser or as an app, though it’s filled with a lot of advertisment and you probably have to pause your adblocker to enjoy the page on your computer. NSFW ALLOWED: ❌ No (?)

GOOD FOR: Sharing your fanarts, looking for fanarts, tagging, comments, feedback

BAD FOR: blogging, groups

ACTIVE USERS: ? (please tell me when you know!)

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Fanartists



Patreon

One of the best pages to get financial support from your fans and support your favorite content creators. It’s not much of a community, but it is possible to comment, stay in touch and explore to a certain amount. Though if you support/follow a bunch of content creators, you’ll have a dashboard (like Twitter, Tumblr, etc). NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Yes

GOOD FOR: Sharing your works, supporting your favorite content creators

BAD FOR: Exploring freely, finding new content (from creators you do not pay for)

ACTIVE USERS: as many as you get

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: Content is mostly not free.

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Content creators and their supporters



PoiZen

A site in development made specifically for artists. You can organize things there and give easy commission info / communication. User olderglow says: “this one’s still early in development but looks incredibly promising as a platform and super pretty to look at!! go snap up a username before all the good ones are taken!“

They have a Discord, if you have questions. NSFW ALLOWED: ?

GOOD FOR: Artists, display of your illustrated work.

BAD FOR: ?

ACTIVE USERS: none yet.

NEUTRAL: free (?)

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Artists, especially those who do commissions and have trouble organizing



Pixiv

Pixiv is a japanese artist community. It offers some really great art and NSFW is allowed. However, due to forgein people being very disrespectful and stealing images off the page without crediting nor consent, the site considered closing it down for people out of japan. Do not go to this site if you’re not absolutely certain you can offer a decent amount of respect. NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Yes (I think…?)

GOOD FOR: Sharing your illustrations, anime/manga/j-game fanarts, streaming,

BAD FOR: being known internationally

ACTIVE USERS: > 10 million

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Artists and fans of the japanese drawing style & cultrue

MORE PAGES LIKE THIS: galleria.emotionflow



Pilllowfort ⭐



PornHub ⭐

If you’re an NSFW user (artist, camperson, like to write smut etc), PornHub is absolutely an option. Read here what PornHub has to say to Tumblr refugees. Since it’s so big, it’s really powerful and if you’re a nsfw content creator, you’ll reach many people over there. NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Absolutely

GOOD FOR: Porn, apparently real, 3D and drawn! Communication, as a social Network.

BAD FOR: Aces and sex repelled people. A safe space. But then again, so isn’t Tumblr since a good while anymore.

ACTIVE USERS: I don’t know, but 81 million (!!!) visits every day.

NEUTRAL: Free. But starting at a 7.99 subscription you can get add-free and better videos.

MOST INTERESTING FOR: NSFW artists and other NSFW users.

MY PERSONAL OPINION: Even though it’s a Porn site people are surprisingly respectful. Whenever I looked through comments people where always positive (”She’s so beautiul!”) or neutral funn-ish (”Bruce Wayne would like this” or “Could you tell me who they are? I want to support them”). I’ve met two interesting mutuals on PornHub, too.



Pinterest

Another very well known platform, though it’s only focused on sharing image content of the net. NSFW is not allowed. People don’t care much about credit there and it’s hard to find comments on your works, especially when others posted it. It’s rather big, so a good place if you want a big range of audience. NSFW ALLOWED: ❌ No

GOOD FOR: browsing images, creating folders with your favorite images, inspiration, “reblogging”, getting your works out there (as longs as they aren’t videos or written content)

BAD FOR: credit, blogging, communication, representing yourself

ACTIVE USERS: >250 million

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Consumer, artists of every kind



Piczel.tv

This is mainly for images and streaming, no micro blogging here. It could be interesting for streamers and illustrators, but right now, you cannot even comment on images. NSFW is allowed and separated from SFW. You can like and tag things.

Their Tumblr Post. NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Yes

GOOD FOR: Streaming and sharing images, consuming.

BAD FOR: Communication, blogging

ACTIVE USERS: ? (please tell me when you know!)

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: Free, though if you want to do multistreaming, you have to pay.

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Streamer, Artists, Consumer



qink.co



This page is still in development, and I don’t know anything except what’s on their page. Here’s what they say: “Foundation: Safe haven for adult content, Self regulating community, Self funded platform, Community directed feature development - Anticipated Platform Features: Tumblr import – Read more about exporting your Tumblr blog, Typical Blog Features (posts, followers, likes, comments, etc.), qinky Surveys to share and compare with your partner(s) – Prior to Tumblr’s announcement, this is what qink was intended to do, so this functionality is largely complete, Contracts (BDSM, etc), Tasks (Dom/sub homework)”

NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Yes

GOOD FOR: ?

BAD FOR: ?

ACTIVE USERS: none yet

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free (?)

MOST INTERESTING FOR: NSFW tumblr users, especially those who are into BDSM, D/S (?)



Reddit

Reddit is another very big community for every kind of person, though it takes a little bit of time to understand the flow of it. NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Yes

GOOD FOR: Groups of your interest, consuming, sharing content you found, sharing your own content (though it doesn’t seem to be too tolerated over there.It more a sharing/communication community then a self-display), NSFW content

BAD FOR: Finding specific content, as a portfolio, for “quick image sharing”, you have to upload your images on other pages first

ACTIVE USERS: >1 billion (!)

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Every kind of person



Swarmr (Almost an exact tumblr clone!)

Don’t know nothing about this one yet. It seems to be a tumblr clone. It says “Swarmr is committed to free speech, net-neutrality , gender equity, digital freedom, privacy rights and is opposed to unlawful spying on citizens and internet users. ”

Since it uses a lot of tumblr assets it might get into trouble soon. Not sure if they’ll shut down or change everything then. Update: I’m registered there now. It really is a tumblr clone (the old tumblr, that is). Might be a good place if you want an exact copy of tumblr, but with nsfw being allowed. You can search for tags and it shows it on your dash, but it lacks an “explore”-page. NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Yes

GOOD FOR: If you’re looking for something very similar to tumblr

BAD FOR: searching for new content

ACTIVE USERS: ?

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: ?

MOST INTERESTING FOR: People who used tumblr for NSFW content

PERSONAL OPINION: It really doesn’t have many features and feels like a downgraded Tumblr, I wouldn’t recommend it unless you really love the Tumblr interface. I looked around a bit and I probably won’t use it.





Sharesome

I don’t know much about that one yet, either. It seems to be a sharing community for adults especially. Something like an 18+ Instagram/Facebook.

Here’s an open letter from Sharesome CEO to Tumblr for a little more insight.

They also seem to be working on a feature to import your tumblr content. NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Absolutely

GOOD FOR: apparently sharing your adult content (only photography and videos, no illustrations) (?)

BAD FOR: ?

ACTIVE USERS: ? (please tell me when you know!)

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: You can earn money as a content creator (?)

MOST INTERESTING FOR: sex workers and their fans (?)



Twitter ⭐

Twitter is a good place for quick exchange of information. It has a personal vibe to it, I know many people who use it to talk about their day, thoughts and experiences. It’s huge and therefore very powerful. You can post videos and images there, too. NSFW is okay there, if you crave SFW content you can hide sensitive material. Since many Tumblerians are going there (for now), it might be a good idea to go there, too, to stay connected.

NSFW ALLOWED: ✅❓ Yes (To a certain degree, I think?)

GOOD FOR: quick information exchange, sharing links and thoughts, keeping others updated, representing yourself, NSFW content, easiy “reblogging”

BAD FOR: sharing hq images, blogging, sharing more than 3 pictures at once, finding fandom/interested related content, because you cannot use many hashtags and not many use hashtags when they post fanart

ACTIVE USERS: >300 million

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free, no groups

MOST INTERESTING FOR: People of every kind

PERSONAL OPINION: If you don’t use it already it’s a good place for a transition to your next main platform. You can really reach many people there, but in order to be well known you have to understand a bit of “unwritten Twitter rules” and how the site work, you need to be continuesly active there.





the Fet library



A site specifically for nsfw stories! NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Absolutely

GOOD FOR: sharing your NSFW stories

BAD FOR: Dashboarding, as a social community

ACTIVE USERS: ?

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Writers of the adult art



Vero (App only)

Vero rose when Instagram had it huge security problem, if I remember correctly.

It’s a lot like Instagram, but it allows NSFW content. NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Yes

GOOD FOR: Instagram Fans

BAD FOR: ?

ACTIVE USERS: >1 million

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Instagram users



9GAG

Known for being a time killing site and sharing interesting things it’s not much of a usual community. However it has an own “Drawings & Illustrations” page, so it is intersting for artists to a certain point. NSFW ALLOWED: ❌ No

GOOD FOR: Finding funny content, sharing funny content, finding interesting stuff, killing time

BAD FOR: Credit, community

ACTIVE USERS: ? (please tell me when you know!)

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Consumers and people who want to share things they found





4chan

4chan is known for being the “Nemesis” of Tumblr and hating it’s community. It’s a very unfiltered image board and you’ll meet very different people there. Expect to find no serious trigger warnings or serious concern when you’re offended. It’s also very huge and powerful, people on 4chan did both solve crime cases as frame innocent people for shootings.

I know a couple of people who enjoy being there when they avoid certain boards or who are only active in one specific board. NSFW and SFW-Stuff is separated. NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Yes

GOOD FOR: Image sharing, hearing opinions outside a safe space, NSFW stuff, chatting

BAD FOR: Having a portfolio, private chats, emotional support

ACTIVE USERS: > 22 million

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: free. There are some other chan boards out there that might be suited for your personal taste (like krautchan for germans or bbwchan and stuff like that. Give it a quick google search if you look for a specific chan image board!)

MOST INTERESTING FOR: Consumers, sharers, gamers, but also artists, models and writers - all sorts of people, really.



Your Own Homepage



You might not even have considered creating a homepage for your own content, though you definitely should, especially when you’re a content creator! It’s easier then ever, nowadays. Some good pages to do that are Jimdo, Wix, Dunked (especially for a quick art portfolio) and Squarespace. NSFW ALLOWED: ✅ Yes

GOOD FOR: Your own webspace, 100% control over what you share and how your webspace should look, representing yourself, your own portfolio, having many possibilities

BAD FOR: community & communication, social connectivity

ACTIVE USERS: as many as you get

NEUTRAL / MORE INFO: Many good homepage creators are free, but if you want a very own url and no “this page was created by COMPANY” on your page, you have to pay.

MOST INTERESTING FOR: content creators

PERSONAL OPINION: Absolute get one when you’re a content creator, own a shop, a business or anything like that! And if you don’t (yet), you should try it anyways to understand how homepages work, in case you need to ever get one. For now you could use it simply as a contact point where you talk a little bit about yourself and where to find you / how to contact you.







Bonus information:

🡆 Read here how to export and save your Tumblr. (Doesn’t seem to work properly)

🡆 Another way to export your Tumblr.

🡆 Quick summary of what will happen with Tumblr.

🡆 Some few other pages are covered by reinhardt-the-dragon-slayer and olderglow.

🡆 An article about why you should consider deleting your Tumblr.

🡆 My personal recommendation for now:

I only have one for content creators: Get yourself a main “shoutout plaform” like Instagram or Twitter, where you can quickly inform many people about your new content (and learn how to create the best content on those specific platforms) and a second one where you upload your works properly, like Deviantart, Facebook, Hentai Foundry, Behance or Archive Of Our Own. It might be a good idea to have those 1-2 platforms as main and some others where you only post when you have the energy and time for it. You should try out a bit every platform to see if you can get comfortable there.

🡆 Lastly, some of my own platforms:

Instagram

My photography homepage (sensual pregnancy, nsfw)

NSFW Twitter (Just set that one up!)

Twitter

Deviantart

Facebook





And I’ll be Trying out these for now:

Pillowfort

NibbleBit (http://glasmond.nibblebit.com)

Swarmr (https://swarmr.com/Glasmond)

libertine.center

Mastodom (https://artalley.porn/@Glasmond)

PoiZen (https://poizen.me/glasmond not online yet)

CuriousCat (https://curiouscat.me/Glasmond & https://curiouscat.me/RoseFatale (nsfw))



…in case you want to interact there to try out these pages, too!





Have a safe Tumblrcalypse™, everyone, and merry christmas!