I just went through all the authors listed under “Some Writings We Love” on the LessOnline site and categorized what platform they used to publish. Very roughly;
Personal website: IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIII (39) Substack: IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII- (30) Wordpress: IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-III (23) LessWrong: IIIII-IIII (9) Ghost: IIIII- (5) A magazine: IIII (4) Blogspot: III (3) A fiction forum: III (3) Tumblr: II (2)
”Personal website” was a catch-all for any site that seemed custom-made rather than a platform. But it probably contained a bunch of sites that were e.g. Wordpress on the backend but with no obvious indicators of it.
I was moderately surprised at how dominant Substack was. I was also surprised at how much marketshare Wordpress still had; it feels “old” to me. But then again, Blogspot feels ancient. I had never heard of “Ghost” before, and those sites felt pretty “premium”.
I was also surprised at how many of the blogs were effectively inactive. Several of them hadn’t posted since like, 2016.
I just went through all the authors listed under “Some Writings We Love” on the LessOnline site and categorized what platform they used to publish. Very roughly;
Personal website:
IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIII (39)
Substack:
IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII- (30)
Wordpress:
IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-III (23)
LessWrong:
IIIII-IIII (9)
Ghost:
IIIII- (5)
A magazine:
IIII (4)
Blogspot:
III (3)
A fiction forum:
III (3)
Tumblr:
II (2)
”Personal website” was a catch-all for any site that seemed custom-made rather than a platform. But it probably contained a bunch of sites that were e.g. Wordpress on the backend but with no obvious indicators of it.
I was moderately surprised at how dominant Substack was. I was also surprised at how much marketshare Wordpress still had; it feels “old” to me. But then again, Blogspot feels ancient. I had never heard of “Ghost” before, and those sites felt pretty “premium”.
I was also surprised at how many of the blogs were effectively inactive. Several of them hadn’t posted since like, 2016.