Tumblr is a microblogging and social media website. It was founded by David Karp in February 2007. From 2013-2017, Yahoo! Inc. was the parent company. From 2017-2019, Verizon Media owned the website. As of mid-2019, the parent company is Automatic. The Chief Executive Officer of Tumblr is Jeff D’Onofrio. The headquarters are based in New York City, New York. Tumblr hosts over 475 million blogs. There are over 400 million monthly visitors on the website.

Signing up for the website is simple. You will simply need to enter your email address, desired password, and desired username. Once you are signed up, you will be able to see your Dashboard, which will include a live feed of recent posts from the blogs that you follow. On the Dashboard, you can comment, like, or reblog other blogs. On the Dashboard is where you can create your own posts, whether you decide to upload text posts, images, videos, quotes, or links. You are able to connect your Twitter and Facebook accounts to your Tumblr account. Connecting these other social media sites will allow your Tumblr posts to be shared to your Facebook or Twitter whenever you make a new post. The Queue allows you to schedule posts ahead of times, whether hours or days in advance. Tags will help you find posts that involve a certain topic. To find a specific tag, you will simply need to enter a hashtag and the topic that you are searching for. All posts that have been posted by others with that hashtag will be visible for you to see. The Tumblr app is also available for download on Google Play and App Store.

Tumblr is free to all users. To cancel your Tumblr account, simply follow the cancellation instructions that are included on this page.