⚡ Blogging Platforms in the United Kingdom

Blogging platforms are web-based services that allow users to create, publish, and manage blog posts. They typically provide tools for text formatting, multimedia integration, and presentation customization.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) is a Western European country with a population of over 67 million people.

According to our data, blogging platforms are used on 0.6% of websites from the United Kingdom.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top blogging platforms in the United Kingdom in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is WordPress.com, which dominates the market with a substantial 70.8% share.
It is followed by Blogger with 25% and Substack with 1.6%.

WordPress.com 70.8%
Blogger 25%
Substack 1.6%
Tumblr 1%
Medium 0.9%
Movable Type 0.3%
Blot 0.3%
Other 0.1%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top platforms that are more popular in the United Kingdom than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

3. Substack ^(-1)
5. Medium ^(-2)
7. Blot ^(-4)

✨ Best Blogging Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of 7 blogging platforms used on sites from the United Kingdom, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	WordPress.com San Francisco, California, United States A managed WordPress platform that handles hosting, performance, security, and maintenance so site owners can focus on content. $4+/month	70.8%
2	Blogger Mountain View, California, United States A free online blogging platform owned by Google that hosts user blogs on blogspot.com subdomains. Free	25%
3	Substack San Francisco, California, United States A newsletter and blogging platform that allows you to connect your own domain. Free$$$	1.6%
4	Tumblr San Francisco, California, United States A blogging and social publishing platform that lets users connect a custom domain to their blogs. Free$6.99/month	1%
5	Medium San Francisco, California, United States An online publishing platform that allows you to connect your own domain. $5+/month	0.9%
6	Movable Type Tokyo, Japan A weblog publishing system written in Perl. FreeOpen source	0.3%
7	Blot An open-source publishing platform. $5/month	0.3%

👉 See Also

🌎 Blogging Platforms in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 157,370 websites from the United Kingdom.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.