The Most Inspiring Blogging Niches

Given my 20+ years of experience as a blogger you may ask:

where do you get inspiration from for decades of blogging?

So-called boring topics like blogging, social media and search are often not inspiring by themselves.

Thus I compiled a list of the most inspiring blogging niches!

How do these blog niches and blogs actually inspire?

So how do these blogs actually inspire me an others?

• Do you just copy their writing style?
• You can’t simple copy the content, can you?
• How can you improve your blogging by looking at what they do?

These types of blogs are a constant inspiration on the English speaking Web.

These are blogging niches that have had some significant impact on me!

They influenced not only my writing. They changed my whole philosophy.

Many of these bloggers covering the topics below also lead by example!

That’s how you impact the world positively at the end of the day.

“Be the change you want to see in the world”.

Ghandi

Ultimately reading these authors helped me to change my life to better in various ways!

They are not only publishing about positive change. The writers often practice what they preach.

So here they are, the most inspirational blogging niches in no particular order.

I also added examples of some of my favorite blogs from each niche.

Green blogs

Green blogs, in the ecological sense – not just the color haha, dealing with the environment.

They are covering sustainability and products that have a lesser impact on the planet.

Some of the ideas, people and things they feature never cease to inspire me.

Some are around for a while but there are much more popular and main stream by now.

Over the years many of my favorite green blogs have disappeared or been acquired by larger publishing houses.

So the likes of Treehugger or Inhabitat are not what they used to be anymore.

Yet even mainstream treehugger still features a how to save trees post on their frontpage!

Yet I woe them a lot when it comes to inspiration the early years of the 21st century.

Self improvement blogs

Before I started blogging in English, I wasn’t even aware of the term self improvement.

Sometimes they are also referred to as “personal development” blogs.

When reading blogs in German I did not know such niches!

Then I finally noticed the the “Zen of everything” blogs.

First I assumed that they’ve been around for years. Some of them were new just like mine though.

Zen habits is still one of the most inspiring ones even after many years.

It still has a quite a regular publishing schedule. The newer articles are hidden beyond the “archives” link.

There are really numerous self improvement blogs out there and each day they seem to be more of them. I love them all!

I love them so much I even tried to write one myself a few year back.

Productivity and life hacks blogs

While I have been aware of Lifehacker for at least two years I didn’t expect how huge it would become.

Around 2010 it has become one of the most popular blogs worldwide and stayed in top blogs list for years.

Also I have seen many more productivity blogs come to mind. I moved on from the rather limited productivity niche though ever since.

Some but not all of them cross over to the self improvement niche or they overlap with freelancing blogs.

Blogging and WordPress blogs

Covering blogging itself and more specifically WordPress is thriving for like a decade.

New bloggers appear on the scene from time to time and establish themselves a to stay with us for years.

The likes of WPBeginner, Smartblogger or BlogTyrant are indispensable for bloggers!

They inspire everybody who publishes a self hosted blog. That’s why they keep on rocking for ages.

Travel blogs

There are many bloggers who travel a lot and document their journeys – often while on the go.

For me it’s very inspiring even though I probably would never try it or rather because of it!

These people are so courageous and open minded you might even become envious.

When you let go of your ego and focus on the bright side they can teach you a lot about about blogging and life in general.

Vegan blogs

Blogging about a vegan lifestyle is somewhat a part of the green blogging niche.

Yet the vegan movement has spawned some truly inspiring publications of all kinds.

When you think of Live Kindly or Plant Based News you will realize it’s not just about food.

It’s even more than “just” about saving the planet. You also save yourself and all sentient beings.

Positivity blogs

The most positive blogging trend is positivity itself.

In Germany popular bloggers often fought each other.

They also used complain how messed up everything is.

People blogging in the English appear to be in a frenzy of achievement, collegiality and cooperation.

Who decides about what is truly inspirational?

Of course this list is very subjective. It is based on my own individual preferences.

Of course this list is highly biased due to the subjectivity of my unique point of view.

So who does decide what is truly inspirational? You do! Who and what inspires you?

Are they blogging about it? Is there a whole niche covering a similar topic? Tell me!

Make sure to add your sources of inspiration below in the comment section!

So here I am looking at the international blogging community from Germany

It makes me appreciate these blogging niches. Why?

So many enthusiastic individuals determined to offer value to international audiences succeeded.

In a way it feels a little like the early days of the Web when everything was still fresh and empowering.