Most people – definitely they are not tech savvy – find it utterly confused when it comes to creating content for digital platform. “What are the differences between blogs and vlogs” – this is the most primary question that comes to their mind. In this blog, we will underline the key differences between blogging and vlogging.

How to define a blog?

A blog is a kind of website for publishing new articles, commonly called blog posts. These are usually posted on a regular basis.

On the homepage, which is dedicated to blog posting, the newest blog posts are displayed on the top. This hierarchy of posted article on the blog page is known as ‘reverse chronological order’.

Blog posts usually contain textual contents but can also have images, GIFs and videos. Blogging websites usually have a particular theme and all the posts are riveted around it. For example, if you have created a finance blog site, all your posts will be related to finance. There are different types of blogs such as sports, health and fitness, marketing, travel, food, fashion. These days, blogs on parenting and shopping guidance are also becoming popular.

How to define a vlog?

A vlog means “video log” or “video blog”. This is a kind of blog where, most, if not all, content is posted in video form. In fact, the nature of content makes the big difference between a blog and a vlog.

Vlogs are usually created to document a person’s thoughts, experience, or personal life. Just like blogging, vloging can be on any topic according to your liking. For example,  you can create a vlog on travel, product reviews, tutorials, video games, makeup tutorials, movie reviews and many more.

Deeksha Sharma is a movie critic who runs a vlog titled ‘Fimli Indian’ on YouTube. She does an incisive analysis of new releases from Bollywood, Hollywood and South India as well as suggests the names of the best thrillers, romantic movies and others through her vlog. She has currently 3.99 million followers on her vlog.

Many money-minting vlogs are published on different popular platforms including YouTube. You can also integrate a vlog in your own website.

Hence, you can see there are several similarities between a blog and a vlog. Both are content-centric. Whether you create a blog or a vlog, regular posting is important to catch viewers’ attention. You can choose literally any topic for your blog and vlog. The quality of content is the most important criteria for a blog or a vlog to become popular. Popularity, measured in terms of visits, views and subscriptions, is a parameter for the platform to consider your blog or vlog worth making money.

Final Words

These days, many people are switching to creating vlogs rather than staying committed to blog creation and posting. Due to massive popularity of video platforms such as, YouTube, Twich and TIkTok, many people assume that vlogging is a better money-making option than blogging. Though there is some truth in the argument, still it is also possible to make money through blogging only if you are focused on quality and regularity. However, it will definitely take time for a blog to reach the height of popularity where it can generate money.