microblog

American  

[mahy-kroh-blawg, -blog] / ˈmaɪ kroʊˌblɔg, -ˌblɒg /

verb (used without object)

microblogged, microblogging

1. to post very short entries, as a brief update or a photo, on a blog or social media website.

   A lot of people were microblogging during the crisis.

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noun

1. a blog that is smaller than a traditional blog and contains very short entries.

microblog British  

/ ˈmaɪkrəʊˌblɒɡ /

noun

1. a blog in which there is a limitation on the length of individual postings

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Other Word Forms

• microblogger
  noun
• microblogging
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of microblog

First recorded in 2005–10; micro- + blog

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

microblog microblogging

Just four days later, a Chinese microblog published a detailed analysis of the paper and associated patent filings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

I’m a longtime Bluesky adopter, going back to the referral-code days, but after I fully quit X postelection, I made it my microblog of choice, especially as more ex-Xers joined.

From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2025

“Young people are more likely to win 5 million yuan in the lottery than to earn 5 million from a work,” one wrote on the popular Chinese microblog Weibo.

From Reuters ● Sep. 30, 2023

Official investment funds have also bought 1% of the Chinese subsidiary of Weibo Corp., the country’s most popular microblog platform, and also of domestic subsidiaries of Alibaba.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2023

Both numbers were met with a wave of disbelief on microblog Weibo.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2022

Online, the Tiananmen tribute was the top trending topic on Chinese microblogging site Weibo.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Not only were they sure of it, but they thought their choice of microblogging app had helped them see things more clearly.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

This was particularly true on Tumblr, a microblogging platform that lowered the barrier to entry for would-be critics to share their latest fascination.

From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025

Online, Gen Z makes up more than half of the users on millennials’ former favorite microblogging site Tumblr while Pinterest’s summer 2025 trend report included an uptick in searches for “summer 2015 aesthetic.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025

"Apple's ongoing investment in brilliant British talent highlights our global credentials as both an AI and technology superpower," she wrote on X, the microblogging site formerly known as Twitter.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2023

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