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

Etymology

Origin of microblog

First recorded in 2005–10; micro- + blog

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

Chief Executive Tim Cook said in a post on popular microblog Weibo that the company will donate to the flood-relief efforts in Beijing and Hebei.

From Reuters ● Aug. 3, 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

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

Both of us, Alex and Nitish, have made Bluesky our primary microblogging app.

From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2025

But this growth, while significant, will have to continue for a long time before Bluesky is able to mount a true challenge to its microblogging rival.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2024

On Tuesday, there was heated discussion about the tensions on the X-like microblogging app Weibo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2024

For instance, Mastodon and similar microblogging sites — including Meta’s Threads service — use a federation algorithm called ActivityPub that should allow users to move between them.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024