vlog

American  

[vlawg, vlog] / vlɔg, vlɒg /

noun

1. a blog that features mostly videos rather than text or images.

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verb (used without object)

vlogged, vlogging

1. to maintain or add posts to a vlog.

vlog British  

/ vlɒɡ /

noun

1. a video journal uploaded to the internet

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Other Word Forms

• vlogger
  noun

Etymology

Origin of vlog

First recorded in 2000–05; v(ideo) ( def. ) + (b)log ( def. )

Explanation

A vlog is an online video journal or website. Your friend might be filming you singing karaoke just for fun — or she might be planning to post it on her vlog! Vlog is a distinctly 21st-century word, coined from a combination of video and blog, a shortened version of weblog. These days, some vlogs are found on personal websites, but most are videos posted on a social media platform or YouTube. If you want to start a vlog, you could make short videos of your cooking adventures or interactions with your cat, edit them, and post them online for your followers to see.

Example Sentences

While she had filmed the birth experience, she has yet to publish a vlog, or video blog.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Dr Ndaba has been at pains to tell her followers, as she did on one vlog: "Finance is an important aspect of people's marriages."

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025

In another vlog, Ruby’s talking to the camera when one of her younger daughters sits on her lap and starts to talk over her.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2025

Molly-Mae she is now starring in a new TV series which explores her life behind the vlog camera.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2025

I’d emailed him the link to Ms. Campbell’s vlog with my video and received a three-word email response: Cool!!!

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas