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

“The second best time to vlog … is after 48 hours of work and travel with no sleep,” he joked in one late-night video, “I think that’s how the saying goes.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

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

The new series, like the first, explores Hague's life behind the vlog camera.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025

Thus common words like tiktokeur, vlog, smartphone and émoji – which are all in the latest commercial dictionaries – do not exist in the Académie book.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2024

Turns out she was a huge fan of the Black, Vegan, and Proud vlog.

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