Personal Blog Directory/Aggregator

A curated homepage and discovery platform for independent blogs across multiple categories, helping writers find audiences and readers discover quality indie content. Combats algorithmic feeds by surfacing recent personal blog posts. Target: indie bloggers and readers who prefer the open web.

RSS readers and blog discovery have seen a quiet revival since the mid-2010s social media backlash, and platforms like Substack have normalized the idea of paying attention to individual writers again — but neither solves raw discovery for self-hosted bloggers. The closest substitute is Blogroll.org or the older Bloglovin', neither of which has meaningful traction or active development. The $1k–5k/mo revenue band is plausible only through a combination of featured placement fees and light sponsorships, since ads on a low-traffic directory pay almost nothing and most indie bloggers won't pay a subscription; the ceiling is real and probably hard to push past. The biggest risk is the chicken-and-egg problem: without readers, bloggers won't submit; without bloggers, readers won't come — and unlike a niche community, a general blog directory has no natural hook to break that loop.