The word blog comes from the word weblog which was first used by Jorn Barger in 1997.
The first blog created was Links.net by Justin Hall in 1994.
A blog on average only lasts for 100 days before being deleted or ignored.
In 2020, there were more than 600 million blogs worldwide.
There are around 77 million blogs on the WordPress platform, which makes it the most popular blogging platform.
Many famous bloggers who start their careers as bloggers, such as Arianna Huffington, Founder of Huffington Post and Seth Godin, famous writers and marketers.
According to the survey, around 60% of bloggers do blogging as a hobby, while the other 40% do it as a source of income.
Blogging can help improve writing skills, expand social networks, and build personal brands.
Blogging can help increase SEO (Search Engine Optimization) a website, so that it can increase visitor traffic to the site.
Some famous bloggers in Indonesia include Raditya Dika, Dian Pelangi, and Hanifa Ambadar.
