The United States has traditionally been known as a decadent country, but this is quickly changing. The shock of the recession, rising concerns about climate change and other factors are driving people towards minimalism. Many people need guidance on starting their lives as minimalists, so they turn to the Internet for inspiration.
No matter if it’s starting a blog, designing a new room in your home, or simply a way to live your life — minimalism is catching on.
List of the Top Minimalist Blogs on the Internet Today
Sudden interest in minimalism has spurred the creation of a number of blogs around the topic. Aspiring minimalist bloggers should look at the following sites for inspiration.
1. Becoming Minimalist
Becoming Minimalist is a minimalist blog by Joshua Becker, a well-known speaker and author. Becker’s blog is composed of long-form articles that are mostly between 500 and 1,000 words long. The posts are mostly how-to guides that are supported by reader feedback and Becker’s own research.
Becker’s monetization strategy centers around selling his books and speaking arrangements. His blog is optimized with this in mind. The menu at the top of the site has links to his recent work.
Becoming Minimalist ranks for some very broad, one-word keywords, such as minimalist and decluttering. Joshua’s rankings are due to having over 2,000 pages of detailed content and earning over 27,000 backlinks from other minimalist and lifestyle blogs.
2. No Sidebar
No Sidebar is a website focused on teaching people how to live a simpler life. It is monetized by promoting the founder’s 30 Day Simplify Your Life Course, which costs $20.
The main page of the blog has a simple, one column layout, where it lists six pillar articles. This part of the blog lives up to the theme of the site by having very short titles, most of which are less than three words long.
The website has a link to a more expensive list of articles. The website doesn’t have as much content as most other minimalist blogs, as it only has about 600 pages indexed in Google. However, the articles rank well, according to our analysis with SEMRush. The site accepts submissions from anybody that is interested in contributing, which lends multiple voices to the site.
No Sidebar ranks for nearly 5,000 keywords, including white space and simple life. The blog also has a stellar presence on social media, including over 125,000 Facebook likes.
3. Reading My Tea Leaves
Reading My Tea Leaves is a lifestyle blog by Erin Boyle. The blog focuses on finding a practical way to live a minimalist lifestyle, rather than taking a dogmatic approach to reducing baggage.
Erin’s blog has a very personal touch and all of her posts seem to focus around her own experiences and she isn’t shy about holding details back to get her message across. She even shares images of her own undergarments to make points about minimalism.
Erin has written over 2,000 blog posts on minimalism. She covers a wide range of categories, which she links to in her top menu, including beauty, travel, changing habits, caring for a baby in a minimalist home and tips for simplicity. Erin also has a link to a page about her book, which is available on Abrams, Barnes and Noble and other platforms.
Reading My Tea Leaves ranks for nearly 14,000 keywords. Most of the keywords merge the concept of minimalism with other lifestyle topics. “Minimalist wardrobe” is one of the keywords that drives the most traffic to Erin’s site.
4. Nourishing Minimalist
Most other minimalist sites have an airy philosophical touch, but Nourishing Minimalist takes a more practical approach. Rachel Jones, the author, focuses her posts on helping people eliminate clutter to have more space in their homes.
The Nourishing Minimalist blog has a three-column layout with the three most recent posts. Most of the posts are straightforward how-to guides to minimalism, which are around 1,000 words long.
In her menu at the top of the site, Rachel has links to her book, which she appears to be the main monetization strategy. She also has a link to a page with images and blog posts about her home and her progression towards minimalism, which is intended to inspire other minimalists.
5. Miss Minimalist
Miss minimalist is a blog by author Francine Jay. Most of her blog posts focus on the personal experiences of Francine and other minimalists, although she has a few practical tips interwoven into the blog.
Her blog has a simple one column layout. Almost all of her recent posts are part of her “real life minimalist” series, where she interviews others and share his life lessons.
Francine’s blog ranks for nearly 3,000 keywords centered around minimalism, including terms such as “danshari”, a Japanese philosophy of minimalism. Her rankings are partially attributed to the diverse types of posts she writes and extensive vocabulary on minimalist concepts.
6. The Tiny Life
The Tiny Life is a blog by Ryan Mitchel, oddly one of the few male bloggers in the minimalist niche. Mitchel has a narrower focus than most other minimalist bloggers. His content focuses mostly on living in a tiny house.
While Ryan sells his own books like most of the other bloggers listed here, he is one of the few minimalist bloggers to also include ads on his site. He only has one sidebar ad below the fold and most of the sidebar units promote his own books.
Ryan has over 1,000 posts that tend to be at least 800 words long. They cover a wide range of formats, including stories and how-to guides. He has accepted content from multiple contributors.
The top menu has links to pages describing The Tiny House Movement, his personal store and his own personal information.
7. The Minimalist Mom
The Minimalist Mom is a family-centric minimalist blog. The author writes mostly about coping with having too many toys and children’s clothes around. Her content is mostly geared towards minimalist parents that encounter resistance from their children.
She has links to her own books in the sidebar and top menu of the site.
8. Minimalist Baker
Minimalist Baker is a minimalist blog with an odd focus – minimalist cooking. The blog is written for minimalists that don’t want to store lots of ingredients around their home. Most of the recipes can be prepared with 10 ingredients or less.
The blog has recipes for lots of different types of cuisines. They include tacos, mushroom dips, quinoa and salads. The author has also built an email list by giving away seven free meals to new subscribers.
9. Break the Twitch
Many other minimalist blogs focus on basic advice on how to get rid of clutter. Break the Twitch delves more into the psychological aspect of minimalism. It talks about the dependence people have for material objects, even when they don’t need the objects themselves. Break the Twitch helps people change their mindset, so they can take the first steps they need to live with less.
10. Zero Waste Home
Zero Waste Home is a blog built on the philosophy that waste and excess are interconnected. Bea Johnson, the author teaches people how to be minimalists by reducing waste in their home, so they are less likely to buy things they don’t need.
Most of Bea’s blog content talks about her personal experiences and upcoming speaking tours. She also shares minimalist lessons that she learned during her travels.
Mr Money Mustache is a thirty-something retiree who now writes about how we can all live a frugal yet Badass life of leisure. Many of his friends and former coworkers were broke, constantly complaining about how hard middle-class life is, and how much they would like to be able to afford to lose at least one of their six-figure salaries so someone could stay home with the kids.
So he decided to start this blog to share some of the secrets of how all this can be done. How you can create a life that is better than your current one, that just happens to cost 50-75% less. His goal is nothing short of a complete revolution of society, although continuing to run his growing blog is an acceptable substitute for now.
In 2006, Crystal Paine briefly shared a bit about bargain-shopping on a former blog of hers, and she was quickly inundated with questions on how she and her family managed to live on such a small grocery budget of $35/week. The questions kept coming despite writing a blog series, an ebook, and an e-course on the subject of Supermarket Savings.
As time marched on and the questions, requests, and emails continued to pour in, Money Saving Mom was born to answer all the questions. On the blog, you will find practical saving tips and how to everything good on a budget.
Unfancy was born in 2014 out of a desire for blog owner, Caroline, to find her style and curb her mindless shopping habit. Back then, she had a closet full of cheap clothes but “nothing to wear.” So she decided to try out a capsule wardrobe and live with a small, structured closet of 37 pieces.
Unfancy was her journal, the spot where she shared her daily outfits and the lessons she learned along the way. Today, Unfancy is her creative space where she shares low-key outfit ideas, closet-curating tips, carry-on packing guides, and a lighthearted approach to the whole “less is more” thing.
Minimalissimo magazine is a celebration of minimalism in design. They aim to inspire creatives and showcase the finest examples of art, architecture, fashion, furniture, and product design—publishing daily articles to bring you a curated selection of the most captivating work from both established makers as well as emerging talents.
Since its launch in 2009, Minimalissimo has steadily built up a diverse readership of creative professionals from around the globe. Their audience is passionate, international and creatively engaged.
The Design Files is Australia’s most popular design blog. They cover real Australian homes, gardens, art, architecture, craft, interior design, furniture, textiles, homewares, food and more. Founded by Melbourne stylist Lucy Feagins in 2008, over the past the years, The Design Files has grown to a team of eight people, and has built an amazing, highly engaged community of readers and social media followers.
With a passion for original content, high quality photography and videography, they love telling great design stories, documenting beautiful spaces, and keeping their readers informed about creative happenings Australia wide.
Unclutterer is the blog for home and office organization. It’s not just for the helplessly disorganized who would lose their heads if they weren’t attached, and pack rats looking to put their stashes on a diet, but also for obsessive compulsive neat freaks looking to squeeze even more order into their lives. They make getting and staying organized fun and informative.
Unclutterer features tips, organization strategies, product reviews, reader questions and more. They’re not a personal productivity blog about interior design, but they can help you in those areas as well.
At Going Zero Waste, it’s really about redefining the system. We currently live in a linear economy where we take resources from the earth and then dump them in a giant hole in the ground. The goal of zero waste is to move to a circular economy where they write trash out of existence.
Instead of discarding resources, they show you how to create a system where all resources can be resumed fully back into the system. They aim to send nothing to a landfill. They teach you how to reduce what they need, reuse as much as you can, send little to be recycled, and compost what you cannot recycle.
Since its inception in 2013 Style Bee has evolved into a hub for women around the world who are looking to simplify their style and establish wardrobe contentment. They’re all about timeless style and curating a lean closet that’s perfect for you without the pressure of having to keep up with fashion’s constantly revolving door.
Style Bee is the creative hive of Lee Vosburgh, where she endeavours to explore the definition of personal style and share the best independent makers and brands from around the globe. Through Style Bee, Lee aims to inspire readers to shop thoughtfully with careful consideration about every purchase.
Blog owner, Sophie Davies, is a lifestyle writer, jewellery designer, and content strategist based in Birmingham. Her blog, The Private Life of a Girl, is a place where you can find practical tips on minimalism and decluttering, wellness and veganism, ethical style, and cruelty-free beauty.
Reading her blog will get you inspired to make small changes to create a considered life that is more purposeful, sustainable, and compassionate.
Blog owner, Brooke, learnt about minimalism and simplicity, immersed herself in the Slow Living philosophy and discovered the beautiful benefits of living with less. Over 2 years she decluttered more than 25,000 items, created a Slow Home and rediscovered her health, her passion, her energy and her spark.
Since coming to understand the huge benefits of living a slower, simpler life, it’s become her mission to help others define and achieve their slow living goals, which she hopes to achieve through her blog.
Starting Your Own Minimalist Blog
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