51 Trending Niche Blog Businesses [2024]
Starting a niche blog can be a great way to engage with a passionate online community by sharing your expertise on a specific topic.
The first step is to identify a profitable and underserved niche, such as fashion, video games, film reviews, cooking, and more.
Find your niche and create unique and informative content, such as articles, commentary, news, how-to guides, top product lists, convention coverage, video interviews, and spotlights.
To monetize your blog, gain visibility and followers, provide affiliate links, grow a YouTube channel, collaborate with relevant brands, and speak at events.
To succeed in niche blogging, you need to have a passion for your topic, create engaging content, and regularly engage with your followers.
Looking for some examples of a niche blog?
Interested in case studies of a successful niche blog? Check out our full list of success stories.
1. Niche
Find articles by Niche covering K-12 schools, places to live and colleges
Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
2. Starter Story
Starter Story interviews successful entrepreneurs and shares the stories behind their businesses. In each interview, we ask how they got started, how they grew, and how they run their business today.
How much they make: $3M/year
Where they're located: New York, New York, USA
How much did it cost to start: $100
Current team size: 6
Website traffic: 1.4M/month
Starter Story grew to 1.4 million monthly visitors and millions in annual revenue by sharing the stories of entrepreneurs. Pat breaks down the early days and how he grew the business into something that changed his life.
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4. Write.as
Simple writing platform built to preserve and spread your words. Start writing and publishing now — no signup required.
How much they make: $34.8K/year
Where they're located: Washington D.C., Washington, D.C., USA
Current team size: 1
Website traffic: 2.4M/month
Founder of Write.as, Matt Baer, shares his journey of building a suite of integrated creative tools, including a writing/blogging platform, photo-sharing tool, and submission management system, which host over 75,000 sites and power hundreds of independent WriteFreely sites across the web, with revenue growing by 200% year-over-year since launching paid plans.
5. Failory
Failory is a community visited by startup founders every day to read articles about entrepreneurship, interviews with failed and successful founders, insightful postmortems and our monthly reports.
How much they make: $12K/year
Where they're located: Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Current team size: 0
Website traffic: 190K/month
Failory is a community where failed startup owners come to tell their failure stories and the mistakes they committed, offering advice for future entrepreneurs.
6. Vandelay Design
We Love Design. It's at the heart of what we do. Through pixel perfect, beautifully crafted code, we write & create products that help educate and inspire.
How much they make:
Where they're located: Bowling Green
How much did it cost to start: $500
Current team size: 0
Website traffic: 220K/month
7. Location Rebel
At Location Rebel we teach you how to build lifestyle businesses. This includes learning how to become a freelance writer, build niche sites, and build an online business that allows you to quit your job and work from anywhere.
How much they make:
Where they're located: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Website traffic: 130K/month
8. Buildapreneur
Buildapreneur is the best resource for learning powerful new methods to create a passive income online. Free training, resources, templates & more.
How much they make: $960K/year
Where they're located: Highland
How much did it cost to start: $0
Current team size: 0
Website traffic: 50K/month
This case study explores how Spencer Mecham founded Buildapreneur, an affiliate marketing business, and has made over half a million dollars in profit with no employees, relying solely on content marketing through platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok.
9. Content Intelligence Media
Startup ideas and resources for entrepreneurs
How much they make: $120K/year
Where they're located: England, United Kingdom
Current team size: 2
Website traffic: 50K/month
From blogging about the best technology ideas to earning $10K/month through paid newsletters and courses, this case study explores the journey of entrepreneur and blogger Thomas Oppong and his successful online platforms.
10. Caffeinated Blogger
Where they're located: South Australia, Australia
11. ABWE
Where they're located: Guarantã do Norte, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Website traffic: 110K/month
12. SelectSoftware Reviews
Our experts review the top HR and recruiting software so that you can buy the right tools for your business. Our software guides includes information on pricing, questions to ask vendors, and pitfalls you need to avoid.
How much they make: $40.5K/year
Where they're located: Cambridge
Current team size: 0
VC-turned-entrepreneur Phil Strazzulla, who previously built a successful b2b SaaS business, shares how he bootstrapped an online review site for HR software into a viable business with over $1k monthly revenues in just 3 months through organic search traffic growth and selling high intent leads.
13. Crowd Work News
How much they make: $156K/year
Where they're located: Victoria, Australia
How much did it cost to start: $500
Current team size: 0
Sireesha Narumanchi shares how she turned her passion for flexible, remote work into a successful blog generating five figures a month by focusing on affiliate marketing, email marketing and SEO.
14. Splash Fragrance – Niche Luxury Perfumes Online in India
Where they're located: Prasat Balangk, Kampong Thom, Cambodia
15. Millennial Moderator
Modify your life! Millennial Moderator shares interesting facts, tips and strategies to take your business and personal life to the next level.
How much they make: $6K/year
Where they're located: Seattle, Washington, USA
Current team size: 1
Millennial Moderator, a profitable online publication averaging $500 USD/month and around 3000 monthly readers, shares insights on developing an online publication from scratch, monitoring user experience, and engaging readers through social media channels and advertising networks.
16. Recruiterly
Recruiterly is the leading directory & marketplace for qualified employers & job seekers to find and connect with their industries leading recruiters.
How much they make: $12K/year
Where they're located: San Francisco, California, USA
Current team size: 2
Recruiterly co-founder Matt Gibbs discusses how he and his partner went from recruiters to co-founders of a marketplace and lead-generation platform for recruitment professionals and businesses, with current revenues below $1,000 MRR.
17. Remote Tools
Remote Tools
Where they're located: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Current team size: 5
Remote Tools is a community of remote workers to discuss, learn and grow, comprising of a front page with remote-first products, a weekly newsletter, and a large chunk of content including personal stories of successful remote workers, interviews with leaders of top remote companies, and quality content pieces around remote working.
18. Stray Curls
Stray Curls teaches young women to start Online Businesses and blogs from home and make money blogging via fun illustrations and detailed tutorials!
How much they make: $54K/year
Where they're located: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
How much did it cost to start: $100
Current team size: 0
Angela shares how she turned her love for creating comics, drawings and graphic design into a successful blog and business that helps young women build creative online businesses, earning $4.5k a month on her blog and selling digital products.
19. Black Sheep Restaurants
Black Sheep Restaurants is a Hong Kong-based hospitality team that specialises in developing niche, thought-provoking restaurant concepts.
Where they're located: Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China
20. N3
Outsourced Inside Sales + Customer Success, powered by N3.
Where they're located: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
21. The Niche Blogger
Where they're located: Cotosaz, Pastaza, Ecuador
22. Eden Square
Founded in 1997, our mission is to vet and source the best, hardest to find niche brands from Europe and from all over the world.
Where they're located: Kärsämäki, Finland
23. AFH Media LLC
Where they're located: New York, New York, USA
Current team size: 0
Bar Games 101 is an authority website about classic bar games with over 200K monthly visitors and revenue over $4,000 for the month of August, achieved through consistent publishing of researched articles and outsourcing by the founder.
24. Niche Media
For 15 years Niche Media has had your back! We help publishers generate more revenue via print, digital, and events. Learn about our events & programs.
Where they're located: Sacramento, California, USA
25. I should have said
Have you ever had someone say a silly or nasty comment to you , and at the time you can’t come up with a good comeback? You are so shocked by what they said that you are rendered speechless. Later on you replay the silly comment in your head, tell your friends all about it, and you stew about what you should have said. This happens to most of us, and can put us off-kilter, out of sorts and shaken! A rare few are blessed with quick wit, and can come up with a quick answers off the top of their head, for the rest of us, I have made the “I should have said” video’s.
How much they make:
Where they're located: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Current team size: 1
Website traffic: 370K/month
26. Gear Up Hiking
The best hiking backpack reviews & advice for your perfect nature getaway.
How much they make: $16.2K/year
Where they're located: Sofia, Bulgaria
How much did it cost to start: $1.7K
Current team size: 1
From almost zero knowledge about SEO and marketing, this founder grew Gear Up Hiking, a hiking and camping niche affiliate blog that currently averages $1300+ per month and has a traffic range of 20k to 30k visitors monthly, and is worth over $50,000 if sold for profit.
27. TechJury
Your Ultimate Source of Tech Knowledge. Detailed, unbiased reviews of business software solutions, latest tech industry news, buying guides and comparisons.
How much they make: $360K/year
Where they're located: Sofia, Bulgaria
How much did it cost to start: $10K
Current team size: 13
Affiliate website Techjury.net achieves $30,000/month in revenue after a very slow start by disrupting the industry with unbiased reviews, achieved with a small team of 13 and attracting over 200,000 visitors a month, with founder Deyan Georgiev attributing their success to handpicking his team and treating people with respect.
28. CarSpiritPK
Pakistan's Dedicated Automobile Blog
How much they make: $4.8K/year
Where they're located: Karachi, Pakistan
How much did it cost to start: $150
Current team size: 2
CarSpiritPK is a dedicated automobile blog attracting between 65-85k visitors each month, generating ad revenues of around $250-400 USD a month, all whilst staying unbiased.
29. Finsavvy Panda
How much they make: $216K/year
Where they're located: Toronto, ON, Canada
How much did it cost to start: $200
Current team size: 2
Website traffic: 60K/month
Finsavvy Panda earns $13,000 to $25,000 monthly in net profit through diversifying their income stream with display advertising, affiliate marketing, and selling digital products like The Power Up Budget Binder and Pin Savvy Pinterest Templates after starting a blog on personal finance and budgeting.
30. North Carolina Health News
Where they're located: Durham, North Carolina, USA
Website traffic: 120K/month
31. University of Northwestern, St. Paul
University of Northwestern offers Minnesota's finest Christian education at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, with online and in-campus classes.
Where they're located: Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Website traffic: 220K/month
32. International Food Blogger Conference
The International Food Blogger Conference, the first and often-proclaimed best food blogger conference, will take place Nov. 15-19, 2020 in El Paso, TX
Where they're located: El Paso, Texas, USA
33. Benchmark
Benchmark is a mortgage lender headquartered near Dallas, TX. We have been building a dynamic lending community driven by relationships since 1999.
Where they're located: Columbus, Georgia, USA
34. Aucoin Analytics, LLC
Oracom offers outstanding Web Design in Kenya - We are the best Web Design company in Kenya. From Website Builders, Software & Mobile App Development
How much they make: $166K/year
Where they're located: Washington D.C., DC, USA
How much did it cost to start: $25K
Current team size: 1
Aucoin Analytics, LLC is a private intelligence company that delivers highly specialized risk assessments and intelligence reports, while also offering a subscription-based private intelligence community that provides access to subject matter experts in government intelligence, with profits at $10,000/month.
35. The Niche
The Niche stem cell blog reports news and opinion on stem cell and regenerative medicine research including CRISPR gene editing.
Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
36. Center for Women in Entrepreneurship and Business
Where they're located: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
37. Thirty Days
Where they're located: La Cautiva, Córdoba, Argentina
38. Michael Yon
Michael Yon Online Magazine dispatches from across the globe
Where they're located: Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China
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Where they're located: Anaheim, California, USA
40. Joker Mag
A platform dedicated to inspirational sports stories. Celebrating underdogs, feel-good stories, and athletes beating the odds & overcoming adversity.
How much they make: $3K/year
Where they're located: Philadelphia, PA, USA
How much did it cost to start: $200
Current team size: 0
A media platform celebrating underdog stories in sports, Joker Mag, founded by Tyler O'Shea, receives an average of 25,000 monthly visitors generating $250/mo, and focuses on improving traffic through SEO, seeking to move towards brand partnerships as a primary monetization method in the future.
41. Breakfast With Nick
Breakfast, brunch, donuts, coffee in Columbus, Ohio and beyond
Where they're located: Columbus, Ohio, USA
42. Our captions
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How much they make: $12K/year
Where they're located: Delhi, India
How much did it cost to start: $50
Current team size: 3
Website traffic: 120K/month
OurCaptions founder Siddharth Malhotra shares how he built a social media website that attracts over 200k visitors per month purely via organic searches, and offers tips on writing SEO-optimized articles.
43. Niche Pursuits
Find Business Ideas, Niche Websites, and much more!
Where they're located: Washington D.C., DC, USA
44. Swim University
The leading source for swimming pool care and hot tub care information. We provide articles, videos and easy step by step guides.
How much they make:
Where they're located: Boulder, CO, USA
Current team size: 2
45. CSS Animation
Learn CSS Animation with awesome tutorials, video courses and a weekly CSS Animation newsletter
How much they make: $6K/year
Where they're located: Dublin, Ireland
How much did it cost to start: $0
Current team size: 0
Website traffic: 70K/month
A website developer generates a monthly income of $6k with his website CSSAnimation.rocks, an online platform that offers tutorials on how to create web animations using HTML and CSS, and includes a newsletter, an ebook, and a video course.
46. Bird Watching HQ
Where they're located: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States
47. Adam Enfroy
With over 500,000 monthly readers, Adam Enfroy’s mission is to teach online entrepreneurs how to scale their influence at startup speed.
How much they make:
Where they're located: Livonia, Michigan, USA
48. The Holistic Enchilada
Revive your 2b, 2c, and 3a natural curls and easily incorporate eco-friendly and nontoxic products into your beauty routine.
How much they make: $96K/year
Where they're located: Winter Springs
How much did it cost to start: $250
Current team size: 2
Delilah Orpi's blog "The Holistic Enchilada" is making up to $7,000 a month in revenue through sales of digital products, display ads, affiliate marketing, and sponsored posts in the niche market of clean beauty and curly hair, with a focus on retaining customers through email marketing and SEO.
49. Workspaces
How much they make: $24K/year
How much did it cost to start: $500
Current team size: 0
The founder of Workspaces, a newsletter giving readers a behind-the-scenes tour of entrepreneurs' new desk setups, was making $2,000 per month from sponsorships and was recently acquired by YC startup Loops, with 9,000+ subscribers and open rates around 60%.
50. SexualAlpha
SexualAlpha aims to help you enjoy better sex! Honest, unbiased, and well-researched guides on the best sex toys and skills to improve your sex life.
How much they make: $120K/year
Where they're located: Riga, Latvia
How much did it cost to start: $100
Current team size: 8
SexualAlpha is a sexual wellness blog that provides honest sex toy reviews, with 900K visits per month and making around 10K/month on affiliate commissions, created by founder Dainis Graveris through intensive research and a strong passion for teaching people about sexuality.
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