Edited voices, longer forms — and this page keeps the score: 60 of the 98 blogs this census has tracked since 2019 are still alive. The other 38 are gone.
The Census — August 2026
- Tracked
- 98 blogs since 2019
- Alive
- 60 verified publishing (61%)
- Gone
- 38 dead, parked or abandoned
- The rule
- A real person, their own name, first-hand travel writing. No content farms, no AI mills.
- Missing?
- If a blog belongs here, write to me — a human answers
The Standouts
the names that defined this shelf — still alive, still publishing
- Roads and Kingdoms — – An independent journal of travel, food, culture and and foreign correspondence.
- Old World Wandering — – Overland travel of South African couple through Europe, Asia and Africa.
- National Geographic — – A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration.
- Matador Network — – The web’s largest independent travel media site.
- Condé Nast Travel Intel — – Conde Nast Traveler delivers inspiration and service to plan your perfect next trip.
- AFAR — – The award-winning AFAR magazine inspires and enables those who travel the world seeking to have deeper and more fulfilling travel experiences.
The Full Verified List
all 54 remaining blogs, A–Z — every link checked alive in August 2026
A Little Adrift
Active Traveller
Adventure
Adventure Journal
Borders of Adventure
Bucket List Publications
Chicky Bus
D Travels Round
Duff’s Suitcase
Enduring Wanderlust
Exile Lifestyle
Fathom Way To Go
Fevered Mutterings
Gadling
GlobeRovers
Go Nomad
GoMad Nomad
Hack Writers
Hidden Europe
Hole in the Donut Cultural Travel
In the Know Traveler
Justin Fox Africa
Kickass Trips
Many Many Adventures
Maria Falvey
Mashable
Nerd’s Eye View
Notes from the Road
Off Beat Travel
Off Track Planet
On a Junket
Open World Mag
Pegs on the Line
Perceptive Travel
Roads Less Traveled
Semi Rad
Shooter Files
Snarky Tofu
The Cultureist
The Travel Magazine
The Velvet Rocket
The Wander Life
Third Eye Mom
Travel Culture Magazine
Travel Noire
Travel Squire
Vagabondish
Vagobond
Velabas
We Blog The World
We Said Go Travel
Where the Road Goes
Wild Junket Magazine
Your Life Is a Trip
The 38 That Went Silent
38 blogs this census once carried no longer exist — parked, sold, or abandoned mid-story. I keep the count the same way I keep a ledger of every border I ever crossed: because somebody should. The full census across every genre lives at Travel Blogs Worth Following.