No, Blogging Is Not Dying Anytime Soon

Writers write

I recently saw a clip of a well-known author who said, “Blogging is dead. People only watch videos.”

This was coming from someone who has sold millions of books and is still selling hundreds of thousands of books a year. To me, it sounded disconnected from reality.

People still like to read. Not everyone is addicted to watching videos. Just look at yourself. You’re reading this blog post.

If you’re like me, you also still read books.

What do people think? We’re all sixteen-year-olds who are glued to their phones, watching ticktock videos?

Give me a break. Blogs are not dead.

In fact, blogging has become an increasingly popular form of content creation and marketing over the past few years because platforms, AI, and other tools make it easier to reach more people.

But still, people who read have always been in the minority. And I think that’s what most people who think that “video is the future” don’t get. Sure, people are getting lazier and they want you to feed them content.

But think about it. Do you really want to serve those types of people?!

The entire reason I started blogging and writing books is that people who read are…