Zoomblr is a free, login-free way to read public Tumblr blogs — the posts, the photosets, and the profile picture at the size it was actually uploaded.
Zoomblr started as a side project, built to scratch a technical itch: Tumblr publishes a perfectly good public API, but the experience of actually looking at a public blog had drifted. You get login walls, an app install prompt, avatars cropped to a thumbnail, and no straightforward way to save an image you are already allowed to see.
The fix was not complicated — read the public API, render it plainly, get out of the way — and that is still what the site does. It has grown since: full posts and photosets, tag browsing, one-click downloads, trending. But it is built and maintained by one person as a side project, not by a company.
That origin is worth stating plainly, because it explains the shape of the site. Zoomblr has no growth team and nothing to upsell you. It stays deliberately small: no account, no install, no newsletter. Ads keep the servers on. That is the whole business model.
Zoomblr is a reader, not an archive. Understanding the difference explains most of what the site will and won't do:
Zoomblr is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, endorsed by, or connected to Tumblr, Automattic Inc., or any of their subsidiaries. “Tumblr” is a trademark of Automattic Inc., used here only to describe what this site does. All posts, images and avatars shown remain the property of the blogs and creators that published them.
Zoomblr only shows blogs that are already public, but being public is not the same as wanting to be surfaced. If a blog is yours and you would rather it not appear here, the removal page verifies that you control it and takes it out — no argument, no forms to chase.
For copyright complaints, or anything the automated flow does not cover, email hi.zoomblr@gmail.com and it will be handled by a person.
Zoomblr is operated from Berlin, Germany. The operator's full legal details — registered address, responsible party and VAT number — are published in the Impressum, as German law requires. Questions, bug reports and press enquiries all go to the same inbox.
No. Zoomblr is an independent project with no affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement from Tumblr, Automattic Inc., or any of their subsidiaries. "Tumblr" is a trademark of Automattic Inc. and is used here only to describe what the site does.
Zoomblr is run by an independent developer based in Berlin, Germany. Full operator details, including the registered address and VAT number, are published in the Impressum as required by German law (§ 5 DDG).
Every post and avatar shown on Zoomblr comes from Tumblr’s official public API. Zoomblr only reads blogs that are already public on the open web — it cannot access private, password-protected, or deactivated blogs, and it never signs in as a Tumblr user.
No. Images and videos are loaded directly from Tumblr’s own servers at the moment you view them. Zoomblr does not copy, re-host, or archive anyone’s media. If a post is deleted on Tumblr, it stops appearing on Zoomblr.
No. Because Zoomblr reads public data without logging in to Tumblr, viewing a blog through Zoomblr sends no follow, like, or notification. There is nothing for the blog owner to see.
Use the removal page at zoomblr.com/remove. It verifies that you control the blog and then excludes it from Zoomblr. You can also email hi.zoomblr@gmail.com for anything the automated flow does not cover, including copyright complaints.