Replying to: The Cost of Blogging in 2026
Roger Edwards over at Contains Moderate Peril recently shared a post on the costs of maintaining his blog.
I thought I’d share my own costs. This is partly so that anyone reading this can compare the different options, and partly so that a future me can compare across time. Prices will go up, I am sure. The question is what parts of the price, and how quickly.
There are two bills I pay for this site: one for the domain name, and one for the server to host it. All prices are in USD.
So the total cost of running this blog as of 2026 is $86.04 per year, or about $7 a month. That’s not too bad. It’s a reminder, however, that running the web isn’t free. That matters. It remains the case that this site isn’t worth much bother to monetize, but that is not universal.
Part of what helps keep the costs this low compared to e.g. a Wordpress site is that I have set the server and all it’s software up myself. And that requires a certain amount of effort and specialized skills.
I’m comfortable. As hobbies go it’s cheap. I can think of any number of things that I pay more for that don’t give me nearly as much satisfaction.