Tumblr to Allow Users to Run Ads on Their Blogs

Ads are coming to Tumblr, but put the protests on hold: Users can easily opt out.

Ads are coming to Tumblr, but put the protests on hold: Users can easily opt out.

Tumblr said in a blog post that starting Thursday, its users will have the chance to monetize their blogs, stressing that users who are not interested can simply turn off blog advertising in their settings menu.

The blogging network wrote:

Tumblr is a place where brilliant, creative, funny, impossible people shape culture. Some of you have even turned your passions into jobs: book deals, music careers, paid gigs with the Creatrs program.

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