Daddy Blogs UK Top 10
The Top 10 Daddy Blog ranking was last updated 12/06/2024.
Vuelio uses a proprietary algorithm to create these rankings, based on topic-related content in blogs on its system – you can read more about the process here. Our research team actively seeks out new blogs and bloggers for inclusion, but if you think we’ve missed someone, please get in touch to let us know.
1. DIY Daddy
Still top when it comes to UK dad bloggers is Nigel Higgins, who is also known as DIY Daddy. Writing about ‘parenting, DIY, and more’, this blogger shares the ‘trials and tribulations of bringing up children while trying to maintain [his] sanity’, alongside maintaining the family home. Get advice on the practicalities like picking the right family car, which mobility aids can help around the house, how to be energy independent, as well as the fun stuff, including activities to try on vacation, and getting through your first Father’s Day.
We’re still appreciating all the hard work Working Daddy Tom is putting into this blog, which moves up from last year’s number four slot. Aiming to cover ‘Life in 360°’, the topics range from health, automotives, finances, home and gardening, family holidays, and general parenting tips. Sort out your family finances by taking note of Tom’s tips for getting your head around tax self assessment season, and snap up tips for helping kids keep their own heads down while studying for their exams (and their own future fax seasons – fun times for all).
Having started this ‘Fatherhood, Funnies, and Reviews’ blog to share his personal experiences and ‘help aid and reassure parents with their everyday concerns’, Karl covers DIY, golf, product reviews, and everything else that can fit in with family life. ‘I started blogging about fatherhood and family life in 2013, choosing to share, learn, and grow with other parents,’ says Karl. Read up on keeping kids safe and happy this summer, as well as gift ideas for the fatherly figures in your own life.
4. Music. Football. Fatherhood
Encouraging ‘open conversations about fatherhood’ are the Music. Football. Fatherhood blogging team, who provide an ‘online community for fathers, and men looking to be fathers in the future, from the UK and beyond’. Topics span from how to raise healthy and well-rounded children, maintaining your work-life balance and mental health, managing your money, and – as highlighted in the name – music and football, too. As the team themselves say ‘the modern father is a new breed – we are here to inspire, inform, and support the journey’.
Up from number eight is Ricky and Naomi Willis at Skint Dad Blog, where ‘every penny counts’, the same as in many family homes up and down the country. To help families with their own pennies, the blog posts useful guides, articles, and consumer news – ‘whether you’re looking to cut back on your food bill, save for a rainy day, or find inventive ways to up your income, we have the answer,’ say the Skint Dad Blog two. Check out details of summer clothes sales, saving money on your travel insurance, and staying scam-free with caller ID.
No time to slouch for Tim Liew, who has responsibility over ‘three kids, one blog’, offering up ‘tales from the front-line of fatherhood’ at Slouching Towards Thatcham. Writing about much more than just family life, alongside posts devoted to his children as they grow up, you can find Tim’s thoughts on entertainment out now and the earworms getting stuck in his head (most recently – Prince and Eminem). If you’re also a home-based working parent, see if Tim’s experiences line up with yours in his recent post about life post-pandemic.
Blogger Robbie shares his experiences of ‘Paternal Damnation’ with his readers, as well as his thoughts on other subjects including men’s lifestyle and tech, food and drink, business, and careers. ‘It can be maddening bringing up kids, but few would argue that it isn’t worth it (presuming you’re not asking during the summer hols)’ says Robbie. To prepare you for the summer holidays, read up on ways to alleviate anxiety, how to put your health first, and ways to boost your confidence.
Congratulations and welcome back to You The Daddy, which returns to our ranking of Daddy blogs for 2024. This ‘hands-on dad’s guide to pregnancy, birth, and the early years of fatherhood’ is where Giles shares resources for new fathers in need of support. Check out the pregnancy, newborn life, toddlerhood, schooldays, and parenting sections for ‘all you’ll need to know to get through the next 18 years in one dad-shaped piece’ promises this blogger. Click through for his thoughts on working vs home parenting, and baked beans vs cordon bleu cooking.
9. Daddy & Dad
Sticking in the same spot this year are Jamie and Tom, the daddy and dad behind the blog Daddy & Dad. Here is where LGBTQ+ parents can find a rundown of ‘the highs and lows of adoptive parenting’ for help when starting their journey, and support for daily family life. With their own children now firmly in their teenage years, those also in the midst of this sometimes challenging family era can find out how to ‘survive raising teenage boys’, ways to ‘brave the GCSE storm’, and the ideal gifts for 13-17 year olds.
10. Dadblog.co.uk
Another non-mover for 2024 is Dadblog.co.uk Seb, who calls himself ‘just another dad blogger’ but is pretty special, if you ask us, and his readers. For tales of his ‘personal fatherhood journey’ as well as contributions from other parents, dip into the Dad Tips & Life section, where you’ll find posts on family health, hobbies, home and lifestyle, outings, and travel. Of particular use right now, perhaps – last minute gift ideas for all you procrastinators out there, split into the kind of dad you’re shopping for (because he might have enough socks).
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Profiles of these blogs and their authors can be found in the Vuelio Media Database.
What a great list if Dad Blogs.
I’m a regular reader of the majority of these blogs already. But I will check out the other dad blogs that I haven’t read.
Fantastic to be on the list with some awesome dad bloggers – thanks very much :)
Great to See John Adams in here, I have worked with John in the past when he was at an Epilepsy Charity. Top bloke!
Great to see more and more Dads blogging here in the UK. Some great reads and great advice can be found from these and a whole host of others.
I can confirm that’s me in my swimming trunks in the photo. If I hadn’t spent so long working out, I might have got higher than number 6 ;-)
Fabulous list! Need to check as some new ones for me! Thanks for sharing!