Meaning & use
a vlogger
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Meaning
nouncountable
A person who regularly makes and posts videos about their life, interests or opinions on the internet.
Grammar: Countable: say 'a vlogger' or 'vloggers'; the verb is 'vlog' and the activity is 'vlogging'.
Patterns
- a travel vlogger
- become a vlogger
- follow a vlogger
She became a vlogger after her cooking videos got thousands of views.
Many travel vloggers film their trips and share tips with viewers.
He follows a few fitness vloggers for workout ideas.
Word forms
| plural | vloggers |
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Common combinations
- a beauty vlogger
- A beauty vlogger reviewed the new lipstick line.
- a travel vlogger
- The travel vlogger filmed sunrise from the mountain top.
- become a vlogger
- He quit his office job to become a vlogger.
- a popular vlogger
- She is a popular vlogger with over a million subscribers.
- a vlogger posts a video
- The vlogger posts a new video every Friday.
Synonyms and how they differ
- YouTuber
- Someone who posts videos specifically on YouTube; a vlogger may use any platform.
- content creator
- A broader term for anyone making online material, including text, photos and video.
- blogger
- Someone who writes posts online; a vlogger does the same thing mainly with video.
Word family
Commonly confused: a vlogger or blogger? a vlogger or flogger?
a vlogger vs blogger
A blogger usually writes; a vlogger records video. Many people do both, so the words can overlap.
a vlogger vs flogger
Sounds close but means a person who whips someone as punishment, or a person who sells things aggressively. It has nothing to do with video.
Practice
Choose the sentence that uses 'vlogger' correctly.
Choose one answer.
'A vlogger' is a countable singular noun and fits the video-posting context. Writing novels describes a blogger or author, 'is vlogger' is missing 'a', and 'a vloggers' wrongly mixes singular and plural.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “a vlogger”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.