How to Cite a Blog in Chicago/Turabian
Blogs are a commonly cited resource. They consist of a website with individual posts that are published on a regular basis, and can cover almost any topic. Due to the serial nature of the posts on a blog, the citation format for this type of source is similar to that for a newspaper article. This guide will show you how to cite a blog post in notes-bibliography style using the 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. You can find more information on citing blogs in our guide on how to cite a website in Chicago.
Guide Overview
Citing a Blog Post
Citation Structure
Note:
1. First Name Last Name, “Title of Blog Post,” Blog Title (blog), Publisher/Sponsor of Blog (if applicable), Month Date, Year of post, URL.
Bibliography:
Last Name, First Name. “Title of Blog Post.” Blog Title (blog). Publisher/Sponsor of Blog (if applicable), Month Date, Year of post. URL.
Citation Example
Note:
1. Nate Silver, “The White House is Not a Metronome,” FiveThirtyEight (blog), New York Times, July 18, 2013, https://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/the-white-house-is-not-a-metronome/.
Bibliography:
Silver, Nate. “The White House is Not a Metronome.” FiveThirtyEight (blog). New York Times, July 18, 2013. https://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/the-white-house-is-not-a-metronome/.
Citing a Whole Blog
If you need to cite a whole blog (i.e., you want to refer to the blog’s whole body of work), you should only create a bibliography entry and not a note.
Citation Structure
Bibliography:
Editor Last Name, First Name (if applicable), ed. Blog Title (blog). Publisher/Sponsor of Blog (if applicable). URL.
Citation Example
Bibliography:
Babbage (blog). The Economist. https://www.economist.com/babbage.
Citing a Blog Comment
References to comments on blog posts are usually cited within the text, but can be included in the notes as well. However, it is not necessary to create a bibliography entry for a blog comment.
Citation Structure
Note:
1. User First Name Last Name (or username), Month Day, Year posted, comment on Author Last Name, “Blog Post Title,” URL.
Citation Example
Note:
Walt8, January 5, 2022, comment on Allen and Sumner, “A Look at the Capitals’ Long Climb Toward an All-Time Goal Differential of Zero,” https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/01/05/capitals-goal-differential-zero/.
