The 45 Best Tumblrs Of 2013

The funny, the outrageous, the useful, and the sublime.

In no particular order:

1. Hot Dog Legs

hot-dog-legs.tumblr.com

ARE THEY HOT DOGS OR ARE THEY LEGS??

2. Reasons My Son Is Crying

reasonsmysoniscrying.com

All the many, many completely logical reasons that children cry.

"I broke the cheese in half."

3. Wing-Manning

wing-manning.tumblr.com

This guy takes selfies with people making out in public.

4. Funky Fresh In Lisa Frank

funkyfreshinlisafrank.tumblr.com

funkyfreshinlisafrank.tumblr.com

This Tumblr imagines all your favorite celebs rocking Lisa Frank.

5. Boys Clubs

100percentmen.tumblr.com

WHO RUN THA WORLD? Boys clubs.

6. Drake's New Friends

drakesnewfriends.tumblr.com

drakesnewfriends.tumblr.com

Drake is a liar. He has plenty of new friends.

7. The White House

Twitter: @whitehouse

The White House officially joined Tumblr in 2013 and they took a bold stance on the pronunciation of GIF with a hard "G."

8. Upworthy Springfield

upworthyspringfield.tumblr.com

If The Simpsons had its own Upworthy.

9. White Men Wearing Google Glass

whitemenwearinggoogleglass.tumblr.com

"In its favour, if Google Glass didn’t exist, all these Silicon Valley guys would be having affairs or buying unsuitable motorbikes.”

10. PornHub Comments on Stock Photos

pornhubcommentsonstockphotos.tumblr.com

Turns out people leave some, um, interesting comments when they're watching porn.

11. Go Book Yourself

gobookyourself.co

"Book recommendations by humans, because algorithms are so 1984."

12. The Worst Room

worstroom.com

A Tumblr devoted to some of the worst New York City real estate. This is a $1,200 room in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Also big this year: Terrible Real Estate Agent Photographs.

13. Books of Orange Is the New Black

booksofoitnb.tumblr.com

All of the books referenced on one of the year's biggest TV hits, Orange Is the New Black.

14. Recycled Movie Costumes

recycledmoviecostumes.tumblr.com

"Because you know you've seen that dress somewhere else before."

15. Selfies at a Funeral

Via buzzfeed.com

Ah, the year of the selfie.

16. Last Night's Reading

lastnightsreading.tumblr.com

A Tumblr full of drawings and quotes from readings in New York City. This quote is from Maya Angelou's speech at the National Book Awards.

17. Bad Engagement Photos

badengagementphotos.tumblr.com

"The silly, hilarious, and contrived."

18. This Charming Charlie

thischarmingcharlie.tumblr.com

A mash-up of Peanuts comics and Smiths lyrics.

19. Things Fitting Perfectly into Other Things

thingsfittingperfectlyintothings.tumblr.com

"Seeing totally unrelated objects perfectly nestle inside of each other provides a certain kind of peace in an otherwise chaotic world." —Digg

20. Brides Throwing Cats

bridesthrowingcats.com

"Photoshopping cats in place of bouquets for brides to throw."

21. Emojinal Art Gallery

emojinalart.tumblr.com

"Art's most famous works brought to you by the emoji."

22. Exploding Actresses

explodingactresses.tumblr.com

(No actresses were harmed in the making of this Tumblr.)

23. Des Hommes et des Chatons (Hot Guys and Cats)

deshommesetdeschatons.tumblr.com

Hot guys and their adorable cat counterparts. What more could you want??

24. Actresses Without Teeth

actresseswithoutteeth.net

The most horrifying Tumblr to have ever Tumbled this year.

25. Googly Eye Books

googlyeyebooks.tumblr.com

Fact: Everything is better with googly eyes.

26. Drake-ing Bad

drakeingbad.tumblr.com

A Tumblr that draws Drake into scenes from Breaking Bad.

27. Beyoncé Art History

beyoncearthistory.tumblr.com

Explaining art history through Beyoncé lyrics.

Also big this year: Carter Family Portraits.

28. Sports Balls Replaced with Cats

sportballsreplacedwithcats.com

People just really enjoyed imagining cats in random situations this year.

29. How May We Hate You?

howmaywehateyou.com

"Entirely true stories from two hotel concierges in Times Square."

30. Black Guys with Puppies

blackguyswithpuppies.tumblr.com

All your favorite black celebs and their adorable puppies (OK, so the Tumblr is very liberal with the use of "puppy").

31. Museum GIFs

museumgifs.tumblr.com

A sublime art Tumblr that makes GIFs from various museums around New York City.

32. Times Haiku

haiku.nytimes.com

"Serendipitous poetry from The New York Times."

33. Movies in Color

moviesincolor.com

A look at the beautiful cinematography of your favorite movies.

34. Natural Palettes

naturalpalettes.tumblr.com

Similar to Movies in Color, but for nature. (And honorable mention from last year: Beyoncé Palettes.)

35. Meowtfit

meowtfit.tumblr.com

Gucci is the flyest cat in tights.

36. Miley Twerking on Things We Should Talk About

mileycyrustwerkingonreality.tumblr.com

This was undeniably a big year for Miley Cyrus, but what about all the important news of 2013? "If she's twerking on it, maybe we'll pay attention."

37. Who Wore It Better?

whoworeitbetter.info

The "who wore it better?" of the contemporary art world. Peter Lee's "Broken Image Link" or Beom Young's "Broken Things"?

38. Great Art in Ugly Rooms

greatartinuglyrooms.tumblr.com

Sometimes you own a Rothko and also an underwhelming room.

39. The Kanye West Wing

thekanyewestwing.tumblr.com

For the Venn diagram of people who love Kanye and The West Wing.

40. Hipsters Who Dress Like Jackie from Roseanne

hipsterswhodresslikejackie.tumblr.com

hipsterswhodresslikejackie.tumblr.com

Turns out all these hipsters got their fashion inspiration from Jackie.

41. Men Taking Up Too Much Space on the Train

mentakingup2muchspaceonthetrain.tumblr.com

A look at the way gender is embodied in public spaces.

42. Porn4Jews

porn4jews.tumblr.com

porn4jews.tumblr.com

Oh my!

43. 100 Books That Should Be Written

100daystyleradamsmith.tumblr.com

For graphic designer Tyler Adam Smith's 100-day project, he created “concepts and jackets for books that for one reason or another do not (yet) exist, but certainly should.”

44. 99 Problems

probs99.tumblr.com

One artist imagines all of Jay Z's "99 Problems."

45. BuzzFeed Articles Without the GIFs

buzzfeedminusgifs.tumblr.com

And if all those pesky GIFs are getting in your way here at BuzzFeed dot com, there's a Tumblr that let's you enjoy the poetry without all those Graphics Interchange Formats to distract you. YASSSS, GIRL, YASSSS!