54 Best Tumblrs Started In 2012
This year, Tumblr users captured the best of the best when it came to the Internet: everything from political memes to pop culture mashups and GIF reactions to stunning photography.
Politics
1. Binders Full of Burgers
Visualizing the 2012 U.S. presidential election with greasy food. [follow]
2. Texts from Hillary
Badass texting. [follow]
3. Binders Full of Women
Mitt's words brought to life. [follow]
4. RomCom2012
Two lovers. A man. His country. Both ambitious, likable, and apparently meant for each other, but kept apart by some complicating circumstances. [follow]
5. Ron [Paul] Swanson
The least likable Libertarian and the most likable Libertarian collide to create true Internet beauty. [follow]
6. 1,001 Droll Pranks for Rich Boys
The wealthy young gentleman's guide to horseplay. [follow]
LOL
7. Old People Writing on a Restaurant's Facebook Page
Old people writing on the Facebook pages of chain restaurants. [follow]
8. One Tiny Hand
One tiny step for hands, one giant leap for mankind. [follow]
9. T-Rex Trying...
The unfortunate trials of the tyrant lizard king. [follow]
10. Truth Graphs
Graphs about topics ranging from SpongeBob to the 2012 presidential election. [follow]
11. I(KEA) 99 Problems but a Bitch Ain't One
Remember that time IKEA erased all the women from their catalog? [follow]
12. The Kawaii Project
Total cuteness. [follow]
13. Sorry, Feminists!
Katie Roiphe hates cats and has other sexy, smart, and sassy thoughts. [follow]
Sports
14. McKayla Is Not Impressed
Not with silver, not even with Obama. [follow]
15. Olympics
The definitive photo album of each and every Olympic Games. [follow]
16. NBA Through The Lens
Beautiful sports photography. [follow]
Pop Culture
17. Mean Girls of Panem
Get in, loser, we're going to the Capitol. [follow]
18. Cholafied
Chola gangster style. [follow]
19. Kim Jong-un Looking at Things
The dear respected leader likes to look at things too. [follow]
20. Chandler Dances on Things
A blog to celebrate the dance moves of Chandler Bing. [follow]
21. Downton Pawnee
Parks and Rec meets Downton Abbey. [follow]
22. #HollywoodAssistants
The life of Hollywood assistants. [follow]
23. Hypervocal
Internet sherpas. [follow]
Celebs
24. I Am Beyonce
Beyonce's Tumblr. [follow]
25. George Takei
Are you talking to meme? [follow]
26. Shakira
The singer's Tumblr. [follow]
27. Mugshot Doppelgänger
The 1920s doubles of infamous celebrity mug shots. [follow]
28. Emceez Ansari
Parks and Rec's Aziz Ansari's rapping career. [follow]
29. What if Adele Were Mrs. Doubtfire?
A question you never thought to ask yourself. [follow]
30. Nekci Menij
The Tumblr arm of the hilarious YouTube series. [follow]
31. Brad Pitt Eating (+ Drinking) Things
One actor and his sexy way of eating food. [follow]
32. Cooking with Skrillex
Who would have thought Skrillex was so skilled in the kitchen? [follow]
Photography
33. Underground New York Public Library
A visual library featuring the Reading Riders of the NYC subways. [follow]
34. The Lively Morgue
A treasure house of photographs from The New York Times. [follow]
35. Picture Dept
A venue for photography presented by the award-winning Newsweek & The Daily Beast photo teams. [follow]
36. Reportage by Getty Images
Inspiring and iconic photojournalism from award-winning photographers and new emerging talent. [follow]
37. Getty Images
Stunning photography. [follow]
Tech
38. Windows 95 Tips, Tricks, and Tweaks
A stroll down memory lane. [follow]
39. Google Poetics
Google writes poetry on subjects that people are truly interested in. [follow]
Animals
40. Dog Shaming
A supply of your favorite furry friends with a healthy dose of shaming. [follow]
41. Cats That Look Like Pin Up Girls
Cute and sexy. [follow]
42. Text from Dog
One blogger's dog sends him texts and then he posts them. [follow]
News
43. Israel Defense Forces
This is the official Tumblr blog of the IDF. [follow]
44. NOLA to New York
Katrina victims talk to New York. [follow]
LGBT
45. Eagle Scouts Returning Our Badges
A collection of letters from Scouts returning their pins to the Boy Scouts of America in protest of its anti-gay policies. [follow]
46. When Obama Endorsed Marriage Equality
We all partied. With GIFs. [follow]
47. Huffington Post Gay Voices
News, culture, and a glimpse behind the scenes. [follow]
48. GLAAD
Where words and images matter. [follow]
Brands
49. Hulu
Online TV on Tumblr. [follow]
50. Dark Rye
Whole Food's mixtape of secrets — a daily how-to and counterconvention dose of sass and entrepreneurialism for your own neighborhood. [follow]
Other
51. Storyboard
Storyboard is a regular collection of features highlighting talented creators and their work, as found within and around the massively diverse Tumblr community. [follow]
52. Behind the Curtain
Go behind the curtain of performances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. [follow]
53. AWL Music
Music on Tumblr. [follow]
54. Hot and Busted
Bad boys. [follow]