#WritingResources: 60+ content topics & niches for your writing & blogging
Updated: Apr 15, 2021
Don’t be stumped for ideas—here’s a full list of all the subjects and verticals you can cover in your articles, books, and blogs
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Looking to start a blog but don’t know what your niche should be? Running out of ideas for your blog? Seeking a topic of focus for the publication you dream of owning? Don’t know whether to be a generalist or specialist in your writing? (Short answer: definitely generalist. These are crazy, iffy times we’re living in, so you’ll need to build expertise in more than one beat.)
Here’s just the list you need. Get experimental with it. Mix and match the sphere you’ve been writing on with an unfamiliar one so you can think of hybrid ideas (e.g. mixing ‘personal finance’ and ‘technology’ to come up with stories on online banking, mobile wallets, cryptocurrencies, etc.) or create entirely distinct niches (e.g. by combining ‘travel’ with ‘pets’, ‘parenting’, or ‘disability’).
For now, here’s a full round-up of the broad content genres, topics, and niches for your writing and blogging:
1) Politics
2) News & current affairs
3) Travel
- Destinations & attractions
- Aviation & air travel
- Hotels & hospitality
- Adventure & outdoors
4) Food & drink
- Cooking & recipes
- Dining out
- Culture, customs, traditions
- Kitchen & equipment
5) Film, TV, cinema, theatre, drama
6) Showbiz, celebrity, entertainment
7) Global health
8) Personal health
- Body & physiology
- Wellness
- Fitness
- Nutrition
- Mental health
- Medicine
- Addictions & substance abuse
9) Memes & internet culture
10) Language & vocabulary
11) Kids
12) Pets
13) Cars & automobiles
14) Technology
- Gadgets
- Inventions & innovations
- Communication
- Internet
- Cybersecurity
15) Gaming
16) Science
17) Journalism
18) Advertising & media
19) Literature, books, publishing
20) Arts
- Painting & sculpture
- Performing arts
21) Fashion
22) Architecture, interiors, furniture, design, heritage
23) Business, finance, markets, economics
24) Personal finance & money
25) Shopping, retail, commerce
26) Entrepreneurship
27) Music
28) Parenting
29) Spirituality
30) Dating, sex & relationships
31) Beauty
32) Humour
33) Culture
34) Pop culture
35) Feminism & gender identity
36) People, personalities, human interest
37) History
38) Fiction (see the full list of genres here)
- Short story, flash fiction
- Novel
- Script
39) Men
40) Women
41) LGBTQI+
42) Illness, aging, disability
43) Sports
44) Environment & sustainability
45) Wildlife
46) Education
47) Agriculture & farming
48) Law & policy
49) Poetry
50) Data & research
51) Space & astronomy
52) Astrology
53) Local & community news, events, updates
54) Oddities
55) Craft & DIY
56) Jobs, careers, work, workplaces, HR
57) Personal growth & development
58) Lifestyle & leisure
59) Real estate, building, construction
60) Business management & entrepreneurship
61) Home, home management & improvement, cleaning
62) Trade & B2B
63) Industry & manufacturing
64) Rural
65) Urban
66) Writing craft & technique
67) Self-help & motivation