Microblogging is a combination of blogging and instant messaging that allows users to create short messages that can be posted and shared online with an audience. Social platforms such as X (formerly Twitter) have become extremely popular forms of this new type of blogging, especially on the mobile web. This makes it much easier to communicate with people compared to the days when web browsing and desktop interaction was the norm.

These short messages can take the form of a variety of content formats, including text, images, video, audio, and hyperlinks. The trend emerged around the end of the Web 2.0 era, after social media and traditional blogging merged to create an easier and faster way to communicate with people online while keeping them up to date with relevant, shareable information.

You may already be using a microblogging website without even knowing it. It turns out that short but frequent social posts online are exactly what most people want, since so many of us surf the web from our mobile devices when we’re on the go and our attention spans are shorter than ever.

X is one of the oldest and most well-known social platforms that falls under the category of "microblogging". While the 280-character limit still exists, you can now share videos, article links, photos, GIFs, audio clips and more via X Cards, in addition to regular text.