Web 2.0 Sites List: 158 Platforms Checked With Live DR, DA & Traffic Data

Every web 2.0 sites list I have ever clicked has the same problem: it was copied from another list, which was copied from another list, and nobody checked whether the sites still exist, let alone whether they carry any authority. So we built the version we wished existed. Below are 158 web 2.0 platforms that are alive right now, each with its Ahrefs Domain Rating, Moz Domain Authority, Moz spam score, and monthly organic traffic, extracted July 11, 2026, plus a plain grade telling you whether it is worth an afternoon.

Fair warning before you scroll: the data is not kind to this tactic. The median DR on this list is 78, which looks impressive until you see how many of these platforms have effectively zero search traffic of their own. High DR on a dead platform is exactly the trap we keep writing about: authority metrics without traffic are how people get fooled.

Key takeaways

• 158 platforms verified live and measured on July 11, 2026. Metrics: Ahrefs DR, Moz DA, Moz spam score, and organic traffic (Ahrefs where available, Semrush otherwise).
• Only 40 platforms earn an A grade (DR 90+, six-figure organic traffic). Another 33 rate a B. 47 of 158 graded Skip or Avoid — most "web 2.0 lists" are padded with these.
• 31 of the 158 platforms have under 100 monthly organic visits. A subdomain page there will never be seen by a human, and Google treats links from mass-produced pages on them as link spam.
• Web 2.0 links are a branding and indexing surface, not a rankings lever. If someone sells you "200 high DA web 2.0 backlinks," the data below is the reason to walk away.
• If you want links that move rankings, that budget belongs in editorial placements on real sites instead.

What counts as a web 2.0 site

A web 2.0 site is any platform where you can create your own page, blog, or profile on their domain for free: think WordPress.com subdomains, Medium profiles, Tumblr blogs, or a Carrd one-pager. In link-building folklore they are prized because your page "inherits" the domain's authority. In practice the inheritance is tiny: metrics like DR and DA describe the domain, not your fresh subpage, and most platforms nofollow outbound links anyway.

That does not make them worthless. A consistent set of profiles on the big platforms protects your brand SERP, gives new sites some crawl paths, and a few (Medium, Substack, dev.to, Reddit) have real audiences that can send actual readers. The point of the data below is to separate those from the zombie farms.

Where the data comes from (and how to read it)

All metrics come from the industry-standard tools: Ahrefs (Domain Rating, organic traffic), Moz (Domain Authority, spam score), and Semrush (authority and traffic cross-check), extracted on July 11, 2026. Every platform was verified live before making the list - dozens of sites that still appear on page-one "web 2.0 lists" are dead, and they are simply not here.

How to read the grades:

• A — DR 90+, 100K+ monthly organic visits. Worth a real profile with real content.
• B — DR 80+, 10K+ visits. Fine as part of a branded footprint.
• C — DR 60+, some traffic. Only if the platform fits your niche.
• Skip — alive, but no meaningful traffic. Your page will never be found.
• Avoid — Moz spam score 30%+. Association does you no favors.

The list: 158 web 2.0 sites with live metrics

Metrics: Ahrefs DR · Moz DA · Moz spam score · monthly organic traffic. Source: Ahrefs, Moz, Semrush - extracted July 11, 2026. A dash means the domain is not in that tool's public dataset.

Blog & publishing platforms (61)

Site	DR	DA	Spam	Organic traffic	Grade
wordpress.com	95	94	1%	21.8M	A
tumblr.com	94	77	1%	6.5M	A
medium.com	94	95	1%	30.1M	A
blogger.com	94	92	1%	939K	A
substack.com	94	92	7%	10.2M	A
fc2.com	92	52	19%	5.0M	A
ghost.org	92	88	1%	205K	A
typepad.com	91	49	1%	0	Skip
livejournal.com	90	59	1%	1.8M	A
hatenablog.com	90	55	3%	4.6M	A
dev.to	90	85	1%	1.4M	A
over-blog.com	88	27	1%	217K	B
hubpages.com	87	92	1%	521K	B
bloglovin.com	86	93	14%	4K	C
wattpad.com	85	92	3%	20.9M	B
yourstory.com	85	85	1%	158K	B
wikidot.com	84	32	1%	3.7M	B
dzone.com	84	84	5%	25K	B
steemit.com	81	88	9%	593K	B
edublogs.org	79	82	15%	54K	C
ucoz.com	78	86	9%	35K	C
skyrock.com	78	35	17%	314	Skip
penzu.com	76	77	6%	57K	C
kinja.com	75	90	5%	760	Skip
blog.de	74	69	3%	0	Skip
selfgrowth.com	74	64	19%	341	Skip
pressbooks.com	73	69	1%	5K	C
wetpaint.com	72	83	1%	28	Skip
miarroba.com	71	82	4%	12K	C
onmogul.com	71	77	5%	121	Skip
nouw.com	71	62	8%	9K	C
blogsome.com	70	74	14%	0	Skip
writeupcafe.com	69	63	2%	7K	C
travelblog.org	68	73	7%	1K	C
sooperarticles.com	68	63	3%	950	Skip
uberant.com	59	59	10%	0	Skip
blog5.net	57	77	28%	0	Skip
insanejournal.com	56	62	3%	3K	Skip
diaryland.com	56	59	7%	1K	Skip
blog2learn.com	53	77	28%	0	Skip
blogdrive.com	53	58	64%	0	Avoid
widblog.com	52	75	18%	0	Skip
fireblogz.com	52	—	—	0	Skip
jiliblog.com	51	64	14%	0	Skip
gonevis.com	51	41	3%	13K	Skip
free-blogz.com	50	73	10%	0	Skip
aioblogs.com	49	71	18%	0	Skip
getjealous.com	49	62	28%	5	Skip
acidblog.net	49	75	17%	0	Skip
collectblogs.com	48	70	21%	0	Skip
ka-blogs.com	48	73	10%	0	Skip
xzblogs.com	48	71	24%	0	Skip
thoughts.com	47	58	28%	0	Skip
mywapblog.com	44	61	—	92	Skip
inube.com	43	55	7%	31	Skip
goodnightjournal.com	39	43	17%	2K	Skip
blogspace.fr	36	55	20%	21	Skip
sosblogs.com	32	54	28%	0	Skip
sosblog.com	27	55	2%	0	Skip
vigyaa.com	6	64	65%	0	Avoid
blog.co	4.5	15	60%	0	Avoid

Website builders (free subdomain pages) (34)

Site	DR	DA	Spam	Organic traffic	Grade
weebly.com	94	55	1%	4.0M	A
jimdo.com	92	45	1%	403K	A
webflow.com	92	81	1%	1.0M	A
jouwweb.nl	91	65	6%	211K	A
carrd.co	91	88	3%	409K	A
strikingly.com	90	86	1%	35K	B
snappages.com	88	59	8%	1K	C
site123.com	87	57	1%	140K	B
yola.com	86	72	12%	29K	B
ning.com	86	50	1%	55K	B
webnode.com	85	39	1%	232K	B
bravenet.com	83	71	1%	11K	B
weblium.com	83	46	1%	29K	B
sitew.com	82	69	3%	61K	B
smore.com	82	82	1%	128K	B
beepworld.de	82	65	8%	18K	B
hpage.com	81	78	5%	32K	B
webself.net	78	78	2%	106K	C
freehostia.com	78	39	1%	29K	C
webstarts.com	76	36	1%	8K	C
imcreator.com	76	63	5%	2K	C
mozello.com	75	62	1%	21K	C
jigsy.com	72	36	9%	8K	C
zumvu.com	72	56	1%	344K	C
doodlekit.com	71	77	1%	408	Skip
cabanova.com	71	80	1%	815	Skip
flazio.com	67	53	3%	12K	C
puzl.com	67	73	8%	3K	C
groupspaces.com	65	58	38%	318	Avoid
all4webs.com	61	62	31%	23	Avoid
webspawner.com	60	57	58%	0	Avoid
8b.com	59	31	2%	4K	Skip
doomby.com	56	59	28%	403	Skip
own-free-website.com	46	28	1%	86	Skip

Docs, slides & PDF sharing (13)

Site	DR	DA	Spam	Organic traffic	Grade
issuu.com	93	94	2%	589K	A
slideshare.net	92	95	16%	21.0M	A
calameo.com	91	93	4%	936K	A
scribd.com	91	94	3%	132.0M	A
evernote.com	90	92	3%	2.0M	A
speakerdeck.com	88	84	1%	26K	B
4shared.com	81	94	6%	413K	B
docdroid.net	81	83	1%	48K	B
exposure.co	81	79	1%	11K	B
justpaste.it	80	91	22%	607K	B
atavist.com	76	82	1%	10K	C
keepandshare.com	76	66	10%	6K	C
datahub.io	73	57	6%	26K	C

Profile & bio pages (6)

Site	DR	DA	Spam	Organic traffic	Grade
about.me	90	92	10%	786K	A
storeboard.com	77	71	3%	2K	C
spoke.com	76	62	4%	4K	C
apsense.com	73	75	7%	32K	C
triberr.com	72	70	1%	10K	C
imfaceplate.com	39	55	13%	14	Skip

Bookmarking & curation (11)

Site	DR	DA	Spam	Organic traffic	Grade
pinterest.com	97	94	7%	571.1M	A
disqus.com	92	93	21%	61K	B
slashdot.org	87	91	1%	188K	B
flipboard.com	87	91	8%	73K	B
wakelet.com	85	74	1%	38K	B
diigo.com	82	91	2%	21K	B
scoop.it	82	92	5%	74K	B
minds.com	78	84	3%	4K	C
pearltrees.com	78	86	33%	207K	Avoid
playbuzz.com	74	90	4%	6K	C
fark.com	73	74	4%	54K	C

Media & community platforms (33)

Site	DR	DA	Spam	Organic traffic	Grade
linkedin.com	99	99	1%	180.3M	A
github.com	97	97	1%	49.0M	A
vimeo.com	96	95	3%	3.0M	A
reddit.com	95	92	3%	1200.0M	A
xing.com	94	92	4%	600K	A
behance.net	94	93	1%	3.9M	A
soundcloud.com	94	93	9%	15.3M	A
flickr.com	94	92	17%	3.6M	A
trustpilot.com	94	93	6%	60.6M	A
dribbble.com	93	92	3%	2.6M	A
goodreads.com	92	93	5%	15.4M	A
quora.com	92	93	10%	101.3M	A
zoho.com	92	88	6%	9.2M	A
sourceforge.net	92	93	3%	2.6M	A
deviantart.com	91	75	6%	6.4M	A
clutch.co	91	72	1%	740K	A
mixcloud.com	91	92	10%	695K	A
foursquare.com	91	92	1%	160K	A
instructables.com	88	93	5%	4.6M	B
boredpanda.com	84	91	2%	2.0M	B
shutterfly.com	84	54	1%	3.0M	B
jamendo.com	80	79	7%	56K	B
rhizome.org	78	76	8%	17K	C
ello.co	77	85	45%	9	Avoid
hometalk.com	75	81	1%	49K	C
fotki.com	74	77	10%	3K	C
activerain.com	74	76	1%	8K	C
purevolume.com	73	82	1%	932	Skip
bcz.com	71	74	3%	18K	C
rebelmouse.com	71	85	1%	2K	C
ipernity.com	70	68	8%	2K	C
tripoto.com	69	58	1%	1.1M	C
mouthshut.com	63	64	8%	2.3M	C

What the data actually says

Three patterns worth noticing before you spend a weekend making profiles:

1. DR without traffic is the norm, not the exception. 31 platforms here have under 100 organic visits a month while many of them flash DR 60-80. That gap is the tell: their authority comes from decades-old links, not from anything Google currently rewards. A backlink from a page nobody can find passes approximately nothing. This is the same DR-without-traffic trap we warn buyers about in the marketplace, and it is the single most common way sellers dress up junk inventory.

2. The spam scores expose the "SEO web 2.0" networks. The clusters of near-identical free-blog networks that appear on every older list exist purely to host tiered link schemes. Google's site reputation abuse and link spam policies both apply, and the Moz spam column shows how those neighborhoods rate. If you would not put your brand name next to it, do not put your link there.

3. The winners are just... real platforms. Medium, Reddit, Substack, GitHub, WordPress.com, Tumblr, dev.to: every A-grade row is a place where actual humans publish and read. Which is the honest conclusion of the whole exercise: web 2.0 links work exactly to the degree that you treat the platform as an audience rather than a link dump.

How to use web 2.0 sites without wasting your time

1. Claim your brand name on the A and B rows. One evening of work: consistent name, logo, one-paragraph description, link to your site. This is brand protection, not link building.
2. Actually publish on the two or three platforms where your buyers hang out. For SaaS that is usually Medium or Substack (thought pieces), dev.to or GitHub (developer tools), and Reddit (carefully, and never as a link-drop).
3. Skip everything graded Skip. Not because it is risky, but because it is pointless: no audience, no equity, no click. Your time is the scarcest budget you have.
4. Never buy web 2.0 packages. Fiverr-style "200 web 2.0 backlinks" gigs place spun content on exactly the rows this table grades worst, and mass-produced pages with commercial anchors are textbook link spam. If a link is worth buying, it is worth buying inside real content on a real site.