How to See Only a Tumblr Blog's Original Posts
Most Tumblr blogs are mostly reblogs. Finding the handful of posts the blogger actually made takes one of four routes, because Tumblr itself has no originals-only button.
How to see only a Tumblr blog's original posts: Tumblr has no built-in originals-only filter as of October 2026, so use the blogger's own tag for their work, such as blogname.tumblr.com/tagged/my-art, scan the blog's archive, or add an Original Posts tab with the XKit Rewritten browser extension. A post with no reblog header is an original.
The tag route is the fastest and works on any device. Most artists and writers on Tumblr tag their own work consistently, precisely because their blog is otherwise full of other people's posts.
An original post on Tumblr is one the blog's owner created, as opposed to a reblog, which is a copy of someone else's post placed on their blog with the chain of previous rebloggers attached. On most active blogs reblogs far outnumber originals, so the art, writing or photos a person made themselves are buried in what they passed on.
Tumblr's help center documents a handful of URL tricks for browsing a blog: /tagged/ followed by a tag shows every post with that tag, adding /chrono puts them oldest first, /day/ with a date shows one day's posts, and /random loads a random post. The archive can be filtered by month, year and post type. None of these separates originals from reblogs on its own, but combined with how bloggers tag their work they get you there.
The reason this matters to the person posting is that originals are what earn followers. People follow a blog for what it makes. The follower count itself is visible only to the blog's owner on Tumblr, so it isn't something a visitor weighs; it's the list of people whose dashboards get your posts first. If you want that number higher, Tumblr followers add to it from the public blog address, without reblogging anything, so they don't change how far a post travels.
How do you filter out reblogs on Tumblr?
There's no setting for it on a blog page, so pick the route that fits:
- The blogger's own tag. Look at a post you know is theirs and read its tags. Most creators use a fixed tag, such as my art, my writing, original or the blog name. Then open blogname.tumblr.com/tagged/ followed by that tag, with hyphens for spaces.
- Their navigation. Many blogs link their own-work tag in the header, sidebar or pinned post, labelled something like my art or portfolio. Check there first; it's the blogger's own index.
- The archive. Open blogname.tumblr.com/archive and filter by month or post type. Reblogs still appear, but the grid view lets you scan a year of posts quickly.
- An Original Posts tab. The XKit Rewritten browser extension, for Firefox and Chrome, has a Show Originals feature that adds an Original Posts tab to timelines, including blog views. It runs in your browser while you're signed in and never asks for your password.
Watch for tools that want your login
Websites that list a blog's original posts work by reading Tumblr's public data, which needs no access to your account. If one asks you to sign in with your Tumblr password, close it; listing someone's public posts doesn't require it.
How do you tell an original post from a reblog?
Look at the top of the post.
A reblog has a header showing the reblog icon, two arrows forming a loop, and the name of the blog it was reblogged from. Below that sits the reblog trail: the original poster's name and content first, then each blog that added something on its way.
An original post shows only the blog's own name at the top, with no reblog icon and no trail above the content.
One case trips people up: a blogger reblogging their own post. It shows the reblog header, but the first name in the trail is the same blog. That's still their original, put back into circulation.
The mechanics of the chain, and why deleting a post breaks it, are covered in what a reblog is on Tumblr.
Can you search a Tumblr blog for original posts?
Not directly. A blog's search, where the theme offers one, returns both originals and reblogs that match, because reblogs contain the full text of what they copy.
What works better is searching for the blogger's own-work tag combined with a subject. If an artist tags their drawings my art and fan art of a series with the series name, their /tagged/my-art page already narrows things down, and the browser's find-in-page does the rest.
The /chrono version helps when you want to start from the beginning: blogname.tumblr.com/tagged/my-art/chrono lists that tag oldest first, which is the closest Tumblr gets to reading someone's portfolio in order.
How do you see a blog's tags?
Tags appear at the bottom of each post, on the dashboard and on the blog itself, and clicking one opens that blog's /tagged/ page for it.
There's no public list of every tag a blog has used. The quickest way to find someone's working tags is to open three or four of their own posts and compare: the tag that repeats on all of them is the one they use for their work.
Tags also decide whether a post is found at all. Tumblr's help center says search indexes the first 30 tags on a post, so the categorical tags a blogger puts first are the ones doing discovery work; the rest are often commentary. How to use the Tumblr app covers how tags work as Tumblr's search engine.
Do reblogs count as notes?
Yes. The notes number under a Tumblr post is the sum of likes, reblogs and replies, so a reblog adds a note to the post it came from.
That makes notes a rough guide to which of a blog's originals did well, with one caveat: a post with thousands of notes could be mostly likes, which don't distribute anything, or mostly reblogs, which carry the post to new dashboards. Clicking the notes count opens the breakdown, and it's the only honest way to read how an original travelled.
If you're the creator, the notes on your originals are also where new followers come from. Someone sees your post as a reblog on a blog they follow, opens your blog from the trail, and finds out whether there's more where that came from. How to get followers on Tumblr follows that path in detail.
Can you hide reblogs from your dashboard?
Not with a single Tumblr setting, as far as Tumblr's help documentation shows as of October 2026. Your Following tab lists posts from blogs you follow in chronological order, reblogs included, unless you turn on Best Stuff First, which reorders it. The For You tab is a separate, recommendation-led feed.
The tools Tumblr does give you work on content, not on post type. Filtered Tags and Filtered Post Content hide posts that carry a word you choose, which how to block tags on Tumblr covers in full. Unfollowing a blog that mostly reblogs is the bluntest option.
For an originals-only dashboard, the XKit Rewritten extension's Original Posts tab is the practical answer on desktop browsers.
If you post originals yourself and want more dashboards to see them, followers are the first audience and reblogs are the engine. Buying Tumblr followers adds to the count only you see and to the list of accounts your posts go to first; it doesn't reblog anything. Every Tumblr service is on the Tumblr page.
Questions people ask about finding original posts on Tumblr
How do I see only someone's original posts on Tumblr?
Find the tag they use for their own work, such as my art, and open blogname.tumblr.com/tagged/ followed by that tag. Tumblr has no built-in originals-only filter, so the blogger's tag is the fastest route.
Is there a Tumblr setting to hide reblogs?
Not as of October 2026, according to Tumblr's help documentation. Filters hide posts by tag or text, not by whether they are reblogs. The XKit Rewritten extension adds an Original Posts tab in desktop browsers.
How can you tell if a Tumblr post is a reblog?
A reblog shows a header with the reblog icon and the name of the blog it came from, followed by a trail of names. An original shows only the poster's name, with no trail.
How do I see a Tumblr blog's posts in order from the start?
Add /chrono to a tag page, for example blogname.tumblr.com/tagged/my-art/chrono, to list that tag oldest first. The archive at blogname.tumblr.com/archive can also be filtered by month.
Do Tumblr notes include reblogs?
Yes. Notes are the total of likes, reblogs and replies on a post. Click the number to see the breakdown, since likes and reblogs mean very different things.
Are original post finder websites safe?
Listing a blog's public posts needs no access to your account. A site that only asks for the blog name is reading public data; one that asks for your Tumblr password should be avoided.
Keep reading
- Tumblr followers — Tumblr shows the follower count only to the owner; Tumblr followers add to it and to the list your posts reach first, without reblogging anything.
- What is a reblog on Tumblr? — The chain behind every reblog, and why deleting breaks it.
- How to block tags on Tumblr — Filtered Tags and Filtered Post Content, and why posts slip through.
- How to get followers on Tumblr — How reblogs of your originals turn into follows.