“So what writing niches make the most money?”
Umm, how about all of them. 🤩
Freelance writing jobs on certain topics are more plentiful, more in-demand, and pay higher rates on average. But with the list I’m about to hand to you, you’ll find high-paying blogs in every category.
Right here in your hand (OK, on your screen…), you’ve got over 20 different niches with more than 500 websites willing to pay writers.
The best place to start: what do you know a ton about? What could you write about all day long? And the often overlooked starting point: what do you have experience doing (either as a customer or an employee)?
Now stop hemming and hawing over which niche is the right one and dive into these lists!
Where This Blogging Job Info Comes from & How It Works
Originally, I found a lot of these sites by searching the internet for simple keyword combinations, like “paid” along with “write for us” or “guest blogging”. After a while, blog owners and editors started contacting me and asking to be listed. Some of these blogs I’ve written for, and some I was told about by other bloggers.
Lots of these blogs welcome submissions from writers and non-writers, and some will help you refine your blog post after you submit it. So don’t be put off if you’re not a professional blogger or writer yet. Contact your favourites and let them know what you can contribute that will interest their readers.
For more advice about making contact, pitching your ideas, and impressing your editors, check out this book:
Ready to Get Started? Here’s Your Ultimate List of Writing Gigs to Go for…
Write for Animal Blogs
You can get paid well to write about animals.
If you’re dreaming of writing about specific animals (including cats, dogs, and more exotic ones), this list will get you started. We even have a separate list just for horse blogs and magazines. You can use this list to build up your portfolio of animal-focused articles whether you love birds, bees, snakes, or dogs.
- Typical pay level: $$ to $$$
- Difficulty / experience level: Some knowledge or research required
Write for Boating and Sailing Blogs
That’s right, make some cash with your sailing or boating experience.
It doesn’t matter whether you prefer a small boat for fishing in your local lakes, a houseboat, or long-distance yacht, you can find writing gigs as a boating freelance writer. And the pay varies from a few hundred dollars to a few thousand – so you can write about what you love doing.
- Typical pay level: $$ to $$$$
- Difficulty / experience level: Some knowledge or research required
Write for Business & Career Blogs
There are some big names on this list – and YOU can write for them.
Wondering how you’ll get noticed by a business blog editor? It’s simple because it works the same as anywhere else: offer to write what their readers will love. For example, it could be an in-depth investigation of an industry issue… or a tutorial post helping new self-employed business people figure out their marketing… or even a news piece about an upcoming merger or product launch.
- Typical pay level: $$ to $$$$
- Difficulty / experience level: Some knowledge or research required
Write for Canadian Blogs
Ready to use your insider expertise as a Canadian resident or citizen and wondering which Canadian blogs pay freelance writers?
This list of paying publications (and tips on where to find more) will help you take full advantage of your hometown advantage. Technically, you don’t have to be a Canadian citizen or resident to pitch (or get paid by) most of these blogs and magazines – especially the niche publications.
- Typical pay level: $$ to $$$$
- Difficulty / experience level: Some knowledge or research required
Write for Cannabis Blogs
Think cannabis writing is for stoners and couch-surfers?
Umm…you need to take a look at this list of cannabis business blogs with cannabis cultivation research, tech advice, and yeah, lifestyle articles too. Being a cannabis enthusiast isn’t a requirement for this writing market if you’ve got the chops for research and interviewing.
- Typical pay level: $$ to $$$$
- Difficulty / experience level: Some knowledge or research required
Write for Creative Arts & Digital Design Blogs
All the best-paying freelance blogging gigs are on topics like business and medicine, right?
Nope… When you’ve got a creative skill that others want to learn, you can get paid to write about it. And if you’re anything like most eager freelance writers, your next question is probably “What can I earn?”
- Typical pay level: $$ to $$$
- Difficulty / experience level: Specific subject expertise required
Write for Design & Style Blogs
Wait a minute…you can get paid to write about making things (and people) pretty?
Yes, you can. Fashion, beauty, style, design, architecture, gardening, interior design, and then some. Click over and see for yourself just how many blogs are paying good money for style and design writing.
- Typical pay level: $$ to $$$$
- Difficulty / experience level: Varies between some knowledge and research or specific expertise required
Write for Entertainment & Humor Blogs
Wanna write about music, TV, books, art, podcasts, online videos, comedy, comics…even video games?
Take a moment to let that sink in. This list of entertainment blogs is ready to pay you to write about something you LOVE to do…like all the time. Here’s the catch, even your grandma wants to do it (so you might want to learn how experienced writers craft their winning pitches).
- Typical pay level: $$ to $$$$
- Difficulty / experience level: Some knowledge and research required
Write for Gardening and Farming Blogs
Can you really make money writing about gardening?
Umm…you definitely can, but it’ll require you know a thing or two about plants (but no need to be an expert in all aspects of gardens). Read through this list to get an idea of what kinds of expertise are worth money to garden magazines and blogs.
- Typical pay level: $$ to $$$$
- Difficulty / experience level: Some specific subject expertise required
Write for Horse and Horse-Riding Blogs
Wait a minute…I can get paid to write about horses?
Yep, you can – and chances are good you’ll find the exact kind of horses or riding style you love. This niche needs skilled writers with horse-sense literally. If you’ve got experience with a particular horse breed or riding style, make sure these editors know.
- Typical pay level: $$ to $$$
- Difficulty / experience level: Some specific subject expertise required
Write for Money & Personal Finance Blogs
Ah…finally a blogging niche that really pays, right?
If you’ve got the skills and experience to make finance and money topics less traumatic for those of us suffering PTSD from trying to read tax and banking forms (shudder), yes. We need you. Expertise and experience with these writing gigs will get you the job faster. But if you’re a self-taught finance-loving writer, dig in.
- Typical pay level: $$ to $$$$
- Difficulty / experience level: Some specific subject expertise required
Write for Food & Drink Blogs
Get ready, because this food and drink blogging list has 121 websites on it.
If you want to write about food or drinks, you’ve got options. Lots of them. You could be a subject matter expert or a food-loving writer who knows how to do research (or interview experts). Either way, you’ll never run out of different ways to blog about food (easy, healthy, fast, detailed, fancy, and simple food topics to name just a few).
- Typical pay level: $$ to $$$$
- Difficulty / experience level: Varies from some research to specific subject expertise required
Write for Health & Wellness Blogs
Think you need a medical degree to write for health and wellness blogs?
Think again. If you can write about these technical topics without putting your readers to sleep, you’re halfway there. No need for an MD after your name (just remember to do solid research and get your info from verified experts). And get ready to write because this is one hot, in-demand blogging niche.
- Typical pay level: $$ to $$$$
- Difficulty / experience level: Mostly some knowledge and research required
Write for Lifestyle Blogs
Ready for a blogging niche with tons of work?
Lifestyle blogs put out a boatload of content (so regular gigs and even staff jobs are possible here). Yes, this list has some big household names. Ready to get some big-name bylines? It’s all about your pitch (so make sure to get some guidance before you send off your pitches…especially to any well-known blogs).
- Typical pay level: $$ to $$$$
- Difficulty / experience level: Some research required usually
Write for Parenting & Family Blogs
Time to finally cash in on all that hard-won parenting experience.
Yes, you can make real moolah writing about pregnancy, your kids, parenting, and family. Personal stories, interviews with other parents and experts, kid crafts, family outings, and how to just keep them alive and fed without going nuts. You know, all the stuff you already do (except this time you get a paycheck).
- Typical pay level: $$ to $$$
- Difficulty / experience level: Mostly some research required
Write for Regional and Local Blogs
If you’re looking to build up your portfolio or get your first freelance writer gig, local magazines and blogs may be easier to pitch – because you already know plenty about where you live. Some local publications are always looking for a good reliable freelance writer (and in most cases, you can find a bigger selection in your state or province than you might realize).
Typical pay level: $$ to $$$
Difficulty / experience level: Local experience and some research required
Write for Social Justice & Political Blogs
Have you noticed how many articles have a social justice or political hook?
This list is mainly blogs with a big commitment to covering politics or social justice stories, but look around. Every writing market covers this niche in some way. If you like staying up-to-date on these topics, go ahead and make some cash writing about it.
- Typical pay level: $$ to $$$$$
- Difficulty / experience level: Varies from some research to specific subject expertise required.
Write for Leisure & Sports Blogs
Your favorite sport or hobby could be your next big payday (freelance writing-wise).
This blog list has over 50 unusual, weird, super-niche sports and fun things to do in your free time (and they pay serious money). And these blogs are actively looking for knowledgeable practitioners who can string sentences together.
- Typical pay level: $$ to $$$$
- Difficulty / experience level: Mostly specific subject expertise required
Write for Science & Tech Blogs
Put your science and tech know-how to use (and get paid well for it).
These 88 blogs are on the lookout for science and tech-literate writers or subject matter experts. A little training in these fields helps, but it’s not a requirement for either of these 2 super-hot niches. And really, the better-paying blogs aren’t looking for tutorials.
- Typical pay level: $$ to $$$$
- Difficulty / experience level: Varies from some research to specific subject expertise required
Write for Travel Blogs
Everywhere writers are getting paid to write about travel. So why aren’t you?
Travel writing isn’t just a hot niche right now. Readers are always searching for something fun to do this weekend, educational day trips for the kids, romantic weekend trips, and exotic vacation ideas. Wherever you are, you can write about travel (and get paid well).
- Typical pay level: $$ to $$$$
- Difficulty / experience level: Varies from some research to specific subject expertise required
Write for Writing Blogs
Why aren’t you getting paid to write about your most unique and special talents?
You know you can get paid to do that, don’t you? That special skill you’ve been honing for years now. Ummm…maybe it’s time to add this paying niche too. Creative writing skills, business writing skills, writing white papers, how to get clients, onboarding a new writing client. If it helps writers, you could get paid to write about it.
- Typical pay level: $$ to $$$$
- Difficulty / experience level: Mostly specific subject expertise required