Use the following template or our APA Citation Generator to cite a blog. For help with other source types, like books, PDFs, or websites, check out our other guides. To have your reference list or bibliography automatically made for you, try our free citation generator.
Place this part in your bibliography or reference list at the end of your assignment.
Author Surname, Author Initial. (Year Published). Title. Publication Title. Retrieved from http://Website URL
clarisonic sale, c. (2014). clarisonic sale. clarisonic sale. Retrieved from http://clarisonicon-sale.com
Place this part right after the quote or reference to the source in your assignment.
(Author Surname, Year Published)
good articles (clarisonic sale, 2014)
To format an in-text citation for a blog in APA style, include the name of the author along with the year of publication.
Blog Post In-Text Citation Templates and Examples:
Parenthetical Citation:
(Surname, Year)
(Romanov, 2014)
Narrative Citation:
Name (Year)
Romanov (2014) claims . . .
For a blog post, the reference list entry is as follows:
Example Blog Post Reference Entry:
Author LastName, FirstInitial. (Year, Month Day). Blog post name. Hosting Website Name. URL
Romanov, M. (2014, July 14). Can the Chinese overtake America? Bioliteracy. https://blogs.plos.org/scied/2014/04/14/can-the-chinese-overtake-america