Best Personal Finance Blogs Worth Reading

NerdWallet is a personal finance website built around product comparisons. It ranks credit cards, bank accounts, mortgages, loans, and insurance side by side. Each star rating follows a published methodology.

The site has more than 15,000 in-depth guides. You will also find free tools that cover the basics:

• Free credit score tracking
• Mortgage, retirement, and 401(k) calculators
• Budget worksheets and tax bracket tables
• Matching with vetted financial advisors

Small business owners get separate sections on business loans, cards, and accounting software. The NerdWallet app tracks your net worth across linked accounts.

Short, practical tips are the core of Money Crashers. Each post teaches one useful thing and takes a few minutes to read. A free daily email sends the next tip to your inbox.

Content is grouped by goal. Sections cover making, saving, spending, borrowing, protecting, and investing money. The team also compares savings rates, CD rates, and online banks.

The editors say affiliate partners do not buy their opinions. Money Crashers has been featured on CNN, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal.

Mr. Money Mustache is an early retirement blog by Pete Adeney of Colorado. He left full-time work at 30 and has shared the math behind it since 2011.

The core idea is simple. Spend far less than you earn and invest the gap in index funds. Classic posts cover the 4% rule, hedonic adaptation, and biking instead of driving.

The tone is blunt and often funny. An active reader forum lets you swap notes with others chasing financial independence.

Since 2007, Crystal Paine has helped families spend less through Money Saving Mom. This money-saving blog for families posts daily deals from Amazon, Walmart, and Target. You will also find coupons, freebies, and budget-friendly recipes, including freezer meals.

Beyond deals, Crystal writes about managing money, earning extra income, and organizing your home. Free budget sheets and a 14-day savings challenge help beginners get started.

Financial Samurai is a wealth-building blog Sam Dogen started in 2009. A former Wall Street banker, Sam writes about real estate, investing, and retiring early.

Popular guides show how much to have saved by age, in a 401(k) and overall. Other posts cover venture capital and IPO lockups. Sam also wrote How To Engineer Your Layoff, a guide to negotiating severance.

J.D. Roth started Get Rich Slowly in 2006 to share common-sense money lessons. It is now a personal finance blog with thousands of articles, many by guest writers.

Topics include money basics, earning more, spending wisely, and saving and investing. Posts on money mindset and a values-driven life set it apart. You can also join the forum or the free GRS Insider newsletter.

MoneyPantry is a side-hustle and money-saving site founded by Saeed Darabi in 2013. Saeed came to the U.S. as a refugee at 20 with no savings. He learned what works through trial and error.

The site tests or researches survey sites, cashback apps, and work-from-home gigs before recommending them. It also tracks freebies and government aid programs that many people miss.

Steve Chou built a seven-figure online store with his wife and now teaches the process. My Wife Quit Her Job is an ecommerce business blog for new and growing sellers. Guides cover product research, Amazon FBA, Shopify, TikTok Shop, and dropshipping. Steve is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author and also hosts a podcast.

Of Dollars And Data is a data-driven investing blog by Nick Maggiulli. Nick is Chief Operating Officer at Ritholtz Wealth Management. His weekly posts use charts and market history to test common money beliefs. He also wrote Just Keep Buying and The Wealth Ladder.

Founder Steve Adcock retired in his 30s and traveled the country in an Airstream. Think Save Retire grew from that story into a broad money site. You will find guides on side hustles, credit cards, insurance, and student loans. A free retirement calculator shows how much you need to stop working.

Kelan and Brittany Kline are the husband-and-wife team behind The Savvy Couple. A teacher and a jail deputy, they once owed over $40,000 in student loans. Their blog covers budgeting, side hustles, and starting an online business.

From its Phoenix, Arizona office, Farnam Financial publishes a retirement planning blog. Founder Jonathan D. Bird, CFP, writes about Roth conversions, RMDs, and Social Security. The firm is an SEC-registered fiduciary adviser.