diff --git a/docs/sidebar.yml b/docs/sidebar.yml
index 101de48b79bf..a3a78ca71adc 100644
--- a/docs/sidebar.yml
+++ b/docs/sidebar.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 index: index.md
 subsection:
+  - title: Blog
+    directory: blog
   - title: Usage
     directory: docs/usage
     subsection:
diff --git a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/SidebarParser.scala b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/SidebarParser.scala
index 9d793c403b2d..da402c6f0fed 100644
--- a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/SidebarParser.scala
+++ b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/SidebarParser.scala
@@ -30,14 +30,16 @@ object Sidebar:
 
   private object RawInputTypeRef extends TypeReference[RawInput]
 
-  private def toSidebar(r: RawInput)(using CompilerContext): Sidebar = r match
+  private def toSidebar(r: RawInput)(using CompilerContext): Option[Sidebar] = r match
     case RawInput(title, page, index, subsection, dir, hidden) if page.nonEmpty && index.isEmpty && subsection.isEmpty() =>
-      Sidebar.Page(Option.when(title.nonEmpty)(title), page, hidden)
+      Some(Sidebar.Page(Option.when(title.nonEmpty)(title), page, hidden))
     case RawInput(title, page, index, subsection, dir, hidden) if page.isEmpty && (!subsection.isEmpty() || !index.isEmpty()) =>
-      Sidebar.Category(Option.when(title.nonEmpty)(title), Option.when(index.nonEmpty)(index), subsection.asScala.map(toSidebar).toList, Option.when(dir.nonEmpty)(dir))
+      Some(Sidebar.Category(Option.when(title.nonEmpty)(title), Option.when(index.nonEmpty)(index), subsection.asScala.flatMap(toSidebar).toList, Option.when(dir.nonEmpty)(dir)))
+    case RawInput(title, page, index, subsection, dir, hidden) if page.isEmpty && title == "Blog" && dir.nonEmpty =>
+      Some(Sidebar.Category(Option.when(title.nonEmpty)(title), None, List.empty, Option.when(dir.nonEmpty)(dir)))
     case RawInput(title, page, index, subsection, dir, hidden) =>
       report.error(s"Error parsing YAML configuration file.\n$schemaMessage")
-      Sidebar.Page(None, page, hidden)
+      None
 
   private def schemaMessage: String =
     s"""Static site YAML configuration file should comply with the following description:
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ object Sidebar:
       |  subsection: # optional - If not provided, pages are loaded from the index directory
       |    - <subsection> | <page>
       |  # either index or subsection needs to be present
+      |  # the only exception is subsection representing Blog which needs title == "Blog" and directory
       |<page>:
       |  title: <string> # optional - Default value is file name. Title can be also set using front-matter.
       |  page: <string>
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ object Sidebar:
         identity
       )
     toSidebar(root) match
-      case c: Sidebar.Category => c
+      case Some(c: Sidebar.Category) => c
       case _ =>
         report.error(s"Root element is not a subsection.\n$schemaMessage")
         Sidebar.Category(None, None, List.empty, None)
diff --git a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/StaticSiteLoader.scala b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/StaticSiteLoader.scala
index 0df7fa11c324..8c783ab31e2a 100644
--- a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/StaticSiteLoader.scala
+++ b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/StaticSiteLoader.scala
@@ -89,7 +89,23 @@ class StaticSiteLoader(val root: File, val args: Scaladoc.Args)(using StaticSite
         val templateFile = loadTemplateFile(file, title)
         LoadedTemplate(templateFile, List.empty, pathFromRoot.resolve(file.getName).toFile, hidden)
     }
-    val rootTemplate = LoadedTemplate(rootIndex, yamlRoot.nested.map(c => loadChild(ctx.docsPath)(c)) ++ loadBlog(), rootDest)
+    val blogDirectory = yamlRoot.nested.collect {
+      case blog @ Sidebar.Category(optionTitle, optionIndexPath, nested, dir)
+        if optionTitle.exists(_ == "Blog") => blog
+    }.headOption.flatMap(_.directory)
+
+    val rootChildrenWithoutBlog = yamlRoot.nested.filter {
+      case Sidebar.Category(optionTitle, optionIndexPath, nested, dir)
+        if optionTitle.exists(_ == "Blog") => false
+      case _ => true
+    }
+
+    val rootTemplate =
+      LoadedTemplate(
+        rootIndex,
+        rootChildrenWithoutBlog.map(c => loadChild(ctx.docsPath)(c)) ++ loadBlog(blogDirectory),
+        rootDest
+      )
     val mappings = createMapping(rootTemplate)
     StaticSiteRoot(rootTemplate, mappings)
   }
@@ -113,8 +129,9 @@ class StaticSiteLoader(val root: File, val args: Scaladoc.Args)(using StaticSite
     StaticSiteRoot(withBlog, mappings)
   }
 
-  def loadBlog(): Option[LoadedTemplate] = {
+  def loadBlog(directory: Option[String] = None): Option[LoadedTemplate] = {
     type Date = (String, String, String)
+    val destDirectory = directory.getOrElse("_blog")
     val rootPath = ctx.blogPath
     if (!Files.exists(rootPath)) None
     else {
@@ -131,7 +148,7 @@ class StaticSiteLoader(val root: File, val args: Scaladoc.Args)(using StaticSite
       val indexTemplateOpt = indexPageOpt.map(p => loadTemplateFile(p.toFile))
 
       val indexPage = indexTemplateOpt.getOrElse(emptyTemplate(rootPath.resolve("index.html").toFile, "Blog"))
-      val indexDest = ctx.docsPath.resolve("_blog").resolve("index.html")
+      val indexDest = ctx.docsPath.resolve(destDirectory).resolve("index.html")
       val regex = raw"(\d*)-(\d*)-(\d*)-(.*)".r
       def splitDateName(tf: TemplateFile): (Date, String) = tf.file.getName match
           case regex(year, month, day, name) => ((year, month, day), name)
@@ -150,7 +167,7 @@ class StaticSiteLoader(val root: File, val args: Scaladoc.Args)(using StaticSite
         .map { postFile =>
           val templateFile = loadTemplateFile(postFile)
           val ((year, month, day), name) = splitDateName(templateFile)
-          val destPath = ctx.docsPath.resolve("_blog").resolve(year).resolve(month).resolve(day).resolve(name)
+          val destPath = ctx.docsPath.resolve(destDirectory).resolve(year).resolve(month).resolve(day).resolve(name)
           val date = dateFrom(templateFile, s"$year-$month-$day")
           date -> LoadedTemplate(templateFile, List.empty, destPath.toFile)
         }.sortBy(_._1).reverse.map(_._2)