@mralancooper Easy can be dangerous 😉
I would say Ghost is just as simple for publishing but a bit pricey if you don't self-host it. It's what I've been using and recommending for blogging for some years now.
There's also Posthaven
https://posthaven.com
and Write Freely
https://writefreely.org
Both of those are focused on letting you get on with just writing.