The #1 Webring List on the Internet (by Ray "brisray" Thomas): https://brisray.com/web/webring-list.htm

They are coming back. No, they will never be as prominent as search engines, despite how crappy they've (Google in particular) has gotten. You wanna find personal websites? It's not hard you just gotta put in a little effort: https://foreverliketh.is/blog/exploring-the-personal-web/

A lot of those collectives are even curated, like the one made by a Hacker News user recently: https://dm.hn/

This isn't just to OP, it's to the rest of you as well: The Personal Web has never been more dead. But also perhaps never as alive. If you care at all about it, you'd take part, contribute and connect.