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about austinist

After its launch in March 2005, Austinist has "quickly become the local scenester's essential online arbiter of taste" according to The Austin Chronicle after its readers voted the site as the Best Local Website for Fun. Austinist is a site that "knows Austin, and Austinites love it for its bite-sized news of local events, food, art, and entertainment." Austinist has been listed in the Best of Austin multiple times, by readers of as well as the critics at The Austin Chronicle who praise a blogger on the site for bringing "a refreshing, sometimes contrary perspective."

Traffic is currently at 170k pages per month and growing.

More about Austinist: http://www.austinist.com/about.php

austinist stats

Source: Internal Gothamist LLC survey - August, 2011

61%
of readers visit Austinist at least once a day.
80%
of our readers shop online for travel, entertainment, and books.
60%
of our readers spend on electronics and apparel.
87%
of Austinist's readers go out at least 1-2 times a week for meals..
68%
of our readers go out for drinks at least 1-2 times a week.