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 340,000 pages per month and growing.

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

Austinist Stats

  • 68% of readers visit Austinist multiple times a day.
  • Over 70% of our readers shop online for books, while 60% spend on apparel and over half shop for travel and electronics.
  • 44% of Austinist's readers go out at least 3-4 times a week for meals.
  • 65% of our readers go out for drinks at least 1-2 times a week.
More Demographic Results
Source:
Internal Gothamist LLC survey - January 2009