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about gothamist

Gothamist is the first site in the Gothamist LLC network of blogs and is the most popular local blog in New York. Founded in early 2003, Gothamist has been described by The New York Times as a "marvelous, not-to-be-missed Web site" that "reflects everything worth knowing about this city." Forbes described Gothamist as a "sophisticated, deliciously urbane city blog". In 2007, Gothamist won a Rave Award from Wired Magazine and in 2008, Business Week named Gothamist as a top blog in their annual Best of the Web. Gothamist, as well as a number of other sites in the network, also ranked amongst the most informative blogs in an academic study by Carnegie Mellon.

Traffic is currently at 8.5 million pages per month and growing.

gothamist stats

Source: Internal Gothamist LLC survey - August, 2011

38%
of readers live in Brooklyn
29%
of readers live in Manhattan
76%
of our readers visit Gothamist multiple times a day
67%
of readers travel for leisure a few times a year
75%
of readers shop online for books and entertainment
60%
of readers shop for electronics and apparel
79%
of readers go out for meals at least 1-2 times a week
66%
of readers go out for drinks at least 1-2 times a week