SFist
Launched in August of 2004, SFist is the most popular local blog in the Bay Area. It has posts ranging from in-depth features to insightful interviews, to bona-fide scoops. Its staff is as eclectic as the city they love. SFist has been mentioned by the San Francisco Chronicle, CNN's Wolf Blitzer, and several local media outlets. It was named the Best Local Blog by SF Weekly and the San Francisco Bay Guardian. SF Weekly said the site is "so distracting that it keeps us from doing any work," and that the site has its "nose in just about every nook and cranny of San Francisco." The Guardian said that SFist was "blog heaven" for their readers and the Chronicle is thankful for SFist and its "constant flow of information." San Francisco magazine readers picked the site as the Best Bay Area Blog.

Traffic is currently at 910,000 pages per month and growing.

SFist Stats

  • 81% of SFist readers live in San Francisco
  • 60% of our readers visit SFist multiple times a day.
  • Over 70% of readers shop online for books, while more than half shop for electronics, apparel and travel online.
  • Over half SFist's readers go out for meals 3-4 times a week.
  • Over 60% of Sfist's readers go out for drinks 1-2 times a week.
More Demographic Results
Source:
Internal Gothamist LLC survey - JAN 2009