Chicagoist
Since its launch in May, 2004, Chicagoist was has grown to become the most popular local blog in the Windy City. It is dedicated to documenting the Second City and all its quirks. Its editors have made several appearances on local radio, TV, late night programming, and on panels of local media groups. The Chicago Tribune featured Chicagoist in an article on blogs and Richard Roeper calls Chicagoist one of his "go-to sites".

Traffic is currently at 693,000 pages per month and growing.

More about Chicagoist: http://www.chicagoist.com/about.php

Chicagoist Stats

  • More than half the readers of Chicagoist live on the North Side.
  • Half of our readers visit Chicagoist multiple times a day.
  • Over 70% of readers shop online for books, travel and music.
  • More than half of our readers use a social networking site like MySpace or Facebook.
More Demographic Results
Source:
Internal Gothamist LLC survey - JAN 2007