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about dcist

Founded in August 2004, DCist is the most popular local blog in Washington and it covers all the goings-on of the capital. The site and its editor have been mentioned in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Sun, amongst other publications. Washingtonian magazine said DCist was, "habit-forming" blog that specializes in the collection of "tidbits of political and cultural arcana." In U.S. News, DCist was called a "great blog on what's happening in D.C." The site has been called the best blog by the DC community in the Washington City Paper, the Washingtonian and Washington Blade.

Traffic is currently at 1.8 million pages per month and growing.

dcist stats

Source: Internal Gothamist LLC survey - August, 2011

50%
of DCists readers live in Northwest D.C.
72%
of total readers live in D.C.
70%
of our readers visit DCist multiple times a day
75%
of our readers shop online for books
60%
of readers shop online for apparel, travel and electronics
80%
of DCist's readers go out for meals at least 1-2 times a week
65%
of readers go out for drinks at least 1-2 times a week