Top Digital Media Companies in San Francisco

Digital media and publishing are constantly changing. Every new media and technology released, every shift in audience trends provides new areas for connecting and monetizing audiences.

Here are the top digital media companies in San Francisco to keep an eye on.

The Athletic

Medium

CBS Bay Area

San Francisco Business Times

PopSugar, Inc.

San Francisco Examiner

The Next Platform

UroToday

SF Weekly

European Journal of Psychoanalysis

Nob Hill Gazette

The Athletic

The Athletic was launched in 2016. It’s a website dedicated to covering sports. In 2022, it was acquired by The New York Times and has since been integrated into The NYT’s domain. It is now officially the sports department of The NYT. In addition to the coverage it provides in 47 cities and regions in North America, The Athletic also offers coverage in the United Kingdom. It covers everything from tennis, boxing, and Formula 1 to gold, MLB, NHL, Olumpcs, La Liga, and others.

July to September Traffic

1.620B

-18.13% vs. the prev period.

Monthly Avg Traffic

540.3M

Statistics

The Athletic attracts an average of 540.3M visitors per month, with 40.93% using desktop and 59.07% on mobile. Predominantly from United States, the site sees 38.33% organic, 51.56% direct, 5.75% social, and 4.36% other traffic.

Medium

Medium is an online publishing platform. It was launched by Evan Williams, Twitter co-founder and former CEO, in 2012. It is often seen as a blog host. Medium allows amateur writers and professionals, as well as publications, to publish their content. In 2017, the company introduced the option of paywalling content to make it accessible only to subscribers. According to TechCrunch, Medium has around 720,000 subscribers with the expectation to reach 1 million in 2024.

July to September Traffic

400.7M

-19.67% vs. the prev period.

Monthly Avg Traffic

133.5M

Statistics

Medium attracts an average of 133.5M visitors per month, with 59.56% using desktop and 40.44% on mobile. Predominantly from United States, the site sees 66.50% organic, 26.47% direct, 3.13% social, and 3.90% other traffic.

CBS Bay Area

CBS Bay Area – or KPIX-TV (channel 5) – is a television station that serves the San Francisco Bay Area. It offers a variety of entertainment programs, as well as sports, talk and court shows, and newscasts. On the website, readers can access daily local news stories that cover sports, politics, business, weather, climate, investigations, and other themes.

July to September Traffic

292.8M

+10.68% vs. the prev period.

Monthly Avg Traffic

97.60M

Statistics

CBS Bay Area attracts an average of 97.60M visitors per month, with 18.55% using desktop and 81.45% on mobile. Predominantly from United States, the site sees 46.32% organic, 41.05% direct, 8.86% social, and 3.77% other traffic.

San Francisco Business Times

San Francisco Business Time, a publication within The Business Journals group of news websites, is an online news publication. It covers latest breaking news, as well as stories in categories like commercial real estate, banking, technology, residential real estate, etc. Additionally, the publication puts out annual rankings – e.g., 40 Under 40, Best Places to Work, Most Influential Women – and hosts a series of events throughout the year.

July to September Traffic

27.94M

+4.02% vs. the prev period.

Monthly Avg Traffic

9.314M

Statistics

San Francisco Business Times attracts an average of 9.314M visitors per month, with 39.15% using desktop and 60.85% on mobile. Predominantly from United States, the site sees 28.79% organic, 48.16% direct, 18.72% social, and 4.33% other traffic.

PopSugar, Inc.

PopSugar was established in 2006 by Brian and Lisa Sugar. Originally a pop culture blog, it has since grown into a media and technology company, with PopSugar becoming an online magazine with offices in San Francisco (HQ), Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and London. It publishes daily articles in categories like health, fitness, beauty, balance, identity, shopping, and others.

July to September Traffic

15.02M

-4.83% vs. the prev period.

Monthly Avg Traffic

5.009M

Statistics

PopSugar, Inc. attracts an average of 5.009M visitors per month, with 24.59% using desktop and 75.41% on mobile. Predominantly from United States, the site sees 64.88% organic, 20.57% direct, 11.45% social, and 3.10% other traffic.

San Francisco Examiner

Published since 1863, the San Francisco Examiner is a broadsheet-format newspaper and new website. It caters to readers in the San Francisco area and those interested in local news. The San Francisco Examiner covers politics, technology, climate, housing, transit, education, culture, and sports. It also publishes obituaries and a list of local events – e.g., festivals, live music, arts, attractions, etc.

July to September Traffic

731,892

-5.42% vs. the prev period.

Monthly Avg Traffic

243,964

Statistics

San Francisco Examiner attracts an average of 243,964 visitors per month, with 39.50% using desktop and 60.50% on mobile. Predominantly from United States, the site sees 39.84% organic, 43.08% direct, 9.96% social, and 7.12% other traffic.

The Next Platform

The Next Platform is a digital publication focused on technology, specifically high-end computing at large enterprises, public clouds, supercomputing centers, and hyperscale data centers. It was launched in 2015. It publishes news and in-depth pieces in categories such as compute, AI, HPC, code, control, cloud, edge, etc.

July to September Traffic

553,847

-18.32% vs. the prev period.

Monthly Avg Traffic

184,616

Statistics

The Next Platform attracts an average of 184,616 visitors per month, with 43.77% using desktop and 56.23% on mobile. Predominantly from United States, the site sees 52.72% organic, 34.45% direct, 4.73% social, and 8.10% other traffic.

UroToday

Headquartered in San Francisco, UroTOday is a news and education website with a reach of over 500,000 urologists and healthcare professionals around the world. It was establiehd in 2003. The content it offers is free. It publishes pieces in categories such as transformative evidence, trials in progress, clinical trials, as well as conference coverage.

July to September Traffic

324,717

-17.10% vs. the prev period.

Monthly Avg Traffic

108,239

Statistics

UroToday attracts an average of 108,239 visitors per month, with 43.86% using desktop and 56.14% on mobile. Predominantly from United States, the site sees 66.12% organic, 26.08% direct, 3.88% social, and 3.92% other traffic.

SF Weekly

Founded in mid-1970s, SF Weekly used to be an alternative weekly newspaper. In 2021, it ceased its print publication and is now an online music publication. SF Weekly publishes arts and entertainment news, including a calendar of local events, local, regional, and national news, and various columns and features pieces centered around music – its main focus. Among many national awards and accolades, SF Weekly has won 1st place in Investigating Reporting from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies.

July to September Traffic

246,255

-2.98% vs. the prev period.

Monthly Avg Traffic

82,085

Statistics

SF Weekly attracts an average of 82,085 visitors per month, with 33.65% using desktop and 66.35% on mobile. Predominantly from United States, the site sees 55.18% organic, 30.07% direct, 8.58% social, and 6.17% other traffic.

European Journal of Psychoanalysis

Founded in 1995 by Sergio Benvenuto, the European Journal of Psychoanalysis is an independent peer-reviewed journal “dedicated to advancing a global encounter with contemporary themes animating European psychoanalytic discourse”. Articles are made available on the website for users to read directly or download as PDFs.

July to September Traffic

84,081

-12.26% vs. the prev period.

Monthly Avg Traffic

28,027

Statistics

European Journal of Psychoanalysis attracts an average of 28,027 visitors per month, with 30.54% using desktop and 69.46% on mobile. Predominantly from United States, the site sees 72.03% organic, 22.04% direct, 2.82% social, and 3.11% other traffic.

Nob Hill Gazette

Established in 1978 by Gardner Mein, the Nob Hill Gazette is a monthly luxury lifestyle magazine. Print copies of the magazine are delivered to such neighborhoods as Pacific Heights, Nob Hill, the Marina, and other exclusive areas. On the website, users can access daily pieces in categories like fashion, health, real estate, food, beauty, travel, and others.

July to September Traffic

59,135

+50.50% vs. the prev period.

Monthly Avg Traffic

19,712

Statistics

Nob Hill Gazette attracts an average of 19,712 visitors per month, with 35.01% using desktop and 64.99% on mobile. Predominantly from United States, the site sees 55.03% organic, 32.12% direct, 7.66% social, and 5.19% other traffic.

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