About

The Chicago Reader is Chicago's largest free weekly newspaper, nationally recognized as a leader in the alternative press. Since 1971, the Reader has served as Chicago's political conscience, cultural guide, and music authority. Known for its in-depth coverage of Chicago politics, the Reader explores and exposes the news and issues that affect city living. Every week, the Reader provides an essential guide to the city's most important cultural events. In addition to reviews and listings of dining, film, theater and the arts, the Reader is the leading voice of Chicago's vibrant music scene. The Chicago Reader reaches smart, opinionated people who make things happen.

Capabilities
  • Desktop Display
    • Brand Integrations
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    • Sponsored Posts
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    • Native Ads
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    • High-Impact (Takeovers, Billboards, Overlays, Sliders, Skins)
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    • Rich Media (Expandable & Non-Expandable)
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  • Social
  • Mobile Display
    • Mobile Rich Media (Including Interstitials & Expandables)
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    • Tablet Traffic
      Yes No
    • Native & Custom Mobile Executions
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    • Requires SDK Integration
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  • Email
  • Desktop Display, Social, Mobile Display, Email
  • CPM
  • Web Publisher
  • Headline:
    News & Politics, Music & Nightlife, Arts & Culture, Film, Food & Drink, Blogs, Classifieds, Deals
  • Self / Managed Service:
    Managed Service
  • Industries
    Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Government & Politics, Retail
  • Key Differentiator
    A leader in digital news media, chicagoreader.com is a top 10,000 site as rated by Quantcast.* With over 100,000 unique visits and over 800,000 page views each week, visitors to chicagoreader.com account for nearly 25% of the entire Chicago Reader audience. Readers use the Web site daily for updates on cultural events, dining, music, performance, political news, urban affairs and more. Additionally, chicagoreader.com is home to one of the most extensive and thriving classifieds resources in Chicago, and Matches personal ads with over 8,000 members.
  • Owned / Operated Properties
    straightdope.com
Site Traffic
  • 100685 Global Rank
  • 30781
    United States
  • 766 K Estimated Visits
Traffic Sources
  • Search
    67.86%
  • Direct
    18.71%
  • Social
    9.03%
  • Referrals
    3.96%
  • Mail
    0.45%
  • Display
    0.00%
Geography Breakdown
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Alexa Traffic Data
Global Rank 50,980
4,973
United States Rank 15,196
362
United States Page Views 56.5%
0.7%
Top Countries
Top Search Keywords
  • Opportunities
  • Partners Programs
  • Amazon Associates Program
Ad Intelligence
  • Native
    0.00%
  • Standard
    98.42%
  • Direct
    1.58%
Ads Seen Recently
2,643
Longest Running Ad
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Ads.txt
Ad Exchange
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Publisher ID
Certification ID
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Chicago Reader advertising reaches 986k visitors across desktop and mobile web, in countries such as United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany. Pricing models they offer are CPM on channels such as Display, Social, Mobile, Email Advertising on Chicago Reader will allow you to reach consumers in industries or verticals such as Government & Politics, Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Retail.

They are headquartered at Chicago, IL, United States, and have 5 advertising & marketing contacts listed on Kochava. According to their Ads.txt, Chicago Reader inventory partners include: video.unrulymedia.com, tremorhub.com, telaria.com, spotxchange.com, spotx.tv, sonobi.com, rhythmone.com, rubiconproject.com, pubmatic.com, openx.com, lkqd.net, indexexchange.com, gumgum.com, google.com, contextweb.com, beachfront.com, appnexus.com, advertising.com, adtech.com, distroscale.com, synacor.com, outbrain.com, emxdgt.com, coxmt.com, bidtellect.com, sharethrough.com, conversantmedia.com, districtm.io, lijit.com, sovrn.com, lockerdome.com, adyoulike.com, udmserve.net, aolcloud.net, cedato.com, streamrail.net, open.com, ## ad manager, 33across.com, improvedigital.com, audience.media, yieldnexus.com, saambaa.com, smartclip.net, smartadserver.com, lkqd.com, fyber.com, freewheel.tv, aol.com, vidoomy.com, triplelift.com, media.net, advangelists.com.

Chicago Reader works with Advertising technology companies such as DoubleClick.Net, eXelate, AdMeld, Google Adsense, RadiumOne, Chango, Rubicon Project, Resonate Insights, Criteo, Triggit, IponWeb BidSwitch, Flashtalking, Openads/OpenX, BlueKai, MyBuys, Facebook Exchange FBX, Brandscreen, 161Media, NetSeer, AppNexus, The Trade Desk, X Plus One, Advertising.com, Bizo, MLN Advertising, Undertone, Yahoo Small Business, Dstillery, Tapad, Simpli.fi, Pubmatic, Yield Manager, Index Exchange, AOL-Time Warner Online Advertising, AcuityAds, Adap.TV, Turn, Eq Ads, Integral Ad Science, DoubleVerify, ContextWeb, Neustar AdAdvisor, Evidon, Connexity, AudienceScience, SiteScout, Rocket Fuel, Videology, Drawbridge, Digilant, Adconion, AppNexus Segment Pixel, SpotXchange, Adform, Eyeota, Accuen, DemDex, Media Innovation Group, Nativo, Adition, Adify, Experian, Vidible, BlueKai DMP, Taboola, LiveRail, Crosswise, ADTECH, Jumptap, DoubleClick Bid Manager, RhythmOne, eyeReturn, Magnetic, Appier, Google Publisher Tag, MyBuys MyAds, TripleLift, StickyAds TV, Ohana, Teads, adloox, Nexage, AdSupply, Adnologies, VINDICO, West Elm, BidTheatre, AMob, QVC, Google Adsense Asynchronous, Arrivalist, GumGum, Right Media, Serve Sharp, OpenDSP, Sekindo, DynAdmic, Eye View Digital, RUN Ads, Cliipa, Adobe Audience Manager Sync, SpotX, Facebook Custom Audiences, Sovrn Direct, Lijit Direct, GumGum Reseller, Google Adsense for Search, Synacor Reseller, 33 Across Reseller, ContextWeb Direct, Fyber Reseller, SpringServe Reseller, Amazon Reseller, Google Direct, OpenX Reseller, ContextWeb Reseller, AppNexus Reseller, Ads.txt, LKQD Reseller, 33 Across Direct, Beachfront Reseller, SpotXChange Reseller, PubMatic Reseller, Criteo Reseller, FreeWheel Reseller, Sovrn Reseller, Tremor Video Reseller, Smaato Reseller, Taboola Reseller, DistrictM Direct, Google Reseller, RubiconProject Reseller, FreeWheel Direct, GumGum Direct, AOL Reseller, Criteo Publisher Marketplace, Google Inteactive Media Ads, AdRoll, AdGear, Burst Media, DistrictM, IndexExchange Reseller, Teads Direct, Sonobi, Yahoo Ad Sync, Beeswax, Tribal Fusion, GetIntent, Adhigh, Proclivity, ORC International Reseller, SmartAdServer Reseller, Mediaplex, Bidtellect, AdStanding, RubiconProject Direct, SkimLinks, Comet Cox Media Reseller, Sonobi Reseller, RhythmOne Reseller, Marketing Sciences B2C, Atlas, Admedo, VideoAmp, Smartclip, JW Player Tracking, StackAdapt, MBR Targeting, Avocet, Segmento, Yieldmo, Innovid, Lijit Reseller, Improve Digital, Amazon Associates, Aggregate Knowledge, Google AdSense Integrator, Vdopia, MicroAd, Walmart, ORC International Direct, Improve Digital Direct, Improve Digital Reseller, BrightRoll Reseller, saambaa Direct, Mars Media Group Direct, Vuble Direct, Bidtellect Reseller, Criteo Direct, Outbrain Reseller, Outbrain Direct, Blis, Infectious Media, Prebid, StreamRail Reseller, Cedato Reseller, DistrictM Reseller, LKQD Direct, Underdog Media Direct, AdYouLike Reseller, Lockerdome Direct, Converstand Media Direct, ShareThrough Reseller, Media.net Direct, PubMatic Direct, Underdog Media, AdvertServe, EMX, Sonobi Direct, Beachfront Direct, BidSwitch, Triple Lift Direct, vidoomy Direct, AppNexus Direct, Smartclip Direct, Vidoomy, AdTheorent, bRealtime, Tru Optik, Adelphic, MaxPoint Interactive, OnAudience, ClickCertain, RhythmOne Direct, AOL Direct, DistroScale Direct, IndexExchange Direct, OpenX Direct, SpotXChange Direct, Telaria Direct, Tremor Video Direct, Fatchilli Direct, LiveIntent Direct, YieldPass, Nativery, fluct Direct, Amazon Direct, OneTag Direct, ShareThrough Direct, The MediaGrid Direct, Yieldmo Direct, Adform Reseller, AdMan Reseller, Admixer Reseller, E-Planning Reseller, Media.net Reseller, OneTag Reseller, Yahoo Reseller, Yieldmo Reseller, vi, PHP Ads, Blog Ads, comScore Activation.