About

America's top gay news source, covering Washington and the world.

The Washington Blade was founded in 1969 as a black and white, one-sheet community newsletter distributed in D.C.-area bars. In October 2009, the Blade celebrated its 40th anniversary as an award-winning news source with a large following in print and online.

Readers locally and around the world have come to rely on the Blade’s unmatched coverage of LGBT news, earning the paper the moniker “the newspaper of record for the LGBT community.”

Capabilities
  • Desktop Display
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    • Native Ads
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  • Email
  • Social
  • Mobile Display
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    • Tablet Traffic
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    • Native & Custom Mobile Executions
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    • Requires SDK Integration
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  • Desktop Display, Email, Social, Mobile Display
  • CPM
  • Web Publisher
  • Headline:
    Publisher: America's Leading Gay News Source
  • Self / Managed Service:
    Managed Service
  • Industries
    Education, Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Government & Politics, Health & Beauty, Retail, Sports
  • Key Differentiator
    Advertise with America’s Gay News Source in print and online. The Washington Blade reaches over 220,000 people a month. Contact one of our sales reps below for more information and pricing.
  • Owned / Operated Properties
    washblade.com
Site Traffic
  • 236408 Global Rank
  • 70036
    United States
  • 345 K Estimated Visits
Traffic Sources
  • Search
    60.54%
  • Direct
    18.83%
  • Social
    12.83%
  • Referrals
    6.58%
  • Mail
    1.23%
  • Display
    0.00%
Geography Breakdown
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Alexa Traffic Data
Global Rank 125,387
1,412
United States Rank 35,001
2,279
United States Page Views 81.3%
4.4%
Top Countries
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Mobile App Data
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  • 100 Downloads
  • 10 SDKs
  • 4.33 Avg. Rating
  • 4 Total reviews
  • App Url: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.genwi.washington_blade
  • App Support: http://washingtonblade.com
  • Genre: news_and_magazines
  • Bundle ID: com.genwi.washington_blade
  • App Size: 1.15 M
  • Version: 10
  • Release Date: December 12th, 2012
  • Update Date: June 14th, 2013

Description:

The Washington Blade was founded in 1969 as a black and white, one-sheet community newsletter distributed in D.C. -area bars. In October 2009, the Blade celebrated its 40th anniversary as an award-winning news source with a large following in print and online. Readers locally and around the world have come to rely on the Blade's unmatched coverage of LGBT news, earning the paper the moniker "the newspaper of record for the LGBT community."

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Android Youtube Player
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Facebook
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ViewPagerIndicator
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Ad Intelligence
  • Native
    34.05%
  • Standard
    61.27%
  • Direct
    4.67%
Ads Seen Recently
2,525
Longest Running Ad
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Ads.txt
Ad Exchange
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Certification ID
google.com
direct
pub-9740381847493617
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Washington Blade advertising reaches 345k visitors across desktop and mobile web, in countries such as United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Brazil. Pricing models they offer are CPM on channels such as Display, Email, Social, Mobile Advertising on Washington Blade will allow you to reach consumers in industries or verticals such as Health & Beauty, Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Sports, Retail, Government & Politics, Education.

They are headquartered at Washington, DC, United States, and have 4 advertising & marketing contacts listed on Kochava. According to their Ads.txt, Washington Blade inventory partners include: google.com.

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