Shanghaiist is part of Gothamist LLC, the most visited network of city blogs on the Internet today. Founded in 2005, Shanghaiist has emerged as one of the most popular English-language websites about China, covering local news, events, food, and entertainment for a diverse audience of young and affluent urbanites. Driven entirely by word-of-mouth, Shanghaiist has grown year-over-year by more than 100%, to more than 614K monthly page views in January 2009.
