The No. 1 Bay Area local media site, SFGate.com, the online home of The Chronicle, ranks among the top five newspaper sites in the nation.

It attracts 8.3 million unique visitors each month, accounting for 74.2 million page views during that time.

SFGate.com provides features and services that can’t be duplicated in print. Affluent, educated and tech-savvy visitors participate in blogs, download podcasts and sign up for weekly e-mail newsletters. For advertisers in The Chronicle, SFGate.com provides valuable added reach. Sixty-two percent of SFGate.com visitors are not daily Chronicle readers.

Sources: Scarborough Research, July 2007; Nielsen//NetRatings, September 2007; Omniture Site Catalyst, as reported in September 2007 ABC Publisher’s Statement.