Discover the Burgh is one of the most read websites in Pittsburgh, and is all about sharing the best attractions, restaurants, and activities to do in the region for both visitors and locals alike!
Our articles are review-based and follow Jeremy and Angie's personal experiences visiting businesses and attractions in the greater Pittsburgh area, and since founding our site in 2015 we have featured more than 1,300 unique spots with more added weekly.
Even better? We are proud Pittsburghers. We live in the city limits. We are not owned by a media conglomerate from out of state. We take our own photos/videos and exclusively write our own content. We spend the vast majority of the revenue generated by this site back into the economy at locally owned businesses.
We are Pittsburghers, writing for Pittsburghers and visitors to Pittsburgh, and we sure do love this great city!
Disclaimers: At this time, we are not accepting invitations to influencer nights. We would prefer to visit your business as customers do. Likewise, we do not accept guest posts nor sell dofollow links.
Discover the Burgh Stats at a Glance
In 2023, Discover the Burgh received over 2.2 million page views and in November 2024 we had 99,000 page views. We have over 180,000 followers on social media, a Facebook group with over 126,000 members, over 16,400 newsletter subscribers with an average 50%-60% open rate each week, and we generate 500,000 to 1,000,000 social reach every month. Since being founded in 2015, our site has received over 14,000,000 page views and counting.
A breakdown of our followers on each outlet is outlined below:
- Facebook Page: 134,000
- Facebook group: Things to Do in Pittsburgh: 129,200
- Facebook group: Pittsburgh Photography: 542 (NEW!)
- Instagram: 38,700
- Newsletter Subscribers: 16,400 (50%-55% open rate typical)
- Threads: 8,100
- TikTok: 1,112
As 75% of our audience is located within driving distance of Pittsburgh (4-hour radius), you can be certain your brand will reach readers who are capable of visiting your business in the immediate future!
- For our Q3 2024 media kit, please click here. Rate card available upon request.
For more information about our coverage capabilities, please continue reading.
Pittsburgh Advertising Options
Discover the Burgh primarily features first-hand reviews of attractions, hotels, restaurants, bars, breweries, annual events, and other experiences in southwest Pennsylvania. For potential partners, we can offer flexible promotion options.
For Pittsburgh advertising opportunities, we are happy to provide a rate card for any promotion that requires branded messaging/copy, fixed post deliverables, deadlines, analytics reporting, and more. All rates are quoted in USD. We are unable accept in-kind payments/hosted experiences in exchange for branded advertising. Any content created will include disclosed “advertisement” or “sponsored” legal disclosures.
Our advertising capabilities include inclusion in our events calendar, social media shares of 3rd party events, content creation from visits with branded copy (images/videos/articles/FAA-licensed drone content), custom contests, newsletter sponsorships, and more. We are also able to offer programmatic display advertising through our ad network, Mediavine (click here for an immediate quote).
We are also able to offer affiliate partnerships where we can reduce or waive our advertising rates and instead negotiate payment as a percentage of sales such that we only get paid if you do (limitations apply). Tracking for this must be available via your payment processor (e.g. Stripe, Eventbrite, etc.) and is typically best processed via a custom coupon that can be tracked within your sales system.
All advertorial content on Discover the Burgh is accepted at our discretion, availability, and fit for our site. We reserve the right to decline any invite or advertising request for any reason. For advertising options outside of southwest Pennsylvania, we are able to offer coverage on our global travel blog, Living the Dream.
Beyond advertising, we also offer business consulting and non-advertorial drone services (e.g. photography deliverables). If you would like to learn more about these opportunities, please click the previous links.
About Jeremy and Angie
Jeremy and Angie are the authors behind Discover the Burgh. Together we have been to more than 1,300 attractions, restaurants, events, parks, bars, and breweries in southwest Pennsylvania since founding the site in 2015.
Jeremy is a full-time travel writer who also blogs at Living the Dream, a global travel blog that he founded in 2008 (plus several other new projects including This Week in Blogging, The Grape Pursuit, and Hipster Homesteaders). He has over 15 years of experience in destination marketing, SEO, social media marketing, photography, and has given talks at travel conferences including TBEX and Travelcon on the topics of local blogging and social media marketing.
In early 2019, Jeremy founded World of Discovery Media LLC in which Discover the Burgh and Living the Dream are member websites. Jeremy is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW). In 2019, Jeremy won a Bronze photography award from NATJA in the category of “Landscape, Nature, and Architecture (Online)”. In 2023, Jeremy completed WSET Diploma in wine and in 2024, he received his FAA Part 107 certification for drone operations, and is a licensed real estate agent in Pennsylvania.
Angie is the resident foodie of Discover the Burgh and focuses on finding all of the best restaurants and coffee shops in the city. Her passion for restaurants and coffee is matched by her desire to re-create the best dishes and coffee styles at home in her spare time where she can be found roasting coffee, baking sourdough bread, fermenting koji and miso, perfecting pizza dough, and so much more. In 2020, Angie completed her WSET Level 2 certification in wine.
Together, Jeremy and Angie have been named one of USAToday's 10Best Travel Couples in 2014, were voted “Best Local Foodie Influencer” in Pittsburgh City Paper's annual poll in 2020, voted “Best Blog” in the 2021 and 2022 polls, and won't stop until they have explored all of Pittsburgh and southwest Pennsylvania!
Contact Us
Looking for an advertisement on our site or want to invite us out for a review? Please share more information on our partnership request form below:
We try and reply to all emails as quickly as possible, but sometimes we may be delayed due to our travel schedules. For time-specific invites, such as for media previews, events, and more, please get in touch two to four weeks in advance for our best availability.
By submitting your inquiry above, you agree to have read this advertising page and the terms and conditions listed in the submission form. We reserve the right to refuse coverage opportunities for any reason.
Discover the Burgh is part of World of Discovery Media LLC.