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Digital Trends Has Best Summer Ever With Record Growth Over Three-Month Span

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Consumer technology site sees over 26M unique visitors in August, according to Google Analytics

 PORTLAND, Ore., September 26, 2016 – Consumer technology publisher Digital Trends (www.DigitalTrends.com) has set an all-time record, reaching over 26M unique visitors in August and garnering over 274M page views in the last three months – a 48 percent gain over 2015.

In addition, social engagement grew 124 percent over 2015, with 450k new social followers across all platforms and 100M users via Facebook. All in all, the revenue has grown 65 percent since 2015, building on last year’s outstanding growth of 115 percent from 2014.

“We’re thrilled that our efforts to deliver engaging content and user-friendly site developments have led to such tremendous growth,” said Ian Bell, CEO and Publisher of Digital Trends. “Our priority has always been to help consumers understand how tech affects the way we live and we continue to build on this through original, interactive content that informs and inspires readers about technology in an evolving digital world.”

Now in its tenth year, Digital Trends is poised for further growth driven by new advertising solutions and a focus on providing industry-leading coverage on the latest in consumer technology and its impact. From testing electronics in the real world to producing original video content series, the publication caters to the cycles a reader may go through when considering the best products to buy.

Also this summer, Digital Trends began innovative new digital media programs with partners including Home Depot, Chevy Volt, Dell, Vizio, Hum, and Oculus– to drive forward innovative branded content that will engage readers in new, exciting ways.

About Digital Trends

Digital Trends is a leading consumer technology publisher helping people navigate an increasingly digital world. With easy-to-understand product reviews, entertaining news and videos, Digital Trends serves more than 26 million unique visitors each month. Digital Trends reaches 90 million tech influencers through their own media network, and its syndicate partners include Yahoo!, FOX News and more than 200 broadcast news stations. Digital Trends is headquartered in Portland, OR with offices in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Detroit, and Chicago. For more information, visit www.digitaltrends.com.

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Contact:

Frank Filiatrault, digitaltrends@allisonpr.com, + 1 (646) 428-0617

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