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Founded in 2002, AugustaFreePress.com offers original news and sport content with no subscription required or paywall. Our team includes a mix of award-winning journalists, authors, photographers and broadcasters who are good at digging up facts and telling interesting stories.

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AugustaFreePress.com overview

• Founded on July 2, 2002
• Founded and owned by Chris Graham and Crystal Graham
• No paywall or subscription required to access content
• Based in Virginia, USA/Eastern time zone
• MOZ Domain Authority: 64 (considered excellent with high-quality backlinks, strong link profile, competitive standing, market leader)
• MOZ Spam Score: 1 percent
• Inbound links: 6.4M

Google Analytics data

• 5M active users (Jan. 1, 2025-July 24, 2026)
• 11.4M page views (Jan. 1, 2025-July 24, 2026)
• 13.2M total users (data dates back to 9/27/17)
• 27.2M page views (data dates back to 9/27/17)

Top 25: Virginia, readership by city

• Virginia Beach
• Roanoke
• Ashburn
• Charlottesville
• Washington, D.C.
• Waynesboro
• Richmond
• Staunton
• Harrisonburg
• Norfolk
• Lynchburg
• Fredericksburg
• Chesapeake
• Newport News
• Arlington
• Winchester
• Williamsburg
• Hampton
• Danville
• Christiansburg
• Reston
• Blacksburg
• Suffolk
• Salem
• Lexington

Top readership areas outside of Virginia: Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Los Angeles, Raleigh, Dallas, Boston, Nashville, Houston, Miami

Interests of our readers

• News and politics (542K active users)
• Sports and fitness (437K active users)
• Media and entertainment (412K active users)
• Banking and finance
• Travel

Users by gender

• Male: 61.9 percent
• Female: 38.1 percent

Users by age group

• 45-54: 19.7 percent
• 55-64: 18.6 percent
• 35-44: 18.3 percent
• 25-34: 16.1 percent
• 18-24: 15.2 percent
• 65+: 12.1 percent

Multimedia

• Facebook: 97K followers; 25M views to date in 2026 (updated 7/24/26)
• Newsletter: 4.5K subscribers
• YouTube: 1.5M views; 2.4K subscribers (updated 7/24/26)
• Podbean: 137K downloads; 22K listeners (updated 7/24/26)
• TikTok (new): 1.3K followers; 335K video views (updated 7/24/26)
• Bluesky (new): 1.6K followers (updated 7/24/26)
• Newsbreak (new): 2K followers (updated 7/24/26)

Domain Authority and Page Authority

Regional legacy and independent media comparison – digital and print:

• Augusta Free Press: 64 DA, 57 PA
• News Leader: 62 DA, 56 PA
• VirginiaSports.com: 60 DA, 54 PA
• Virginia Mercury: 59 DA, 54 PA
• Virginia Sportswar (The Sabre): 56 DA, 47 PA
• Charlottesville Tomorrow: 54 DA, 50 PA
• Cardinal News: 50 DA, 50 PA
• News Virginian: 46 DA, 49 PA
• Harrisonburg Citizen: 34 DA, 36 PA

Top search terms on Google

Top search terms on AugustaFreePress.com for sports: 

• UVA basketball
• UVA football
• UVA baseball
• AEW
• VCU basketball
• Virginia Tech football
• NASCAR
• Tony Elliott
• Baltimore Orioles
• JMU football
• Duke basketball
• ACC Tournament
• UVA athletics
• Tony Bennett
• Carla Williams
• Chris Jericho
• Virginia Tech basketball
• Washington Nationals

Top search terms on AugustaFreePress.com for news:

• Weather
• Winter storm
• Waynesboro Virginia news
• Trump news
• Donald Trump
• Mary Baldwin University
• Jim Ryan UVA
• Virginia news
• Bucee’s Virginia

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