Published weekly since October 1972, the San Diego Reader is well-known as a showcase for San Diego’s best writers and photographers. The Reader is stitched and trimmed with a glossy cover.

Specializing in feature stories, the Reader covers San Diego life in general, with emphasis on politics and the arts and entertainment. The Reader publishes comprehensive listings of events, theater and music, restaurant and film reviews, and free classifieds.

The Reader is the second-largest circulation newspaper in San Diego with a 4-week readership of over 500,000 adults. Between Facebook and Instagram there are over 225,000 engaged social media followers.