Chicago Magazine recently did a bit on the local Chicago group blogs revealing how much traffic they get.
Unique visitors monthly:
–150,000: chicagoist.com
–93,000: gapersblock.com
–NA: chicago.metblogs.com
–10,000: ctatattler.com
–7,000: beachwoodreporter.com
There’s a couple other chicago-based group blogs not mentioned in the article:
—coudal.com (although not chicago in focus, the group is based in chicago)