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On January 22, 2008, TheAtlantic. com dropped its subscriber wall and allowed users to freely browse its site, including all past archives.

In addition to TheAtlantic. com, The Atlantic's web properties have expanded to include TheAtlanticWire. com, a news-and opinion-tracking site launched in 2009, and in 2011, TheAtlanticCities. com, a stand-alone website devoted to global cities and trends.

According to a Mashable profile in December 2011, " traffic to the three web properties recently surpassed 11 million uniques per month, up a staggering 2500 % since The Atlantic brought down its paywall in early 2008.