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In December, 2007, Entertainment Weekly included @U2 at #4 on its list of the 25 Best Fan Web Sites covering music, movies, or television. We were the highest music fan site to be listed.
 In May, 2006, Rolling Stone magazine
called @U2 U2's number-one fan site,
and listed our
podcast as a recommended
download. This appeared in the magazine's 1,000th issue,
a special collector's edition.
In December, 2005, the Portland
Oregonian newspaper recommended @U2 to its readers, calling
us "a respected and in-depth fan
site."
@U2 finished 38th in the voting for the "People's Choice Award
- Best Music Website" at the 2005 Digital Music Awards
in October,
2005.
@U2 was named a "Best Bet Site to See" by the Binghamton (NY)
Press & Sun-Bulletin in December
2004.
In December, 2004, the Dallas Morning News gave @U2 an A-
grade and described us as "super-comprehensive." The A- grade
was the highest of five U2 sites graded, including the band's
official site, U2.com
 In October, 2004,
@U2 is shortlisted as one of the five worldwide finalists in
the voting for "People's
Choice - Best Unofficial Site" at the 2004 Digital Music
Awards.
In November, 2003, @U2 photographer
Jim Rinaldi had two of his Slane Castle photos (one and two)
used in the booklet which accompanied the release of U2
Go Home - Live from Slane Castle on DVD.
In May, 2003, @U2 and staffer
Rashas Weber were thanked in the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the new
book, The U2 Reader, by Hank Bordowitz:
Rashas Weber of @U2, an excellent website that made some
of this research easier and other bits possible.
In April, 2003, @U2 was named
as one of the
"Recommended Websites" listed on the (unofficial)
DVD titled U2 - An Unforgettable Journey.
In November, 2002, @U2 was voted
#28 in the People's Choice category at the 2002 Interactive
Music Awards. It was the second consecutive year we were the
highest-ranked unofficial U2 fan site.
In a February, 2002, article
offering advice on how to find out about Grammy nominees on
the Web, the Chicago Daily Herald trumpeted U2's official web
site, U2.com, as a "killer official site", and then
politely declared @U2 "even more obsessive." But it
sounds like they meant that in the best way:
"Atu2.com is even more obsessive; in fact, it's a model
example of a fan site done right. Daily news bites, randomly
generated quotes by and about the band, a detailed calendar
of events, a database of "hidden meanings" ferreted
out by fans and a complete collector's guide only scratch
the surface. There's even a guide to U2-related landmarks
for those visiting Dublin. This is the place that can take
your U2 fandom to the next level, though if you're that into
them you probably already frequent the site."
In September, 2001, @U2 was voted
#51 in the People's Choice category at the 2001 UK Online Music
Awards. At #51, we were the highest-ranked unofficial U2 fan
site. U2's official site, U2.com, finished at #29 in the People's
Choice category.
In August, 2001, Ireland's Hot
Press magazine said the following about @U2 in their special
Slane Festival edition of the magazine: "There's no way
you'd get such slothfulness from www.atu2.com, a news service
that's as authoritative as it is sharply written. Updated daily
by a worldwide team of stringers, it's arguably better at delivering
scoops than the band's own official site. They're not afraid
to take the piss either, with a nice line of cartoons and funnies."
In Spring, 2001, @U2 was listed
as the #2 U2-related web destination by Swiss magazine SonntagsZeitung:
"Ranked as best U2 fan site on the web by the music magazine
NME, @U2 even has its own team of authors and invites you
to
a virtual city tour under the section U2's Dublin Guide."
The band's official site, U2.com, was rated #1.
In Spring 2001, @U2 was named
"Editor's Choice" by the editors of the Netscape/Open
Directory Project web directory. The only other U2 site to receive
such recognition was the official site, U2.com.
In December, 2000, @U2 received
a 4-star rating from the UK's MP3 magazine, a rating bested
only by U2's official web site U2.com.
 @U2
is honored to have been named "Best U2 Fan Site" by
the long-standing UK rock magazine NME. The honor was given
in the magazine's October 14, 2000 issue.
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