[3] Vulture debuted in April 2007 as an entertainment blog on nymag.com, the website of New York Magazine.

[5][6] Over time, it expanded to publish news and criticism in other areas of high and low culture, such as music, books, comedy, and podcasts.

[8] The first Vulture Festival, an annual two-day event featuring celebrities from various pop culture fields, took place in New York City in 2014.

[9] Vulture's parent company, New York Media, bought the comedy news site Splitsider from The Awl Network in 2018 and folded some of its coverage and its editor Megh Wright into Vulture.

[12][13][14] People who have held the title of editorial director (editor-in-chief):