In my opinion, Peak Verge was December 2013, culminating in their "Wow this is doge" piece (http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/31/5248762/doge-meme-rescue-dog-wow

In my opinion, Peak Verge was December 2013, culminating in their "Wow this is doge" piece (http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/31/5248762/doge-meme-rescue-dog-wow http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/31/5248762/doge-meme-rescue-...). It was the perfect expression of what The Verge aspired to be: an exclusive, well-researched mid-long-form on a pop-culture phenomenon. It was interesting, insightful, fun, and something probably only Vox Media could have done – I can't quite imagine another organization with both the desire and the resources to realize a story like that. Alas, that was something of a perfect storm for The Verge, and these days most of their content that isn't aggregation seems to consist of fairly vapid, Gawker-esque "thinkpieces" and "hot takes" designed only to drive readers to the comment section.