Atlantico is a French news website. Founded on 28 February 2011 amid much media attention,^{[1][2][3][4][5]} it quickly attracted notice for scoops related to scandals involving the Socialist politician and International Monetary Fund head, Dominique Strauss-Kahn.^[6]

The website is inspired by the American websites The Huffington Post and The Daily Beast.^[1][2] It characterises its editorial position as "[classical] liberal and independent",^[2][3] while other French media have associated it with the right wing of the French political spectrum,^[1][3][6] a label rejected by Atlantico.^[2][5]

51% of Atlantico's stock of one million euro^[5] is held by its founders, the journalists Jean-Sébastien Ferjou [fr], Pierre Guyot [fr], Loïc Rouvin and Igor Daguier; and the remaining 49% by "Free Minds", a group of investors that includes Arnaud Dassier, a former campaign adviser to President Nicolas Sarkozy.^[6] As of 2011, the site does not charge for access and is financed through advertisements.^[1] Its staff of about ten journalists also includes Gilles Klein, Anita Hausser, Christian de Villeneuve and Yves Derai.^[5] Among its regular contributors are the writers Chantal Delsol, Paul-Marie Coûteaux, Gérard de Villiers, Guy Sorman and Tristane Banon.^[6]