When looking back on the most-read stories of 2013, it's not surprising that the foiled sa国际传媒 Day legislature bombing plot is front and centre.
Tuesday, July 2 was the single-biggest day for visitors to timescolonist.com. In fact, that day had nearly 30 per cent more people reading our website than the prevoius Tuesday.
During the period from July 1-3, there were at least 14 stories on timescolonist.com about the bombing plot, accounting for a readership greater than any other news story.
Except one 鈥� a story about a soy sauce substitute written by sa国际传媒 food columnist in June 2012. Yes, 2012.
The most-read story on timescolonist.com for 2013 was written 18 months ago by our food writer:
More than two-thirds of the people who read it, found it in 2013 by doing a Google search. Half of the other third read it because someone sent them the link. Tens of thousands of people.
It's not really that surprising. Akis tapped into the hot issue of dietary restrictions and substitutes and racked up record numbers of readership.
The full list of 25 includes mostly news stories. But there's also a sports story, a parenting column and more than a few features. All titles are clickable, so peruse the list and revisit your favourites. Oh, and an Eric Akis column is No. 3.
The 25 most-read single stories of 2013 (writer's name or the newspaper/service appears after the headline):
1. (Eric Akis)
2. (The Associated Press)
3. (Eric Akis)聽
4. (Sarah Petrescu)
5. (LA Times)
6. (Comox Valley Echo)
7. (Judith Lavoie)
8. (Amy Smart)聽
9. (Derek Spalding)
10. (staff)
11. (Andrew Duffy)
12. (Nanaimo Daily News)
13. (Patrick Lane)
14. (Judith Lavoie)
15. (Sarah Petrescu and Jeff Bell)
16. (The Associated Press)
17. (The Canadian Press)聽
18. (Jeff Bell)
19. (Andrew Duffy)
20. (Cindy E. Harnett)聽
21. (Cindy McDougall)
22. (Derek Spalding)聽
23. (Louise Dickson)
24. (Sandra McCulloch)
25. (The Province)
Keep in mind that many of our news stories 鈥� Johnson Street fire, nightclub shooting, Best Buy closures 鈥� have multiple versions written as the story develops. This list represents the single stories that were the most read.
However, it is also a good indication of the most-popular topics for the year.
Surprised by what you've been reading? I'd love your feedback on this list.
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