Insights
Data-driven reports on how long stories stay “Most Read” across major news sources — a quarterly ecosystem overview plus per-vertical deep-dives, each built from first-party positional tracking rather than pageviews or social signals.
Every figure is derived by fixed rules from the recorded position data — not editorial judgment — and the methodology behind the definitions, scoring inputs, and limitations is documented alongside the reports.
Q3 2026
How Long Does a Story Stay Most Read? A Q3 2026 Look Across 16 News Sites
How long stories last on the Most Read lists of sixteen news sites, why some lists move many times faster than others, why each list keeps its own tempo from one quarter to the next, and why stories stay longer at weekends. First-party tracking data from Q3 2026.
Read reportWhy I Stopped Tracking Five News Sites' Most Read Lists
In August and September 2026 I stopped tracking The Dispatch, France 24, AP News, TMZ and Page Six, moved The Sun and closed the Celebrity desk. The data behind each decision, and what it shows about how Most Read lists work.
Read reportThe Most Read Stories of Q3 2026
The news events that held the Most Read lists of sixteen news sites from July to September 2026, from the Iran war and the US–Canada trade war to Apple's foldable iPhone, and how differently each list carried them.
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Q2 2026
How Long Does a Story Stay Most Read? A Q2 2026 Look Across 9 News Sites
A cross-ecosystem analysis of how long articles persist on the Most Read lists of nine major news organizations, based on first-party positional tracking data from Q2 2026.
Read reportMost Read Tech & Science News - Q2 2026
A deep-dive into the most-read Tech & Science stories of Q2 2026 on Ars Technica and The Verge, ranked and profiled using first-party positional tracking data.
Read reportMost Read World News - Q2 2026
A deep-dive into the most-read World News stories of Q2 2026 on Al Jazeera, BBC and The Guardian, ranked and profiled using first-party positional tracking data.
Read reportMost Read Business & Finance News - Q2 2026
A deep-dive into the most-read Business & Finance stories of Q2 2026 on Business Insider, CNBC and Forbes, ranked and profiled using first-party positional tracking data.
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