Page views tell us what interested the collective ‘you’ most, if not what mattered most.
Is there a news story you believe should have drawn as many readers as these did?
Better yet, are there any important stories you feel were underreported this year?
Which were the ten stories on BDAfrica.com that attracted the most attention from readers in 2014? And why did you like them so much, we sought to know.
You may have noticed most of them lingering in the Most Popular list to the right of your article pages. We did too, so there are few surprises here.
We are, however, intrigued as to why these ten made the list while a few others that seemed to burn hot when we first posted them did not.
Wealth and earnings seem to be popular themes as were innovation and, for some reason, information on significant changes to Safaricom products. As to why these ten in particular drew the most clicks… read on to find out:
10: Top 40 Women Under 40 2014:Business Daily’s annual list of young women to watch, released in mid-June this year, was the tenth most read item on the website. The year’s list of Top 40 Men Under 40 also drew strong interest but, having been released in December, did not make it to the most read list.
9: Relief as DStv’s monopoly of football ends: This story about pay TV access to premium content (mainly English Premier League football rights) kept drawing in readers for a while. Regulators stirred things up with talk of new content sharing rules, picking up a battle they had abandoned in 2013. Will they succeed this time? Stay tuned to see how that goes.
5: Kibaki sells Nairobi’s Union Towers to MKU for Sh800m: We can think of a few other deals sealed in 2014 that might have been of greater consequence or public interest, but this is the one that got the clicks. (Readers showed a good deal of interest in investments by private universities). The sale by the former President was three years in the works before it was sealed in September.
2: What Kenya’s top companies pay their CEOs: This analysis of compensation paid to chief executives at publicly listed firms was an instant hit with readers when it was published in August. But, as with information on wealth, that on Kenyan CEO pay is closely held making such lists hard to compile. Let’s hope for more disclosure and details in annual reports.
1: The Most Read Story of the Year was this lead piece in a three-part world exclusive in November revealing the details of ‘ChickenGate’, a scandal involving bribes paid by agents of a British security printing firm to Kenyan public officials: UK court exposes bribery at Kenya’s poll agency. We’re just as proud to have broken this story as we are to bring you dozens of other important matters that did not attract enough readers to make this list.
Before you go: Page view totals tell us what interested the collective ‘you’ most, but not necessarily what mattered most. Is there a story you believe should have drawn as many readers as these did? Better yet, are there any important stories you feel were underreported? Do let us know so we can do a better job. Best wishes in the New Year.
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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.