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These were the most-read news stories on Boston.com in 2024
We reported, and readers clicked. See the news coverage that garnered the most reader interest over the past year.
Who’s to say what makes an online news story “take off”? Sometimes, as with the Karen Read trial, it’s just tremendous interest. Sometimes it’s an unusual topic — we’re looking at you, Diaper Spa — or the Google gods just smile down upon a particular story for reasons known only to them.
Regardless, below you’ll find the 20 stories that, one way or another, garnered the most clicks from Boston.com readers in 2024, starting with the most read, a local obituary. Some of these stories got hundreds of thousands of views, and they ranged in topic from a rare eclipse to media mishegoss, from travel troubles to pickleball problems. And there’s of course a Market Basket story in the mix.
The 20 most-read news stories on Boston.com in 2024
- Local obituary: Charles ‘Chick’ Byrne, 36, accomplished Boston artist
- Pro-Palestinian protests roil Boston-area campuses
- What’s a ‘Diaper Spa,’ and why is it raising eyebrows in New Hampshire?
- 2024 Solar Eclipse: Everything to know about watching the eclipse in Boston or other parts of New England
- Judge declares mistrial in Karen Read murder trial
- A Sagamore Beach resident says she can’t sell her house because of this new trend
- NESN’s Jack Edwards opens up about his speech issues, saying he is fine medically and puzzled himself
- Karen Read lists her Mansfield home for $849,900
- Kate Merrill unexpectedly leaves WBZ-TV
- Popular Cape Cod beach likely closed for the summer due to erosion
- How will Karen Read’s trial end? Here’s what legal experts had to say.
- Spat over canceled reservation between North End chef and would-be customer goes viral
- Town by town results: These are the towns Trump won in Mass. — including 10 he flipped
- Equity theft is now illegal in Massachusetts, making it possible for some who lost their homes to get money back
- The Diaper Spa denied permit to operate in New Hampshire town
- Live 2024 Massachusetts election results
- YouTuber stealth camps in the middle of the Bourne Rotary
- Market Basket gives out bonuses in honor of the 10-year anniversary of strikes
- Boston flight makes emergency landing in Denver, raising more concerns about the Boeing 737
- Here’s how the Museum of Fine Arts plans to address the controversial statue that greets visitors
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