Written by Econintersect
e publish a report each week presenting a list of the articles Google Analytics reports as being the most read. Last week’s report is here. We think that does not necessarily reflect how much “value” readers have obtained from what we publish. So we are offering a second listing which combines the number of readers for each article with the average amount of time spent reading by each.
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Before presenting this new ranking, let us explain our thinking. If one article has 500 page reads with an average time for each of one minute we suggest that another article with 100 page reads and an average time for each of 5 minutes might have an equivalent “value”: 500 page read minutes.
This measurement does not attempt to quantify the value readers received. The 500 reading an average of 1 minute each may perceive much more personal value for their individual minutes than do the 100 who each spent 5 minutes. What this measurement of ‘page read minutes’ directly measures is the effective reader engagement by each article. Rather than “value” we might better say “engagement” or “used”.
After some consideration we have elected to try the term “usefulness” and selected the term “useful” for the title of the list.
The Most Useful Articles Week Ending 30 May
The number following each article is the number of ‘page read hours’ for that article.
The People’s Republic of China at Age 70 (56.0) Frank Li
Momentum Is The Last Stage Of The Investment Cycle (26.5) Lance Roberts
June 2020 Economic Forecast – The Real Question Is How Much The Economy Will Rebound (22.8) Steven Hansen
Documentary Of The Week: Planet Of The Humans (17.0) John Lounsbury
Comeback: China vs. Michael Jordan (15.8) Frank Li
Hong Kong: A Brief Overview (15.2) Frank Li
Health Crisis: Different Economic Animal From Financial Crisis (11.5) Jim Welsh
03 June 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – World Health Organization Resuming Trial of Hydroxychloroquine (11.4) Steven Hansen
Documentary Of The Week: History Of Quantum Mechanics (11.3) John Lounsbury
02 June 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – 1/4 Of U.S. Deaths Were In Nursing Homes (9.9) Steven Hansen
05 June 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – Improved Coronavirus Patient Outcomes After Taking Pepcid AC (9.7) Steven Hansen
China vs. America: Communism vs. Democracy (8.5) Frank Li
Ancient Greece vs. Ancient China (8.4) Frank Li
LIVE: Current Weather And Forecasts Up To 7 Days – Sunday May 31, 2020 (8.3) Sigmund Silber
May 2020 BLS Jobs Situation – Employment Grew 2,509,000 But Still Down 17,665,000 Year-over-Year (8.2) Steven Hansen
Ancient Rome vs. Ancient China (7.7) Frank Li
LIVE: Current Weather And Forecasts Up To 7 Days – Tuesday June 2, 2020 (7.5) Sig Silber
Some Preliminary Questions For MMT (7.4) Steve Keen
Coronavirus Disease News 31May 2020 (7.3) rjs
LIVE: Current Weather And Forecasts Up To 7 Days – Wednesday June 3, 2020 (7.0) Sigmund Silber
The above list penalizes articles which are quickly read and include videos that are watched on YouTube. The introduction and link to YouTube may take 30 seconds or less and then our reader may stay 5, 10, 20 minutes or longer with the video – this measurement gives no credit for that video time.
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