Written by Econintersect
We 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 15 August
The number following each article is the number of ‘page read hours’ for that article.
The Most Important Thing To Look For In Today’s Employment Report (47.0) Jeff Miller
12 August 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – Potential Reason Why COVID-19 Occurs Less In Children. Previous Vaccines and Masks May Hold Down Covid-19. (41.4) Steven Hansen
The Double/Triple Doji: Have We Been Warned? (24.2) William Kurtz
The Mueller Investigation (17.7) Econintersect
Mortgage Rates Not Matching Declines In Treasury Yields (16.1) St. Louis Fed
10 August 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – California Approved Pilot Plan To Pay $1,250 To Anyone Who Tests Positive For Coronavirus. Health Insurers Profits Boom Amid Pandemic. (15.9) Steven Hansen
FIH: Emergent Property Of Complex Systems’ Macroeconomics – Part 1 (14.6) Steve Keen
09 August 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – Coronavirus Vaccine Likely Won’t Be As Effective In Obese People. (13.7) Steven Hansen
The U.S. vs. China: Election vs. Selection (13.0) Frank Li
New Study Shows Staggering Effect Of Coronavirus Pandemic On America’s Mental Health (12.3) Jean Twenge
11 August 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – 90% Increase In Children’s Covid-19 Cases In The Last Four Weeks. Nursing Home Dialysis Patients Had Higher Rate Of COVID-19. (10.1) Steve Hansen
Value Is Dead. Long Live Value Investing (9.7) Lance Roberts
2Q2020 Report on Household Debt and Credit: Total Household Debt Declines for the First Time Since 2014 (8.8) New York Fed
Why Don’t Low, Zero Or Negative Interest Rates Create Inflation? (7.7) John Lounsbury
LIVE: Current Weather And Forecasts Up To 7 Days – Friday August 14, 2020 (7.4) Sig Silber
13 August 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – The True Coronavirus Toll in the U.S. May Have Already Surpassed 200,000. White House Released Guidelines For Reopening K-12 Schools. (6.7) Steven Hansen
13 August 2020 Coronavirus Charts and News – The True Coronavirus Toll in the U.S. May Have Already Surpassed 200,000. White House Released Guidelines For Reopening K-12 Schools. (6.6) Steven Hansen
Slavery And The History Of US Economic Growth (6.5) Timothy Taylor
Ancient Rome vs. Ancient China (6.4) Frank Li
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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