The top news stories of 2015 ran the gamut from popular to scandalous, to tragic. And while we can’t control what stories capture the public’s attention, we can look at how readers are discovering these stories.
This Authority Report examines search and social traffic for the top stories of 2015 to help publishers better understand how, and where, their news is circulating, including:
- Charlie Hebdo
- Bobbi Kristina Brown
- Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao
- Rachel Dolezal
- Cecil the Lion
- The Ashley Madison Agency
- Ahmed Mohamed
Traffic Sources
- In July, Facebook pulled ahead of Google as the top source of referral traffic to Parse.ly’s network.
- See the top referrral sources to the Parse.ly publishing network today!
Press Coverage
- What drives news traffic, social or search? – siliconrepublic
- Social media drove more referrals than search for 2015’s biggest news stories – VentureBeat
- Facebook top referring site for publishers, followed by Google: Parse.ly – LiveMint
- Social Beat Search In Referrals For The Year’s Top News Stories – MarketingLand
- Social Media Dominated Referrals for Year’s Top Stories – MediaPost
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