Techdirt 2025 Stats: Traffic, Comments, and Top Stories
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Most Commented-On Articles (2025):
- “Musk Shows Us What Actual Government Censorship On Social Media Looks Like” (145 comments)
- “Funniest/Most Insightful Comments of The Week at Techdirt” (January 19th, 2025) (144 comments)
- “SCOTUS: TikTok’s China Connection Is So Scary & Urgent, We Can Ban An Entire App. Biden Admin: Just Kidding, We Won’t Enforce It” (142 comments)
- “Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of the Week At Techdirt” (January 26th, 2025) (142 comments)
Key Observations about Comments:
* The high number of comments on the weekly roundup posts from January 2025 suggests a period of trolling activity.
* The list of most commented posts differs substantially from the list of most visited posts,which is a recurring observation.
Top Commenters (by Volume - 2025):
- Stephen T. Stone: 2563 comments
- that One Guy: 1577 comments
- MrWilson: 1131 comments
- Thad: 719 comments
- Strawb: 685 comments
- ECA: 537 comments
- Mamba: 478 comments
- Arianity: 465 comments
- Rocky: 388 comments
- n00bdragon: 326 comments
Observations about Top Commenters (Volume):
* Stephen T. Stone remains the most prolific commenter, but with a lower comment count than in previous years, likely due to reduced trolling.
* There are some new names on the list this year.
Top Commenters (by Insightfulness – 2025):
- Stephen T. Stone: 340 comments (13.3% of his comments received the “insightful” lightbulb icon)
- mrwilson: (The text is cut off here, so the rest of the list is incomplete.)
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