Engadget's top posts, 2008

Well, the year has come and gone, and with it, our 365 -- or in this case, 366 -- days of posting. We've seen some pretty amazing stuff, gotten to play with a stack of awesome gear, and watched the site grow by leaps and bounds (we just had our biggest day ever in October). We thought we'd cap the year off with a look back at the posts that got the most heat. One thing that's clear? People really love (or hate) Apple. Check out the top 20 of the year below, and be sure to truck over to Engadget Mobile and Engadget HD for their year-end round-ups!

Top 20 most trafficked posts of 2008 (in order)

1. Steve Jobs keynote live from WWDC 2008
2. Live from Apple's "spotlight turns to notebooks" event
3. Live from Apple's 'Let's Rock' event in San Francisco
4. Live from Macworld 2008: Steve Jobs keynote
5. Live from Apple's iPhone SDK press conference
6. iPhone 3G is finally official, starts at $199, available July 11th
7. The second-gen iPhone: 3G, GPS, only slightly thicker
8. iPhone 3G review
9. BlackBerry Storm review
10. Meet the T-Mobile G1
11. Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X1 QWERTY with Windows Mobile and HSUPA
12. Woman files $54m lawsuit against Best Buy for losing laptop
13. The HTC Touch Pro
14. MacBook Air review
15. Dell E and E Slim revealed, taking on Eee and Air in one fell swoop
16. Worst parents in the world punk kid into thinking he got an Xbox 360
17. T-Mobile G1 review
18. T-Mobile G1 first hands-on (updated)
19. iPhone firmware 2.0 hands-on
20. The Simpsons mocks (m)Apple

Top 20 most trafficked posts during 2008 (in order; non-2008 posts in bold)

1. Steve Jobs keynote live from WWDC 2008
2. Live from Apple's "spotlight turns to notebooks" event
3. Live from Apple's 'Let's Rock' event in San Francisco
4. Live from Macworld 2008: Steve Jobs keynote
5. Live from Apple's iPhone SDK press conference
6. iPhone 3G is finally official, starts at $199, available July 11th
7. The second-gen iPhone: 3G, GPS, only slightly thicker
8. HOW-TO: Get music OFF your iPod
9. iPhone 3G review
10. BlackBerry Storm review
11. Meet the T-Mobile G1
12. Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X1 QWERTY with Windows Mobile and HSUPA
13. Turn your PC into a Mac
14. HOW-TO: Get videos and DVDs onto your Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) for free
15. Woman files $54m lawsuit against Best Buy for losing laptop
16. The HTC Touch Pro
17. iPhone unlocked: AT&T loses iPhone exclusivity, August 24, 2007, 12:00PM EDT
18. MacBook Air review
19. Dell E and E Slim revealed, taking on Eee and Air in one fell swoop
20. Blu-ray vs HD DVD: State of the Division

Top 15 most trafficked posts of the year, sans Apple-only posts (in order)

1. BlackBerry Storm review
2. Meet the T-Mobile G1
3. Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X1 QWERTY with Windows Mobile and HSUPA
4. Woman files $54m lawsuit against Best Buy for losing laptop
5. The HTC Touch Pro
6. Dell E and E Slim revealed, taking on Eee and Air in one fell swoop
7. Worst parents in the world punk kid into thinking he got an Xbox 360
8. T-Mobile G1 review
9. T-Mobile G1 first hands-on (updated)
10. Little old lady suing Sony, Samsung, Nokia and everyone else for infringing on her laser patents
11. Sony gets official with PSP-3000
12. The PS3 Laptop: from Ben Heck to Engadget with love
13. Holiday Gift Guide: $1001+
14. Best Buy offers HD DVD owners $10 million in gift cards, trade in, shoulder to cry on
15. HP's UMPC 2133 revealed

A few other interesting numbers for you:

Total posts on Engadget in 2008: 11,878
Total number of comments: 697,672 (and counting)
Average comments per post: 58.7

Combined Engadget classic, HD, and Mobile stats:

Posts: 21,880
Comments: 853,044
Average comments per post: 39.0

[sgteaston Posted Jan 1st 2009 1:57AM]

Asshat

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 1st 2009 12:30AM]

Thanks for a great year Engadget!!! Keep up the good work

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 1st 2009 12:38AM]

happy new year to all of you :-) wonder what i'm going to do abt my new year resolution of posting some 'highly ranked' comments
well i shouldnt have ... no not about new year! ... just the resolution ...
i like this site for the ppl who author and the ppl who come here ... u guys are keeping this place quite tidy ...

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 1st 2009 12:39AM]

Maybe the number Apple posts in top 20 has something to do with the number of Apple posts published... :p

[billobob Posted Jan 1st 2009 2:45AM]

No, it doesn't. Look on the front page and count how many posts are about Apple... now look at the top 20 rankings. The fact is that engadget readers read Apple stories the most often, like it or not. Enough of this BS about Engadget obsessing over Apple--yeah they get much more coverage, but also much more traffic (*even* relative to the amount of coverage), so can you blame them?

[BigD145 Posted Jan 1st 2009 5:34AM]

Read? No. Lots of hate speak, though.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 1st 2009 12:35AM]

It is amazing at apples popularity. These guys make terrible products, but they are marketing geniuses.

[BobbyDigital Posted Jan 1st 2009 2:33PM]

You're in denial.

[Kaitou KID Posted Jan 1st 2009 12:40AM]

yo what ever happened to the fuze contest engadget?!?! PLEASE I NEED A PHONE

and congrats on another year. just started reading this year. THUMBS UP!

[Kris91 Posted Jan 1st 2009 12:47AM]

Why are posts that have to do with Apple up top?....!!!

[Bandit5317 Posted Jan 1st 2009 2:49AM]

Are you new here?

[danijami23 Posted Jan 1st 2009 3:04AM]

and the award for most high ranked post of 2009 goes to.... Bandit5317

I nearly spat my coffee all over my keyboard when i saw that post dude

[sebastian Posted Jan 1st 2009 4:46AM]

Because people read them more often than other posts? Just acknowledge it, you may complain about the number of Apple posts, but at the end of the day you just can't resist his Steveness.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 1st 2009 12:51AM]

wow i saw only few things that were not apple related what a surprise

[ed Posted Jan 1st 2009 12:50AM]

oh wow that "turn your pc into a mac" article from 2005 is still top 15. I remember reading that ages ago and it was what first got me into customising my windows interface. nostalgia...sigh...

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 1st 2009 12:52AM]

2008 really sucked! Lets start out fresh in the new year and plan on a "Bush is leaving" party soon. ^_^

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 1st 2009 12:53AM]

and am i really surprised that there are so many apple posts listed? =\ guess again....

[Stapyhlococcus Posted Jan 1st 2009 12:53AM]

And I find none of those articles interesting...

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 1st 2009 4:36PM]

Because anything that runs sleek and looks sexy confuses you.....

[JoePalma Posted Jan 1st 2009 12:54AM]

TAUWgadget i presume?

[cout Peter Posted Jan 1st 2009 12:55AM]

I wish you all at Engadget and their fans (and enemies) a happy New Year!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 1st 2009 1:03AM]

Flame wars make a lots of comments!!

[kLid Posted Jan 1st 2009 1:22AM]

How about a little twist as 2008 ends...

LAST!!!! woot i get the last post of 2008 xD

... no, let's just leave it at "first"

Anyway I'm actually not at all surprised that apple simply overwhelmed the top 20 board. It's quite obvious, Microsoft got loads of angry people due to vista, the people swicth to Mac... And well Apple released loads of high-tech gasgets this year... Come on people, face it, you still shake that iPod nano of yours trying to impress chics.... xD

Well then happy new year all! :D

[ce Posted Jan 1st 2009 2:17AM]

It says you posted on January 1st, 2009 at 1:22am...so you were NOT the last post of 2008!

[kLid Posted Jan 1st 2009 2:47AM]

Now is that what really matters my pal? Let us set aside timing for it has been the cause for all miseries... 2009 must be a new start...


... please lemme just walk away with that "LAST!"... please?

xD

peace out

[The Dead Marxist Trio Posted Jan 1st 2009 1:45AM]

LOL @ the need for sans-apple rankings. People love apple, and people love to hate people who love apple. I know, it's just as... actually more ridiculous than it sounds.

Happy new year everyone, here's hoping for a little civility on Apple (all, really) posts and that clank just dies, or is at least maimed where he can't post anymore so he can't post... Nevermind, that's mean, I do t wish that so long as you just go away please.

Happy 2009!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 1st 2009 2:03AM]

Great job for 08 Engadget. The stats are quite revealing. Apple continues to prove that real innovation and excitement results in heavy traffic. At least MS the biggest "me too" company on the planet got the latest most memorable buzz in the news at the end of the 08 year. Pathetic and embarassing. What a better way to end the year for MS and it's "me too" joke of a product Zune. Hahahaha

[mm Posted Jan 1st 2009 2:00AM]

Did you already write this up and wait until the last minute to press "Submit"?

[kLid Posted Jan 1st 2009 2:48AM]

yep :P

[idealEric Posted Jan 1st 2009 2:04AM]

happy new year, engadget.

[Donald Posted Jan 1st 2009 2:25AM]

Here's to another year of flame wars & fanboys!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 1st 2009 2:27AM]

Here's to another great year.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 1st 2009 3:19AM]

That certainly explains Engadget's lust for everything Apple / Steve Jobs private parts.

[Sohip Posted Jan 1st 2009 3:45AM]

Do u know why Apple posts have the highest Traffic?

Because most of the posts are about Apple...

[DBrim Posted Jan 1st 2009 5:57AM]

No, it's because most of those are real-time, which means that the people who care the most are constantly refreshing.

But, it's kind of hard to blame them. Traffic brings ad money. Ad money makes Engadget possible.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 1st 2009 4:33AM]

WOW that's alot 'o' stuff happy '09 u guys

[metaltorizo Posted Jan 1st 2009 5:58AM]

Wow more than 75% of the posts are apple related. What a fucking surprise.

[octoberasian Posted Jan 1st 2009 6:49AM]

Totally unrelated to this post, but what's the font style used for "IN 2008"?

[acabtp Posted Jan 1st 2009 2:55PM]

that is not totally unrelated to this post. in fact, if it weren't for this post, you would not even be asking that question.

[neoprimalgmailcom Posted Jan 1st 2009 9:45AM]

Happle New Year!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 1st 2009 10:29AM]

You bunch of Mac W[]ores :)


Just kidding, but dam. At least which demographic drives this site now! *eyes open*

[electron Posted Jan 1st 2009 10:47AM]

and the user with the most posts goes to..... ubn2 :D

[acabtp Posted Jan 1st 2009 2:52PM]

if you guys love apple so much, why don't you marry it?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 1st 2009 10:38PM]

I see you guys are huge Apple fanboys.