As we near the end of this year, we scoured website analytics, scrolled through social media posts, and braved the wilds of the Nextdoor comment section to bring you some of our greatest, most fascinating statistics. Thank you to all of our readers, loyal Instagram followers, spirited commenters, and BearTrack subscribers—the year wouldn’t have been nearly as successful without you!
It’s not a popularity contest, but if it was…
Click here to see our most viewed stories.
- Breaking: Following Threat From Student, M-A and Carlmont Go Into Secure Campus
- Signed and Sealed: M-A’s College Commits
- Dutch Goose Marks Six Decades in Menlo Park
- Editorial: Promises Broken—Sandy Hook Promise’s Deceptive Marketing Discredits Its Cause
- Menlo Park Moves Forward With Ambitious Affordable Housing Proposals
Some call us Mr. Worldwide
Click here to see how many countries read the M-A Chronicle.
We had readers in over 200 countries!!!

Our top five were…
- U.S. (573,750)
- Canada (11,219)
- United Kingdom (8,134)
- India (5,254)
- Australia (4,799)
We can’t bear to sit still
Click here to see when we published the most stories.
September was our most active month with over 100 stories published!

Who were our most-read authors?
Click here to see which authors had the most views on their stories.
- Gaby Foster (15,718)
- Ivy Watrous (12,369)
- Becca Koenig (9,875)
- Isabel Habibi (5,619)
- Alisha Parikh-Briggs (5,203)
Not to brag, but…
Click here to see our favorite random statistics.
- BearTracks, our weekly newsletter, has over 2,600 subscribers
- Our website has had over 600,000 views this year
- Our 2023 story, The Great Rainbow Debate: What Color are the Subjects?, blew up on a Reddit thread and got over 61,000 views
- Our December Mark had 60 pages, the most in M-A Chronicle history
- Our editorial board, managing editors, and advisor received certificates of recognition from the District
