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January 18, 2022

Looking Back at 2021: Most Downloaded Articles

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We continue our look back to last year, and see what the 10 most downloaded articles were.

Continuing on from our last post, where we looked at podcast listening figures in 2021, this time we come to the heart of our operations. That’s right, it’s time for the Top 10 most downloaded articles on Exchanges in 2021. This chart is based on downloads of the articles themselves, rather than those individuals only visiting the landing page for each article – so is the closest figures we have to indicate the number of readers.

You can of course see 2020’s scores here.

For interest, I’ve also indicated where any of the following items appeared in 2020’s chart, or if they are making a new appearance this year. So, without any more delay – here are the values for 2021.

Rank	Article Title	Issue	Type	2020 Position
1	From the Advent of Multiculturalism to the Elision of Race: The Representation of Race Relations in Disney Animated Features (1995-2009)	2(1) Oct-14	Critical Reflection	#2
2	Gamestop	8(3) Apr-21	Critical Reflection	New Entry
3	'A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism'	7(2) Jan-20	Article	#8
4	Current Trends in Natural Products Research from the CBNP10 Symposium at Warwick	4(1) Oct-16	Critical Reflection	New Entry
5	Re-performing Design	8(1) Oct-20	Article	New Entry
6	Myths of Male Same-Sex Love in the Art of the Italian Renaissance	3(1) Sep-15	Article	#4
7	Interrogating Practices of Gender, Religion and Nationalism in the Representation of Muslim Women in Bollywood: Contexts of Change, Sites of Continuity	2(2) Apr-15	Article	New Entry
8	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?	8(2) Apr-21	Article	New Entry
9	Participatory Development: A Tool of Pedagogy	4(1) Oct-16	Review Article	#6
10	‘The Sagacity of Words’	8(3) May-21	Article	New Entry

Two things spring out immediately looking at these results in contrast with last year. Firstly, we have no fewer than 6 articles which are new entries in the top ten. Perhaps more significantly through, four of these new entries were published in 2021, meaning that in even a few short months they’ve been able to climb the league table alongside perennial highly read items. I am also pleased to see at least two of these items were ones for which there are accompanying podcast episodes. Did the podcasts help improve their readership? Possibly, although I couldn’t say for certain – I’d like to think they did though!

Our congratulations to all the authors of these titles.

That’s it for this year’s look back, but by next year we hope to have introduced a new level of metrics for all our articles. It’s currently undergoing testing but with any luck, by January 2023 we’ll be able to share a different dimension of usage and discussion relating to all our articles. Keep your eye on this blog for details as and when we launch this service publicly!

Gareth Johnson : 18 Jan 2022 11:41 | Tags: 2021 Articles Charts Downloaded Metrics Most Read Statistics Top | Comments (0) | Close comments | Report a problem