Los Angeles Times readers spent 30,884,166 hours with our articles, photographs, and videos over the course of 2018. That’s the equivalent of 1,286,840 days or 3,526 years. So which stories grabbed the most reader attention? The top 18 are listed below, and they include not only breaking news, but also entertainment, sports and science pieces, with a good dose of opinion as well. And the most popular topic was clearly the year’s big political event — the 2018 midterm election.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 20, 2018 12:11 UTC