"As we near the end of 2025, we like to reflect on the stories that most captivated our readers' attention, and as always, certain themes tend to emerge. Readers turned to us to make sense of new cultural trends, as when Brock Colyar defined the West Village Girl and helped articulate the young new conservative crowd ascendant in Washington, D.C., or when Bridget Read helped us understand the new facelift we now seem to see on every red carpet."
"Our readers also loved when our stories exposed the secret lives of powerful famous men, as with Lila Shapiro's shocking feature on writer Neil Gaiman and Ben Terris's equally penetrating look at Senator John Fetterman. And as always, readers gravitated toward twisty yarns of regular people behaving badly: college students cheating, fake philanthropists, a mother cyberbullying her own child. And yet, underneath it all, it turns out you all are big softies, as two epic love stories also made the list - along with one encounter with Axl Rose, for good measure."
Cultural trends drew significant attention, including the West Village Girl and a young conservative crowd in Washington, D.C., alongside a recurrent facelift aesthetic on red carpets. Exposés revealed secret lives of powerful figures, with in-depth features on a prominent writer and a U.S. senator. Audiences followed twisty narratives of ordinary people behaving badly, including college cheating, fake philanthropists, and a mother cyberbullying her own child. Two epic love stories provided emotional counterpoints, and a memorable encounter with Axl Rose added celebrity intrigue. The compilation ranks the top 20 most engaging stories of 2025 by total audience minutes and promotes a daily recommendation newsletter and subscription option.
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