The New York Times' Most Popular Story of 2013 Was Not an Article

[Commentary] The New York Times has released its list of most-visited stories of 2013. They include four breaking news articles, one of which was a map; three health stories; a long narrative about poverty in New York; and two celebrity op-eds. What interests me most about the list, though, is what's at the number one spot: A news interactive made by Josh Katz and Wilson Andrews called “How Y’all, Youse, and You Guys Talk.” It was one of many stories that news organizations published about dialect in 2013, all inspired by a North Carolina State University dialect quiz, but it was, for the Times, the most-visited thing. Think about that. A news app, a piece of software about the news made by in-house developers, generated more clicks than any article.