What the world reads now

摘要

IT IS CALLED the "beautiful game" for a reason. The 2018 men's football World Cup, hosted by Russia in June and July, kept the world riveted. According to Chartbeat, a company that tracks readership of online news articles, it was among the events that drew the most attention in 2018. Chart-beat's data cover some 5,000 publishers, half of which are in English-speaking countries, and about a quarter in Europe. The firm has provided audience figures for some 3m articles, spanning 33 topics.