What did visitors to Armenian news websites read in 2015?
To what extent did the year’s main news events interest readers?
We present the top 5 most read/watched stories of Hetq, News.am, Tert.am, 1in.am, Mediamax, Civilnet, and Azatutyun (RFE/RL’s Armenian service), as provided to us by our colleagues. [Note, in all cases, the top 5 are in Armenian; where possible, the links to the English translations are provided.]
Hetq
- Yerevan Police Use Force to Disperse Electricity Rate Hike Sit-In Protest
- Secret Account? Head of Armenian Church Shows Up in Leaked HSBC Files
- All In the Family: Armenian Prime Minister’s Booming Business Empire-3
- Musical Odyssey: Two Brothers from Armenia Reunite in Paris 14 Years Later
- Tsarukyan Throws Down Gauntlet to Sargsyan: Calls for Complete Regime Change
News.am
- Photos of Avetisyan Family Who Was Murdered in Gyumri [AM]
- Famous Actor Karen Janibekyan Passed Away [AM]
- Kim Kardashian wears Armenian national costume (PHOTOS)
- 6-month-old Seryozha Avetisyan dies (PHOTO)
- Russia President addresses Armenians
Tert.am
- Avetisyans Buried in Gyumri [AM]
- Gyumri: Police Release Footage From House of the Deceased [AM]
- Famous Russian TV Host Andrey Malakhov Visited Little Seryozha [AM]
- Protest against increase in electricity tariffs in Yerevan’s Liberty Square (updated)
- Electric Yerevan: Peaceful protest continues in Baghramyan Avenue (livestream, updated)
1in.am
- Baghramyan Protests Against Rising Electricity Prices
- Kanye West’s Live Performance in Downtown Yerevan Swan Lake
- Kim Kardashian Arrives in Armenia
- Sit-in on Baghramyan Avenue and Brutal Police Violence Against Protestors (Full Video) [AM, video]
- Doctor Refuses to Provide First Aid to Female Demonstrator Subjected to Brutal Violence [AM, video]
Mediamax
- Ruben Vardanyan: “We should surprise and break the biases”
- A Bit Cold, But Proud: Girls Who Accompanied [Visiting] Presidents [AM]
- #ElectricYerevan: Vaghinak and Maksim [AM]
- 100 years later in New York: #BeArmenian, #BeAlive
- Lidia Leonova: “Egg as ransom, and swamp as path to freedom”
Civilnet
- Civilnet’s live stream page
- Police Chief’s One Week: “Sober Up, Crazy Kids” [AM, video]
- The series “From Your Pocket” [AM]
- Surik Khachatryan: “The Chronicle of Robes” [AM, video]
- Kim Kardashian, Khloe and Kanye West Visit Genocide Memorial
Azatutyun (RFE/RL’s Armenian service)
- Azatutyun TV (especially during #ElectricYerevan)
- Founding Parliament Car Procession Participants Beaten Near Berdzor [AM]
- Gagik Tsarukyan Calls for Achieving Serzh Sargsyan’s Resignation [AM]
- Jirayr Sefilian and Argishti Kiviryan Respond to Police Chief’s Accusations [AM]
- Serzh Sargsyan and Gagik Tsarukyan Met [AM]
Media.am selected the news outlets by considering their impact, audience, and content. We thank our colleagues for providing their lists of most read stories.
You can see the top 5 most read news stories of 2014 here.
Tell us your site’s top 5 most read stories in the comments section below.
Anna Barseghyan