The top Medium stories of 2024 by reads and sharesPublished inThe Medium BlogSent as aNewsletter3 min readJust now-- Its our last issue of 2024. If youve been reading since January, thank you!Issue #238: better meetings + blob peopleThis week, weve shared top highlights, responses, publications, and new writers of the year. But more than anything, Medium is a home for stories so, we dug through our trove of data to bring you a list of 2024s top stories by views and reads. [Please imagine a drumroll here, but instead of drums its the clacking sound of millions of writers tapping furiously on their laptops or mechanical keyboards of choice] The top stories of 2024 areMy Statement on President Bidens Announcement by Former President Barack ObamaCommon side effects of not drinking by cultural anthropologist Karolina Kozmana50 Completely True Things by Palestinian-American creative Mo HusseiniThe secret life of people with high self-control (its easier than you think) by user researcher Riikka IivanainenThe art of disappearing by writer RemiHow an empty S3 bucket can make your AWS bill explode by Senior Software Engineer at Semantive Maciej PocwierzThis must be the place by writer Jennifer PahlkaThe Dramatic Shift of the 2024 Paris Olympic Pictograms by game designer and programmer Elijah CobbWhy I Put Pronouns on my Email Signature (and LinkedIn profile) and You Should Too by trans non-fiction writer Max MasureThe Beauty of Trying by writer thekidultwriterAnd here are the top 10 stories by the number of times they were shared across the internet:Explore more top stories in our end-of-year post.Were taking a break next week, but well see you back here in 2025 with more stories, ideas, and perspectives to deepen understanding. Harris Sockel and the team @ Medium One more story: On remote workIm biased because this story is written by one of my colleagues, Medium Chief of Staff Brittany Jezouit but Brittany really is one of the best Zoom meeting facilitators on Earth. Ive never been in a meeting led by Brittany that didnt feel worth my time. Here are three of her tips, worth keeping in your back pocket for 2025:Implement a no chat rule to help everyone stay focused on the conversation itself (and not on Zooms text chat feature).During meetings, ask your colleagues to close Slack (or Teams, or their inbox).To avoid that who wants to go first? awkwardness, just drop a list of whos talking, in what order, into the chat. And lastlyTaking a page from psychologist Sorina Raluca Bbu: Which blob person are you?Ill go one step further which blob person will you be in 2025?Photo by blobtree.com via Sorina Raluca BbuIll be #8-ing for the next few weeks, but hoping to come roaring back as a #10 in 2025. Tag yourself in the responses, if you like. And happy early New Year, from all of us here at Medium.