This year's most read stories: the stories you've shared and spent the most time with

Today we look back at the stories you've read, shared and spent the most with time.
The year began with a love story. Josh Wardle's partner was a fan of word puzzles, so he created a guessing game for the two of them and called it "Wordle", a play on his last name. On January 3, a Times article by Daniel Victor introduced Wardle's creation to the world. You probably know the rest.
Wordle's origin story, and the bot that helped us master the game, are two of The Times' most widely read articles in 2022 As we have done in years past, The Morning has put together a collection of the most popular stories of the year. Some of them were impossible to miss - royal funerals, wars, shootings. But others might surprise you. There are celebrity profiles, engaging mysteries, and mind-body stories.
We used a few criteria to capture the breadth of what you read. In the most read section, we omitted subsequent entries that repeated a storyline, as well as features such as election results pages. The deep engagement list includes some of the articles readers spent the most time with this year.
And we're introducing a new section this year: Most Shared as a gift. These are the stories readers have unlocked the most this year (subscribers can share 10 links per month outside of the paywall), and the list captures an important but often overlooked part of the news - not the stories you need to read, but the ones you want others to read.
Most Read
The world mourns Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's bastion of stability. (September 8)
An elementary school shooting devastates a South Texas community. (May 24)
Ukrainian officials report missile attacks in Kyiv. (February 24)
Police search for gunman during attack on Brooklyn subway. (April 12)
Flooding and power outages increase as Ian moves inland. (September 28)
Old drug grows new hair for pennies a day, doctors say. (August 18)
Ivana Trump, ex-wife of Donald Trump and businesswoman, dies at 73. (July 14)
Thousands of people protest against the end of the constitutional right to abortion. (June 24)
Wordle is a love story. (January 3)
Will Smith apologizes to Chris Rock after the Academy condemns his slap. (March 28)
ImageAna Belén Pintado as a young girl.Credit...Lydia Metral for the New York Times. Source photography by Ana Belén Pintado.

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This year's most read stories: the stories you've shared and spent the most time with

Today we look back at the stories you've read, shared and spent the most with time.

The year began with a love story. Josh Wardle's partner was a fan of word puzzles, so he created a guessing game for the two of them and called it "Wordle", a play on his last name. On January 3, a Times article by Daniel Victor introduced Wardle's creation to the world. You probably know the rest.

Wordle's origin story, and the bot that helped us master the game, are two of The Times' most widely read articles in 2022 As we have done in years past, The Morning has put together a collection of the most popular stories of the year. Some of them were impossible to miss - royal funerals, wars, shootings. But others might surprise you. There are celebrity profiles, engaging mysteries, and mind-body stories.

We used a few criteria to capture the breadth of what you read. In the most read section, we omitted subsequent entries that repeated a storyline, as well as features such as election results pages. The deep engagement list includes some of the articles readers spent the most time with this year.

And we're introducing a new section this year: Most Shared as a gift. These are the stories readers have unlocked the most this year (subscribers can share 10 links per month outside of the paywall), and the list captures an important but often overlooked part of the news - not the stories you need to read, but the ones you want others to read.