❶ Counting down the top 💯 stories of 2025 on Page One: Day 1

☞ Page One readers, as we close out the year, we are counting down the top 100 stories that the thousands and thousands of subscribers clicked on in 2025. We’ll be back in your inbox on Jan. 5, 2026, with your usual update on all of the day’s news and developments. Hope you enjoy the holidays and have a happy New Year! 🎉

A few notes on the countdown: 

→ Breaking news stories, hard news stories and developing stories have been excluded from the list, because in many cases, those stories developed many times over since they were first included in Page One and, essentially, are obsolete at this point.

→ One of the cool things about Page One is that we feature numerous stories that aren’t necessarily ‘need to know’ but very much are the types of stories that you want to know about, often guiding you easily around paywalls to premium content. This is a great opportunity to see what resonated most with the Page One readership — and catch up on anything that you might’ve missed throughout the year.

→ Your turn. Got a favorite story that you saw on Page One this year? Let us know by replying to the email and letting us know what it was, or leaving a comment on the poll at the bottom.

Now, on to the first installment of the Top 100 ↓

✅ The 100 most-clicked stories on PAGE ONE in 2025

→ No. 100 - 81

100. HISTORY NUT: Jimmy Carter and the sad saga of a 9-ton 'gift’ left outside White House when he took office in 1977 …

99. SUCCESSFUL REBRAND: What’s driving Americans’ rising consumption of ‘the most boring product you could possibly imagine’? …

98. CORE TRAINING: Tired of crunches? 15 other exercises for a killer ab workout at home …

97. PARTIAL PANTS: ‘Ultra-bizarre’ one-legged jeans sell out online — for $440 a pair! …

96. WORDS TO LIVE BY: The 3-word ancient Roman phrase that might change your approach to life …

 95. ORIGIN STORY: International team of physicists says Big Bang Theory is all wrong, offers new theory for how universe was created …

94. BLAST FROM THE PAST: Archaeologists uncover oldest known partial face fossil of a human ancestor in western Europe …

93. HIGH SEAS: Video shows terrified passengers as 40-foot waves batter cruise ship on trip through dangerous Drake Passage …

92. PAPAL STYLE: Pope Leo's fashion choices make waves, and many wonder what they mean …

91. ROCK OPERA: They met as 10-year-old cast members on set of movie 22 years ago — now they’re married …

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90. DAD BOD HERO: David Beckham, almost 50 years old, models in racy new underwear ad campaign …

89. EXPLAINER: What is a sovereign wealth fund? Trump’s executive order to establish one for the U.S. unpacked …

88. CONFESSIONAL: Former lead singer of ‘90s R&B group EN VOGUE stuns fans by revealing she’s been living in her car for last 3 years …

87. PORCH JUSTICE: Georgia man charged after shooting 2 teenage porch pirates …

86. R-EVOLUTION: San Francisco unveils gigantic, 45-foot-tall statue of naked woman that ‘breathes’ and, at night, glows …

85. WORKING STIFF: Leaked audio of CEO unleashing profanity-laced rant about employees working from home goes viral …

84. AFFABLE AND CONVIVIAL: 5 social skills you can improve to make new friends as an adult …

83. LOVE HURTS: Lip reader reveals what French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife said to him moments after shove in face seen around the world …

82. BRUSH WITH DEATH: 2 American women, 20 and 24, speak out about surviving shark attack in Bahamas just hours into vacation …

81. ESPECIALLY FLESHY: Why 2025 has become the summer of too much skin at the office …