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# My Most Popular Posts of 2016
- URL: https://www.philsimon.com/popular-posts-2016/
- Published: 2016-12-21T13:39:08.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-02T16:59:46.000Z
- Description: A look back at what resonated with my readers this past year.
- Author: Phil Simon
- Tags: Communication, Training, WordPress, Writing

Before hitting the publish button, no writer knows which posts will find an audience and which will find crickets. Sure, there are plenty of [headline-analysis tools](https://coschedule.com/headline-analyzer?ref=philsimon.com) out there, but make no mistake: blogging still inheres a great deal of unpredictability.

> Blogging still inheres a great deal of unpredictability.

Plenty of times, I've penned what I thought was a pretty solid musing only to find its page views wanting. By the same token, some of my fairly prosaic posts have garnered far more traffic than I would have expected.

Without further ado, here's a list of my most popular posts from this year:

1. [Reporting vs. Analytics](https://www.philsimon.com/blog/big-data/reporting-vs-analytics/)
2. [Big Data and Teenage Sex](https://www.philsimon.com/blog/featured/big-data-and-teenage-sex/)
3. [Why I Quit the Web‑Design Business](https://www.philsimon.com/blog/project-management/why-i-quit-the-web-design-business/)
4. [Which Is Better? Role‑ or Process‑Based Training?](https://www.philsimon.com/blog/project-management/should-training-be-role-or-process-based/)
5. [Five Tips for a Successful CRP](https://www.philsimon.com/five-tips-for-successful-crp/)
6. [Working with Partners: The Case for Actually Talking](https://www.philsimon.com/working-with-partners-the-case-for-actually-talking/)
7. [Kranzberg's Six Laws of Technology](https://www.philsimon.com/kranzbergs-six-laws-of-technology/)
8. [Poker, Predictive Analytics, and Big Data](https://www.philsimon.com/blog/big-data/poker-predictive-analytics-and-big-data/)
9. [6 Radical Ways to Reduce E‑Mail](https://www.philsimon.com/6-radical-ways-to-reduce-e-mail/)
10. [Dilbert and Big Data](https://www.philsimon.com/dilbert-and-big-data/)

In case you're wondering, according to WordPress [this](https://www.philsimon.com/blog/big-data/visualizing-twitter/) was my least popular post. Feel free to show it some love by clicking on it.