Our Most-Read Stories of the Year

A note on New York's most-read stories of 2022. [New York logo](   [New York Magazine's Most Read Stories 2022]( Well, we survived the vibe shift. It was a strange year, though! It’s hard to believe that less than 12 months ago, Allison P. Davis [wrote]( about the possibility that you might get caught forever in a previous era’s cultural stylings and fixations. More than a few of our readers found that prospect actually quite wonderful — why not just pick a vibe and settle in? — but magazine-making is, among other things, the art of keeping up, and I’m happy to look back on our year of journalism and see evidence of a newsroom always on the lookout for the new and the next. Below, you’ll find a list of our 20 most-read articles we published this year. It’s a vivid testament to our wide-ranging interests, from [Meghan Markle]( to [Dianne Feinstein]( to [crashing crypto billionaires]( to [high-school seniors struggling to apologize and forgive](. But before you get there, here are just a few of the stories and projects we published this year that didn’t break into the top 20 but that make me especially proud of my extraordinary colleagues. I love that we took six months to assemble writing from more than 20 journalists and essayists to produce a sweeping and moving history of the [first decade of Black Lives Matter.]( I love that a couple weeks later, we raced to cover the first weeks of the invasion of Ukraine through [first-person accounts from young people living through it](. And then we scrambled our plans for our annual Yesteryear Issue, quickly publishing a [beautiful love letter to New York’s Little Ukraine neighborhood.]( I love that Tirhakah Love paused his work prototyping the newsletter Dinner Party to publish [the fiercest defense of The Slap]( I read anywhere. I love two new columns on Curbed: “[Looking to Settle](,” whose first installment was written by Emily Gould, and “[The Eavesdropper.](” I love Tammie Teclemariam’s [midyear collection]( of 100 restaurant tips, and [Sarah Thankam Mathews’s particularly elegant Grub Street Diet](, and Simon van Zuylen-Wood’s romp through [outdoor dining](. I love the Cut’s enormous, useful, and moving “[State of the Uterus” project](, which kicked off with the “This Magazine Can Help You Get an Abortion” cover package, and Monica Corcoran Harel’s poignant [story of setting up playdates for her mother](. I love how much smart finance coverage we published on Intelligencer this year, from August’s [“What Is Elon Musk?” package]( to November’s relentless, sharp, and lucid [coverage of Sam Bankman-Fried.]( I love Jason P. Frank’s ground-shaking [interview of 1776’s Sara Porkalob]( and Andrea Long Chu’s [review of Hanya Yanagihara’s new novel]( and Angelica Jade Bastién’s [dissection of the Brangelina marriage.]( I love Esther Wang’s difficult[reported feature on Asian-American politics](and Zak Cheney-Rice’s [difficult recent column on Brittney Griner](and Jonathan Chait’s [prescient intellectual profile of Ron DeSantis.]( I love [“Steal My Couch,”]( the first of a new column at the Strategist that gives you both helpful shopping service and the chance to snoop in people’s homes. And speaking of homes, I love so many of [Wendy Goodman’s “Design Hunting”s](this year — but none as much as [her own.]( I love that Hanna Rosin somehow found time beyond overseeing all of our audio journalism to co-host a [wild season two of Cover Story](. And I love that a whole slew of New York staffers traffic-copped 72 notable New Yorkers crossing Little West 12th to create a[“Reasons to Love New York” cover]( we’ll remember for years to come. Happy holidays, and thank you as always for being loyal readers. — David Haskell, editor-in-chief   New York's Top Stories of 2022 [NO. 20]( [Dianne Feinstein, the Institutionalist]( [She fought for gun control, civil rights, and abortion access for half a century. Where did it all go wrong?]( [By Rebecca Traister]( [Dianne Feinstein](   [NO. 19]( [Nathan Fielder Is Out of His Mind (and Inside Yours)]( [The comedian is known for his often hilarious, sometimes mean, always uncomfortable stunts. The Rehearsal is his grandest experiment yet.]( [By Lila Shapiro]( [393 Powell Street hallway](   [NO. 18]( [Why America’s Railroads Refuse to Give Their Workers Paid Leave]( [Wall Street’s new robber barons can’t make the trains run on time.]( [By Eric Levitz]( [America’s Railroads Refuse to Give Their Workers Paid Leave](   Last Chance: Save up to 70% and [get a tote and a set of limited-edition stickers]( with an annual subscription to everything New York.   [NO. 17]( [The Rich New York Women Who Love Their Fake Birkins]( [Among a certain set, counterfeit luxury bags may be more popular than the real thing.]( [By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz]( [Fake Birkins](   [NO. 16]( [‘I More So Consider Myself a Con Artist Than Anything’]( [What Danielle Miller learned at Horace Mann and Rikers.]( [By Gabrielle Bluestone]( [Danielle Miller]( [SEE THE REST OF THE LIST](   [New York]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. 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