Alex Tizon's ‘My Family's Slave’ tops most engaging digital article list of 2017

Content intelligence company Chartbeat this week released its annual list of the most engaging digital articles, which included a survey of 39 million stories from media sites around the world.

Data showed that Alex Tizon's piece for The Atlantic "My Family's Slave" is the best read digital article of 2017, with 58,000,000 minutes of engaged time.

Congrats to @TheAtlantic for the number one article on the #ChartbeatTop100 Most Engaging Stories of 2017. Read all the stories that made the list: https://t.co/IMjAOvwKmE

— Chartbeat (@Chartbeat) December 19, 2017

The story, published in June 2017, documented his family's complicated relationship with Eudocia Tomas Pulido, their househelp they called "Lola."

“People value story, great writing, and honest emotion. When we published Alex Tizon’s piece, we were at the beginning of the Trump presidency, and Trump was seemingly the only thing on everyone’s minds. I had no idea that a tragic, very personal story by an esteemed but not particularly well-known writer would connect in such a dramatic way. But we learned that the marketplace still rewards quality,” The Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg was quoted as saying in response to Tizon's story.

"I Just Wanted to Survive" by Tisha Thompson and Andy Locket ranked second. Published by ESPN, the story details the abduction and torture of a college football player and his friend.

The third and fourth most read stories were about the Las Vegas shooter, published by The New York Times and CNN.

Check the full list below:

• My Family’s Slave – The Atlantic
• I Just Wanted To Survive – ESPN
• Multiple Weapons Found in Las Vegas Gunman’s Hotel Room – The New York Times
• Something Went ‘Incredibly Wrong’ With Las Vegas Gunman, Brother Says – CNN
• Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? – The Atlantic
• Weapons cache found at Las Vegas shooter’s home – CNN
• Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades – The New York Times
• You May Want to Marry My Husband – The New York Times
• Pictures From Women’s Marches on Every Continent – The New York Times
• The Lost Children of Tuam – The New York Times

Read more about the Top 100 articles of 2017 on Chartbeat. — LA, GMA News