Reuters sends web traffic data to editorial staff

The first daily traffic report on Tuesday from Leela de Kretser, managing editor of Reuters.com, reported: “We had an excellent day yesterday, particularly on mobile, where we had the 4th highest visitors ever to Reuters.com. While bacon angst was a clear standout with nearly 300,000 views, we had a number of other high traffic stories yesterday. Please see attached for the Top 25. Great day! Yay!”

She gave the following statistics:

• Desktop: +46% compared to same day a week ago, 842K visits, 1.36M views
• Mobile: +76% compared to same day a week ago, 671K visits, 906K views
• App: +15% compared to same day a week ago, ​535K visits, 721K views.

Monday's top five stories were:

1. Processed meat can cause cancer, red meat probably can: WHO - by Gus Trompiz, 284,161 views, 19,516 shares
2. Big quake in Afghanistan and Pakistan kills over 200 - by Krista Mahr and Jibran Ahmad, 145,349 views, 1,696 shares
3. No joke: Guatemalan comedian wins presidency in landslide - by Alexandra Alper, 120,610 views, 1,354 shares
4. U.S. Navy to send destroyer within 12 miles of Chinese islands - by Staff, 67,391 views, 3,557 shares
5. Bail set at $1 million for Oklahoma woman charged with plowing into crowd - by Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton, 36,879 views, 580 shares.