Wright State Newsroom’s most-viewed stories of 2016

Tom Hanks’ visit to Wright State last April was one of the year’s highlights, so it’s no surprise that Wright State Newsroom visitors had a voracious appetite for content about the famous actor.

Articles about Hanks — who was on campus to dedicate the Tom Hanks Center for Motion Pictures — were the most viewed of all the Newsroom content produced during 2016. And Wright State videos about Hanks, including his shout out to the university on the “Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” were the most viewed during the year on Wright State’s YouTube channel.

Visitors also flocked to stories about student Emily Bingham’s appearance on “Jeopardy!,” the university’s commencement ceremonies and the Boonshoft School of Medicine’s Match Day event.

Tom Hanks’ visit to Wright State was easily the most popular story in the Newsroom and on the university’s YouTube channel during 2016. (Photo by Will Jones)

The 10 most-viewed stories from 2016 were:

1. Actor Tom Hanks to dedicate the Tom Hanks Center for Motion Pictures at Wright State University (14,333 pageviews)
2. Actor Tom Hanks dedicates Tom Hanks Center for Motion Pictures at Wright State University (5,186 pageviews)
3. Tom Hanks’ strong connection to Wright State University springs from his early acting days (4,781 pageviews)
4. ‘Music Man’ proves music is universal language (4,724 pageviews)
5. Wright State’s Emily Bingham advances to semifinals in ‘Jeopardy!’ college tournament (4,670 pageviews)
6. Fall 2015 commencement in photos (4,618 pageviews)
7. Wright State University decides not to host presidential debate (4,586 pageviews)
8. Wright State Theatre presents the classic ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ (4,549 pageviews)
9. Spring 2016 commencement ceremony in photos (3,498 pageviews)
10. Boonshoft School of Medicine students learn where they will pursue residency training during nationwide Match Day event (3,123 pageviews)

The 10 most-viewed Newsroom videos of 2016 were:

1. Tom Hanks talks about Wright State on Stephen Colbert (42,126 views)
2. Actor Tom Hanks dedicates Tom Hanks Center for Motion Pictures (7,139 views)
3. Tom Hanks makes impact on performing arts students (3,253 views)
4. Wright State’s Emily Bingham advances to semifinals in ‘Jeopardy!’ college tournament (2,676 views)
5. Boonshoft School of Medicine Match Day (1,215 views)
6. Wright State tunnels are popular destination (1,205 views)
7. Wright State University decides not to host presidential debate (1,138 views)
8. ‘Pokemon Go’ introduces new students to Wright State’s campus (920 views)
9. Wright State hosts Science Olympiad Invitational (843 views)
10. Fuzzy finals (737 views)