We’ve done the year-end num­bers at Friends Jour­nal and have the list of the top-five most-read arti­cles this year. This stats are for the web­site of course — no way to tell what arti­cles peo­ple might be skip­ping past in the print issues — but since we have more online read­ers than print sub­scribers these days, it’s a fair count. Inter­est­ing to see that Olivia Chalk­ley’s “Young Adults Want What Ear­ly Friends Had” took the top spot. I think that’s because it com­bines three top­ics that peo­ple love to read about: the bound­aries of Quak­er beliefs; what’s hap­pen­ing with young Quak­ers; sto­ries of beloved Quak­er institutions. 

Anoth­er peren­ni­al favorite top­ic among Friends is mem­ber­ship and FJ is look­ing for arti­cles on that for next May’s issue. Good chance that 2024’s most-read list might have some­thing from this issue. If you or any­one you know might want to write for it, read our Edi­tor’s Desk call for sub­mis­sions.