The most popular posts on the Curious Cat Investing and Economics blog in 2017 (based on page views).

1. Default Rates on Loans by Credit Score (2015)
2. Top 10 Countries for Manufacturing Production in 2010: China, USA, Japan, Germany… (posted in 2011)
3. USA Health Care Spending 2013: $2.9 trillion $9,255 per person and 17.4% of GDP (2015) (
4. Manufacturing Output as a Percent of GDP by Country (1980 to 2008) (2010)
5. The 20 Most Valuable Companies in the World – November 2017*
6. Warren Buffett’s 2016 Letter to Shareholders (2017)*


The chart shows the top countries based on stock market capitalization, with data from 2000 to 2016. The chart was created by Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog may be used with attribution. Data from the World Bank.

7. Stock Market Capitalization by Country from 2000 to 2016 (2017)*
8. Stock Market Capitalization by Country from 1990 to 2010 (2012)
9. Monopolies and Oligopolies do not a Free Market Make (2008)
10. Manufacturing Output by Country 1999-2011: China, USA, Japan, Germany (2013)
11. Government Debt as Percentage of GDP 1990-2009: USA, Japan, Germany, China… (2010)
12. Manufacturing Output as Percent of GDP from 1980 to 2010 by Country (2012)
13. Long Term Changes in Underlying Stock Market Valuation (2017)*
14. Chart of Largest Petroleum Consuming Countries from 1980 to 2010 (2011)
15. Investing in Peer to Peer Loans (2015)
16. The USA Doesn’t Understand that the 1950s and 1960s are Not a Reasonable Basis for Setting Expectations (2011)
17. USA Individual Earnings Levels: Top 1% $343,000, 5% $154,000, 10% $112,000, 25% $66,000 (2012)
18. Dual Momentum Investing (2016)*
19. Buybacks, Giveaways to Executives and Non-GAAP Earnings (2016)
20. Chart of Global Wind Energy Capacity by Country from 2005 to 2015 (2016)*
21. Health Savings Accounts in the USA (2017)*

* 7 posts appears this year that didn’t appear in the top 20 last year; 5 were first published in 2017 and 2 in 2016. The last 2 posts tied for the 20th spot.

This year more recent posts made the list than have in past years. Partially I think this is due to me writing fewer posts and those posts lasting longer on the home page and gaining more views. Also I think changes to the search algorithms reduced view to the top old posts and spread the views among more different posts.

Still, as with my other blogs the most popular posts show that old posts stay popular for a long time. This blog is actually the blog with the most recency bias. It makes sense that some of the posts here are based on data that gets less relevant as times goes on. Number of top 20 posts by year of publication:

2017: 5
2016: 3
2015: 3
2013: 1
2012: 3
2011: 2
2010: 2

2008: 1

Related: 20 Most Popular Posts on the Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog in 2016 – 20 Most Popular Posts on the Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog in 2015 – 20 Most Popular Posts on the Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog in 2014

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