Wow, you guys missed some... OK stuff. These are the 10 least-read Gawker posts of the year, ranked by pageviews. Give them another chance! And what do you have against Nelson Mandela, international news, terrible music, and former Gawker editorial fellow Maggie Lange? (The Lanny Davis thing, we get.)


1. "Michelle Shocked, Naps, and More in Our Hate Mail This Week," by Maggie Lange—632


2. "Nelson Mandela Back In Hospital with Lung Infection," by Maggie Lange—1,681


3. "Today's Other Song: Teedra Moses 'Be Your Girl (I Don't Know Teedra - KK Rework)'," by Rich Juzwiak—1,759


4. "Car Bomb Injures Two at French Embassy in Libya," by Cord Jefferson—1,860


5. "Word Terrorism: Send Your Selfies To the Ideas Editor," by Ken Layne—2,028


6. "Nine Killed During Political Protests in Cairo," by Maggie Lange—2,142


7. "Today's Song: Surahn 'Watching The World (Prins Thomas Remix)'," by Rich Juzwiak—2,156


8. "NSA Paid French Hackers for Software Exploits," by Adrian Chen—2,344


9. "Can Lanny Davis Use Sports to Make People Stop Despising Lanny Davis?" by Tom Scocca—2,628


10. "Putin Fan Larry King Joining Russian News Channel," by Max Read—2,720

If you're interested, the top 100 posts are over here.