A nice time to look at the top stories in July

NewsOK had an interesting cross-section of articles that topped the list in July. Today, I’ll take a look at the top 5 most-viewed articles from last month.

Oklahoma City man who wore diapers sentenced to three years in prison

The most-viewed story of July was a about the sentencing of a 21-year-old man who pretended to be autistic and have the mind of a young child. Yeah … it’s kind of hard to explain, but you probably already read all about it. The article was viewed a lot by our local traffic, but it was also linked from the Drudge Report website, so the page views soared with national interest.

Oklahoma City outlet mall set to open on tax-free weekend

The No. 2 story of the month was about the outlet mall that’s soon to open on the west side of the metro. This mall must be really popular to have it rank so high in our article views. It’s not crime-related. It’s not breaking news. It’s not a sports story. It’s just a straight news story with broad appeal. Nice.