Explore Pocket’s Top Articles

The most saved and read articles on Pocket in 2021.

Meditating on mortality, conversations with crows, and mango madness.

Reconsidering obesity, why the clock is political, and quitting careerism.

Why that “expired” food probably isn’t, how English spelling got so weird, and understanding the pandemic stock market boom.

A hiring paradox, the mind of Jeff Bezos, and hacking McDonald’s ice cream machines.

Searching for aliens, the most irrational number, and the triumph of homo sapiens.

Facebook’s misinformation addiction, the pain of personal computing, and the internet we lost.

Britney Spears’s conservatorship nightmare, the bad art friend, and the Dolly Parton moment.

Baseball’s biggest scandal, how Simone Biles chose herself, and the world’s greatest freediver.

Defining rest, raising helpful kids, and how to stop being so hard on yourself.

The events and storylines that shaped a remarkable year and the articles that Pocket users saved to understand them.

If you felt a chronic sense of ‘blah’ in 2021, you weren’t alone. Here’s a guide to recharging your emotional batteries and getting back on the road to thriving.

The writers behind Pocket’s Best of 2021 stories spotlight the articles they couldn’t put down.

The articles that taught the Pocket team something new this year, from the surprisingly fascinating history of peanut butter to the spooky power of artificial intelligence.