At the end of 2023, as usual every year, we decided to go to the most visited content of Zomit to see which articles were visited the most by Zomit users and which topics were more interesting to Iranians, regardless of their influence in the world of technology.
Some of the most popular articles were what we expected; For example, the news of the introduction of flagship phones or the connection of the phone to the satellite Internet or a comprehensive article on artificial intelligence. But the popularity of some content was surprising; For example, the news of the introduction of some cheap phones with one or two powerful features had many times more views than the introduction of the iPhone 15. Or the news about the discovery of elementary school students, which NASA was unaware of, took the crown of “the most visited article on Zoomit”, while last year this title belonged to the introduction of the iPhone 14 Pro.
Stay with this article so that we can review the articles that were the most interesting in 2023 from the point of view of you users.
Elementary school students discovered something that NASA did not know
It was a surprise to us that the news about the discovery of a topic that NASA did not know, that is, by a group of elementary school students, was at the top of the list of the most visited content of Zoomit in 2023.
The story is that some students aged 9 to 12 from a primary school in Canada were studying the effects of cosmic radiation on epinephrine contained in the anti-allergy drug Epipen. They placed epinephrine samples in small cubes to be sent to the edge of space by balloon or rocket.
The researchers tested the samples returned to Earth and found that only 87% pure epinephrine was present in them, and 13% had been converted into highly toxic derivatives of benzoic acid, which are dangerous to health. This is critical for astronauts who use the EpiPen, and now these students are designing a capsule that will protect the drug in space.
Health related articles
In 2023, most of Zomit’s most visited articles were related to health. For example, the article about the symptoms of a brain tumor was the most visited article in the scientific articles section, and after that, the comprehensive article about stomach acid and everything about panic attacks, and a question that has probably occurred to all of us and we still haven’t found a convincing answer to it: why do you bruise easily? we will be?
The special attention of users to articles related to health is significant; Especially when we consider that last year, the most visited article on Zomit was the unveiling of the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max, but in the list of the most popular articles this year, the news of the unveiling of the iPhone 15 is behind several other articles.
These images were recorded moments before the disaster
To be honest, I wasn’t sure if I should list this shutter post because it’s not related to technology or science, but it got a surprisingly high number of views; About 12 times the content of Zoomit’s live coverage of the iPhone 15 event!
As I was thinking about all the reasons that might have made this thing so popular, I remembered the almost identical situation where we enjoy watching videos of people falling. Researchers have asked why we laugh when we watch others fall. They have given many answers I think one of them is related to this photo collection; That we are happy that this did not happen to us. Of course, maybe people’s strange interest in watching unfortunate events, such as the scene of an accident, is not so irrelevant.
“Cheap” but “powerful” phones
This year, the content about the introduction of budget smartphones received many times more views than the introduction of flagship phones such as the Galaxy S23 Ultra or the iPhone 15, and I think the reason is clear to everyone. Of course, maybe the reason for the popularity of these news is not only their economic price; Rather, it is the capabilities that offer an economic price along with this tag.
