The Morning Brew: The Top 10 Morning Brews of 2016, according to our mobile readers

by Juliana Keeping

Published: Tue, January 3, 2017 5:00 AM

Here what was tops in 2016!

The Top 10 Morning Brew posts, according to mobile readers

We couldn't help but notice reader habits have shifted vastly to mobile devices. For those of you whose phone is your go-to source for news, here are the top Morning Brew posts of 2016, based on the number of you who swung by and read awhile.

1. The Day Oklahoma buried Pretty Boy Floyd

This state still can't get enough of Oklahoma farm boy turned legendary bank robber.

GANGSTER / CHARLES ARTHUR FLOYD / CHARLES FLOYD: Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd

2. Update your iPhone ASAP

A bit of espionage highlighted a major issue.

3. WikiLeaks reveals the real Huma Abedin

And pretty much showed she was all business, all the time.

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2011 file photo, Huma Abedin, top, deputy chief of staff and aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, during a meeting with leaders for the Open Government Partnership in New York. Republican Sen. John McCain is defending a longtime aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton against unsubstantiated allegations that her family has ties to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ORG XMIT: WX105

4. Elephant bite in OKC leads to open records battle

Elephant bites happen.

Asian Elephants Bamboo checks out her new surroundings at the Oklahoma City Zoo on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 in Oklahoma City, Okla. Photo by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman

5. Who is Betty Jo Shelby?

Inquiring minds wanted to know.

6. Eric Striker goes undrafted, but heartfelt speech endears him to masses

A top-notch human was revealed

OU linebacker Erik Striker targets Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty as he sets to pass during first half action of the NCAA college football game between the University of Oklahoman (OU) Sooners and the Baylor Bears at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013. Striker hit Petty after the throw and he was penalized for roughing the passer on the play. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman

7. Orlando shooter a regular at the gay nightclub he attacked

A sad national story drew reader interest.

FILE - In this Sunday, June 12, 2016 file photo, Brett Morian hugs an fellow mourner during a candlelight vigil for those killed at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history unfolded on Latin Night at the gay nightclub. The gunman, Omar Mateen, killed 49 people over the course of three hours before dying in a shootout with SWAT team members. During the standoff, he pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. (Joshua Lim/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

8. One of Oklahoma's biggest music festivals is hiding in the woods

Our very own Nathan Poppe explores the phenomenon.

9. "Nasty woman," "bad hombres" and Chris Wallace

The phrases won the last presidential debate.

10. Former research seismologist says reluctance to act on earthquakes ingrained in state agency

What's shakin? Reluctance, said a former research seismologist.

Displaced bricks on the sidewalk at the door of this storefront on E. Broadway in downtown Cushing. Damage in Cushing on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, caused by Sunday night's 5.0 magnitude earthquake. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman

What do you love/hate about The Morning Brew? What could we do better/differently? Leave a comment or e-mail jkeeping@oklahoman.com if you care to share.

Tomorrow, see the preferred Morning Brew reads from our desktop audience.

Happy 2017.

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Claremore, Okla. 6/14/05 OUTLAW, OUTLAWS, GUN, GUNS, HANDGUN: One of Pretty Boy Floyd's handguns on display at the J.M. Davis Arms & Historical Museum. By Paul Hellstern/The Oklahoman

** ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, FEB. 1 ** The headstone on the grave of Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd rests in the Akins Cemetery in Akins, Okla., Friday, Jan. 30, 2004. On the centennial of Floyd's birth, the notorious bank robber and killer is still remembered as a Robin Hood in his home states of Oklahoma and Arkansas. According to Lloyd's nephew, Jim Lessley of Sallisaw, Okla., Lloyd's headstone was recently replaced because souvenir hunters had chipped away so much of the original marker. (AP Photo/April L. Brown)

Pretty Boy Floyd cover story in Startling Detective, June 1933. Dale Ingram collection of historic movie posters and sheet music that have ties to Oklahoma. He is shown in his northwest Oklahoma City home on Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. [Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman]

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Juliana Keeping

Juliana Keeping is on the enterprise reporting team for The Oklahoman and NewsOK.com. Keeping joined the staff of The Oklahoman in 2012. Prior to that time, she worked in the Chicago media at the SouthtownStar, winning a Peter Lisagor Award... Read more ›

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