10 most read blog posts of 2016

2016 was undoubtedly a big year for news. It was also a big year for Forum Agenda, as we published articles on everything from the Fourth Industrial Revolution to Brexit to robotic bees, clocking up over 44 million page views since the start of January.

The most read blog posts reflect both perennially popular topics like work and technology, as well as some of the stories that shaped 2016.

1. 4 maps that will change how you see migration in Europe. Beyond the rhetoric of Brexit, this map shows which European countries have the highest proportion of migrants. The UK doesn't make the top five.

2. The jobs of the future - and two skills you need to get them. The human expertise that will be most highly valued in a world shedding jobs to automation, according to our Future of Jobs report.

3. The 10 biggest global challenges. From inequality to climate change, this post was published in January but captured some of the year's thorniest problems.

4. Google runs on 5,000 times more code the original space shuttle. One giant leap for technology.

5. Which is the greenest, happiest country in the world? Clue: it's in Latin America.

6. This map shows every country's major export. A snapshot of the exports that fuel the global economy, from oil to textiles.

7. How powerful is your passport? Here are the 2016 rankings. Holders of German and Swedish passports can visit 158 countries without a visa.

8. The Fourth Industrial Revolution. What it means and how to respond. We stand on the brink of a revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another, writes Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum.

9. 2017's most in-demand skills, according to LinkedIn. From distributed computing to data mining.

10. How being bilingual rewires your brain. Research suggests that mastering two languages can fundamentally alter the structure of your brain.