Faunalytics’ Most Popular Posts Of 2020

Author: karol orzechowski | Published: December 23, 2020

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes

In a year of milestones and growth, these were the posts our audience enjoyed and shared most.

2020 was, in many ways, a banner year for Faunalytics, despite the tumultuousness brought on by COVID-19. As with previous years, every Monday to Friday in 2020 we published new original studies, study summaries, and blog posts that helped you to be a more effective animal advocate — no matter what your area of focus is. It was as important for us to keep doing our work as it is for you to keep working hard for animals, and we were honored to provide you with the resources to help you stay informed and active.

Below, we run down our top ten posts from 2020. What emerges is that there is no single most popular topic area, or one dominant area of our research that you find the most useful. The list below shows just how varied our audience is, and just how much a study summary can gain an audience and find usefulness among our readers.

COVID-19 & Animals

Published in April, this groundbreaking Faunalytics poll looks at COVID-19, and what the general public knew at the time about its relationship to animals. The results showed plenty of room for education — and backlash.

Animal Product Impact Scales

How many lives and days of suffering go into U.S. consumption of animal products every day? Through careful analysis, our research team broke down the numbers and came away with a variety of concrete recommendations for individual consumers could maximize their impact through reduction.

Global Animal Slaughter: 2020 Update

In this blog, we gave a comprehensive update to our Global Slaughter Charts — one of our most popular resources overall — and explored trends in the UN FAO data over the past 60 years.

Long-Term Success Of TNR Programs

More and more, the data is showing that TNR programs, especially when paired with socialization and adoption, can successfully reduce stray and feral cat populations over the long term. This meta-study took a comprehensive look at current knowledge.

Effective Animal Campaigning: Current Knowledge

What makes the most effective animal advocacy campaign? There's no one easy answer, but in this blog, we looked at how focus, content, and framing work together to bolster campaigns. This piece is a great precursor to our relative effectiveness study, which will be conducted and released in 2021!

Current Trends in Plant-Based Investment

Large and small companies are racing to meet an apparently surging demand for plant-based products, while venture capitalists fuel high-tech innovations for the future. In this blog, we looked at trends and patterns in plant-based investing.

Advocate Retention In The U.S. & Canada

One of the biggest problems with animal advocacy is retaining advocates, keeping them engaged, and preventing burnout. In this Faunalytics original study, we looked at the complex experiences of animal advocates in the U.S. and Canada, with an eye on how the movement can improve retention.

How Vegans Of Color Deal With Veganism’s Whiteness

Animal advocacy still has a long way to go when it comes to diversity, equity, and inclusion. In this study, vegans of color shared their thoughts about race in plant-based living and navigating the whiteness of the vegan movement.

Health Problems Among Flat-Faced Dogs

Dogs with flat faces suffer from various health problems, such as struggling to breathe. This study looked at how guardians view the health of their pups and why flat-faced breeds are so popular.

Farm Sanctuary Tours & Dietary Change

Do sanctuary tours help influence people to go veg and stay veg? In this Faunalytics original study published jointly with Farm Sanctuary, we found encouraging results.

Was there a particular study summary, original study, or visual resource that you found especially useful this year? We would love to hear about it. And if you appreciate what we do, you can support our work to inform the animal advocacy movement by making a donation today.

Meet the Author: karol orzechowski

karol is a longtime animal advocate with a passion for advocacy, art, statistics, and tech. In addition to years of investigative work on factory farms, karol is the director of Maximum Tolerated Dose, a feature-length documentary about the psychological toll of vivisection on both animals and humans. He completed a Bachelor of Environmental Studies and an MA in Communications and Culture at York University, writing theses on nationalism and the Atlantic seal hunt, and Canadian rodeo culture, respectively. karol heads Faunalytics' Resource Department, and serves as the lead AI policy and initiatives.

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