A B-Town Blog news story that featured eyewitness video of a shooting in a Burien McDonald’s parking lot was our most popular story in 2025, according to a Google Analytics report covering Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2025.
The 2025 report shows that overall, The B-Town Blog was read more than 1.3 million times, reaching over 528,000 individual readers across the year. That’s around 44,000 readers per month…not bad for a city with around 52,000 residents!
The most popular individual article we published in 2025 was “VIDEO: Eyewitness footage shows chaos during Tuesday afternoon shooting in Burien McDonald’s parking lot” posted on Nov. 26, which was viewed about 236,500 times.
The closure of The Pancake Chef restaurant after 65 years came in second with just over 100,000 readers, highlighting how deeply local history resonates (the restaurant has since reopened with a new owner). Our post also inspired wide coverage of this historic news on local TV stations and podcasts.
The most viewed B-Town Blog stories of 2025 reflect strong reader interest in breaking public safety news, including major crime incidents and crashes, along with coverage of longtime local businesses and other stories tied to our community’s shared history.
Most Viewed B-Town Blog posts of 2025:
- VIDEO: Eyewitness footage shows chaos during Tuesday afternoon shooting in Burien McDonald’s parking lot
- After serving breakfast for 65 years, SeaTac’s Pancake Chef will flip its last flapjack Sept. 28
- Public Health – Seattle & King County closes Burien ice cream vendor for operating illegally
- Fatal crash kills 18-year-old on SR 509 in Burien Sunday night, Washington State Patrol says
- Feds seize 74,000 stolen items, charge two tied to Burien storefront and online sales scheme
- B-TOWN BIZ: Value Village announces permanent closure of Burien location Nov. 15
- Medical examiner identifies 18-year-old killed in SR 509 crash in Burien Sunday
- Fatal confrontation in Burien that killed Steven Bird leads to second-degree murder charge of White Center teen
- One dead, one injured in suspected DUI crash on SR 509 Saturday night
- First mile of SR 509 Expressway to open in SeaTac early Saturday
Top 10 Facebook Posts for 2025
The table below highlights our most engaging Facebook posts of 2025 and offers a comparison to our analytics list of our Top 10 most read stories, ranked in order of engagement (if you haven’t already, please “Like” our Facebook page here):
| Rank | Post | Date | Engagement | Reach | Link Clicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King County Sheriff’s Office deputies ask public for help | 12/23/2025 | 11,674 | 544,023 | 713 |
| 2 | B-TOWN BIZ: Value Village announces permanent closure of Burien location | 11/06/2025 | 1,904 | 208,649 | 2,996 |
| 3 | After serving breakfast for 65 years, SeaTac’s Pancake Chef will flip its last flapjack | 09/21/2025 | 1,618 | 137,284 | 1,838 |
| 4 | CONGRATS to Tony Hayes of Classic Eats | 06/05/2025 | 1,419 | 16,238 | 136 |
| 5 | VIDEO/PHOTOS: Hands Off rallies in SeaTac and South King County | 04/06/2025 | 1,160 | 9,721 | 195 |
| 6 | VIDEO: Eyewitness footage shows chaos during Burien McDonald’s shooting | 11/26/2025 | 1,073 | 220,479 | 12,745 |
| 7 | May 28 will bring year’s lowest tide to Seattle Southside | 05/14/2025 | 922 | 166,583 | 1,483 |
| 8 | Tukwila leaders condemn Trump remarks, reaffirm support for Somali community | 12/29/2025 | 875 | 22,433 | 161 |
| 9 | Pedestrian killed after being struck on First Avenue South | 11/20/2025 | 853 | 29,472 | 2,681 |
| 10 | Historic Burien home damaged by house fire | 10/25/2025 | 703 | 55,156 | 994 |
The Team Behind the Headlines
And we couldn’t have done our award-winning journalism without our great team, which in addition to Scott & Theresa Schaefer, includes:
As we continue our 18th year of “hyperlocal” publishing, we want to send out a heartfelt THANK YOU! to all our readers and advertisers. Your trust, engagement, and support make our work possible.
To our advertisers, thank you for investing in real, local journalism and in the communities you serve. To those businesses who want to reach our engaged, growing south King County audience, please email Theresa Schaefer at vtheresa@comcast.net for our affordable rates.
We wish you and your families a safe, healthy and hopeful New Year, and we look forward to continuing our journalism journey together with you in 2026.
With gratitude and love,
Scott & Theresa Schaefer
P.S.: What was your favorite story of 2025 that we published? Please leave a note in the comments…
Thamnk you Scott for keeping us informed on a daily basis and sometimes twice a day of what is going on in B Town! I really appreciate your dedication to us.