One year of The Alaska Story: 2,581 articles, 57 million Facebook views, a growing conversation

By SUZANNE DOWNING

Nov. 9, 2026 – The Alaska Story marked its first anniversary on Nov. 4 with 2,581 published stories and columns, more than 57 million Facebook views, and a newsletter reaching more than 31,000 subscribers three mornings a week.

We’re just getting caught up on our anniversary numbers because the date coincided with a super-charged election news cycle.

Launched on Nov. 4, 2025, as a website paired with a Substack newsletter, the publication has spent its first year building an audience for Alaska news and conservative commentary. Our coverage includes politics, elections, energy, resource development, public spending, public safety, and the people shaping the state’s future. We also do features on weather, personalities, and current events that are not political.

The growth has been all organic. The Alaska Story is not buying Google ads to bring people to the site. Readers finding the publication, returning for updates, and sharing its work have helped build our audience.

The first-year production total works out to an average of just over seven stories and columns per day. The site’s regular publishing pace is five to seven original news articles daily, in addition to the newsletter, which goes out three times a week. Subscribe here:

That steady output has created an archive of reporting and commentary through the crazy-but-consequential year for Alaska, giving readers a place to follow developing stories beyond a single headline.

On Facebook, The Alaska Story recorded more than 57 million views during its first year, reflecting the reach of the publication’s work as readers encounter and share it on the platform.

The website’s latest 28-day figures show approximately 89,000 unique visitors and 721,000 impressions.

The Alaska Story newsletter provides another way to keep up. Delivered three mornings a week, with occasional special editions, it brings news, commentary, data, and links directly to more than 31,000 subscribers. Approximately 183 editions have been published since launch.

Readers have also made themselves heard: In its first year, The Alaska Story approved 19,555 comments. The discussion has become part of the publication’s daily life, with readers responding to coverage, challenging arguments, and adding their own perspectives. Comments are fun to read and add perspective.

Together, the numbers document a blazing-hot first year for a new Alaska publication: thousands of stories, a regular newsletter, a growing website audience, and millions of opportunities for readers to encounter its work.

Behind those totals are people who choose to read, subscribe, share a link, send a tip, or join the conversation. Their participation has helped establish The Alaska Story as a daily destination for Alaska news and a conservative perspective on the decisions affecting the state. And yes, we don’t mind being a source of news tips for mainstream media folks. We are here to serve!

As its second year begins, the work continues: reporting the news, asking questions of those in power, and giving Alaskans more reasons to stay informed.

Thank you to the readers who made the first year possible. Here we go for another spin around the sun with The Alaska Story.