Now that 2011 is a distant image in our pop cultural rearview mirrors, it is time for but one more list: the most read Celebritology posts from the last year.

Yes, far more than one item involving these two produced the top 25 most-read blog posts list.
(Evan Agostini – AP)
Prior to you feverishly scroll down to scan the top 25 items of the year, let’s pause for some essential Web caveats.

The list below comprises the Celebritology items that generated the most page views among Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2011, based on The Post’s internal metrics.

If you have a passing knowledge of how Net site visitors works, you most likely already know that racking up page views is a tricky — and, let’s be honest, occasionally depressing — company that involves an understanding of what readers are interested in, timing, synchronicity with Google and Twitter trends and, in some circumstances, dumb luck.

The following blog posts reflect that: Most of them concentrate on celebrity screw-ups, deaths, divorces and, on two occasions, Kirk Cameron. Practically every single post on the list is an example of breaking celebrity or entertainment news that Celebritology occurred to cover at the precise moment that a wave of Web interest was reaching its crest. This list does not reflect numerous topics (“American Horror Story,” Charlie Sheen, Sasha Fetus) that generated consistent interest in the blog during the past year, nor does it serve as some sort of psychological profile that tells us some thing important about the typical Celebritology reader.

It is, nevertheless, an interesting snapshot of what people had been clicking on voraciously in Celebritology for the duration of 2011. Which post was No. 1? Read on to discover out.

25. Dakota Fanning reportedly attending NYU

24. Kid Cudi pens letter to fan who passed away from heart condition

23. Jesse James to wed Kat Von D this summer, says he can’t worry about Sandra Bullock any longer

22. Emma Stone topic of Jim Carrey’s funny/creepy video message

21. Kirk Cameron’s sad birthday photo: Caption this

20. ‘Twilight: Breaking Dawn’ scene apparently triggered two seizures

19. Kim Kardashian given 20.5-carat ring by Kris Humphries

18. Chris Hansen of ‘To Catch a Predator’ caught in video sting?

17. Jeff Conaway coma: Dr. Drew, Tawny Kitaen react

16. Scarlett Johansson enlists FBI to investigate nude photo leak

15. Kate Gosselin ‘freaking out’ about future

14. Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries marry: The 411 on the wedding

13. Pamela Anderson in the function she was born to play: The Virgin Mary

12. Victoria Beckham at the royal wedding: Rate the hat

11. Ryan Dunn’s death: Bam Margera slams Roger Ebert tweet

10. Bristol Palin: Plastic surgery or not?

9. Kirk Cameron criticizes Stephen Hawking for saying ‘there is no heaven’

8. The new zodiac signs: 3 stars who ought to welcome a realignment

7. Carrie Fisher shows off her 50-pound weight loss

six. Randy ‘Macho Man’ Savage reportedly dies in vehicle accident

5. Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher divorce speculation continues David Boreanaz says Rachel Uchitel saved marriage

four. Ryan Dunn, MTV prankster and stuntman, has died

three. Amy Winehouse discovered dead: Rihanna, Kelly Osbourne, Katy Perry and other celebs react

2. Melissa Leo drops the F-bomb in Oscar acceptance speech

And the most read Celebritology post of 2011 was …

1. Christina Aguilera botches national anthem at Super Bowl

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