To celebrate the end of the year, we’ve dug into the data and compiled a list of the ten most popular stories on Dazed this year. In 2023, our readers were gripped by a piece from our beauty editor Alex Peters on Ozempic’s pleasure-numbing powers, a feature that delved deep into the ‘blast-over’ tattoo trend, an op-ed from political editor James Greig on why we all need to grow up, and more.

Whether you missed these pieces the first time around or you’re keen to revisit an article which got you thinking, have a flick through our ten most-read articles this year below. And, if you prefer, you can listen to articles – just hit play on the player at the top of each piece.  

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1. Ozempic scientist sounds the alarmImage: Valley of the Dolls (1967)

1. Ozempic scientist sounds the alarm

A scientist whose work in the 1970s helped pioneer weight-loss drugs like Ozempic warned in June that people will struggle to take it for more than a few years because it takes the pleasure out of eating. “Once you’ve been on this for a year or two, life is so miserably boring that you can’t stand it any longer and you have to go back to your old life,” Professor Jens Juul Holst said in an interview with Wired. Read more…