Here are the Bluffton Icon's most-read stories of 2021. We have grouped the December 11 police incident and obituaries as single topics. The surprise entry to this editor, if not to past editors, is that a 2012 story about the coexist bumper sticker, item #3, attracted 873 readers.

1.  Multiple stories regarding the December 11 shooting and manhunt: https://www.blufftonicon.com/news/2021/12/11/police-incident-closes-area...
2. https://www.blufftonicon.com/news/2021/12/24/residential-lighting-contes...
3. https://www.blufftonicon.com/news/2012/03/12/co-exist-bumpersticker-and-...
   
4. Most read obituary https://www.blufftonicon.com/news/2021/12/03/carolyn-ladd-co-owned-gille... others https://www.blufftonicon.com/news/obituaries 
5. https://www.blufftonicon.com/news/2021/12/15/dukes-opens-seat-chamber-bo...
6. https://www.blufftonicon.com/news/2021/12/31/blufftons-brewery-cave 
7. https://www.blufftonicon.com/news/2021/12/30/otter-sightings-bluffton 
8. https://www.blufftonicon.com/news/2021/12/07/luginbuhl-roots-foreverbluf...
9. https://www.blufftonicon.com/news/2021/12/25/letter-mayor-richard-johnson 
10. https://www.blufftonicon.com/news/2021/12/18/lugibihl-thanked-board-ed-s...