"Hey, I pulled the stats on this year's readership for Sunday’s recap edition... Did you know we had 275,000 instances of someone reading the newsletter this year?"
I was caught off guard with that one…
275,000 reads. From 50 articles. 119,101 words (the equivalent of a 400-page book).
I sat there for a minute. That's... a lot of procurement professionals trusting me with their time every week… I’ve never taken your trust lightly but man… that number hit me like a ton of bricks.
THANK YOU for reading this year {{FIRST_NAME|}}!
We’ve got some big things lined up in 2026… More on that soon.
But tonight's not about stats. It's about what mattered most to you.
For that, we pulled another more interesting stat: The articles that resonated most in 2025.
What did people actually open, read, and share with colleagues?
Tonight’s note lists the 25 articles that rose to the top in 2025.
From AI agents to the death of legacy S2P suites, from sourcing strategies to purchasing channels, this is what you most wanted to read about collectively in 2025.
If you missed any of these the first time around, here's your chance to catch up!
Before you dive in: The “End of Year Feedback Survey” is now live. We’re planning 2026 content right now and your feedback would be most appreciated. It takes 2 minutes to fill it out and directly shapes what we write about!
Onwards!
P.S. A big thank you to our partners Fairmarkit, Focal Point, Pivot and Vertice who supported the newsletter this year.
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🌙 The Top 25 Articles of 2025
📃 The End of Year Feedback Survey
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The Top 25 Articles of 2025
Here are the articles you most enjoyed this year, by engagement.
My personal favorites are #2, #4, #8 & #19!
Purchasing Channels Explained (Dec 2025)
Is SAP Ariba Still "King of the Hill"? (Jan 2025)
What Is "Direct" Intake & Orchestration? (Jan 2025)
Big Consulting's ProcureTech Blind Spot (Apr 2025)
Procurement Is Becoming the New IT (Sep 2025)
How to Fix Your Procurement Spend Funnel (Aug 2025)
My 2025 ProcureTech Predictions (Jan 2025)
The 2025 Pure Procurement Annual Report (Jun 2025)
Your Colleagues Are Not The Problem... (Sep 2025)
The Worst Reason to Buy Procurement Software (Feb 2025)
Turning $300 Into $55,000 Overnight (Jun 2025)
The Obsolete Procurement Platform Checklist (Dec 2025)
What Is the ProcureTech Cup? (Oct 2025)
What the Heck is An "AI Agent"? (Mar 2025)
How to Master Supplier Data Quality (May 2025)
Are We in an Artificial Intelligence Bubble? (Feb 2025)
Which one was your personal favorite?
Let me know in our “End of Year Feedback Survey”.
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