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Top 10 most read snooker articles of 2025

We conclude our end-of-year review with a look back at some of the most read snooker articles from 2025 on this website.

This season is a special one of SnookerHQ.com as it represents the 15th that has been covered, and hopefully you continue to enjoy the content that is provided here.

I’d be lying if I said there wasn’t some fatigue after so many years, but the sport has been good to me and this website still proves to be successful, which I’m always grateful for.

In 2025, 370 articles were published on the website and this year was also when the site eclipsed 5,000 total articles published since the first was written back in 2011.

Visitors from 209 countries and territories were welcomed, with the UK, Ireland, Malaysia, China, and USA representing the top five in terms of hits, but not to forget sole visits from the likes of Djibouti, Timor-Leste, and the Solomon Islands.

I want to give a special shout out to frequent readers, to those who participate in the comments section regularly, and also to the email subscribers who help drive consistent traffic.

Here are the top 10 most read snooker articles from 2025 on SnookerHQ.com. Happy New Year!

Top 10 most read snooker stories of 2025

10. Saudi Arabia Masters final: Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Neil Robertson

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Excitement builds ahead of the lucrative showdown between Ronnie O’Sullivan and Neil Robertson in Jeddah.

9. Shaun Murphy blasts ‘staggering decision’ for WST to ignore rules

Shaun Murphy
Shaun Murphy was among those questioning how Zhao Xintong was allowed to compete during the 2024/25 season despite still being banned by the Chinese governing body.

8. Mark Williams – ‘I am fading really fast in matches’

Mark Williams
In August, Mark Williams insists that he’s having trouble with stamina. Six weeks later, he becomes the oldest ranking event winner in history.

7. ‘It’s not a stalemate’ – snooker referee refuses re-rack in bizarre confrontation

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Ben Williams initially refuses to allow a re-rack despite a request from the players.

6. Jimmy White makes 147 break in pro-am victory

Jimmy White
Jimmy White shows his old class with a 147 break while winning a pro-am event at Frames Sports Bar.

5. Mark Allen reacts to German Masters exit

Wuhan Open quarter-finals
Mark Allen hinted at his lack of love for the popular Tempodrom venue in Berlin after suffering an early loss at the 2025 German Masters.

4. Shaun Murphy responds to Kyren Wilson post-final gibes

Shaun Murphy
Shaun Murphy reacts to Kyren Wilson’s strange post-match comments following their Masters final.

3. Zhao Xintong set to trigger rare snooker rankings rule

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By reaching the semi-finals of the World Championship, amateur Zhao Xintong would earn enough prize money to break into the top 64 of the rankings.

2. Snooker rankings: update after the 2025 World Open

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The rankings articles are the most popular on the site with several of these updates technically in the top ten, but we’ll only include the highest-viewed one for this list.

1. Zhao Xintong breaks record with latest World Snooker Championship win

Zhao Xintong
With 50,000 hits, this piece on Zhao Xintong becoming the first amateur player to reach a World Championship quarter-final was the most-read article in 2025.

Note: Draw pages, including those for the World Championship and its qualifiers, were not included.

Photos credit: WST

5 Comments

  1. Frank B. Halfar

    Thank you for all the good work, David, and here’s to a happy, healthy, successful new year 2026!

  2. Jay brannon

    I will take some praise from this article as I must be among those who comment frequently!

    The effort you put in is much appreciated. I’m guessing the fatigue element is a mixture of undertaking the site for so long and being in Korea for a sport that’s still quite heavily based in the UK. Have a prosperous 2026, and keep pushing for the 20th anniversary of Snooker HQ!

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