1. A method comprising: responsive to a query of a database, receiving a selection of articles and respective selection action data at a networking site, the articles being selected by users belonging to a category and submitted to a networking update stream; according to a number of the users initiating each respective selection action, scoring each article to produce a corresponding popularity score; arranging the selection of articles according to the respective popularity scores to produce a ranked listing of the articles; and responsive to receiving an indication of a user accessing the networking site, transmitting the ranked listing of the articles to a client device of a viewing user, the viewing user having chosen to follow the category.