The scientific journal Nature does every year a ranking the 10 most read news based on the articles published in the journal the previous year. For 2013 was an article based on the article «A precambrium microcontinent in the Indian Ocean» among the most read.
Read the news article in Nature:
Long-lost continent found under the Indian Ocean - Sand from Mauritian beaches reveals rock from ancient landmass, Nature, 24.2.2013
See other news about this (mostly in Norwegian): Fant tapt urkontinent i det Indiske hav