LordPretender

Similar to the original native one, this plugin let you define the range of stats to retrieve. 
Also you will be able to add the category name of the post.
Finally, this widget will only display posts (and not pages too). 
This plugin read the top 100 of posts/pages and keep only the X first POSTS (X = number defined in the widget parameters). So, you can have less posts than requested.
Jetpack is required to work. 
A wordpress account and your blog must be linked.
You can find a demo here : http://www.spoils.fr/ 
The widget is named “Articles populaires” on the sidebar.

Jetpack Popular Posts

Using Jetpack stats, this widget will display the most popular posts.

Fastmover

Travis Pflanz

Recent Popular Tags WordPress plugin allows the administrator to display the most popular recently used tags by post authors.
This plugin is very valuable for current events websites because it gives admins the ability to set the number of tags to display and how many days to consider as “recent”… No more popular tags displaying from two years ago!
Default Usage
Heading and Recent Popular Tags will be displayed beneath each blog post.
Shortcode
Use shortcode <code>[recent-popular-tags]</code> to display Recent Popular Tags anywhere in blog posts, pages, custom post types or in a text widget.
Template Tag
Use <code><?php if ( function_exists('rpt_display_content') ) { echo do_shortcode('[recent-popular-posts]')} ?></code> to display Recent Popular Tags in your template files
Widget
Use <code>[recent-popular-tags]</code> in a “Text” widget to display Recent Popular Tags in a sidebar

Recent Popular Tags

Very useful plugin, I like how it shows more relevant tags than just a bunch of rarely used ones.



Must have for displaying tags!

Display the most popular recently used blog post tags on your website. Valuable for website with current events... No more old tags!

Jetpack Popular Posts vs Recent Popular Tags