In 2016, Ionic experienced significant growth and achievements, which were highlighted in a recap shared on their Medium blog by CEO Max Lynch. The post expressed gratitude to the Ionic community for their contributions to the company's success and looked forward to continued progress in 2017. Readers were encouraged to subscribe to Ionic's newsletter for updates, and related posts included topics such as the Capacitor platform and building fast progressive web apps with SEO capabilities using SvelteKit and Ionic.