Wikipedia:Popular pages
"Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Fact. Making it even better? Its public list of stats, shedding light on what the collective world is thinking about."[1]
The popular pages from December 1, 2007, to the present demonstrates human interests during that period. The views data for Wikipedia's first years (2001–2007) is fragmentary and complete data on mobile views is available only since July 1, 2015. This presently (until the age of advanced electronic archeology) precludes the possibility of all-time ranking with the multiyear perspective being the closest we can get to.
The lists below include desktop views since December 1, 2007, and mobile views since July 1, 2015. For consolation, with this data we are very close to the all time ranking and will ever be closer. Wikipedia logged significantly less views before the count started in December 2007. Wikipedia reached the top 10 of Alexa.com in March 2007,[2] only half a year earlier, and before May 2003 Wikipedia had not even been on this list of 3000 websites.[3] Moreover, as views accumulate over time, the pre-2007 views become ever less significant. Even if known, they would not alter either the ranking, or views counted in hundreds of millions.
Being one of the best indicators of "what the collective world is thinking about," the list of most viewed Wikipedia pages receives wide attention in unassociated institutions and external popular media sources. One scholar in 2007 was puzzled why Wikipedia does not offer a "most viewed" or "most popular" feature on its site that can be easily found, as is the case on some contemporary highly visited sites, such as YouTube, Digg or Del.icio.us.[4]
University Degli Studi di Milano created an engine of the complete yearly ranking of all Wikipedia articles for 2014–2021.[5] In 2013, an external media source attempted to determine the 10 most popular Wikipedia pages of all time.[6] The same year the BBC news website published an article discussing most searched Wikipedia articles in 2012 in different languages.[7] Other versions of top-lists for shorter periods are regularly published and discussed by external popular media.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Sources
mali niŋMost-viewed pages were detected from earlier lists for shorter periods (named in Wikipedia:Statistics#Page views). The number of views for the detected pages were found by such engines as Wikitally (existed until 2017), Multiyear ranking of Wikipedia pages views[15] and Massview.[16] The latter counts views by category since July 1, 2015.
The leading page
mali niŋThe undisputed leader is Wikipedia's Main page, with over 46.8 billion views as of January 2023—more than the rest of the Top-100 list combined, including non-ranked pages. For comparison, "Baby Shark", which leads YouTube for the most views on that site[17] has 11.9 billion views. According to its information page, the Main page was created as Wikipedia marked its first year, on January 26, 2002. Wikipedia:Most popular pages October 2001, however, states that the Main page had existed and led by wide margin already in October 2001. It is not known which pages had led the ranking during Wikipedia's first months, although by the end of the first month (January 31, 2001) the most viewed page was Usenet cabal.[18]
Among the conventional pages with mostly human intentional views (ranked pages below), the United States probably took the lead in the pre-view-count period (2001–2007), as it can be seen in the October 2001 list and featured strongly in all available monthly reports for 2003 and 2004. Having held the first place until January 20, 2021, the US was surpassed by its former President, Donald Trump. The US regained the leadership in August the same year.
First two decades
mali niŋBy Wikipedia’s 20th anniversary (in 2021), it had become clear that the most interesting phenomena for humans are… humans, especially contemporaries and especially when they die.
In total, humans represent over a quarter of all Wikipedia articles.[19] As of January 2023, 66 pages of the top-100 list belong to humans. It was not the case from the beginning. In the October 2001 list, for example, we see one human—the co-founder of Wikipedia Larry Sanger. Within two decades, however, a huge human invasion occurred. Humans came seriously and for long.
Correspondingly, the most interesting object in the Universe for humans is the planet of the humans, provided we disregard Star Wars, Darth Vader and the situation comedy called The Big Bang Theory. Half a millennium after Copernicus and a century after Edwin Hubble, the collective interest remains geocentric.
Top-100 list
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COVID-19 appeared on the all-time list in June 2020; the page did not exist in the beginning of the year. In this respect, COVID-19 is the biggest phenomenon Wikipedia has ever known.
Donald Trump became the first person to reach 200 million views and overall second only after his country. On January 20, 2017, the day of his inauguration, he surpassed the United States for the all time lead among the ranked pages in what we know as the first change of the leading page. The 2021 storming of the United States Capitol gave him the decisive push. By notable contrast, his predecessor Barack Obama could not reach the US in two terms. Joe Biden debuted on the list on November 12, 2020.
In 2021, Manchester United became the first sports team to enter the list.
In the first trimester of 2022, Vladimir Putin debuted on the list. Among the non-English speaking politicians, he became the first active state leader, the first living political leader, and overall second only to Adolf Hitler. Synchronously, Russia progressed 14 places and Will Smith 12 places.
- Notes
- ↑ Ethan Wolff-Mann, a former Deputy Editor of Supercompressor, Thrillist, https://www.thrillist.com/tech/the-most-popular-articles-on-wikipedia-in-august-2014
- ↑ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia.org_is_more_popular_than...
- ↑ Wikipedia:Milestones 2003 entry for May 22
- ↑ Anselm Spoerri, "What is Popular on Wikipedia and Why," First Monday, 2007, https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1765/1645
- ↑ The engine allows to chart pages by categories and rank pages by views, links, or combination of both ("harmonic centrality"). "The Open Wikipedia Ranking," http://wikirank.di.unimi.it/faq.html
- ↑ "The 10 Most Popular Wikipedia Pages of All Time," http://heavy.com/social/2013/05/10-most-popular-wikipedia-pages-ever/
- ↑ "Wikipedia’s most searched articles of the year revealed," ‘’BBC news’’, http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20858333
- ↑ Most visited Wikipedia articles by language in 2015," Pewresearch, http://www.pewresearch.org/2016/01/14/wikipedia-top-10/
- ↑ "The top-viewed Wikipedia page for every day of 2014," Quartz, http://qz.com/322155/the-top-viewed-wikipedia-page-for-every-day-of-2014/
- ↑ "The Most Popular Pages on Wikipedia in 2012: Facebook, One Direction and … Cul De Sacs?" AllthingsD.com, http://allthingsd.com/20121227/the-most-popular-pages-on-wikipedia-in-2012-facebook-one-direction-and-cul-de-sacs/
- ↑ "Wikipedia's Most Popular Pages, in 35 Languages," Citylab, http://www.citylab.com/tech/2012/12/wikipedias-most-popular-pages-35-languages/4281/
- ↑ John R. Quain, "What I learned from Wikipedia's most popular articles of 2012," FoxNews.com, January 02, 2013, http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/01/02/what-learned-from-wikipedia-most-popular-articles-2012.html\
- ↑ "The Top 100 Most Viewed Articles on Wikipedia During 2013," InfoDocket Library Journal, http://www.infodocket.com/2013/12/31/the-top-100-most-viewed-articles-on-wikipedia-during-2013/
- ↑ "Wikipedia's most-viewed articles in 2012 were..." CNet, http://www.cnet.com/news/wikipedias-most-viewed-articles-in-2012-were/
- ↑ http://wikipediaviews.org/displayviewsformultipleyears.php
- ↑ https://tools.wmflabs.org/massviews/
- ↑ List of most viewed YouTube videos,
- ↑ "All-time" in this case means 16 days. stats.wikimedia.org: ZeitGeist.
- ↑ As of January 1, 2021, 1,779,203 people out of 6,047,509 articles. http://wikirank-2020.di.unimi.it/?search=human&type=harmonic&pageSize=10
- ↑ The Senate exploded on February 8, 2020, with 17 million views and the following two months averaged 5 million views per day, totaling 333 million views in this period, over 99% of them mobile views.
- ↑ Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-02-04/Special report
- ↑ Ian Silvera, "Wikipedia’s Cleopatra mystery, AI and the future of truth on the internet," Future Media, August 28, 2021, https://www.news-future.com/p/wikipedias-cleopatra-mystery-and
- ↑ "Wikimystery: Why is Cleopatra constantly trending on Wikipedia?" Input"", March 3, 2022, https://www.inverse.com/input/culture/why-cleopatra-trending-wikipedia
- ↑ With redirect views Wsearch.php.
- ↑ Including redirect views from Charles, Prince of Wales.
- ↑ Including redirect views of September 11, 2001 attacks.
- ↑ The page was renamed twice and each time began new count. Here the lost views are included. The original title was Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak and then 2019-20 Coronavirus pandemic.
- ↑ Including redirect views from RMS Titanic
- ↑ Including redirect views from JAY-Z
Universe
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Rank | Page | Views in millions |
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1 | Earth | 80 |
2 | Sun | 40 |
3 | Moon | 39 |
[lower-alpha 6] | Skathi (moon) | 38 |
4 | Black hole | 37 |
4 | Mars | 37 |
6 | Solar System | 36 |
7 | Pluto | 31 |
8 | Big Bang | 30 |
9 | Milky Way | 26 |
10 | Saturn | 23 |
11 | Kepler's Supernova | 20 |
12 | Universe | 19 |
13 | Dark matter | 18 |
14 | Galaxy | 16 |
15 | Jupiter | 15 |
16 | Venus | 14 |
17 | Supernovae | 13 |
18 | Andromeda Galaxy | 12 |
19 | Mercury (planet) | 10 |
20 | Neptune | 9.5 |
21 | Uranus | 9.2 |
22 | Solar eclipse | 7.6 |
23 | Lunar eclipse | 7.2 |
24 | Dark energy | 7.0 |
24 | Halley's Comet | 7.0 |
26 | Event horizon | 6.5 |
27 | Titan (moon) | 6.2 |
28 | Eclipse | 5.7 |
28 | Sirius | 5.7 |
30 | Winter solstice | 5.4 |
30 | Ceres (dwarf planet) | 5.4 |
30 | Alpha Centauri | 5.4 |
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Earth
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Ranked here are Earth’s non-organic phenomena.
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
---|---|---|
1 | Mount Everest | 46 |
2 | Bermuda Triangle | 44 |
3 | Africa | 40 |
4 | Hurricane Katrina | 36 |
5 | North America | 34 |
6 | Earthquake | 32 |
7 | Climate change | 31 |
7 | Continent | 31 |
9 | Antarctica | 30 |
9 | Asia | 30 |
11 | Tsunami | 28 |
12 | Volcano | 26 |
13 | South America | 23 |
14 | 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami | 22 |
15 | Grand Canyon | 19 |
15 | Canary Islands | 19 |
17 | Himalayas | 17 |
17 | 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami | 17 |
17 | Yellowstone National Park | 17 |
17 | Americas | 17 |
21 | Nile | 16 |
21 | Crimea | 16 |
21 | Mississippi | 16 |
24 | Ocean | 15 |
24 | Pacific Ocean | 15 |
24 | Balkans | 15 |
24 | Lightning | 15 |
28 | Ice Age | 14 |
28 | Atlantic Ocean | 14 |
30 | Amazon River | 13 |
30 | Ganges | 13 |
30 | Palau | 13 |
30 | Long Island | 13 |
Life
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While the interest to Universe is strongly geocentric, the interest to living being is less anthropocentric. Three species are more popular than human, two more share the fifth place with us and animal does better too.
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
---|---|---|
1 | Cat | 61 |
2 | Dog | 50 |
3 | Animal | 38 |
3 | Lion | 38 |
5 | Coronavirus | 37 |
5 | Tiger | 37 |
5 | Human | 37 |
8 | Dinosaur | 29 |
9 | Elephant | 27 |
10 | Virus | 26 |
11 | Horse | 25 |
12 | Photosynthesis | 23 |
13 | Evolution | 22 |
13 | Apple | 22 |
13 | Bird | 22 |
16 | Mammal | 21 |
16 | Potato | 21 |
16 | Polar bear | 21 |
19 | Shark | 20 |
19 | Snake | 20 |
19 | Spider | 20 |
19 | Rabbit | 20 |
19 | Platypus | 20 |
19 | Dolphin | 20 |
25 | Tyrannosaurus | 19 |
25 | Cougar | 19 |
25 | Jaguar | 19 |
25 | Chicken | 19 |
25 | Maize | 19 |
30 | Cattle | 18 |
30 | Dodo | 18 |
30 | Turmeric | 18 |
30 | Tomato | 18 |
30 | Cheetah | 18 |
30 | Giraffe | 18 |
30 | Bear | 18 |
30 | Raccoon | 18 |
30 | Octopus | 18 |
Civilization
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- Notes
Empires and hegemonies
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Ancient Egypt and History of Japan are on the list because originally Egypt and Japan were empires established by King Narmer[1] and the Yamato Dynasty[2] respectively. Sumer[3] and Sparta[4] are on the list as hegemonies.
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
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1 | Soviet Union | 63 |
2 | Ottoman Empire | 49 |
3 | Roman Empire | 43 |
4 | Nazi Germany | 41 |
5 | British Empire | 32 |
6 | Byzantine Empire | 28 |
7 | Ancient Egypt | 25 |
8 | Mughal Empire | 24 |
8 | Sparta | 23 |
10 | Russian Empire | 18 |
10 | German Empire | 17 |
12 | Qing dynasty | 16 |
13 | Holy Roman Empire[lower-alpha 14] | 15 |
13 | Austria-Hungary | 15 |
15 | Inca Empire | 13 |
15 | Empire of Japan | 13 |
17 | Ming dynasty | 11 |
18 | Mongol Empire | 11 |
19 | Han dynasty | 9.4 |
20 | Maurya Empire | 9.2 |
21 | Spanish Empire | 9.0 |
22 | Tang dynasty | 8.8 |
23 | Sumer | 8.6 |
23 | History of Japan | 8.6 |
25 | Achaemenid Empire | 8.4 |
26 | Gupta Empire | 7.4 |
26 | Delhi Sultanate | 7.4 |
28 | Umayyad Caliphate[lower-alpha 14] | 6.7 |
29 | Assyria | 6.4 |
30 | Abbasid Caliphate | 6.1 |
- Notes
- ↑ Toby Wilkinson, Early Dynastic Egypt, London: Routledge, 1999, p 68.
- ↑ Kenneth Henshall, A History of Japan: From the Stone Age to Christianity, London: Palgrave, 2012, pp 15-16, 22.
- ↑ The political pattern of Sumer was hegemony shifting from city to city and called the King of Kish. Amelie Kuhrt, The Ancient Near East circa 3000 - 330 BC, London & New York: Routledge, 1995, vol I, pp 30-31, 42.
- ↑ Sparta was the hegemon of the Peloponnesian League. "Spartan hegemony (404-371 B.C) after the Peloponnesian War," Short History, 2015, https://www.shorthistory.org/ancient-civilizations/ancient-greece/spartan-hegemony-404-371-b-c/?amp=1
Present countries
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The list includes current member states of the United Nations.
In 2022, Ukraine debuted on the list, due to that year's invasion, while Russia surpassed Germany and Japan.
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
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1 | United States | 254 |
2 | India | 165 |
3 | United Kingdom | 144 |
4 | Canada | 113 |
5 | Australia | 107 |
6 | China | 100 |
7 | Russia | 98 |
8 | Japan | 96 |
9 | Germany | 94 |
10 | France | 85 |
11 | Singapore | 80 |
12 | Israel | 78 |
13 | Pakistan | 68 |
13 | Philippines | 68 |
15 | Brazil | 67 |
16 | Italy | 66 |
16 | Netherlands[lower-alpha 15] | 66 |
16 | New Zealand[lower-alpha 15] | 66 |
19 | Ukraine | 64 |
19 | Spain | 64 |
19 | Turkey | 64 |
22 | South Africa | 62 |
23 | Mexico | 61 |
24 | Indonesia | 60 |
25 | Switzerland | 58 |
26 | North Korea | 56 |
27 | Sweden | 55 |
28 | Iran | 54 |
29 | United Arab Emirates | 52 |
30 | Egypt | 51 |
31 | Poland | 51 |
32-189 | 158 countries | 50-6.6 |
190 | Federated States of Micronesia | 6.5 |
191 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.3 |
192 | Eswatini | 6.1 |
193 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 5.9 |
194 | Republic of the Congo | 4.9 |
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Cities
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Rank | Page | Continent | Views in millions |
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1 | New York City | North America | 96 |
2 | Singapore | Asia | 80 |
3 | London | Europe | 76 |
4 | Hong Kong | Asia | 62 |
5 | Los Angeles | North America | 53 |
6 | Dubai | Asia | 51 |
7 | Washington, D.C. | North America | 47 |
8 | Paris | Europe | 44 |
8 | Chicago | North America | 44 |
[lower-alpha 16] | Angelsberg | Europe | 44 |
10 | Mumbai | Asia | 38 |
11 | San Francisco | North America | 37 |
12 | Rome | Europe | 33 |
12 | Monaco | Europe | 33 |
12 | Toronto | North America | 33 |
15 | Tokyo | Asia | 32 |
16 | Philadelphia | North America | 31 |
17 | Machu Picchu | South America | 30 |
18 | Jerusalem | Asia | 28 |
18 | Amsterdam | Europe | 28 |
18 | Boston | North America | 28 |
21 | Barcelona | Europe | 27 |
21 | Seattle | North America | 27 |
21 | Istanbul | Europe/Asia | 27 |
21 | Berlin | Europe | 27 |
25 | Vatican | Europe | 26 |
25 | Vancouver | North America | 26 |
27 | Shanghai | Asia | 25 |
27 | Pompeii | Europe | 25 |
29 | Venice | Europe | 24 |
29 | Atlanta | North America | 24 |
29 | Montreal | North America | 24 |
29 | Moscow | Europe | 24 |
- Note
Buildings and structures
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On July 6, 2022, the enigmatic explosion[1] blowed Georgia Guidestones 23 places up in the list (rank 33). Dismantled the same day, the Guidestones remain here.
On September 8, the same year, Balmoral Castle debuted on the list (rank 81). The Queen's death in the Castle almost doubled its all time views.
- Notes
- ↑ Livia Albeck-Ripka, "Explosion Destroys Mysterious Monument in Georgia, Authorities Say," New York Times, July 6, 2022, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/06/us/georgia-guidestones-explosion.html
People
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Donald Trump was not in this list in January 2016; however, a year later (upon his inauguration as president), he became the most popular among people. Four years later (upon his second impeachment), his page became the most popular overall.
Singers
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The list is primarily made of modern day pop and rap stars with several legends mixed in. Among the names here are Prince and David Bowie who saw many of their page views in 2016 after their deaths.
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
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1 | Michael Jackson | 141 |
2 | Lady Gaga | 129 |
3 | Eminem | 127 |
4 | Justin Bieber | 114 |
5 | Freddie Mercury | 113 |
6 | Taylor Swift | 102 |
7 | Kanye West | 96 |
8 | Miley Cyrus | 94 |
9 | Selena Gomez | 92 |
10 | Rihanna | 91 |
11 | Elvis Presley | 90 |
12 | Lil Wayne | 89 |
12 | Tupac Shakur | 89 |
14 | Ariana Grande | 85 |
15 | Jay-Z[4] | 80 |
16 | Nicki Minaj | 78 |
17 | Madonna | 76 |
18 | Katy Perry | 75 |
18 | Jennifer Lopez | 75 |
20 | Britney Spears | 74 |
21 | Adele[5] | 73 |
21 | David Bowie | 73 |
23 | Prince | 72 |
24 | Beyoncé | 67 |
24 | John Lennon | 67 |
26 | Demi Lovato | 66 |
27 | Lali Espósito | 64 |
28 | Bob Marley | 63 |
28 | Mariah Carey | 63 |
28 | Snoop Dogg | 63 |
Actors
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This list omits actors who are singers in order not to repeat half of the previous table.
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
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1 | Kim Kardashian | 111 |
2 | Johnny Depp | 109 |
3 | Dwayne Johnson | 108 |
4 | Leonardo DiCaprio | 93 |
5 | Tom Cruise | 91 |
6 | Angelina Jolie | 89 |
6 | Scarlett Johansson | 89 |
8 | Marilyn Monroe | 86 |
9 | Keanu Reeves | 85 |
9 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | 85 |
11 | Jennifer Aniston | 84 |
12 | Meghan Markle | 83 |
12 | Will Smith | 83 |
14 | Mila Kunis | 82 |
15 | Bruce Lee | 78 |
16 | Brad Pitt | 77 |
16 | Ryan Reynolds | 77 |
18 | Clint Eastwood | 76 |
19 | Heath Ledger | 74 |
20 | Sylvester Stallone | 73 |
21 | Jennifer Lawrence | 71 |
22 | Emma Watson | 69 |
23 | Mark Wahlberg | 68 |
23 | Robin Williams | 68 |
25 | Megan Fox | 66 |
26 | Tom Hardy | 65 |
27 | Tom Hanks | 64 |
28 | Kristen Stewart | 63 |
28 | Natalie Portman | 63 |
28 | The Undertaker | 63 |
Athletes
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Some professional athletes—Bruce Lee, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dwayne Johnson—are classified among actors (above), since their popularity is mostly due to their filmographic performance.
The popularity of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi is more impressive considering the English bias. Both are from non English-speaking countries and Messi never played in the Premier League.
- Note
- ↑ Including redirect views from Charles, Prince of Wales.
- ↑ Including redirect views from JAY-Z.
- ↑ Including redirect views from Adele (singer)
- ↑ Including redirect views from JAY-Z
- ↑ Including redirect views from Adele (singer)
Political leaders
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Along the rise of Donald Trump, credit for the 2017 performance must be given to Vladimir Putin--he overtook Sarah Palin for the 23rd place. Palin dropped from the list the following year, mainly due to the mighty advance of the British royal family.
Putin himself approached relegation by the fall of 2021. Desperate for views, he launched the invasion of Ukraine on February 24 and left the experts puzzled why did he invade. The results proved to be better than expected. Having logged about 16 million views in the first month of the war, he secured his place on this list for years and reached the general top-100 list above.
Trump's successor, Joe Biden, debuted on the list in October 2020. By the end of the month, he shared the 22nd place with Stalin. In three more days he reached Margaret Thatcher on the 21st rank. The next day, the day of election, Biden added 1.8 million views and equaled another British lady, Elizabeth I, in the top-20. The next day, November 5, he joined his predecessor, FDR, on the 19th place. The day Biden was confirmed President, November 7, he logged 3 million views and the next day 4 million and rose to the 9th place.
Nevertheless, those days Biden was not the most popular. He was outviewed by Kamala Harris. Having logged 3.5 million views on November 7 and 6.5 million the next day, she decisively entered the list (at the expense of Che Guevara) to become the second (after Alexander Hamilton) American on the list who is not President. The third became Martin Luther King in March 2022 but did not hold on the list until the end of the year.
The largest gains in 2021 were seen surrounding the British royal family, peaking around the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Even larger gains were seen the next year, peaking around the death of Elizabeth II on September 8th. The Queen saw over 20 million pageviews in the seven days following her death. Earlier in 2022, she had passed Barack Obama for the second place. The September-2022 surge of the royal family caused relegation of Osama bin Laden.
Projecting the trend of the first two decades of Wikipedia (2001–2021) for two more decades, this list would be limited to US Presidents, the British royal family and Hitler.
Rank | Page | Country | Views in millions |
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1 | Donald Trump | United States | 243 |
2 | Elizabeth II | United Kingdom | 198 |
3 | Barack Obama | United States | 163 |
4 | Adolf Hitler | Nazi Germany | 129 |
5 | Abraham Lincoln | United States | 95 |
6 | Charles III[1] | United Kingdom | 94 |
7 | Joe Biden | United States | 91 |
8 | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 90 |
9 | Queen Victoria | United Kingdom | 88 |
10 | John F. Kennedy | United States | 87 |
11 | Diana, Princess of Wales | United Kingdom | 86 |
12 | Meghan, Duchess of Sussex | United Kingdom | 83 |
13 | Winston Churchill | United Kingdom | 78 |
14 | Vladimir Putin | Russia | 77 |
14 | Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon | United Kingdom | 77 |
16 | George VI | United Kingdom | 74 |
17 | Ronald Reagan | United States | 72 |
18 | Kamala Harris | United States | 71 |
18 | Mahatma Gandhi | India | 71 |
18 | George W. Bush | United States | 71 |
21 | Henry VIII of England | United Kingdom | 67 |
21 | Nelson Mandela | South Africa | 67 |
23 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | United States | 64 |
23 | George Washington | United States | 64 |
25 | Bill Clinton | United States | 63 |
26 | Joseph Stalin | Soviet Union | 60 |
27 | Elizabeth I | United Kingdom | 58 |
28 | George H. W. Bush | United States | 57 |
29 | Alexander Hamilton | United States | 56 |
29 | Edward VIII | United Kingdom | 56 |
29 | Margaret Thatcher | United Kingdom | 56 |
Pre-modern people
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This category includes personalities born before AD 1400 (exception is made for Joan of Arc born in 1412) who cannot compete with our contemporaries, like Barack Obama and Michael Jackson.
Originally, the chapter "Political leaders" (above) was titled "Modern political leaders." By 2022, the top-30 modern leaders opened gap over their predecessors and "Modern" was dropped from the title.
The general top-30 list of people (above, now extended to top-100) included 23 living people as of January 2020. This is a feature of the "nascent" Wikipedia. In the course of generations, such top-lists will contain only people who have died, for view-count continues posthumously.
In total, as of October 12, 2019, Wikipedia counts 1,609,522 people.[2] Of them, 929,502 are living,[3] or 57.75% (more than a half). 143,573 more were living in the Wikipedia period,[4] raising the percentage of this period’s people to 66.67 (precisely two-thirds). 341,079 more were living in the century preceeding Wikipedia (1901–2000),[5] raising the percentage of the contemporaries to 87.86. That is, people who lived at some time from the beginning of history until 1900 – 98% of history - constitute only 12.14%.
As of 2021, people born since 1960 AD log as many views as people born before, and the year of parity rises.[6] We are highly tempocentric. Ancestor worship is not our favorite tradition.
Rank | Page | Time | Views in millions |
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1 | Jesus | 4 BC − 30/33 AD | 59 |
2 | Alexander the Great | 356 – 323 BC | 55 |
3 | Muhammad | 570 – 623 AD | 51 |
4 | Julius Caesar | 100 – 44 BC | 49 |
5 | Genghis Khan | 1162 – 1227 AD | 44 |
6 | Gautama Buddha | 6th – 4th centuries BC | 37 |
7 | Aristotle | 384 – 322 BC | 34 |
8 | Plato | 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC | 30 |
8 | King Arthur [lower-alpha 20] | 5th – 6th centuries AD | 30 |
10 | Joan of Arc | 1412 – 1431 AD | 29 |
11 | Socrates | 470/469 – 399 BC | 28 |
12 | Spartacus | 111 – 71 BC | 27 |
13 | Charlemagne | 742/748 – 814 AD | 26 |
13 | Tutankhamun | c. 1341 – c. 1323 BC | 26 |
13 | Ragnar Lodbrok [lower-alpha 20] | 9th century AD | 26 |
13 | Augustus | 63 BC – AD 14 | 26 |
17 | William Wallace | 1270 – 1305 AD | 24 |
17 | Moses [lower-alpha 21] | 14th – 13th centuries BC | 24 |
19 | Nero | 37 AD – 68 AD | 23 |
19 | Marco Polo | 1254 – 1324 AD | 23 |
21 | Alfred the Great | c. 848-899 AD | 22 |
21 | Caligula | 12 AD – 41 AD | 22 |
23 | Robin Hood [lower-alpha 20] | 12th – 14th centuries AD | 21 |
24 | Cleopatra[lower-alpha 22] | 69 – 30 BC | 20 |
25 | Henry V of England | 1386 – 1422 AD | 19 |
25 | Hannibal | 247 – 183/181 BC | 19 |
25 | Abraham [lower-alpha 21] | 19th – 17th centuries BC | 19 |
28 | David | 1010 - 970 BC | 18 |
28 | Confucius | 551 – 479 BC | 18 |
28 | Marcus Aurelius | 121 - 180 AD | 18 |
28 | William the Conqueror | 11th century AD | 18 |
28 | Ashoka | 304 – 222 BC | 18 |
- Notes
- ↑ Including redirect views from Charles, Prince of Wales.
- ↑ http://wikirank-2019.di.unimi.it/?search=human&type=harmonic&pageSize=10
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Living_people
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:21st-century_deaths
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:20th-century_deaths
- ↑ Wikipedia categories for people born by period (year/decade/century/millennium) counted by the massview tool, https://pageviews.toolforge.org/massviews/
3rd-millennium people
mali niŋ(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
Of people born in the 3rd millennium (which is defined here as starting in 2000), the first to receive a personal page in Wikipedia was Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant (born October 25, 2001). Her page was created on August 4, 2003. She was followed by two other princesses later that year: Lady Louise Windsor of Wessex obtained her page on November 26, 2003, at the age of 18 days; the page of Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange, was created on December 9, 2003.
Lady Louise Windsor, probably, gained the all-time leadership the following year (2004), as her page was much more viewed during the years we have data (December 2007–present). By the end of 2016, she was 4th in the multiyear list. Lady Louise Windsor was, probably, overcome in 2010 by Willow Smith—the undisputed leader of the 2010s. The page of Willow Smith was created on April 23, 2005 (year and a half after Lady Louise Windsor's). During 2008–2009 the two had similar number of views, while in 2010 Willow Smith counted an extraordinary number of 3,100,000 views.[1] By August 31, 2016, she had total 12 million views, nearly three times more than the closest contender, Jackie Evancho.
In July 2019, Willow Smith was synchronously surpassed by two people, Billie Eilish and Millie Bobby Brown, after leading over 100 months. Billie Eilish was the first to surpass Smith. On 7/24/2019 Millie Bobby Brown passed Billie Eilish in page views, and held the lead until 7/26/2019. She regained the title on 7/29/2019 and held it until 7/31/2019, and Billie EIlish has held it ever since.[2][3]
The undisputed leader of the year 2019 was Billie Eilish. She began the year on the 22nd place and gained the all time lead in July. For 2019, she was the most viewed among living people of all ages and her page was 10th in the general ranking.[4]
In the 2010s, the hereditary princes were gradually overtaken by the "princes" of music and movies.
The first sportsperson to make this list was artistic gymnast Laurie Hernandez. She entered the list in August 2016, peaked at the 19th rank by the end of the year and dropped from the list in June 2018. She was followed and surpassed by LaMelo Ball in December 2017. LaMelo was joined and surpassed by his colleague, Zion Williamson, in 2019. Williamson peaked at the 14th rank in March 2021, then the highest for a millennial athlete. The forth athlete and the first footballer on the list became Erling Haaland in 2020, followed by his teammate Jadon Sancho the same year. By the end of 2021, Haaland surpassed Williamson for the most viewed millennial athlete and by the fall of 2022 reached rank 4, the highest ever for the millennial athlete. In September 2021 Emma Raducanu became the first tennis player on the list.
In July 2020, Pop Smoke became the first millennial to enter the list posthumously and the first fatality on the list.
In November 2022, Jenna Ortega debuted on the list and already by the fall of the year reached rank 8.
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
---|---|---|
1 | Billie Eilish | 52 |
2 | Millie Bobby Brown | 38 |
3 | Willow Smith | 24 |
4 | Erling Haaland | 18 |
5 | Maddie Ziegler | 17 |
5 | Greta Thunberg | 17 |
5 | Jojo Siwa | 17 |
8 | Jenna Ortega | 16 |
9 | Prince George of Cambridge | 15 |
10 | Lil Pump | 14 |
10 | Bhad Bhabie | 14 |
10 | Noah Cyrus | 14 |
13 | Finn Wolfhard | 13 |
13 | Olivia Rodrigo | 13 |
13 | Pop Smoke | 13 |
13 | Gaten Matarazzo | 13 |
17 | Charli D'Amelio | 11 |
[lower-alpha 23] | Barron Trump | 11 |
18 | Isabela Merced | 10 |
18 | Princess Charlotte of Cambridge | 10 |
18 | Lady Louise Windsor | 10 |
18 | LaMelo Ball | 10 |
18 | Zion Williamson | 10 |
23 | Jacob Tremblay | 9.5 |
24 | Emma Raducanu | 9.3 |
25 | Jadon Sancho | 9.1 |
26 | Mackenzie Foy | 8.7 |
27 | Mckenna Grace | 8.6 |
28 | Jackie Evancho | 8.3 |
29 | James, Viscount Severn | 8.1 |
30 | Yara Shahidi | 8.0 |
- Note
Historical most-viewed 3rd-millennium persons
mali niŋThe following table lists the five persons to become Wikipedia’s most-viewed millennial person, from August 4, 2003 to the present.
Person | Views [lower-alpha 24] | Page creation date | Month achieved | Months held | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant | 1 | Aug 4, 2003 | August 4, 2003 | 4–16 [lower-alpha 25] | |||
Lady Louise Windsor | 100,000–200,000 [lower-alpha 25] | Nov 26, 2003 | 2004 [lower-alpha 25] | 70–84 [lower-alpha 25] | |||
Willow Smith | 4,000,000–5,000,000 [lower-alpha 25] | Apr 23, 2005 | October – December 2010 [lower-alpha 25] | 103–105 [lower-alpha 25] | |||
Millie Bobby Brown | 17,300,000 | Jul 22, 2016 | July 2019 | 1 [lower-alpha 26] | |||
Billie Eilish | 17,300,000 | Apr 15, 2017 | July 2019 | 42 | |||
As of 7 Silimin gɔli December 2024 |
- Notes
Entertainment
mali niŋSport teams
mali niŋ(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).
The list is overwhelmingly dominated by association football teams. Notable among American sports teams is the Golden State Warriors, whose page views came heavily from 2016–2019.
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
---|---|---|
1 | Manchester United F.C. | 81 |
2 | FC Barcelona | 61 |
3 | Chelsea F.C. | 59 |
4 | Real Madrid C.F. | 57 |
5 | Arsenal F.C. | 55 |
6 | Liverpool F.C. | 54 |
7 | Manchester City F.C. | 42 |
8 | Tottenham Hotspur F.C. | 35 |
8 | Brazil national football team | 35 |
10 | England national football team | 34 |
11 | Juventus F.C. | 33 |
12 | A.C. Milan | 32 |
13 | FC Bayern Munich | 30 |
14 | Paris Saint-Germain F.C. | 29 |
14 | Germany national football team | 29 |
14 | Argentina national football team | 29 |
17 | New England Patriots | 28 |
18 | Los Angeles Lakers | 27 |
19 | France national football team | 26 |
20 | Spain national football team | 25 |
21 | Golden State Warriors | 24 |
22 | Borussia Dortmund | 23 |
23 | Italy national football team | 21 |
24 | Leicester F.C. | 20 |
24 | Newcastle United F.C. | 20 |
24 | West Ham United F.C. | 20 |
24 | Inter Milan | 20 |
24 | Rangers F.C. | 20 |
29 | New York Yankees | 19 |
29 | Green Bay Packers | 19 |
29 | Aston Villa F.C. | 19 |
Films and TV series
mali niŋ(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).
TV series clearly has the upper hand to film, for the most part.
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
---|---|---|
1 | Game of Thrones[1] | 122 |
2 | The Big Bang Theory[2] | 103 |
3 | Star Wars | 94 |
4 | The Walking Dead | 90 |
5 | How I Met Your Mother | 85 |
6 | Breaking Bad | 84 |
7 | Grey's Anatomy | 74 |
8 | Glee | 72 |
9 | Doctor Who | 71 |
10 | Harry Potter | 62 |
10 | Friends | 62 |
12 | Avatar | 61 |
13 | The Avengers | 60 |
14 | Naruto | 59 |
14 | Avengers: Endgame | 59 |
16 | Lost | 56 |
17 | Family Guy | 55 |
18 | Dexter | 54 |
19 | Titanic | 53 |
19 | House | 53 |
21 | Avengers: Infinity War | 52 |
21 | Stranger Things | 52 |
21 | The Vampire Diaries | 52 |
24 | American Horror Story | 51 |
24 | X-Men: Evolution | 51 |
26 | The Simpsons | 50 |
26 | The Dark Knight Rises | 50 |
28 | Sherlock | 49 |
28 | Sons of Anarchy | 49 |
28 | Modern Family | 49 |
28 | NCIS | 49 |
Music bands
mali niŋ(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
---|---|---|
1 | The Beatles | 116 |
2 | One Direction | 63 |
2 | BTS | 63 |
4 | Queen | 56 |
5 | Pink Floyd | 51 |
6 | Metallica | 50 |
7 | Linkin Park | 47 |
8 | Exo | 45 |
8 | Led Zeppelin | 45 |
10 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 44 |
11 | AC/DC | 42 |
12 | The Rolling Stones | 39 |
13 | Coldplay | 37 |
14 | Fleetwood Mac | 35 |
14 | Daft Punk | 35 |
14 | Slipknot | 35 |
17 | Nirvana | 34 |
18 | ABBA | 33 |
18 | Spice Girls | 33 |
18 | Jonas Brothers | 33 |
18 | Green Day | 33 |
18 | Guns N' Roses | 33 |
23 | Bee Gees | 32 |
24 | Foo Fighters | 31 |
24 | Iron Maiden | 31 |
24 | Gorillaz | 31 |
24 | Backstreet Boys | 31 |
28 | Kiss | 30 |
29 | Girls' Generation | 29 |
29 | N.W.A | 29 |
Albums
mali niŋ(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).
Singles
mali niŋ(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).
Video games
mali niŋ(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
---|---|---|
1 | Minecraft | 46 |
2 | Grand Theft Auto V | 34 |
3 | Grand Theft Auto IV | 25 |
4 | Sword Art Online | 21 |
5 | Roblox | 19 |
5 | Code Geass | 19 |
7 | League of Legends | 17 |
8 | Cyberpunk 2077 | 15 |
8 | Red Dead Redemption 2 | 15 |
10 | The Last of Us | 14 |
11 | Pokémon Go | 13 |
12 | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12 |
12 | Death Stranding | 12 |
12 | The Last of Us Part II | 12 |
15 | High School DxD | 11 |
15 | God of War (2018 video game) | 11 |
17 | Horizon Zero Dawn | 10 |
17 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | 10 |
19 | Fallout 4 | 9.5 |
19 | Until Dawn | 9.5 |
21 | Resident Evil 7: Biohazard | 9.3 |
22 | Red Dead Redemption | 9.1 |
23 | Batman: Arkham Knight | 8.9 |
24 | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | 8.6 |
25 | World of Warcraft | 8.5 |
26 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | 8.4 |
27 | Among Us | 8.3 |
27 | Persona 5 | 8.3 |
29 | Final Fantasy XV | 8.1 |
29 | No Man's Sky | 8.1 |
29 | Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain | 8.1 |
Books and book series
mali niŋ(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).
Naruto is classified as a TV series (above) as it is more popular as an anime, and there is no separate page for the manga. Books with film/TV adaptations are listed below, as many of the links below are franchise pages. Note that A Song of Ice and Fire's popularity is considerably outstripped by that of its TV adaptation Game of Thrones.
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
---|---|---|
1 | Harry Potter | 90 |
2 | A Song of Ice and Fire | 56 |
3 | Fifty Shades of Grey | 52 |
4 | The Hunger Games | 51 |
5 | The Great Gatsby | 38 |
5 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | 38 |
7 | The Lord of the Rings | 37 |
8 | A Game of Thrones | 29 |
8 | Kama Sutra | 29 |
8 | The Handmaid's Tale | 29 |
8 | To Kill a Mockingbird | 29 |
12 | Magna Carta | 27 |
12 | Les Misérables | 27 |
14 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | 26 |
14 | Pride and Prejudice | 26 |
14 | The Winds of Winter | 26 |
17 | Watchmen | 25 |
17 | Inferno | 25 |
19 | The Catcher in the Rye | 24 |
20 | Lolita | 23 |
20 | Dune | 23 |
20 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | 23 |
23 | Animal Farm | 22 |
23 | Frankenstein | 22 |
23 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | 22 |
23 | Brave New World | 22 |
27 | Don Quixote | 21 |
27 | The Hobbit | 21 |
27 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | 21 |
30 | Bible[6] | 20 |
30 | Dracula | 20 |
30 | It | 20 |
Science books
mali niŋ(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
Included in this category is any book basing on observation and presenting thesis.
The five leading books are all about warfare, struggle and power. The next is a relatively benign work telling how to influence people short of killing them. Then is the struggle for survival in which only the fittest survives. And the following is the world where life is nasty, brutish and short.
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
---|---|---|
1 | Mein Kampf | 21 |
2 | The Art of War | 13 |
3 | The Prince | 8.9 |
4 | The Communist Manifesto | 8.2 |
5 | The 48 Laws of Power | 7.5 |
6 | How to Win Friends and Influence People | 7.3 |
7 | On the Origin of Species | 6.5 |
8 | Leviathan[7] | 6.0 |
9 | The Wealth of Nations | 5.9 |
10 | Rich Dad Poor Dad | 5.4 |
11 | The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People | 5.3 |
12 | Design Patterns | 5.1 |
13 | Getting Things Done | 5.0 |
14 | Outliers | 4.9 |
14 | A Brief History of Time | 4.9 |
14 | The Bell Curve | 4.9 |
17 | Guns, Germs, and Steel | 4.5 |
18 | The Big Short | 4.4 |
19 | Gray's Anatomy | 4.2 |
19 | Silent Spring | 4.2 |
21 | Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind | 4.0 |
22 | Freakonomics | 3.9 |
23 | Blue Ocean Strategy | 3.8 |
24 | The Tipping Point | 3.6 |
25 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | 3.5 |
25 | Das Kapital | 3.5 |
27 | Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus | 3.4 |
28 | Think and Grow Rich | 3.3 |
29 | Guerrilla marketing | 3.2 |
29 | The World Is Flat | 3.2 |
29 | Who Moved My Cheese? | 3.2 |
29 | Foundations of Geopolitics | 3.2 |
29 | Clash of Civilizations | 3.2 |
Pre-modern books and texts
mali niŋ(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).
This list includes books and texts composed before 1500 AD.
It has been widely argued that Bible is the all time best seller, followed by Quran.[8] The perspective below however reveals a more popular ancient text.
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
---|---|---|
1 | Kama Sutra | 29 |
2 | Magna Carta | 27 |
3 | Inferno (Dante) | 25 |
4 | Bible[lower-alpha 27] | 20 |
5 | Quran | 19 |
5 | Odyssey | 19 |
7 | Beowulf | 18 |
7 | Rosetta Stone | 18 |
7 | Mahabharata | 18 |
10 | Divine Comedy | 16 |
10 | Iliad | 16 |
12 | Ramayana | 14 |
13 | The Art of War | 13 |
13 | Epic of Gilgamesh | 13 |
15 | Vedas | 12 |
15 | The Canterbury Tales | 12 |
17 | One Thousand and One Nights | 11 |
18 | Talmud | 10 |
18 | Code of Hammurabi | 10 |
[lower-alpha 28] | Book of Revelation | 8.4 |
20 | Oedipus the King | 7.6 |
21 | I Ching | 7.5 |
22 | Aeneid | 6.7 |
22 | Rigveda | 6.7 |
24 | Voynich manuscript[lower-alpha 29] | 6.4 |
25 | Book of the Dead | 6.3 |
26 | Domesday Book | 6.2 |
[lower-alpha 28] | Book of Job | 6.1 |
[lower-alpha 28] | Book of Kells | 6.0 |
27 | Tao Te Ching | 5.9 |
28 | Upanishads | 5.7 |
[lower-alpha 28] | Book of Genesis[lower-alpha 29] | 5.2 |
29 | Cupid and Psyche | 4.7 |
[lower-alpha 28] | Acts of the Apostles | 4.1 |
30 | The Decameron | 4.0 |
New World
The New World used to have its representative, the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar (2.6 million views). But the world did not end on December 20, 2012, and within several years the disappointing calendar dropped from the list.
- Notes
- ↑ Overcame The Big Bang Theory in August 2017 and led the List ever since.
- ↑ Led the List from from October 2016 until August 2017.the
- ↑ In 2019 overcame Thriller and Recovery and led the list ever since
- ↑ Led the list twice, until 2014 and in 2016-2019
- ↑ Led the list in 2014-2016
- ↑ See "Pre-modern books," note a below.
- ↑ Including redirect views from Leviathan (Hobbes)
- ↑ "guinnessworldrecords"Best selling book of non-fiction. Guinness World Records.
- ↑ Wikipedia:Top 25 Report; User:Igordebraga; User:Kingsif.
Legendary Creatures
mali niŋ(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
Ranked here is any creature, either non-human or possessing super-human powers, included in Category:Legendary creatures.
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
---|---|---|
1 | Darth Vader | 93 |
2 | Batman | 58 |
3 | Spider-Man | 44 |
4 | Deadpool | 40 |
5 | Iron Man | 35 |
6 | Captain America | 34 |
7 | Harley Quinn | 28 |
8 | Santa Claus | 27 |
9 | God | 25 |
10 | Vampire | 24 |
10 | Cthulhu | 24 |
10 | Prometheus | 24 |
10 | Apollo | 24 |
10 | Thanos | 24 |
10 | Krishna | 24 |
10 | Mickey Mouse | 24 |
17 | Jessica Jones | 22 |
17 | Frankenstein | 22 |
17 | Doctor Strange | 22 |
17 | Satan | 22 |
21 | Mario | 21 |
22 | Thor | 20 |
22 | Dragon | 20 |
22 | Flying Spaghetti Monster | 20 |
22 | Godzilla | 20 |
26 | Lord Voldemort | 19 |
26 | Chupacabra | 19 |
26 | Albus Dumbledore | 19 |
29 | Luke Cage | 18 |
30 | Isis | 17 |
30 | Doppelgänger | 17 |
30 | Carol Danvers | 17 |
30 | Wonder Woman | 17 |
Events
mali niŋ(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
Ranked here is any event on any scale from the Big Bang until the ultimate fate of the Universe. The list exceeds the standard of 30 pages to include all events more popular than the world creation.
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
---|---|---|
1 | World War II | 145 |
2 | World War I | 121 |
3 | September 11 attacks | 94 |
4 | COVID-19 pandemic | 87 |
4 | Chernobyl disaster | 85 |
6 | Vietnam War | 82 |
7 | Titanic | 80 |
8 | American Civil War | 71 |
9 | 2018 FIFA World Cup | 66 |
10 | 2022 FIFA World Cup | 55 |
11 | Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | 54 |
12 | 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | 50 |
12 | Cold War | 49 |
14 | Black Death | 48 |
15 | The Holocaust | 47 |
16 | Attack on Pearl Harbor | 46 |
17 | Korean War | 45 |
18 | 2020 United States presidential election | 44 |
18 | 2014 FIFA World Cup | 44 |
20 | Columbine High School massacre | 41 |
21 | French Revolution | 39 |
22 | Great Depression | 38 |
23 | 2020 Summer Olympics | 36 |
24 | 2010 FIFA World Cup | 35 |
25 | Industrial Revolution | 34 |
25 | 2016 Summer Olympics | 34 |
25 | Hurricane Katrina | 34 |
28 | American Revolutionary War | 33 |
29 | 2016 United States presidential election | 32 |
30 | UEFA Euro 2020 | 31 |
30 | Syrian civil war | 31 |
32 | 2012 Summer Olympics | 30 |
32 | Normandy landings | 30 |
32 | Gulf War | 30 |
35 | Iraq War | 29 |
35 | Spanish flu | 29 |
35 | Big Bang | 29 |
Lists
mali niŋ(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
---|---|---|
1 | Presidents of the United States | 104 |
2 | Highest-grossing films | 101 |
3 | Marvel Cinematic Universe films | 95 |
4 | Game of Thrones episodes | 61 |
5 | Super Bowl champions | 60 |
6 | Countries by GDP (nominal) | 59 |
7 | United States cities by population | 57 |
8 | The Big Bang Theory episodes | 54 |
9 | UFC events | 51 |
9 | Doctor Who serials | 51 |
11 | Highest-grossing Indian films | 47 |
12 | How I Met Your Mother episodes | 46 |
12 | Running Man episodes | 45 |
14 | Family Guy episodes | 44 |
14 | South Park episodes | 44 |
14 | The Walking Dead episodes | 44 |
17 | Top Gear episodes | 40 |
17 | Glee episodes | 40 |
19 | Countries by GDP (PPP) per capita | 39 |
20 | Arrow episodes | 38 |
21 | TCP and UDP port numbers | 37 |
22 | James Bond films | 36 |
23 | HTTP status codes | 35 |
23 | Steven Universe episodes | 35 |
25 | Walt Disney Pictures films | 34 |
26 | States and territories of the United States | 33 |
27 | Suits episodes | 32 |
28 | NBA champions | 30 |
28 | Pornographic actresses by decade | 30 |
30 | Best-selling music artists | 29 |
Categories
mali niŋ(July 1, 2015 – January 1, 2023)
Counting views by category is a mission impossible with the present tools. TreeViews – tool for categories - does not work. The account Wikitop – for top 30 most popular articles by categories is suspended. Multiyear ranking of Wikipedia pages views[1] counts only few selected categories of small number of pages. Practically the only helpful tool for categories is Massview[2] and it also has many limitations. It lacks data before July 2015 and does not work for any category exceeding 20,000 pages, or for any period exceeding a year for categories of over 5000 pages.
With unarmed eye we can see that the largest category is Content, followed by Articles, followed by Main topic classifications. And this is how far we can see. Calculating a top-30 list with the available tools would require a collective effort of several generations of Wikipedians.
Excluding subcategories and counting pages only, the top-30 list gives Living people and 29 maintenance categories beginning with Articles with short description (4,624,447 pages, most of the Wikipedia). Excluding maintenance categories, the top-30 list presents films, shows, entertainers, American people of various descents and one oddity: Spoken articles.
- Notes
See also
mali niŋReferences
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