Wikipedia:Multiyear ranking of most viewed pages From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Wikipedia is the best thing ever... Making it even better? Its public list of stats, shedding light on what the collective world is thinking about. The Multiyear ranking of most viewed Wikipedia 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 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. 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. University Degli Studi di Milano created an engine of the complete ranking of all Wikipedia articles for 2014–2017.[2] In 2013, an external media source attempted to determine the 10 most popular Wikipedia pages of all time.[3] The same year the BBC news website published an article discussing most searched Wikipedia articles in 2012 in different languages.[4] Other versions of top-lists for shorter periods are regularly published and discussed by external popular media.[5][6][7][8] [9][10][11] Contents 1 Sources 2 The leading page 3 Top-100 list 3.1 2020: Event of the year 4 Countries 5 Cities 6 Buildings & Structures & Statues 7 People 7.1 Singers 7.2 Actors - 7.4 Athletes 7.5 Modern political leaders 7.6 Pre-modern people 7.7 3rd-millennium people 7.8 Historical most-viewed 3rd-millennium persons 8 Music bands 9 Sport teams 10 Films and TV series 11 Albums 12 Books and book series 12.1 Pre-modern books and texts 13 See also 14 External links 15 References Sources Most-viewed pages were detected from earlier lists for shorter periods (named in "See also" and "External links" below) and such engines as Wikitally (existed until 2017) and Massview.[12] Massview counts views by category since July 1, 2015. The number of views for the detected pages were found in Multiyear ranking of Wikipedia pages views.[13] This site gives the approximate number of desktop views since December 1, 2007 and mobile views since July 1, 2015. The site stopped counting by the end of 2019. Views on this site until June 2015 for desktop include bot pageviews, while those July 2015 for both desktop and mobile exclude identifiable bots and spiders (but may still end up counting many views by bots and spiders as legitimate human views). This might explain differences in view numbers between this site and the lists of Andrew West for 2015–2018 The leading page The undisputed leader is Wikipedia's Main page, with over 43 billion views as of October 2020 — more than the rest of the Top-100 list combined including non-ranked pages. For comparison, Despacito which leads YouTube[18] has 7 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.[19] Top-100 list (December 1, 2007 – October 1, 2020). Covid-19 appeared on the all time list in June 2020. The page did not exist in the beginning of the year. In this aspect Covid-19 is the most sensational phenomenon Wikipedia ever knew. Rank* Page Views in millions Main Page 43,000 **** Special:Search 13,000 **** Special:Random 7900 ** - 2500 Undefined 1800 **** Special:Watchlist 324 **** Special:Randompage 314 *** Wiki 265 *** Facebook 253 *** YouTube 232 1 United States 216 ** 404.php 216 ** xHamster 205 *** Wikipedia 193 **** Special:Book 185 2 Donald Trump 182 Portal:Current events 180 **** Special:CreateAccount 172 *** Google 160 **** Search 153 3 Barack Obama 144 **** Wikipedia:Your first article 136 4 India 128 5 World War II 126 6 Michael Jackson 123 **** Special:RecentChanges 118 7 Elizabeth II 121 7 United Kingdom 121 9 Lady Gaga 116 10 Eminem 113 11 Sex 112 12 Adolf Hitler 110 12 Game of Thrones 110 14 Cristiano Ronaldo 109 Creative Commons Attribution 108 15 World War I 105 16 The Beatles 104 17 Justin Bieber 102 18 Canada 97 Wsearch.php 97 *** Malware 96 19 Steve Jobs 96 20 Freddie Mercury 95 20 Kim Kardashian 95 22 The Big Bang Theory 94 Portal:Contents 93 23 Australia 92 24 Michael Jordan 91 25 Lionel Messi 90 25 Stephen Hawking 90 27 Dwayne Johnson 89 27 Darth Vader 89 29 List of Presidents of the United States 87 29 List of highest-grossing films 87 31 Star Wars 85 31 Miley Cyrus 85 31 China 85 34 Taylor Swift 84 34 Academy Awards 84 34 Lil Wayne 84 37 Abraham Lincoln 82 37 Japan 82 37 Germany 82 40 How I Met Your Mother 81 40 Selena Gomez 81 40 Harry Potter 81 43 September 11 attack 80 43 Johnny Depp 80 43 New York City 80 43 Rihanna 80 43 Kobe Bryant 80 48 Elon Musk 79 48 Russia 79 48 Albert Einstein 79 51 The Walking Dead (TV series) 78 52 LeBron James 77 52 Kanye West 77 52 Tupac Shakur 77 52 Leonardo DiCaprio 77 56 Angelina Jolie 75 56 France 75 58 Breaking Bad 74 59 Chernobyl disaster 73 60 Earth 72 60 Mila Kunis 72 60 Vietnam War 72 60 John F. Kennedy 72 64 Mark Zuckerberg 71 64 Arnold Schwarzenegger 71 64 Tom Cruise 71 64 Pablo Escobar 71 64 Scarlett Johansson 71 64 William Shakespear 71 Wikipedia:Contact us 71 **** Talk:Main Page 71 70 Jennifer Aniston 70 71 COVID-19 pandemic[20] 69 71 List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films 69 71 Bill Gates 69 71 Will Smith 69 71 Ariana Grande 69 71 Nicki Minaj 69 71 Glee (TV series) 69 **** Export pages 69 78 Bible 68 78 Muhammad Ali 68 78 Katy Perry 68 78 Ted Bundy 68 78 Charles Manson 68 78 John Cena 68 84 Keanu Reeves 67 84 Queen Victoria 67 84 Singapore 67 87 Israel 66 87 Illuminati 66 87 Sexual intercourse 66 87 Bruce Lee 66 87 Elvis Presley 66 92 Marilyn Monroe 65 93 London 64 94 Adele 63 94 Doctor Who 63 94 Prince (musician) 63 94 Brad Pitt 63 94 Periodic Table 63 99 Heath Ledger 62 99 American Civil War 62 99 Jay-Z 62 99 David Bowie 62 ***** Indigenous australian 62 Notes -*The rank omits Wikipedia special and disambiguation pages and pages with a large part of unintentional views. -**An artifact that somehow gets logged, sometimes after the data source changed. -***Probably the consistent popularity of such pages as Google, Wiki, YouTube, Facebook is due in part to people accidentally typing these site names/URLs into a search engine or address bar when intending to actually visit the sites themselves. -****Since the beginning of 2020 there is no tool counting views for special pages. The only source for these pages (reference 13) stopped counting by the end of 2019. -*****Somehow, Indigenous australian logged 62 million views in May 2014. 2020: Event of the year In 2020 AD, the human penis size descended from the list. Paraphrasing the Book of Samuel,[22] weep ye, daughters of the world, the mighty one has fallen. After nearly two decades, one of the founding members of the top-100 list is no longer with us. A minute of silence. The fall is part of a broader trend. In 2019, vagina and porn were relegated, while sexual intercourse is expected to drop in 2021. Yet, it remains dubious whether the trend means improvement of human nature. Among the recent newcomers on the list are Pablo Escobar, Ted Bundy and Charles Manson. Chronologically, the decline of sex coincides with the count of mobile views. Countries (December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2020) The list includes current member states of the United Nations. Rank Page Views in millions 1 United States 204 2 India 128 3 United Kingdom 114 4 Canada 92 5 Australia 87 6 China 79 7 Japan 78 7 Germany 78 9 Russia 74 10 France 71 11 Singapore 63 12 Israel 62 13 Brazil 57 14 Philippines 55 15 Netherlands 54 16 Pakistan 53 16 Italy 53 16 New Zealand 53 19 Spain 52 20 Mexico 50 21 Turkey 49 21 South Africa 49 23 Indonesia 48 24 North Korea 47 24 Switzerland 47 26 Sweden 44 27 Egypt 43 28 Iran 42 29 Norway 41 30 Ireland 40 30 Iceland 40 31-188 159 countries 39-5.2 189 Guinea-Bissau 5.1 190 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.5 191 São Tomé and Príncipe 4.4 192 North Macedonia 4.3 193 Georgia 4.0 Cities (December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2020) Rank Page Continent Views in millions 1 New York City North America 75 2 Singapore Asia 63 3 London Europe 61 4 Hong Kong Asia 50 5 Dubai Asia 44 * Angelsberg Europe 44 6 Los Angeles North America 40 7 Paris Europe 37 8 Chicago North America 36 9 Washington, D.C. North America 35 10 San Francisco North America 30 10 Mumbai Asia 30 12 Rome Europe 28 13 Toronto North America 26 13 Philadelphia North America 26 15 Machu Picchu South America 25 15 Monaco Europe 25 15 Tokyo Asia 25 18 Amsterdam Europe 23 18 Boston North America 23 18 Barcelona Europe 23 21 Berlin Europe 22 21 Seattle North America 22 23 Jerusalem Asia 21 23 Pompeii Europe 21 23 Venice Europe 21 23 Istanbul Europe/Asia 21 27 Sparta Europe 20 27 Vatican Europe 20 27 Shanghai Asia 20 27 Macau Asia 20 27 Rio de Janeiro South America 20 27 Vancouver North America 20 -*Angelsberg is a Luxembourg town of some 300 people. Somehow, it logged 37.0 million views in two months in 2015. That year it was second only to the Main page in the number of views.[23] Buildings & Structures & Statues (December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2020). Rank* Page Date of completion* Views in millions 1 Taj Mahal 1653 41 2 Great Wall of China c. 212 BC 33 2 Statue of Liberty 1886 33 2 Burj Khalifa 2009 33 5 Eiffel Tower 1889 31 6 Berlin Wall 1960s 28 7 Machu Picchu 15th century 25 8 Stonehenge 3rd millennium BC 23 8 Colosseum 80 23 10 Mount Rushmore National Memorial 1939 21 10 Great Pyramid of Giza c. 2560 BC 21 12 One World Trade Center 2014 20 12 Empire State Building 1931 20 14 Large Hadron Collider 2008 19 15 White House 1800 18 16 Golden Gate Bridge 1937 15 16 Panama Canal 1914 15 18 Hagia Sophia 537 14 18 Angkor Wat 12th century 14 20 Big Ben 1859 13 20 Guantanamo Bay detention camp 2002 13 20 Christ the Redeemer (statue) 1931 13 23 Pantheon, Rome c. 126 12 23 Parthenon 5th century BC 12 23 Buckingham Palace 1850 12 26 Disneyland 1955 11 26 Colossus of Rhodes 280 BC 11 28 Wembley Stadium 2007 10 28 New York Stock Exchange 1903 10 28 Channel Tunnel 1994 10 31 Notre-Dame de Paris 1345 9.6 32 Forbidden City 1420 9.5 33 Willis Tower 1973 9.3 34 Taipei 101 2004 9.0 35 Westminster Abbey 960 9.0 36 Windsor Castle 11th century 8.6 37 Walt Disney World 1971 8.5 37 Arc de Triomphe 1836 8.5 39 Lighthouse of Alexandria c. 246 BC 8.3 40 John F. Kennedy International Airport 1948 8.1 41 Brooklyn Bridge 1883 7.9 41 Temple of Artemis c. 540 BC 7.9 43 Code of Hammurabi c. 1754 BC 7.8 43 ADX Florence 1994 7.8 45 Statue of Zeus at Olympia 5th century BC 7.5 46 Acropolis of Athens 5th century BC 7.1 47 Wall Street 19th century 7.0 47 Library of Alexandria 3rd century BC 7.0 47 Dome of the Rock 692 7.0 50 Great Sphinx of Giza 2532 BC 6.8 51 7 World Trade Center 2006 6.4 52 Statue of Unity 2018 6.3 53 Moai 14th century 6.2 53 Church of the Holy Sepulchre 335 6.2 55 Epcot 1982 5.9 55 Leaning Tower of Pisa 1372 5.9 55 Palace of Versailles 1678 5.9 58 Petronas Towers 1996 5.7 59 Delhi Metro 2002 5.6 60 Washington Monument 1888 5.5 61 British Museum 1753 5.4 61 Brandenburg Gate 1791 5.4 63 Al-Aqsa Mosque 705 5.1 63 Erie Canal 1825 5.1 63 Suez Canal 1869 5.1 66 Antilia (building) 2010 5.0 67 Gateway of India 1924 4.9 68 Chichen Itza 7th century 4.8 69 David (Michelangelo) 1504 4.8 70 Indira Gandhi International Airport 1940s 4.7 70 Tower of London 1078 4.7 72 Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary 1934 4.6 72 MetLife Stadium 2010 4.6 74 Shanghai Tower 2015 4.5 75 Red Fort 1648 4.4 75 Louvre 1793 4.4 75 Neuschwanstein Castle 1886 4.4 78 St. Peter's Basilica 1626 4.3 78 India Gate 1921 4.3 78 Führerbunker 1944 4.3 81 Hampi 1500 4.2 81 LaGuardia Airport 1939 4.2 83 Göbekli Tepe 10th millennium BC 4.1 83 Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 351 BC 4.1 83 Borobudur 9th century 4.1 86 Hadrian's Wall 128 4.0 86 Disneyland Paris 1992 4.0 86 Mercedes-Benz Stadium 2017 4.0 89 Konark Sun Temple 13th century 3.8 89 United States Military Academy 1802 3.8 89 Cloud Gate 2006 3.8 92 Alhambra 13th century 3.7 92 Beijing Capital International Airport 1958 3.7 94 Heathrow Airport 1946 3.6 94 Georgia Guidestones 1980 3.6 94 London Eye 2000 3.6 94 Gillette Stadium 2002 3.6 98 George Bush Intercontinental Airport 1969 3.5 98 Los Angeles International Airport 1930 3.5 98 Palace of Westminster 1016 3.5 98 Rikers Island prison 1932 3.5 All BC dates are marked. The rest of dates are AD. People (December 1, 2007 – October 1, 2020) Donald Trump was not in this list in January 2016; however, a year later (upon his inauguration as president), he became the most popular. Rank Page Views in millions 1 Donald Trump 182 2 Barack Obama 144 3 Michael Jackson 123 4 Elizabeth II 121 5 Lady Gaga 116 6 Eminem 113 7 Adolf Hitler 110 8 Cristiano Ronaldo 109 9 Justin Bieber 102 10 Steve Jobs 96 11 Kim Kardashian 95 11 Freddie Mercury 95 13 Michael Jordan 91 14 Stephen Hawking 90 14 Lionel Messi 90 16 Dwayne Johnson 89 17 Miley Cyrus 85 18 Lil Wayne 84 18 Taylor Swift 84 20 Abraham Lincoln 82 21 Selena Gomez 81 22 Rihanna 80 22 Kobe Bryant 80 22 Johnny Depp 80 25 Elon Musk 79 25 Albert Einstein 79 27 LeBron James 77 27 Kanye West 77 27 Tupac Shakur 77 27 Leonardo DiCaprio 77 Singers (December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2020) 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 1 Michael Jackson 117 2 Lady Gaga 112 3 Eminem 108 4 Justin Bieber 97 5 Freddie Mercury 89 6 Lil Wayne 82 7 Miley Cyrus 81 8 Taylor Swift 79 9 Selena Gomez 77 10 Rihanna 76 11 Kanye West 72 11 Tupac Shakur 72 13 Nicki Minaj 66 14 Ariana Grande 64 14 John Cena 64 16 Katy Perry 63 17 Adele 60 17 Jay-Z 60 19 Elvis Presley 61 20 Prince (musician) 59 21 David Bowie 58 22 Britney Spears 57 23 Louis Tomlinson 55 23 Jennifer Lopez 55 25 Demi Lovato 54 25 Madonna (entertainer) 54 27 John Lennon 53 28 Bob Marley 52 29 Bruno Mars 50 29 Mariah Carey 50 Actors (December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2020) This list omits actors who are singers in order not to repeat half of the previous table. Rank Page Views in millions 1 Kim Kardashian 90 2 Dwayne Johnson 81 3 Johnny Depp 74 4 Leonardo DiCaprio 71 5 Angelina Jolie 70 6 Mila Kunis 68 7 Arnold Schwarzenegger 66 8 Scarlett Johansson 65 8 Tom Cruise 65 10 Jennifer Aniston 64 10 Will Smith 64 12 Bruce Lee 61 13 Keanu Reeves 60 13 Marilyn Monroe 60 15 Heath Ledger 57 15 Jennifer Lawrence 57 15 Brad Pitt 57 18 Sylvester Stallone 56 19 Ryan Reynolds 55 19 Clint Eastwood 55 21 Mark Wahlberg 53 21 The Undertaker 53 21 Emma Watson 53 21 Sunny Leone 53 25 Megan Fox 51 25 Robin Williams 51 27 Tom Hardy 50 28 Natalie Portman 49 28 Kristen Stewart 49 30 Charlie Sheen 48 Pornographic actors (December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2020) Among musicians and actors, there is gender equality in popularity. Sport, politics and history are dominated by males. With the millennial males gradually equaling their female contemporaries, this table remains the only one on this page in which women represent a convincing majority. At least here we see the dream of the Women in Red come true. Rank* Page Views in millions 1 Sunny Leone 53 2 Sasha Grey 37 3 Mia Khalifa 34 4 Jenna Jameson 28 5 Lisa Ann 23 6 Chyna 20 7 Ron Jeremy 19 8 Tori Black 14 9 Bree Olson 13 9 Linda Lovelace 13 9 Traci Lords 13 9 Alexis Texas 13 13 Janine Lindemulder 12 13 Tera Patrick 12 13 Stormy Daniels 12 13 Dita Von Teese 12 17 Nina Hartley 11 17 Jesse Jane 11 17 Jenna Haze 11 17 Kayden Kross 11 17 James Deen 11 22 Gianna Michaels 10 22 Asa Akira 10 22 Stoya 10 22 Eva Angelina 10 22 Amy Fisher 10 27 Julia Ann 9 27 Asia Carrera 9 27 Ashlynn Brooke 9 30 Lexi Belle 8 30 Riley Reid 8 Athletes (December 1, 2007 – October 1, 2020) 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. Rank Page Sport Views in millions 1 Cristiano Ronaldo Association football 109 2 Michael Jordan Basketball 91 3 Lionel Messi Association football 90 4 Kobe Bryant Basketball 80 5 LeBron James Basketball 77 6 Muhammad Ali Boxing 68 * John Cena Pro wrestling 68 7 Tom Brady American football 58 8 Roger Federer Tennis 56 * The Undertaker Pro wrestling 56 9 Mike Tyson Boxing 49 10 O. J. Simpson American football 48 11 Shaquille O'Neal Basketball 47 12 Brock Lesnar Pro wrestling and MMA 43 13 Rafael Nadal Tennis 42 13 Conor McGregor Mixed martial arts 42 15 Tiger Woods Golf 38 15 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Association football 38 * Triple H Pro wrestling 38 17 Neymar Association football 37 17 Serena Williams Tennis 37 19 Manny Pacquiao Boxing 36 19 Michael Phelps Swimming 36 21 Peyton Manning American football 35 21 Sachin Tendulkar Cricket 35 21 Stephen Curry Basketball 35 21 Novak Djokovic Tennis 35 25 Virat Kohli Cricket 34 25 David Beckham Association football 34 27 Ronda Rousey Judo, MMA and pro wrestling 32 28 Alistair Overeem Mixed martial arts 31 29 Michael Oher American football 30 29 Ronaldinho Association football 30 29 Wayne Rooney Association football 30 29 Caitlyn Jenner Decathlon 30 * Hulk Hogan Pro wrestling 30 * CM Punk Pro wrestling 30 Note -*Non competitve sport Modern political leaders (December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2020) The list includes political leaders born after AD 1400. 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. Rank Page Country Views in millions 1 Donald Trump United States 165 2 Barack Obama United States 135 3 Elizabeth II United Kingdom 108 4 Adolf Hitler Nazi Germany 104 5 Abraham Lincoln United States 77 6 John F. Kennedy United States 67 7 Queen Victoria United Kingdom 62 8 Henry VIII of England United Kingdom 57 9 George W. Bush United States 55 9 Nelson Mandela South Africa 55 9 Ronald Reagan United States 55 9 Winston Churchill United Kingdom 55 13 Mahatma Gandhi India 52 14 Elizabeth I the United Kingdom 50 14 Diana, Princess of Wales United Kingdom 50 14 Bill Clinton United States 50 17 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh United Kingdom 49 17 George Washington the United States 49 19 Charles, Prince of Wales United Kingdom 48 20 Franklin D. Roosevelt United States 47 21 Joseph Stalin Soviet Union 45 22 George H. W. Bush United States 44 22 Osama bin Laden Al-Qaeda 44 24 Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon United Kingdom 43 25 Christopher Columbus Genoa 42 25 Che Guevara Cuba 42 25 Richard Nixon United States 42 28 George VI the United Kingdom 41 28 Vladimir Putin Russia 41 30 Mary, Queen of Scots United Kingdom 40 Pre-modern people (December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2020) 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. The general top-30 list of people includes 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 passed away, for view-count continues posthumously. In total, as of October 12, 2019, Wikipedia counts 1,609,522 people.[24] Of them, 929,502 are living,[25] or 57.75% (more than a half). 143,573 more were living in the Wikipedia period,[26] 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),[27] raising the percentage of the contemporaries to 87.86. That is, people who lived from the beginning of history until 1900 – 98% of history - constitute only 12.14%. We are highly tempocentric. Rank Page Time Views in millions 1 Jesus 4 BC −30/33 AD 47 2 Alexander the Great 356 – 323 BC 43 3 Julius Caesar 100 – 44 BC 38 4 Muhammad 570 – 623 AD 37 5 Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227 AD 33 6 Aristotle 384 – 322 BC 29 7 Gautama Buddha 6th – 4th centuries BC 28 8 Plato 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC 24 8 Spartacus 111 – 71 BC 24 10 King Arthur** 5th – 6th centuries AD 23 10 Joan of Arc 1412 – 1431 AD 23 12 Socrates 470/469 – 399 BC 22 13 Cleopatra 69 – 30 BC 20 13 Charlemagne 742/748 – 814 AD 20 13 Tutankhamun c. 1341 – c. 1323 BC 20 16 Augustus 63 BC – AD 14 19 16 Marco Polo 1254 – 1324 AD 19 18 Moses* 14th – 13th centuries BC 18 18 Ragnar Lodbrok** 9th century AD 18 18 William Wallace 1270 – 1305 AD 18 18 Robin Hood** 12th – 14th centuries AD 18 22 Nero 37 AD – 68 AD 17 22 Caligula 12 AD – 41 AD 17 24 Hannibal 247 – 183/181 BC 15 24 Confucius 551 – 479 BC 15 26 Pythagoras 570 – 495 BC 14 26 Abraham* 19th – 17th centuries BC 14 26 Asoka 304 – 222 BC 14 29 Mary Magdalene 1st century AD 13 29 William the Conqueror c. 1028 – 1087 AD 13 29 Alfred the Great c. 848-899 AD 13 29 Archimedes 287 – 212 BC 13 29 Richard I of England 1157 – 1199 AD 13 29 Saint Peter ? – c. 64 AD 13 29 Paul c. AD 5 – c. 65 13 29 David c. 1040 – 970 BC 13 -*Historicity is unconfirmed by extra-Biblical sources. -**Historicity is dubious. 3rd-millennium people (December 1, 2007 – October 1, 2020) 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.[28] 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 persons--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.[29][30] The undisputed leader of the year 2019 is 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. In the 2010s, the hereditary princes are gradually being overtaken by the "princes" of music and movies. The first sportsperson to make this list is 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 (20th rank as of October 2020). LaMelo was joined and surpassed by his colleague, Zion Williamson, in 2019 (17th rank since October 2019, the highest a millennial athlete ever rose). The forth athlete and the first footballer on the list is Jadon Sancho in 2020 (26th rank as of October). Rank Page Views in millions 1 Billie Eilish 35 2 Millie Bobby Brown 23 3 Willow Smith 18 4 Maddie Ziegler 14 5 Lil Pump 11 5 Prince George of Cambridge 11 5 Noah Cyrus 11 5 Greta Thunberg 11 9 JoJo Siwa 10 10 Finn Wolfhard 9.2 11 Gaten Matarazzo 9.0 12 Bhad Bhabie 8.8 * Barron Trump 7.8 13 Lady Louise Windsor 7.4 14 Princess Charlotte of Cambridge 7.2 15 Jackie Evancho 7.0 15 Mackenzie Foy 7.0 17 Jacob Tremblay 6.8 17 Zion Williamson 6.8 19 Isabela Moner 6.7 20 LaMelo Ball 6.0 21 Yara Shahidi 5.8 22 James, Viscount Severn 5.6 23 Skai Jackson 5.3 24 Frankie Jonas 5.2 25 Rowan Blanchard 5.1 26 Jadon Sancho 5.0 27 Jazz Jennings 4.6 28 Mckenna Grace 4.5 29 Noah Schnapp 4.4 29 Zaira Wasim 4.4 29 Grace VanderWaal 4.4 29 Charli D'Amelio 4.4 -* Not personal page. Historical most-viewed 3rd-millennium persons The following table lists the five persons to become Wikipedia’s most-viewed millennial person, from August 4, 2003 to the present. The current record (⁂) Former record (*) Progression of the most-viewed millennial persons on Wikipedia Person Views* Page creation date Month achieved Months held Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant 1 Aug 4, 2003 August 4, 2003 4-16** Lady Louise Windsor 100,000–200,000** Nov 26, 2003 2004** 70-84** Willow Smith 4,000,000–5,000,000** Apr 23, 2005 October – December 2010** 103-105 ** Millie Bobby Brown 17,300,000 Jul 22, 2016 July 2019 1*** Billie Eilish 17,300,000 Apr 15, 2017 July 2019 15 As of 26 October 2020 -*The approximate number of views each person had when she became Wikipedia’s most-viewed millennial. -** Probable estimation. -***Millie Bobby Brown held the leadership for 4 days in July 2019.[32] Music bands (December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2020). Rank Page Views in millions 1 The Beatles 101 2 One Direction 56 3 Queen 46 4 Exo (band) 42 4 Pink Floyd 42 4 Metallica 42 7 Linkin Park 41 8 Led Zeppelin 37 9 Red Hot Chili Peppers 36 10 AC/DC 33 11 Coldplay 32 12 BTS (band) 31 13 The Rolling Stones 30 14 Slipknot 29 14 Daft Punk 29 16 Jonas Brothers 28 16 Nirvana 28 16 Green Day 28 16 Guns N' Roses 28 20 Backstreet Boys 26 20 Spice Girls 26 20 Girls' Generation 26 20 Iron Maiden 26 24 Fleetwood Mac 25 24 Kiss 25 24 Gorillaz 25 27 Bee Gees 24 27 Foo Fighters 24 27 N.W.A 24 27 ABBA 24 Sport teams (December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2020). 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 the previous four years. Rank Page Views in millions 1 Manchester United F.C. 56 2 FC Barcelona 46 3 Chelsea F.C. 43 4 Arsenal F.C. 42 5 Liverpool F.C. 41 6 Real Madrid C.F. 39 7 Manchester City F.C. 30 8 Brazil national football team 26 9 Juventus F.C. 25 9 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 25 11 England national football team 24 11 A.C. Milan 24 13 Germany national football team 22 13 FC Bayern Munich 22 13 New England Patriots 22 16 Spain national football team 19 16 Los Angeles Lakers 19 18 Argentina national football team 18 18 France national football team 18 18 Golden State Warriors 18 21 Borussia Dortmund 17 21 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. 17 23 New York Yankees 15 23 Green Bay Packers 15 23 Italy national football team 15 23 Newcastle United F.C. 15 23 West Ham United F.C. 15 28 Netherlands national football team 14 28 Aston Villa F.C. 14 28 Leicester City F.C. 14 28 Inter Milan 14 28 Rangers F.C. 14 28 Celtic F.C. 14 Films and TV series (December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2020). TV series clearly has the upper hand to film, for the most part. Rank Page Views in millions 1 Game of Thrones 107 2 The Big Bang Theory 91 3 Star Wars 81 4 How I Met Your Mother 79 5 The Walking Dead 75 6 Breaking Bad 70 7 Glee 67 8 Doctor Who 59 9 Grey's Anatomy 57 10 The Avengers 53 11 Avatar 51 11 Naruto 51 13 Friends 50 13 Lost 50 15 Dexter 49 15 Family Guy 49 17 House 47 18 X-Men 44 18 The Office (US) 44 18 The Dark Knight Rises 44 18 The Vampire Diaries 44 18 Arrow 44 23 Titanic 43 23 Sherlock 43 23 Sons of Anarchy 43 26 Two and a Half Men 42 26 True Blood 42 26 The Simpsons 42 29 Once Upon a Time 41 29 NCIS 41 Albums (December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2020). Rank Page Artist Views in millions 1 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Beatles 15 2 Thriller Michael Jackson 14 2 The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd 14 4 Recovery Eminem 13 5 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West 12 5 The Beatles Beatles 12 5 The Wall Pink Floyd 12 5 Abbey Road Beatles 12 9 21 Adele 11 10 Nevermind Nirvana 9.4 11 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem 9.2 12 Watch the Throne Jay-Z & Kanye West 9.1 13 808s & Heartbreak Kanye West 8.3 14 Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin 8.1 15 Let It Be (Beatles album) Beatles 7.7 16 The Slim Shady LP Eminem 7.6 16 Teenage Dream Katy Perry 7.6 18 Rubber Soul Beatles 7.5 18 Graduation Kanye West 7.5 20 The Eminem Show Eminem 7.4 21 Metallica Metallica 7.3 22 1989 Taylor Swift 7.2 22 Fearless Taylor Swift 7.2 22 Red Taylor Swift 7.2 22 Loud Rihanna 7.2 22 Good Kid, M.A.A.D City Kendrick Lamar 7.2 27 Yeezus Kanye West 7.0 28 Hybrid Theory Linkin Park 6.9 28 Bad Michael Jackson 6.9 30 The Fame Lady Gaga 6.8 Books and book series (December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2020). 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 77 2 Fifty Shades of Grey 49 3 A Song of Ice and Fire 48 4 The Hunger Games 46 5 Bible 34 6 The Great Gatsby 32 7 The Lord of the Rings 30 8 Nineteen Eighty-Four 28 9 A Game of Thrones 27 10 Kama Sutra 25 11 To Kill a Mockingbird 24 12 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 23 12 Les Misérables 23 14 The Handmaid's Tale 22 14 Watchmen 22 16 The Winds of Winter 21 17 Pride and Prejudice 20 17 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 20 17 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 20 17 The Catcher in the Rye 20 21 Inferno 19 22 It 18 22 Lolita 18 22 Frankenstein 18 25 The Hobbit 17 25 Sex 17 25 Code Geass 17 25 The Picture of Dorian Gray 17 25 Animal Farm 17 30 Odyssey 16 30 Don Quixote 16 30 Of Mice and Men 16 30 Brave New World 16 30 Dracula 16 Pre-modern books and texts (December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2020). This list includes books and texts composed before 1500 AD. The leader of the 2010s had been Kama Sutra but the last year of the decade was the year of the Bible. In this year alone, Bible logged more views than in previous dozen years combined, securing the lead for years to come in this list and rising from the 24th to the 5th place in the general book list above. Rank Page Civillization Views in millions 1 Bible Israel 34 2 Kama Sutra India 25 3 Inferno (Dante) Italy 19 4 Odyssey Greece 16 5 Beowulf Britain 15 6 Quran Caliphate 14 6 Rosetta Stone Egypt 14 8 Divine Comedy Italy 13 8 Mahabharata India 13 10 Iliad Greece 12 11 Ramayana India 10 11 The Art of War China 10 11 Epic of Gilgamesh Mesopotamia 10 14 Vedas India 9.2 15 The Canterbury Tales Britain 9.0 16 One Thousand and One Nights Caliphate 8.4 17 Talmud Israel 7.9 18 Code of Hammurabi Mesopotamia 7.8 19 I Ching China 6.0 19 Oedipus the King Greece 6.0 21 Aeneid Rome 5.3 22 Book of the Dead Egypt 5.1 23 Rigveda India 4.9 24 Domesday Book Britain 4.7 25 Tao Te Ching China 4.6 26 Upanishads India 4.2 27 Cupid and Psyche Greece 3.7 28 Lysistrata Greece 3.2 29 Titanomachy Greece 3.0 30 The Decameron Italy 2.9 See also Most popular pages October 2001 Popular pages 2003: Oct. 2004: Mar. through Sep. 2008: May. Most read articles in 2008 Most read articles in 2009 Most read articles in 2010 Zeitgeist 2008-2013 Popular pages by Andrew West for 2013, 2014, 2015,2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Popular pages by Andrew West for the past week External links ZeitGeist (stats.wikimedia.org) The 50 most-viewed Wikipedia articles in 2009 and 2008 (The Guardian) Most viewed articles on English Wikipedia 2012 Most viewed articles on English Wikipedia 2013 Most viewed articles on English Wikipedia 2014 Wikipedia article traffic statistics (2014) Most viewed articles on English Wikipedia 2015 Wikitally: The page view statistics site of almost every Wikipedia articles in various languages, including recent traffic – ceased to exist in fall 2017. The open Wikipedia ranking (2014–2020) Pageviews since 2015 References Ethan Wolff-Mann, a former Deputy Editor of Supercompressor, Thrilist, https://www.thrillist.com/tech/the-most-popular-articles-on-wikipedia-in-august-2014 The engine allows to chart pages by categories and rank pages by views, links, or combination of both ("harmonic centrality"). 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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/ https://tools.wmflabs.org/massviews/ http://wikipediaviews.org/displayviewsformultipleyears.php User:West.andrew.g/2015 Popular pages User:West.andrew.g/2016 Popular pages User:West.andrew.g/2017 Popular pages User:West.andrew.g/2018 Popular pages List of most viewed YouTube videos. "All-time" in this case means 16 days. stats.wikimedia.org: ZeitGeist. 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. Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-02-04/Special report. 2 Samuel 1:19, 24. User:West.andrew.g/2015 Popular pages 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 http://wikipediaviews.org/displayviewsformultipleyears.php "Billie Eilish Pageviews Analysis". WMF Labs. "Millie Bobby Brown Pageviews Analysis". WMF Labs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:West.andrew.g/2019_Popular_pages See the two previous references Categories: Wikipedia statisticsWikipedia historyWikipedia pageviewsArticles Navigation menu the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.