Wikipedia:Popular pages
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Thepopular pagesfrom 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 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 of Milancreated an engine of the complete yearly ranking of all Wikipedia articles for 2014–2021.[5] In 2013 the BBC published an article discussing most searched Wikipedia articles in 2012 in different languages.[6]Other versions of top-lists for shorter periods are regularly published and discussed by external popular media.[7][8][9][10][11][12]
Sources
Most-viewed pages were detected from earlier lists for shorter periods (named inWikipedia:Statistics#Page views). The number of views for the detected pages were found by such engines asWikitally(existed until 2017),Multiyear ranking of Wikipedia pages views[13]andMassview.[14]The latter counts views by category since July 1, 2015.
The leading page
The undisputed leader is Wikipedia'sMain page,with over 46.8 billion views as of January 2022—more than the rest of the Top-100 list combined, including non-ranked pages. For comparison, "Baby Shark",which leadsYouTubefor the most views on that site[15]has 14.7 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 wasUsenet cabal.[16]
Among the conventional pages with mostly human intentional views (ranked pages below), theUnited Statesprobably took the lead in the pre-view-count period (2001–2007), as it can be seen in theOctober 2001list and featured strongly in all availablemonthly reports for 2003 and 2004.Having held the first place until January 20, 2021, theU.S.was surpassed by its former president,Donald Trump.The US regained the leadership in August the same year.
First two decades
By 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. As of November 2023[update]1,915,609 people out of 6,748,287 articles, 28%.[17]As of January 2023[update],66 pages of the top-100 list belong to humans. It was not the case from the beginning. In theOctober 2001 list,for example, we see one human—the co-founder of WikipediaLarry 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 theplanet of the humans,provided we disregardStar Wars,Darth Vaderand thesituation comedycalledThe Big Bang Theory.Half a millennium afterCopernicusand a century afterEdwin Hubble,the collective interest remainsgeocentric.
Top-100 list
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).
COVID-19appeared 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 Trumpbecame the first person to reach 200 million views and overall second only afterhis country.On January 20, 2021, the dayhe left office,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. The2021 storming of the United States Capitolgave him the decisive push. By notable contrast, his predecessorBarack Obamacould not reach the U.S. in two terms.Joe Bidendebuted on the list on November 12, 2020.
In 2021,Manchester Unitedbecame the first sports team to enter the list.
In the first trimester of 2022,Vladimir Putindebuted 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 toAdolf Hitler.Synchronously,Russiaprogressed 14 places andWill Smith12 places.
- Notes
- ^abcdefghijklmnopqWikipedia special and disambiguation pages and pages with a large percentage of unintentional views are omitted from the ranking.
- ^abAn artifact that somehow gets logged, sometimes after the data source changed.
- ^abcdeA page that logged a large number of automated views.
- ^abcdThe consistent popularity of pages likeWiki,Google,YouTube,andFacebookis likely due in part to people accidentally typing these site names into the Wikipedia search bar when intending to actually visit the sites themselves.[19]
- ^Samsung Android smartphone voice command suggests to open up the Wikipedia article on Cleopatra. Since this is a popular device, many views are unintentional.[20][21]
Universe
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
---|---|---|
1 | Earth | 80 |
2 | Sun | 40 |
3 | Moon | 39 |
[a] | 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 |
- Note
- ^The high popularity of this moon in 2021–22 remains a mystery. Skathi is 8 km in diameter orbiting Saturn along dozens of other moons.
Earth
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
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
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2022)
While the interest to Universe is strongly geocentric, the interest to living being is less anthropocentric. Three species are more popular thanhuman,two more share the fifth place with us andanimaldoes 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
Wars
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
- Notes
Empires and hegemonies
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
Ancient EgyptandHistory of Japanare on the list because originally Egypt and Japan were empires established byKing Narmer[28]and theYamato Dynasty[29]respectively.Sumer[30]andSparta[31]are on the list ashegemonies.Sparta was the hegemon of thePeloponnesian League:seeSpartan hegemony.
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
---|---|---|
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[a] | 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[a] | 6.7 |
29 | Assyria | 6.4 |
30 | Abbasid Caliphate | 6.1 |
- Notes
Present countries
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
The list includes currentmember states of the United Nations.
In 2022, Ukraine debuted on the list, due to that year'sinvasion,while Russia surpassed Germany and Japan.
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
---|---|---|
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[a] | 66 |
16 | New Zealand[a] | 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 |
- Note
- ^abNetherlandsandNew Zealandare here because few people search instead for UN member states of theRealm of New ZealandandKingdom of the Netherlands.
Cities
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
Rank | Page | Continent | Views in millions |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
[a] | 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
- ^Angelsbergis 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 theMain pagein the number of views.[32]
Buildings and structures
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
On July 6, 2022, theGeorgia Guidestonesrose 23 places in the list (rank 33) after its Enigma tic explosion.[33]Dismantled the same day, the Guidestones remain here.
On September 8, the same year,Balmoral Castledebuted on the list (rank 81). TheQueen's deathin the Castle almost doubled its all time views.
- Notes
People
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
Donald Trumpwas 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 hissecond impeachment), his page became the most popular overall.
Singers
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
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 | 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[27] | 80 |
16 | Nicki Minaj | 78 |
17 | Madonna | 76 |
18 | Katy Perry | 75 |
18 | Jennifer Lopez | 75 |
20 | Britney Spears | 74 |
21 | Adele[35] | 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
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
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 | 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
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
Some professional athletes—Bruce Lee,Arnold SchwarzeneggerandDwayne 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 theEnglish bias.Both are from non English-speaking countries and Messi never played in thePremier League.
- Note
Political leaders
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
Along the rise of Donald Trump, credit for the 2017 performance must be given toVladimir Putin--he overtookSarah Palinfor 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 theinvasion of Ukraineon 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 byKamala 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 ofChe Guevara) to become the second (afterAlexander Hamilton) American on the list who had not served as President. The third becameMartin Luther Kingin 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 ofPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.Even larger gains were seen the next year, peaking around the death ofElizabeth IIon September 8th. The Queen saw over 20 million pageviews in the seven days following her death. Earlier in 2022, she had passedBarack Obamafor the second place. The September-2022 surge of the royal family caused relegation ofOsama 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 |
---|---|---|---|
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[23] | 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
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
This category includes people born before AD 1400 (with the exception ofJoan of Arc,born in 1412) who cannot compete with contemporaries figures, 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,[citation needed]for view-count continues posthumously.
As of November 2023[update]Wikipedia counts 1,915,609 people.[17]Of them, 1,075,990 are living,[36]or 56% i.e. the living outnumber the dead. 213,943 more were living in the Wikipedia period,[37]raising the percentage of this period's people to 67 (two-thirds). 341,079 more were living in the century preceding Wikipedia (1901–2000),[38]raising the percentage of the contemporaries to 85. That is, people who lived at some time from the beginning of history until 1900 – 98% of history - constitute only 15%.
As of 2021, people born since 1960 AD log as many views as people born before, and the year of parity rises every year.[39]
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[a] | 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[a] | 9th century AD | 26 |
13 | Augustus | 63 BC – AD 14 | 26 |
17 | William Wallace | 1270 – 1305 AD | 24 |
17 | Moses[b] | 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[a] | 12th – 14th centuries AD | 21 |
24 | Cleopatra[c] | 69 – 30 BC | 20 |
25 | Henry V of England | 1386 – 1422 AD | 19 |
25 | Hannibal | 247 – 183/181 BC | 19 |
25 | Abraham[b] | 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
3rd-millennium people
(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 wasPrincess 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 Windsorof Wessex obtained her page on November 26, 2003, at the age of 18 days; the page ofCatharina-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 byWillow 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.[13]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 EilishandMillie 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.[40][41]
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.[42]
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 gymnastLaurie 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 byLaMelo Ballin 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 firstfootballeron the list becameErling Haalandin 2020, followed by his teammateJadon Sanchothe 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 2021Emma Raducanubecame the first tennis player on the list.
In November 2022,Jenna Ortegadebuted 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 | Gaten Matarazzo | 13 |
16 | Charli D'Amelio | 11 |
[a] | Barron Trump | 11 |
17 | Isabela Merced | 10 |
17 | Princess Charlotte of Cambridge | 10 |
19 | Lady Louise Windsor | 10 |
20 | LaMelo Ball | 10 |
20 | Zion Williamson | 10 |
22 | Jacob Tremblay | 9.5 |
23 | Emma Raducanu | 9.3 |
24 | Jadon Sancho | 9.1 |
25 | Mackenzie Foy | 8.7 |
26 | Mckenna Grace | 8.6 |
27 | Jackie Evancho | 8.3 |
28 | James, Viscount Severn | 8.1 |
29 | Yara Shahidi | 8.0 |
- Note
- ^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.
Person | Views[a] | Page creation date | Month achieved | Months held | |||
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Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant | 1 | Aug 4, 2003 | August 4, 2003 | 4–16[b] | |||
Lady Louise Windsor | 100,000–200,000[b] | Nov 26, 2003 | 2004[b] | 70–84[b] | |||
Willow Smith | 4,000,000–5,000,000[b] | Apr 23, 2005 | October – December 2010[b] | 103–105[b] | |||
Millie Bobby Brown | 17,300,000 | Jul 22, 2016 | July 2019 | 1[c] | |||
Billie Eilish | 17,300,000 | Apr 15, 2017 | July 2019 | 42 | |||
As of 19 October 2024 |
- Notes
Entertainment
Sport teams
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).
The list is overwhelmingly dominated byassociation footballteams. Notable among American sports teams is theGolden State Warriors,whose page views came heavily from 2016 to 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
(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[43] | 122 |
2 | The Big Bang Theory[44] | 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
(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
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).
Singles
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).
Video games
(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
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).
Narutois classified as a TV series (above) as it is more popular as ananime,and there is no separate page for themanga.Books with film/TV adaptations are listed below, as many of the links below are franchise pages. Note thatA Song of Ice and Fire's popularity is considerably outstripped by that of its TV adaptationGame 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[48] | 20 |
30 | Dracula | 20 |
30 | It | 20 |
Science books
(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[49] | 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
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).
This list includes books and texts composed before 1500 AD.
It has been widely argued thatBibleis theall time best seller,followed byQuran.[50]The perspective below however reveals an ancient text more popular among wikipedia readers.
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
---|---|---|
1 | Kama Sutra | 29 |
2 | Magna Carta | 27 |
3 | Inferno(Dante) | 25 |
4 | Bible[a] | 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 |
[b] | 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[c] | 6.4 |
25 | Book of the Dead | 6.3 |
26 | Domesday Book | 6.2 |
[b] | Book of Job | 6.1 |
[b] | Book of Kells | 6.0 |
27 | Tao Te Ching | 5.9 |
28 | Upanishads | 5.7 |
[b] | Book of Genesis[c] | 5.2 |
29 | Cupid and Psyche | 4.7 |
[b] | Acts of the Apostles | 4.1 |
30 | The Decameron | 4.0 |
New World
The New World used to have its representative, theMesoamerican 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
- ^Since 2019, Bible has logged large number of automated desktop views. The over 95% disparity between desktop and mobile views is, in the opinion of experts,[51]a clear indication of "non-human views" (divine views in the case?). For this reason, the number of views here excludes the desktop views for 2019–2021. Basing on the Bible traffic before the "divine intervention," (7 to 10 correlation between desktop and mobile respectively views) the correct number of views for Bible is probably 22 million.
- ^abcdePart or version of Bible
- ^abViews before 2015 lost.
Legendary Creatures
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
Ranked here is any creature, either non-human or possessing super-human powers, included inCategory: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
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
Ranked here is any event on any scale from theBig Banguntil theultimate fate of the Universe.The list exceeds the standard of 30 pages to include all events more popular than theworld 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 | 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
(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
(July 1, 2015 – January 1, 2023)
Counting views by category is a mission impossible with the present tools.TreeViews– tool (which previously did not work) works As of 2024[update].The accountWikitop– for top 30 most popular articles by categories is suspended.Multiyear ranking of Wikipedia pages views[13]counts only few selected categories of small number of pages. Practically the only helpful tool for categories is Massview[14]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 isContent,followed byArticles,followed byMain 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 givesLiving peopleand29 maintenance categoriesbeginning withArticles 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
- ^Category intentionally kept non-diffusing
- ^Estimation. The Massview tool[14]counts only 20,000 first pages. 20,000 pages are used here to establish the average and the average is multiplied by the total number of pages.
- ^Maintenance category
- ^Deduction of 332 million views illegally logged by theUnited States Senatein February - March 2020.
See also
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- ^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
- ^Silvera, Ian."Wikipedia's Cleopatra mystery, AI and the future of truth on the internet".news-future.
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- ^With redirect viewsWsearch.php.
- ^abcIncluding redirect views fromCharles, Prince of Wales.
- ^Including redirect views ofSeptember 11, 2001 attacks.
- ^The page was renamed twice and each time began new count. Here the lost views are included. The original title wasWuhan Coronavirus outbreakand then2019-20 Coronavirus pandemic.
- ^Including redirect views fromRMS Titanic
- ^abIncluding redirect views fromJAY-Z
- ^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 theKing of Kish.Amelie Kuhrt,The Ancient Near East circa 3000 - 330 BC,London & New York: Routledge, 1995, vol I, pp 30-31, 42.
- ^S, Alen (July 30, 2015)."Spartan hegemony (404-371 B.C) after the Peloponnesian War".
- ^User:West.andrew.g/2015 Popular pages
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- ^Including redirect views fromJAY-Z.
- ^abIncluding redirect views fromAdele (singer)
- ^"Category:Living people".November 21, 2023 – via Wikipedia.
- ^"Category:21st-century deaths".November 21, 2023 – via Wikipedia.
- ^"Category:20th-century deaths".February 24, 2021 – via Wikipedia.
- ^Wikipedia categories for people born by period (year/decade/century/millennium) counted by the massview tool,https://pageviews.toolforge.org/massviews/
- ^ab"Billie Eilish Pageviews Analysis".WMF Labs.
- ^ab"Millie Bobby Brown Pageviews Analysis".WMF Labs.
- ^"User:West.andrew.g/2019 Popular pages".November 8, 2023 – via Wikipedia.
- ^OvercameThe Big Bang Theoryin August 2017 and led the List ever since.
- ^Led the List from from October 2016 until August 2017.the
- ^In 2019 overcameThrillerandRecoveryand 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 fromLeviathan (Hobbes)
- ^"guinnessworldrecords""Best selling book of non-fiction".Guinness World Records.Archivedfrom the original on 15 March 2015.Retrieved15 March2015.
- ^Wikipedia:Top 25 Report;User:Igordebraga;User:Kingsif.