WP:Popular pages
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"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."{{Cite web|url=https://www.thrillist.com/tech/the-most-popular-articles-on-wikipedia-in-august-2014|title=The 25 Most Popular Articles On Wikipedia In August|first=Ethan|last=Wolff-Mann|date=October 23, 2014|website=Thrillist}}}}
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,{{Cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia.org_is_more_popular_than...|title=Wikipedia.org is more popular than... - Meta|website=meta.wikimedia.org}} only half a year earlier, and before May 2003, Wikipedia had not even been on this list of 3,000 websites.Wikipedia:Milestones 2003 entry for May 22 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.{{Cite journal|url=https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1765|title=What is popular on Wikipedia and why?|first=Anselm|last=Spoerri|date=April 2, 2007|journal=First Monday|via=firstmonday.org|doi=10.5210/fm.v12i4.1765|doi-access=free }}
The University of Milan created an engine of the complete yearly ranking of all Wikipedia articles for 2014–2021. 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
In 2013, the BBC published an article discussing most searched Wikipedia articles in 2012 in different languages.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20858333|title=Wikipedia's most searched articles of the year revealed|work=BBC News |date=December 28, 2012}} Other versions of top-lists for shorter periods are regularly published and discussed by external popular media.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/2016/01/14/wikipedia-top-10/|title=Most visited Wikipedia articles by language in 2015|first=George|last=Gao|date=January 14, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://qz.com/322155/the-top-viewed-wikipedia-page-for-every-day-of-2014|title=The top-viewed Wikipedia page for every day of 2014|first=Nikhil|last=Sonnad|date=January 7, 2015|website=Quartz}}{{Cite web|url=https://allthingsd.com/20121227/the-most-popular-pages-on-wikipedia-in-2012-facebook-one-direction-and-cul-de-sacs/|title=The Most Popular Pages on Wikipedia in 2012: Facebook, One Direction and … Cul De Sacs?}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/tech/what-i-learned-from-wikipedias-most-popular-articles-of-2012|title=What I learned from Wikipedia's most popular articles of 2012|first=John|last=Quain|date=March 25, 2015|website=Fox News}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.infodocket.com/2013/12/31/the-top-100-most-viewed-articles-on-wikipedia-during-2013/|title=The Top 100 Most Viewed Articles on Wikipedia During 2013|first=Gary|last=Price|date=December 31, 2013|website=Library Journal infoDOCKET}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/wikipedias-most-viewed-articles-in-2012-were/|title=Wikipedia's most-viewed articles in 2012 were...|website=CNET}}
Sources
Most-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{{Cite web|url=https://wikipediaviews.org/displayviewsformultipleyears.php|title=Wikipedia Views: results|website=wikipediaviews.org}} and Massview.{{Cite web|url=https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/massviews/|title=Massviews Analysis|website=pageviews.wmcloud.org}} The latter counts views by category since July 1, 2015.
The leading page
The undisputed leader is Wikipedia's Main 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 leads YouTube for the most views on that siteWikipedia article: List of most viewed YouTube videos has 15.7 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."All-time" in this case means 16 days. stats.wikimedia.org: [http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm#zeitgeist ZeitGeist].
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 U.S. was surpassed by its 45th and 47th 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}}, 1,915,609 people out of 6,748,287 articles, 28%.http://wikirank-2023.di.unimi.it/?search=&type=harmonic&pageSize=10 {{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
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).
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 the United States. On January 20, 2021, the day he left office and refused to attend Biden's 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 did not reach the U.S. during his 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.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Views in millions |
| {{efn|name=special|Wikipedia special and disambiguation pages and pages with a large percentage of unintentional views are omitted from the ranking.}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Main Page | 46,800 |
| {{efn|name=special}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Special:Search | 15,000 |
| {{efn|name=special}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Special:Random | 7,900 |
| {{efn|name=artifact|An artifact that somehow gets logged, sometimes after the data source changed.}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :- | 2,900 |
| {{efn|name=special}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Undefined | 1,800 |
| {{efn|name=automated|A page that logged a large number of automated views.}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :United States SenateViews of the U.S. Senate article 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. | 350 |
| {{efn|name=special}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Special:Watchlist | 344 |
| {{efn|name=special}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Special:Randompage | 314 |
| {{efn|name=othersite|The consistent popularity of pages like Wiki, Google, YouTube, and Facebook is likely due in part to people accidentally typing these site names into the Wikipedia search bar (or accidentally clicking the article in Google search results) when intending to actually visit the sites themselves.Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-02-04/Special report}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :YouTube | 296 |
| {{efn|name=othersite}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Wiki | 277 |
| {{efn|name=othersite}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Facebook | 277 |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :United States | 254 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :Donald Trump | 243 |
| {{efn|name=automated|A page that logged a large number of automated views.}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Wikipedia | 228 |
| {{efn|name=artifact}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :404.php | 225 |
| {{efn|name=automated|A page that logged a large number of automated views.}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :xHamster | 212 |
| {{efn|name=special}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Portal:Current events | 208 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :Elizabeth II | 198 |
| {{efn|name=othersite}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Google | 193 |
| {{efn|name=special}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Special:Book | 185 |
| {{efn|name=special}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Special:CreateAccount | 172 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :India | 165 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Barack Obama | 161 |
| {{efn|name=special}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Search | 153 |
| {{efn|name=automated}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Bible | 153 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | :Cristiano Ronaldo | 151 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :World War II | 145 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :United Kingdom | 144 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | :Michael Jackson | 142 |
| {{efn|name=special}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Wikipedia:Your first article | 137 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | Elon Musk | 135 |
| {{efn|name=special}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Special:RecentChanges | 135 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | :Sex | 132 |
| {{efn|name=Samsung|Samsung Android smartphone voice command suggests to open up the Wikipedia article on Cleopatra. Since this is a popular device, many views are unintentional.{{Cite web|url=https://www.news-future.com/p/wikipedias-cleopatra-mystery-and|title=Wikipedia's Cleopatra mystery, AI and the future of truth on the internet|first=Ian|last=Silvera|website=www.news-future.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.inverse.com/input/culture/why-cleopatra-trending-wikipedia|title=Why is Cleopatra constantly trending on Wikipedia?|first=Annie|last=Rauwerda|date=March 3, 2022|website=Input}}}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Cleopatra | 132 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Lady Gaga | 129 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :Adolf Hitler | 129 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :Eminem | 127 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | :Lionel Messi | 125 |
| 16
| style="text-align: left;" | :Game of Thrones | 122 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :World War I | 121 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Beatles | 116 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Justin Bieber | 114 |
| 20
|style="text-align: left;" | :Canada | 113 |
| 20
| style="text-align: left;" | :Freddie Mercury | 113 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :Kim Kardashian | 111 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | :Johnny Depp | 109 |
| {{efn|name=special}}
| style="text-align: left;" | Creative Commons Attribution | 109 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Steve Jobs | 108 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Dwayne Johnson | 108 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | :Michael Jordan | 107 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | :Australia | 107 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :List of presidents of the United States | 104 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Big Bang Theory | 103 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Taylor Swift | 102 |
| {{efn|name=special}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Search engineWith redirect views Wsearch.php. | 102 |
| 31
| style="text-align: left;" | :Stephen Hawking | 101 |
| 31
| style="text-align: left;" | :List of highest-grossing films | 101 |
| 33
| style="text-align: left;" | :China | 100 |
| {{efn|name=special}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Portal:Contents | 100 |
| {{efn|name=special}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :XXXX | 96 |
| {{efn|name=automated|A page that logged a large number of automated views.}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Malware | 96 |
| 34
| style="text-align: left;" | :Russia | 96 |
| 34
| style="text-align: left;" | :New York City | 96 |
| 34
| style="text-align: left;" | :Japan | 96 |
| 34
| style="text-align: left;" | :Kanye West | 96 |
| 38
| style="text-align: left;" | List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films | 95 |
| 38
| style="text-align: left;" | :Abraham Lincoln | 95 |
| 40
| style="text-align: left;" | :LeBron James | 94 |
| 40
| style="text-align: left;" | Charles IIIIncluding redirect views from Charles, Prince of Wales. | 94 |
| 40
| style="text-align: left;" | :Darth Vader | 94 |
| 40
| style="text-align: left;" | :Star Wars | 94 |
| 40
| style="text-align: left;" | :Miley Cyrus | 94 |
| 40
| style="text-align: left;" | :Germany | 94 |
| 40
| style="text-align: left;" | :September 11 attacksIncluding redirect views of September 11, 2001 attacks. | 94 |
| 47
| style="text-align: left;" | :Leonardo DiCaprio | 93 |
| 48
| style="text-align: left;" | :Kobe Bryant | 92 |
| 48
| style="text-align: left;" | :Selena Gomez | 92 |
| 50
| style="text-align: left;" | :Joe Biden | 91 |
| 50
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tom Cruise | 91 |
| 50
| style="text-align: left;" | :Rihanna | 91 |
| 50
| style="text-align: left;" | :Albert Einstein | 91 |
| 50
| style="text-align: left;" | :Academy Awards | 91 |
| 55
| style="text-align: left;" | :Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | 90 |
| 55
| style="text-align: left;" | :Harry Potter | 90 |
| 55
| style="text-align: left;" | :Elvis Presley | 90 |
| 55
| style="text-align: left;" | The Walking Dead (TV series) | 90 |
| 59
| style="text-align: left;" | :Scarlett Johansson | 89 |
| 59
| style="text-align: left;" | :Lil Wayne | 89 |
| 59
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tupac Shakur | 89 |
| 59
| style="text-align: left;" | :Angelina Jolie | 89 |
| 63
| style="text-align: left;" | :Queen Victoria | 88 |
| 63
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jeffrey Dahmer | 88 |
| 65
| style="text-align: left;" | :John F. Kennedy | 87 |
| 65
| style="text-align: left;" | :COVID-19 pandemicThe 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. | 87 |
| 67
| style="text-align: left;" | :Diana, Princess of Wales | 86 |
| 67
| style="text-align: left;" | :Marilyn Monroe | 86 |
| 69
| style="text-align: left;" | :Keanu Reeves | 85 |
| 69
| style="text-align: left;" | :Arnold Schwarzenegger | 85 |
| 69
| style="text-align: left;" | :How I Met Your Mother | 85 |
| 69
| style="text-align: left;" | :Chernobyl disaster | 85 |
| 69
| style="text-align: left;" | :France | 85 |
| 69
| style="text-align: left;" | :Ariana Grande | 85 |
| 75
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jennifer Aniston | 84 |
| 75
| style="text-align: left;" | :Breaking Bad | 84 |
| 77
| style="text-align: left;" | :Meghan, Duchess of Sussex | 83 |
| 77
| style="text-align: left;" | :Muhammad Ali | 83 |
| 77
| style="text-align: left;" | :Will Smith | 83 |
| 80
| style="text-align: left;" | :Ted Bundy | 82 |
| 80
| style="text-align: left;" | :Pablo Escobar | 82 |
| 80
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mila Kunis | 82 |
| 80
| style="text-align: left;" | :Vietnam War | 82 |
| 80
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mark Zuckerberg | 82 |
| 85
| style="text-align: left;" | :Manchester United F.C. | 81 |
| 85
| style="text-align: left;" | :William Shakespeare | 81 |
| 87
| style="text-align: left;" | :TitanicIncluding redirect views from RMS Titanic | 80 |
| 87
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tom Brady | 80 |
| 87
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jay-ZIncluding redirect views from JAY-Z | 80 |
| 87
| style="text-align: left;" | :Singapore | 80 |
| 87
| style="text-align: left;" | :Earth | 80 |
| 87
| style="text-align: left;" | :Bill Gates | 80 |
| {{efn|name=special}}
| style="text-align: left;" | Wikipedia:Contact us | 80 |
| 93
| style="text-align: left;" | :Winston Churchill | 78 |
| 93
| style="text-align: left;" | :Bruce Lee | 78 |
| 93
| style="text-align: left;" | :Nicki Minaj | 78 |
| 93
| style="text-align: left;" | :Israel | 78 |
| 97
| style="text-align: left;" | :Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon | 77 |
| 97
| style="text-align: left;" | :John Cena | 77 |
| 97
| style="text-align: left;" | :Charles Manson | 77 |
| 97
| style="text-align: left;" | Ryan Reynolds | 77 |
| 97
| style="text-align: left;" | :Brad Pitt | 77 |
| 97
| style="text-align: left;" | :Vladimir Putin | 77 |
;Notes
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Universe
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :Earth | 80 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :Sun | 40 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :Moon | 39 |
| {{efn|name=mystery|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.}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Skathi (moon) | 38 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :Black hole | 37 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mars | 37 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | :Solar System | 36 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Pluto | 31 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Big Bang | 30 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | :Milky Way | 26 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Saturn | 23 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | :Kepler's Supernova | 20 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Universe | 19 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :Dark matter | 18 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :Galaxy | 16 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jupiter | 15 |
| 16
| style="text-align: left;" | :Venus | 14 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Supernovae | 13 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :Andromeda Galaxy | 12 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mercury (planet) | 10 |
| 20
| style="text-align: left;" | :Neptune | 9.5 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Uranus | 9.2 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :Solar eclipse | 7.6 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | :Lunar eclipse | 7.2 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Dark energy | 7.0 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Halley's Comet | 7.0 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | :Event horizon | 6.5 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | :Titan (moon) | 6.2 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Eclipse | 5.7 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Sirius | 5.7 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Winter solstice | 5.4 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Ceres (dwarf planet) | 5.4 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Alpha Centauri | 5.4 |
;Note
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Earth
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
Ranked here are Earth's non-organic phenomena.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mount Everest | 46 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :Bermuda Triangle | 44 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :Africa | 40 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :Hurricane Katrina | 36 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :North America | 34 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | :Earthquake | 32 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Climate change | 31 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Continent | 31 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | :Antarctica | 30 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | :Asia | 30 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tsunami | 28 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Volcano | 26 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :South America | 23 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami | 22 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | :Grand Canyon | 19 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | :Canary Islands | 19 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Himalayas | 17 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami | 17 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Yellowstone National Park | 17 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Americas | 17 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Nile | 16 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Crimea | 16 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mississippi | 16 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Ocean | 15 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Pacific Ocean | 15 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Balkans | 15 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Lightning | 15 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Ice Age | 14 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Atlantic Ocean | 14 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Amazon River | 13 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Ganges | 13 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Palau | 13 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :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 than human, two more share the fifth place with us and animal does better too.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :Cat | 61 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :Dog | 50 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :Animal | 38 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :Lion | 38 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Coronavirus | 37 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tiger | 37 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Human | 37 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Dinosaur | 29 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | :Elephant | 27 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Virus | 26 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | :Horse | 25 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Photosynthesis | 23 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :Evolution | 22 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :Apple | 22 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :Bird | 22 |
| 16
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mammal | 21 |
| 16
| style="text-align: left;" | :Potato | 21 |
| 16
| style="text-align: left;" | :Polar bear | 21 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Shark | 20 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Snake | 20 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Spider | 20 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Rabbit | 20 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Platypus | 20 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Dolphin | 20 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tyrannosaurus | 19 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Cougar | 19 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jaguar | 19 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Chicken | 19 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Maize | 19 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Cattle | 18 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Dodo | 18 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Turmeric | 18 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tomato | 18 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Cheetah | 18 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Giraffe | 18 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Bear | 18 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Raccoon | 18 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Octopus | 18 |
Civilization
= Wars =
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :World War II | 145 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :World War I | 121 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :Vietnam War | 82 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :American Civil War | 71 |
| {{efn|name=part|Part of World War II.}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | 54 |
| {{efn|name=part1|Part of :Russo-Ukrainian War (ranked 6)}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | 50 |
| {{efn|name=main|Not war in main definitions.}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Cold War | 49 |
| {{efn|name=part}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Attack on Pearl Harbor | 46 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Korean War | 45 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | :Russo-Ukrainian War | 34 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :American Revolutionary War | 33 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Syrian civil war | 31 |
| {{efn|name=part}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Normandy landings | 30 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | :Gulf War | 30 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Iraq War | 29 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | :Crusades | 24 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Falklands War | 23 |
| {{efn|name=part}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Battle of Stalingrad | 23 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) | 22 |
| {{efn|name=part}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Battle of the Bulge | 19 |
| {{efn|name=part}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Battle of Midway | 19 |
| {{efn|name=rank|Part of Napoleonic Wars (ranked 18th).}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Battle of Waterloo | 19 |
| {{efn|name=yet|This potential war has not happened.}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :World War III | 18 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :Six-Day War | 18 |
| {{efn|name=main}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Israeli–Palestinian conflict | 18 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :Crimean War | 18 |
| {{efn|name=part}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Battle of Dunkirk | 17 |
| 16
| style="text-align: left;" | :Spanish Civil War | 17 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :War of 1812 | 15 |
| {{efn|name=main}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Troubles | 14 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :French and Indian War | 14 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :Napoleonic Wars | 14 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :Yom Kippur War | 14 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mexican–American War | 13 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Bosnian War | 13 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Kargil War | 13 |
| {{efn|name=part}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Battle of Britain | 13 |
| {{efn|name=part2|Part of Iraq War (ranked 10)}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :2003 invasion of Iraq | 13 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Indian Rebellion of 1857 | 12 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Iran–Iraq War | 12 |
| {{efn|name=part}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Dunkirk evacuation | 12 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | :Boxer Rebellion | 11 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | :Winter War | 11 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Second Boer War | 10 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Kosovo War | 10 |
| {{efn|name=historicity|Historicity is doubtful.}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Trojan War | 10 |
| {{efn|name=part}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Battle for France | 9.5 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Soviet-Afghan War | 9.5 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Hundred Years' War | 9.5 |
;Notes
{{notelist}}
= Empires and hegemonies =
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
Ancient Egypt and History of Japan are on the list because originally Egypt and Japan were empires established by King NarmerToby Wilkinson, Early Dynastic Egypt, London: Routledge, 1999, p 68. and the Yamato DynastyKenneth Henshall, A History of Japan: From the Stone Age to Christianity, London: Palgrave, 2012, pp 15-16, 22. respectively. SumerThe 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. and Sparta{{Cite web|url=https://www.shorthistory.org/ancient-civilizations/ancient-greece/spartan-hegemony-404-371-b-c/|title=Spartan hegemony (404-371 B.C) after the Peloponnesian War|first=Alen|last=S|date=July 30, 2015}} are on the list as hegemonies. Sparta was the hegemon of the Peloponnesian League: see Spartan hegemony.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :Soviet Union | 63 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :Ottoman Empire | 49 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :Roman Empire | 43 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :Nazi Germany | 41 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :British Empire | 32 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | :Byzantine Empire | 28 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Ancient Egypt | 25 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mughal Empire | 24 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Sparta | 23 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Russian Empire | 18 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :German Empire | 17 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Qing dynasty | 16 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :Holy Roman Empire{{efn|name=views|Views before July 2015 lost.}} | 15 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :Austria-Hungary | 15 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | :Inca Empire | 13 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | :Empire of Japan | 13 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Ming dynasty | 11 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mongol Empire | 11 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Han dynasty | 9.4 |
| 20
| style="text-align: left;" | :Maurya Empire | 9.2 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Spanish Empire | 9.0 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tang dynasty | 8.8 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | :Sumer | 8.6 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | :History of Japan | 8.6 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Achaemenid Empire | 8.4 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | :Gupta Empire | 7.4 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | :Delhi Sultanate | 7.4 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Umayyad Caliphate{{efn|name=views}} | 6.7 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :Assyria | 6.4 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Abbasid Caliphate | 6.1 |
;Notes
{{notelist}}
=Present countries=
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
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.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :United States | 254 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :India | 165 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :United Kingdom | 144 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :Canada | 113 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Australia | 107 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | :China | 100 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Russia | 98 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Japan | 96 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | :Germany | 94 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :France | 85 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | :Singapore | 80 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Israel | 78 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :Pakistan | 68 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :Philippines | 68 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | :Brazil | 67 |
| 16
| style="text-align: left;" | :Italy | 66 |
| 16
| style="text-align: left;" | :Netherlands{{efn|name=member|Netherlands and New Zealand are here because few people search instead for UN member states of the Realm of New Zealand and Kingdom of the Netherlands.}} | 66 |
| 16
| style="text-align: left;" | :New Zealand{{efn|name=member}} | 66 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Ukraine | 64 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Spain | 64 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Turkey | 64 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :South Africa | 62 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mexico | 61 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Indonesia | 60 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Switzerland | 58 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | :North Korea | 56 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | :Sweden | 55 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Iran | 54 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :United Arab Emirates | 52 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Egypt | 51 |
| 31
| style="text-align: left;" | :Poland | 51 |
| 32-189
| 158 countries | 50–6.6 |
| 190
| style="text-align: left;" | :Federated States of Micronesia | 6.5 |
| 191
| style="text-align: left;" | :Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.3 |
| 192
| style="text-align: left;" | :Eswatini | 6.1 |
| 193
| style="text-align: left;" | :São Tomé and Príncipe | 5.9 |
| 194
| style="text-align: left;" | :Republic of the Congo | 4.9 |
;Note
{{notelist}}
=Cities=
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
! Rank !! Page !! Continent !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :New York City | North America | style="text-align: center;" |96 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :Singapore | Asia | style="text-align: center;" |80 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :London | Europe | style="text-align: center;" |76 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :Hong Kong | Asia | style="text-align: center;" |62 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Los Angeles | North America | style="text-align: center;" |53 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | :Dubai | Asia | style="text-align: center;" |51 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Washington, D.C. | North America | style="text-align: center;" |47 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Paris | Europe | style="text-align: center;" |44 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Chicago | North America | style="text-align: center;" |44 |
| {{efn|name=logged|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.User:West.andrew.g/2015 Popular pages}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Angelsberg | Europe | style="text-align: center;" |44 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mumbai | Asia | style="text-align: center;" |38 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | :San Francisco | North America | style="text-align: center;" |37 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Rome | Europe | style="text-align: center;" |33 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Monaco | Europe | style="text-align: center;" |33 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Toronto | North America | style="text-align: center;" |33 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tokyo | Asia | style="text-align: center;" |32 |
| 16
| style="text-align: left;" | :Philadelphia | North America | style="text-align: center;" |31 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Machu Picchu | South America | style="text-align: center;" |30 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jerusalem | Asia | style="text-align: center;" |28 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :Amsterdam | Europe | style="text-align: center;" |28 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :Boston | North America | style="text-align: center;" |28 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Barcelona | Europe | style="text-align: center;" |27 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Seattle | North America | style="text-align: center;" |27 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Istanbul | Europe/Asia | style="text-align: center;" |27 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Berlin | Europe | style="text-align: center;" |27 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | Vatican | Europe | style="text-align: center;" |26 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Vancouver | North America | style="text-align: center;" |26 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | :Shanghai | Asia | style="text-align: center;" |25 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | :Pompeii | Europe | style="text-align: center;" |25 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :Venice | Europe | style="text-align: center;" |24 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :Atlanta | North America | style="text-align: center;" |24 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :Montreal | North America | style="text-align: center;" |24 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :Moscow | Europe | style="text-align: center;" | 24 |
;Note
{{notelist}}
=Buildings and structures=
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
On July 6, 2022, the Georgia Guidestones rose 23 places in the list (rank 33) after its enigmatic explosion.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/06/us/georgia-guidestones-explosion.html|title=Explosion Destroys Mysterious Monument in Georgia, Authorities Say|first=Livia|last=Albeck-Ripka|date=July 6, 2022|work=The New York Times}} 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.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank* !! Page !! Date of completion{{efn|name=dates|All BC dates are marked. The rest of dates are AD.}} !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :Taj Mahal | 1653 | 53 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :Burj Khalifa | 2009 | 44 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :Statue of Liberty | 1886 | 40 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :Great Wall of China | c. 212 BC | 39 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Eiffel Tower | 1889 | 37 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | :Berlin Wall | 1960s | 33 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Machu Picchu | 15th century | 30 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Stonehenge | 3rd millennium BC | 29 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mount Rushmore National Memorial | 1939 | 28 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | :Colosseum | 80 | 28 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | :Auschwitz concentration camp | 1942 | 28 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Great Pyramid of Giza | c. 2560 BC | 26 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :One World Trade Center | 2014 | 24 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :Empire State Building | 1931 | 23 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | :White House | 1800 | 22 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | :Petra{{efn|name=city|A city or former city known mostly for its architecture.}} | 5th century BC | 22 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Large Hadron Collider | 2008 | 21 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Hagia Sophia | 537 | 21 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Golden Gate Bridge | 1937 | 18 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Panama Canal | 1914 | 18 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Angkor Wat | 12th century | 17 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Big Ben | 1859 | 17 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Guantanamo Bay detention camp | 2002 | 17 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Buckingham Palace | 1850 | 17 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Christ the Redeemer (statue) | 1931 | 16 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Kaaba | 16 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | :New York Stock Exchange | 1903 | 15 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | :Parthenon | 5th century BC | 15 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :Pantheon, Rome | c. 126 | 14 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :Disneyland | 1955 | 14 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :Colossus of Rhodes | 280 BC | 14 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :ADX Florence | 1994 | 14 |
| 33
| style="text-align: left;" | :Notre-Dame de Paris | 1345 | 13 |
| 33
| style="text-align: left;" | :Wembley Stadium | 2007 | 13 |
| 33
| style="text-align: left;" | :World Trade Center (1973–2001) | 1973 | 13 |
| 33
| style="text-align: left;" | :Westminster Abbey | 960 | 13 |
| 33
| style="text-align: left;" | :Windsor Castle | 11th century | 13 |
| 33
| style="text-align: left;" | :Georgia Guidestones | 1980 | 13 |
| 39
| style="text-align: left;" | :Statue of Unity | 2018 | 12 |
| 39
| style="text-align: left;" | :Suez Canal | 1869 | 12 |
| 39
| style="text-align: left;" | :Walt Disney World | 1971 | 12 |
| 39
| style="text-align: left;" | :Channel Tunnel | 1994 | 12 |
| 39
| style="text-align: left;" | :Forbidden City | 1420 | 12 |
| 39
| style="text-align: left;" | :Willis Tower | 1973 | 12 |
| 45
| style="text-align: left;" | :Timbuktu{{efn|name=city}} | 5th century BC | 11 |
| 45
| style="text-align: left;" | :Taipei 101 | 2004 | 11 |
| 45
| style="text-align: left;" | :Arc de Triomphe | 1836 | 11 |
| 45
| style="text-align: left;" | :Lighthouse of Alexandria | c. 246 BC | 11 |
| 49
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mohenjo-daro{{efn|name=city}} | 3rd millennium BC | 10 |
| 49
| style="text-align: left;" | :John F. Kennedy International Airport | 1948 | 10 |
| 49
| style="text-align: left;" | :Temple of Artemis | c. 540 BC | 10 |
| 49
| style="text-align: left;" | :Library of Alexandria | 3rd century BC | 10 |
| 49
| style="text-align: left;" | :Brooklyn Bridge | 1883 | 10 |
| 49
| style="text-align: left;" | :Code of Hammurabi | c. 1754 BC | 10 |
| 55
| style="text-align: left;" | :Leaning Tower of Pisa | 1372 | 9.6 |
| 56
| style="text-align: left;" | :Statue of Zeus at Olympia | 5th century BC | 9.2 |
| 56
| style="text-align: left;" | :Acropolis of Athens | 5th century BC | 9.2 |
| 58
| style="text-align: left;" | :New York City Subway | 1904 | 9.0 |
| 59
| style="text-align: left;" | :Dome of the Rock | 692 | 8.9 |
| 60
| style="text-align: left;" | :Great Sphinx of Giza | 2532 BC | 8.8 |
| 61
| style="text-align: left;" | :Palace of Versailles | 1678 | 8.7 |
| 62
| style="text-align: left;" | :Wall Street | 19th century | 8.4 |
| 63
| style="text-align: left;" | :Antilia (building) | 2010 | 8.3 |
| 64
| style="text-align: left;" | :David (Michelangelo) | 1504 | 8.2 |
| 64
| style="text-align: left;" | :Church of the Holy Sepulchre | 335 | 8.2 |
| 66
| style="text-align: left;" | :7 World Trade Center | 2006 | 8.1 |
| 66
| style="text-align: left;" | :Al-Aqsa Mosque | 705 | 8.1 |
| 68
| style="text-align: left;" | :Göbekli Tepe{{efn|name=city}} | 10th millennium BC | 7.9 |
| 69
| style="text-align: left;" | :Moai | 14th century | 7.8 |
| 70
| style="text-align: left;" | :Chichen Itza{{efn|name=city}} | 7th century | 7.5 |
| 71
| style="text-align: left;" | :Epcot | 1982 | 7.4 |
| 71
| style="text-align: left;" | :Petronas Towers | 1996 | 7.4 |
| 73
| style="text-align: left;" | :Hoover Dam | 1936 | 7.2 |
| 74
| style="text-align: left;" | :Terracotta Army | 3rd century BC | 7.0 |
| 74
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tower of London | 1078 | 7.0 |
| 76
| style="text-align: left;" | :Red Fort | 1648 | 6.9 |
| 76
| style="text-align: left;" | :Delhi Metro | 2002 | 6.9 |
| 78
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jeddah Tower | On hold | 6.8 |
| 78
| style="text-align: left;" | :Louvre | 1793 | 6.8 |
| 78
| style="text-align: left;" | :St. Peter's Basilica | 1626 | 6.8 |
| 81
| style="text-align: left;" | :Balmoral Castle | 1856 | 6.7 |
| 81
| style="text-align: left;" | :British Museum | 1753 | 6.7 |
| 81
| style="text-align: left;" | :Brandenburg Gate | 1791 | 6.7 |
| 84
| style="text-align: left;" | :Neuschwanstein Castle | 1886 | 6.6 |
| 85
| style="text-align: left;" | :Indira Gandhi International Airport | 1940s | 6.5 |
| 86
| style="text-align: left;" | :Hadrian's Wall | 128 | 6.4 |
| 87
| style="text-align: left;" | :Erie Canal | 1825 | 6.3 |
| 87
| style="text-align: left;" | :Persepolis{{efn|name=city}} | 6th century BC | 6.3 |
| 87
| style="text-align: left;" | :United States Capitol | 1800 | 6.3 |
| 90
| style="text-align: left;" | :Washington Monument | 1888 | 6.2 |
| 90
| style="text-align: left;" | :Gateway of India | 1924 | 6.2 |
| 92
| style="text-align: left;" | :Qutb Minar | ~ 1220 | 5.9 |
| 92
| style="text-align: left;" | :Alhambra | 13th century | 5.9 |
| 92
| style="text-align: left;" | :India Gate | 1921 | 5.9 |
| 92
| style="text-align: left;" | :London Underground | 1863 | 5.9 |
| 96
| style="text-align: left;" | :Three Gorges Dam | 2003 | 5.8 |
| 96
| style="text-align: left;" | :Heathrow Airport | 1946 | 5.8 |
| 96
| style="text-align: left;" | :United States Military Academy | 1802 | 5.8 |
| 96
| style="text-align: left;" | :MetLife Stadium | 2010 | 5.8 |
| 100
| style="text-align: left;" | :Rikers Island prison | 1932 | 5.7 |
| 100
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mausoleum at Halicarnassus | 351 BC | 5.7 |
| 100
| style="text-align: left;" | :Führerbunker | 1944 | 5.7 |
| 100
| style="text-align: left;" | :Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary | 1934 | 5.7 |
| 100
| style="text-align: left;" | :Borobudur | 9th century | 5.7 |
| 100
| style="text-align: left;" | :Hampi | 1500 | 5.7 |
| 100
| style="text-align: left;" | :Konark Sun Temple | 13th century | 5.7 |
;Notes
{{notelist}}
People
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
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.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :Donald Trump | 243 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :Elizabeth II | 198 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :Barack Obama | 163 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :Cristiano Ronaldo | 151 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Michael Jackson | 141 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | Elon Musk | 135 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Lady Gaga | 129 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Adolf Hitler | 129 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | :Eminem | 127 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Lionel Messi | 125 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | :Justin Bieber | 114 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Freddie Mercury | 113 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :Kim Kardashian | 111 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :Johnny Depp | 109 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | :Steve Jobs | 108 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | :Dwayne Johnson | 108 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | Michael Jordan | 107 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :Taylor Swift | 102 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Stephen Hawking | 101 |
| 20
| style="text-align: left;" | :Kanye West | 96 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Abraham Lincoln | 95 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :LeBron James | 94 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :Charles III | 88 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :Miley Cyrus | 94 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Leonardo DiCaprio | 93 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | :Selena Gomez | 92 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | Kobe Bryant | 92 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Joe Biden | 91 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tom Cruise | 91 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Albert Einstein | 91 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Rihanna | 91 |
| 32
| style="text-align: left;" | :Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | 90 |
| 32
| style="text-align: left;" | :Elvis Presley | 90 |
| 34
| style="text-align: left;" | :Lil Wayne | 89 |
| 34
| style="text-align: left;" | :Scarlett Johansson | 89 |
| 34
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tupac Shakur | 89 |
| 34
| style="text-align: left;" | :Angelina Jolie | 89 |
| 38
| style="text-align: left;" | :Queen Victoria | 88 |
| 38
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jeffrey Dahmer | 88 |
| 40
| style="text-align: left;" | :John F. Kennedy | 87 |
| 41
| style="text-align: left;" | :Diana, Princess of Wales | 86 |
| 41
| style="text-align: left;" | :Marilyn Monroe | 86 |
| 43
| style="text-align: left;" | :Keanu Reeves | 85 |
| 43
| style="text-align: left;" | :Ariana Grande | 85 |
| 43
| style="text-align: left;" | :Arnold Schwarzenegger | 85 |
| 46
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jennifer Aniston | 84 |
| 47
| style="text-align: left;" | :Meghan, Duchess of Sussex | 83 |
| 47
| style="text-align: left;" | :Muhammad Ali | 83 |
| 47
| style="text-align: left;" | :Will Smith | 83 |
| 50
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mark Zuckerberg | 82 |
| 50
| style="text-align: left;" | :Ted Bundy | 82 |
| 50
| style="text-align: left;" | :Pablo Escobar | 82 |
| 50
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mila Kunis | 82 |
| 54
| style="text-align: left;" | :William Shakespeare | 81 |
| 55
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tom Brady | 80 |
| 55
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jay-ZIncluding redirect views from JAY-Z. | 80 |
| 55
| style="text-align: left;" | :Bill Gates | 80 |
| 58
| style="text-align: left;" | :Winston Churchill | 78 |
| 58
| style="text-align: left;" | :Nicki Minaj | 78 |
| 58
| style="text-align: left;" | :Bruce Lee | 78 |
| 61
| style="text-align: left;" | :Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon | 77 |
| 61
| style="text-align: left;" | :Ryan Reynolds | 77 |
| 61
| style="text-align: left;" | :Brad Pitt | 77 |
| 61
| style="text-align: left;" | :John Cena | 77 |
| 61
| style="text-align: left;" | :Charles Manson | 77 |
| 61
| style="text-align: left;" | :Vladimir Putin | 77 |
| 67
| style="text-align: left;" | :Clint Eastwood | 76 |
| 67
| style="text-align: left;" | :Madonna | 76 |
| 69
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jennifer Lopez | 75 |
| 69
| style="text-align: left;" | :Katy Perry | 75 |
| 71
| style="text-align: left;" | :George VI | 74 |
| 71
| style="text-align: left;" | :Heath Ledger | 74 |
| 71
| style="text-align: left;" | :Britney Spears | 74 |
| 74
| style="text-align: left;" | :Sylvester Stallone | 73 |
| 74
| style="text-align: left;" | :AdeleIncluding redirect views from Adele (singer) | 73 |
| 74
| style="text-align: left;" | :Prince (musician) | 73 |
| 74
| style="text-align: left;" | :David Bowie | 73 |
| 78
| style="text-align: left;" | :Ronald Reagan | 72 |
| 79
| style="text-align: left;" | :Kamala Harris | 71 |
| 79
| style="text-align: left;" | :George W. Bush | 71 |
| 79
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jennifer Lawrence | 71 |
| 79
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mahatma Gandhi | 71 |
| 83
| style="text-align: left;" | :Emma Watson | 69 |
| 84
| style="text-align: left;" | :Robin Williams | 68 |
| 84
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mark Wahlberg | 68 |
| 86
| style="text-align: left;" | :Henry VIII | 67 |
| 86
| style="text-align: left;" | :Beyoncé | 67 |
| 86
| style="text-align: left;" | :John Lennon | 67 |
| 86
| style="text-align: left;" | :Nelson Mandela | 67 |
| 90
| style="text-align: left;" | :Demi Lovato | 66 |
| 90
| style="text-align: left;" | :Megan Fox | 66 |
| 90
| style="text-align: left;" | :Roger Federer | 66 |
| 93
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tom Hardy | 65 |
| 93
| style="text-align: left;" | :Leonardo da Vinci | 65 |
| 95
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tom Hanks | 64 |
| 95
| style="text-align: left;" | :George Washington | 64 |
| 95
| style="text-align: left;" | :Franklin D. Roosevelt | 64 |
| 95
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mike Tyson | 64 |
| 95
| style="text-align: left;" | :Lali Espósito | 64 |
| 100
| style="text-align: left;" | :Bob Marley | 63 |
| 100
| style="text-align: left;" | :Bill Clinton | 63 |
| 100
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Undertaker | 63 |
| 100
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mariah Carey | 63 |
| 100
| style="text-align: left;" | :Kristen Stewart | 63 |
| 100
| style="text-align: left;" | :Natalie Portman | 63 |
| 100
| style="text-align: left;" | :Snoop Dogg | 63 |
=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.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :Michael Jackson | 141 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :Lady Gaga | 129 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :Eminem | 127 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :Justin Bieber | 114 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Freddie Mercury | 113 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | :Taylor Swift | 102 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Kanye West | 96 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Miley Cyrus | 94 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | :Selena Gomez | 92 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Rihanna | 91 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | :Elvis Presley | 90 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Lil Wayne | 89 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tupac Shakur | 89 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :Ariana Grande | 85 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jay-Z | 80 |
| 16
| style="text-align: left;" | :Nicki Minaj | 78 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Madonna | 76 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :Katy Perry | 75 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jennifer Lopez | 75 |
| 20
| style="text-align: left;" | :Britney Spears | 74 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Adele | 73 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :David Bowie | 73 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | Prince | 72 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Beyoncé | 67 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :John Lennon | 67 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | :Demi Lovato | 66 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | :Lali Espósito | 64 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Bob Marley | 63 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mariah Carey | 63 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Snoop Dogg | 63 |
=Actors=
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2025)
This list omits actors who are singers in order not to repeat half of the previous table.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :Dwayne Johnson | 123 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :Kim Kardashian | 120 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :Johnny Depp | 119 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tom Cruise | 108 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Leonardo DiCaprio | 106 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | :Scarlett Johansson | 103 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Keanu Reeves | 101 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Arnold Schwarzenegger | 101 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | :Angelina Jolie | 85 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Marilyn Monroe | 96 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jennifer Aniston | 94 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | :Ryan Reynolds | 94 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :Meghan Markle | 92 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :Will Smith | 90 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mila Kunis | 89 |
| 16
| style="text-align: left;" | :Clint Eastwood | 88 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Brad Pitt | 88 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :Sylvester Stallone | 88 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Bruce Lee | 85 |
| 20
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jennifer Lawrence | 83 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Heath Ledger | 83 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :Robin Williams | 78 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mark Wahlberg | 77 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Emma Watson | 77 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Megan Fox | 74 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tom Hanks | 74 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tom Hardy | 72 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Natalie Portman | 71 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :Kristen Stewart | 69 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Undertaker | 67 |
=Athletes=
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
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.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Sport !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :Cristiano Ronaldo | 151 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :Lionel Messi | 125 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :Michael Jordan | 107 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :LeBron James | 94 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Kobe Bryant | 92 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | :Muhammad Ali | Boxing | 83 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tom Brady | 80 |
| {{efn|name=sport|Non-competitive sport.}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :John Cena | 77 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Roger Federer | Tennis | 66 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mike Tyson | Boxing | 64 |
| {{efn|name=sport}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Undertaker | 63 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :O. J. Simpson | 60 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | :Shaquille O'Neal | 58 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Conor McGregor | 54 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Rafael Nadal | Tennis | 54 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :Serena Williams | Tennis | 51 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :David Beckham | 51 |
| 16
| style="text-align: left;" | :Neymar | 50 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Brock Lesnar | Pro wrestling and MMA | 49 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Zlatan Ibrahimovic | 49 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Novak Djokovic | Tennis | 48 |
| 20
| style="text-align: left;" | :Stephen Curry | 47 |
| 20
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tiger Woods | Golf | 47 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :Manny Pacquiao | Boxing | 42 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :Michael Phelps | Swimming | 42 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :Virat Kohli | Cricket | 42 |
| {{efn|name=sport}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Triple H | 41 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Caitlyn Jenner | 41 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | :Usain Bolt | Sprint | 40 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | :Peyton Manning | 40 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | :Sachin Tendulkar | Cricket | 40 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :Ronda Rousey | Judo, MMA and pro wrestling | 38 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Michael Oher | 37 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Wayne Rooney | 37 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Ronaldinho | 37 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | Ronaldo | 37 |
;Note
{{notelist}}
=Political leaders=
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
Along the rise of Donald Trump, credit for the 2017 performance must be given to Vladimir Putin--he overtook Sarah Palin for 23rd place. Palin then dropped from the list the following year, attributed to the mighty advance of the British royal family.
Putin approached relegation by the fall of 2021. With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, his page logged about 16 million views in the first month of the war, securing his place on this list.
Trump's successor, Joe Biden, debuted on the list in October 2020. By the end of the month, he shared 22nd place with Stalin. In three more days he reached Margaret Thatcher. The next day, the day of election, Biden added 1.8 million views and tied Elizabeth I, in the top-20. The next day, November 5, he joined FDR for 19th place. On November 8th - The day after Biden was confirmed President-elect - he logged 7 million cumulative views, rising to 9th place.
Kamala Harris logged 3.5 million views on November 7 and 6.5 million the next day, entering the list to become the second American (after Alexander Hamilton) on the list who had not served as President. The third became Martin Luther King in March 2022, appearing on the list intermittently 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 second place. The September-2022 surge of the royal family caused relegation of Osama bin Laden.
As seen in the two-decade list of Wikipedia (2001–2021), this subsequent list has been exclusive to US Presidents, the British royal family, and Adolf Hitler.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Country !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :Donald Trump | United States | 282 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :Elizabeth II | United Kingdom | 218 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :Barack Obama | United States | 179 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :Adolf Hitler | Nazi Germany | 147 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Joe Biden | United States | 117 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | :Charles III | United Kingdom | 115 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Abraham Lincoln | United States | 105 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Kamala Harris | United States | 103 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | :Queen Victoria | United Kingdom | 101 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | :John F. Kennedy | United States | 101 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | :Diana, Princess of Wales | United Kingdom | 98 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 96 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | Meghan, Duchess of Sussex | United Kingdom | 92 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :Vladimir Putin | Russia | 89 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | Winston Churchill | United Kingdom | 86 |
| 16
| style="text-align: left;" | :Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon | United Kingdom | 85 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :George VI | United Kingdom | 84 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :Ronald Reagan | United States | 83 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mahatma Gandhi | India | 82 |
| 20
| style="text-align: left;" | :George W. Bush | United States | 81 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Franklin D. Roosevelt | United States | 74 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :Nelson Mandela | South Africa | 73 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :Bill Clinton | United States | 73 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | :George Washington | United States | 72 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | Henry VIII of England | United Kingdom | 68 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Joseph Stalin | Soviet Union | 69 |
| 26
| style="text-align:left;" | :Elisabeth I | United Kingdom | 66 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | :Edward VIII | United Kingdom | 65 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | :George H. W. Bush | United States | 65 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :Alexander Hamilton | United States | 62 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Margaret Thatcher | United Kingdom | 61 |
===Pre-modern people===
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
This category includes people born before AD 1400 (with the exception of Joan 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|date=May 2024}} for view-count continues posthumously.
{{As of|November 2023}} Wikipedia counts 1,915,609 people. Of them, 1,075,990 are living,{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Living_people|title=Category:Living people|date=November 21, 2023|via=Wikipedia}} or 56% i.e. the living outnumber the dead. 213,943 more were living in the Wikipedia period,{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:21st-century_deaths|title=Category:21st-century deaths|date=November 21, 2023|via=Wikipedia}} raising the percentage of this period's people to 67 (two-thirds). 341,079 more were living in the century preceding Wikipedia (1901–2000),{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:20th-century_deaths|title=Category:20th-century deaths|date=February 24, 2021|via=Wikipedia}} 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.Wikipedia categories for people born by period (year/decade/century/millennium) counted by the massview tool, https://pageviews.toolforge.org/massviews/
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Time !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jesus | 4 BC − 30/33 AD | 59 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :Alexander the Great | 356 – 323 BC | 55 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :Muhammad | 570 – 623 AD | 51 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :Julius Caesar | 100 – 44 BC | 49 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Genghis Khan | 1162 – 1227 AD | 44 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | :Gautama Buddha | 6th – 4th centuries BC | 37 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Aristotle | 384 – 322 BC | 34 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Plato | 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC | 30 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :King Arthur{{efn|name=dubious|Historicity is dubious.}} | 5th – 6th centuries AD | 30 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Joan of Arc | 1412 – 1431 AD | 29 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | :Socrates | 470/469 – 399 BC | 28 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Spartacus | 111 – 71 BC | 27 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :Charlemagne | 742/748 – 814 AD | 26 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tutankhamun | c. 1341 – c. 1323 BC | 26 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :Ragnar Lodbrok{{efn|name=dubious|Historicity is dubious.}} | 9th century AD | 26 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :Augustus | 63 BC – AD 14 | 26 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :William Wallace | 1270 – 1305 AD | 24 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Moses{{efn|name=sources|Historicity is unconfirmed by extra-Biblical sources.}} | 14th – 13th centuries BC | 24 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Nero | 37 AD – 68 AD | 23 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Marco Polo | 1254 – 1324 AD | 23 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Alfred the Great | c. 848-899 AD | 22 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Caligula | 12 AD – 41 AD | 22 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | :Robin Hood{{efn|name=dubious}} | 12th – 14th centuries AD | 21 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Cleopatra{{efn|name=unknown|The number of intentional mobile views for 2020-2022 is unknown (see "Top-100," note f above). Basing on the previous years, probably 9 million and all time total 29 million.}} | 69 – 30 BC | 20 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Henry V of England | 1386 – 1422 AD | 19 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Hannibal | 247 – 183/181 BC | 19 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Abraham{{efn|name=sources}} | 19th – 17th centuries BC | 19 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :David | 1010 - 970 BC | 18 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Confucius | 551 – 479 BC | 18 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Marcus Aurelius | 121 - 180 AD | 18 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :William the Conqueror | 11th century AD | 18 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Ashoka | 304 – 222 BC | 18 |
;Notes
{{notelist}}
=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 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. 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.{{cite web |title=Billie Eilish Pageviews Analysis |url=https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&start=2015-07-01&end=2019-07-26&pages=Billie_Eilish |website=WMF Labs}}{{cite web |title=Millie Bobby Brown Pageviews Analysis |url=https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&start=2015-07-01&end=2019-07-26&pages=Millie_Bobby_Brown |website=WMF Labs}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:West.andrew.g/2019_Popular_pages&oldid=1184155122|title=User:West.andrew.g/2019 Popular pages|date=November 8, 2023|via=Wikipedia}}
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 November 2022, Jenna Ortega debuted on the list and already by the fall of the year reached rank 8.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :Billie Eilish | 52 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :Millie Bobby Brown | 38 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :Willow Smith | 24 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :Erling Haaland | 18 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Maddie Ziegler | 17 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Greta Thunberg | 17 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jojo Siwa | 17 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jenna Ortega | 16 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | :Prince George of Cambridge | 15 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Lil Pump | 14 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Bhad Bhabie | 14 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Noah Cyrus | 14 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :Finn Wolfhard | 13 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :Olivia Rodrigo | 13 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :Gaten Matarazzo | 13 |
| 16
| style="text-align: left;" | :Charli D'Amelio | 11 |
| {{efn|name=personal|Not personal page.}}
| style="text-align: left;" | Barron Trump | 11 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Isabela Merced | 10 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Princess Charlotte of Cambridge | 10 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Lady Louise Windsor | 10 |
| 20
| style="text-align: left;" | :LaMelo Ball | 10 |
| 20
| style="text-align: left;" | :Zion Williamson | 10 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jacob Tremblay | 9.5 |
| 23
| style ="text-align: left;" | :Emma Raducanu | 9.3 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jadon Sancho | 9.1 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mackenzie Foy | 8.7 |
| 26
| style ="text-align: left;" | :Mckenna Grace | 8.6 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jackie Evancho | 8.3 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :James, Viscount Severn | 8.1 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :Yara Shahidi | 8.0 |
;Note
{{notelist}}
=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.
{{legend|#d0f0c0|Current record (⁂)}}
{{legend|#d7ccf3|Former record (*)}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Progression of the most-viewed millennial persons on Wikipedia ! Person ! Views {{efn|name=number|The approximate number of views each person had when she became Wikipedia’s most-viewed millennial.}} ! Page creation date ! Month achieved ! Months held | ||||
| Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant | align=right | 1 | align=right | Aug 4, 2003 | align=right | August 4, 2003 | style="background:#d7ccf3; text-align:center;" | 4–16 {{efn|name=estimation|Probable estimation.}} |
| | Lady Louise Windsor | align=right | 100,000–200,000 {{efn|name=estimation}} | align=right | Nov 26, 2003 | align=right | 2004 {{efn|name=estimation}} | style="background:#d7ccf3; text-align:center;" | 70–84 {{efn|name=estimation}} |
| | Willow Smith | align=right | 4,000,000–5,000,000 {{efn|name=estimation}} | align=right | Apr 23, 2005 | align=right | October – December 2010 {{efn|name=estimation}} | style="background:#d0f0c0; text-align:center;" | 103–105 {{efn|name=estimation}} |
| | Millie Bobby Brown | align=right | 17,300,000 | align=right | Jul 22, 2016 | align=right | July 2019 | style= text-align:center;" | 1 {{efn|name=days|Millie Bobby Brown held the leadership for 4 days in July 2019.}} |
| | Billie Eilish | align=right | 17,300,000 | align=right | Apr 15, 2017 | align=right | July 2019 | style= text-align:center;" | 42 |
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center; font-size:8pt;" | As of {{date|{{date}}|my}} |
|---|
;Notes
{{notelist}}
Entertainment
=Sport teams=
(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 to 2019.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :Manchester United F.C. | 81 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :FC Barcelona | 61 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :Chelsea F.C. | 59 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :Real Madrid C.F. | 57 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Arsenal F.C. | 55 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | :Liverpool F.C. | 54 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Manchester City F.C. | 42 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tottenham Hotspur F.C. | 35 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Brazil national football team | 35 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :England national football team | 34 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | :Juventus F.C. | 33 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :A.C. Milan | 32 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :FC Bayern Munich | 30 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :Paris Saint-Germain F.C. | 29 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :Germany national football team | 29 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :Argentina national football team | 29 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :New England Patriots | 28 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :Los Angeles Lakers | 27 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :France national football team | 26 |
| 20
| style="text-align: left;" | :Spain national football team | 25 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Golden State Warriors | 24 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :Borussia Dortmund | 23 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | :Italy national football team | 21 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Leicester F.C. | 20 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Newcastle United F.C. | 20 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :West Ham United F.C. | 20 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Inter Milan | 20 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Rangers F.C. | 20 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :New York Yankees | 19 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :Green Bay Packers | 19 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :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.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :Game of ThronesOvercame The Big Bang Theory in August 2017 and led the list ever since. | 122 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Big Bang TheoryLed the list from October 2016 until August 2017 | 103 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :Star Wars | 94 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | The Walking Dead | 90 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :How I Met Your Mother | 85 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | :Breaking Bad | 84 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Grey's Anatomy | 74 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | Glee | 72 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | :Doctor Who | 71 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | Harry Potter | 62 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Friends | 62 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | Avatar | 61 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | The Avengers | 60 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :Naruto | 59 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :Avengers: Endgame | 59 |
| 16
| style="text-align: left;" | Lost | 56 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Family Guy | 55 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | Dexter | 54 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | Titanic | 53 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | House | 53 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Avengers: Infinity War | 52 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Stranger Things | 52 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Vampire Diaries | 52 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :American Horror Story | 51 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :X-Men: Evolution | 51 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Simpsons | 50 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Dark Knight Rises | 50 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | Sherlock | 49 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Sons of Anarchy | 49 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Modern Family | 49 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | NCIS | 49 |
=Music bands=
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Beatles | 116 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :One Direction | 63 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :BTS | 63 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | Queen | 56 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Pink Floyd | 51 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | :Metallica | 50 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Linkin Park | 47 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Exo | 45 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Led Zeppelin | 45 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Red Hot Chili Peppers | 44 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | :AC/DC | 42 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Rolling Stones | 39 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :Coldplay | 37 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :Fleetwood Mac | 35 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :Daft Punk | 35 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | Slipknot | 35 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | Nirvana | 34 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :ABBA | 33 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :Spice Girls | 33 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jonas Brothers | 33 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :Green Day | 33 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :Guns N' Roses | 33 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | :Bee Gees | 32 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Foo Fighters | 31 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Iron Maiden | 31 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Gorillaz | 31 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Backstreet Boys | 31 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | Kiss | 30 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :Girls' Generation | 29 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :N.W.A | 29 |
=Albums=
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Artist !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandIn 2019 overcame Thriller and Recovery and led the list ever since | Beatles | 18 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Dark Side of the Moon | 17 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | ThrillerLed the list twice, until 2014 and in 2016-2019 | 16 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | RecoveryLed the list in 2014-2016 | Eminem | 15 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | 15 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :Abbey Road | Beatles | 15 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | The Beatles | Beatles | 15 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :XXXX (album) | 14 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Wall | 14 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | 21 | Adele | 13 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | :Nevermind | Nirvana | 12 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | :Let It Be (album) | Beatles | 12 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Marshall Mathers LP | Eminem | 11 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :Watch the Throne | Jay-Z & Kanye West | 11 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | :Led Zeppelin IV | 10 |
| 16
| style="text-align: left;" | :808s & Heartbreak | 9.5 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | 1989 | 9.4 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :Rubber Soul | Beatles | 9.3 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | Red | 9.2 |
| 20
| style="text-align: left;" | Fearless | 9.0 |
| 20
| style="text-align: left;" | Metallica | 9.0 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Slim Shady LP | Eminem | 8.8 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | Graduation | 8.8 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Eminem Show | Eminem | 8.7 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | Wish You Were Here | 8.5 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | Teenage Dream | 8.5 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | 8.5 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | Bad | 8.4 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Yeezus | 8.4 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :25 (Adele album) | Adele | 8.3 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Hybrid Theory | 8.3 |
=Singles=
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Artist !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :Gangnam Style | :PSY | 22 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen | 18 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | Hallelujah | 14 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :We Are the World | 13 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Amazing Grace | various artists | 10 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | :Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious | :Julie Andrews & Dick Van Dyke | 9.6 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | :Stairway to Heaven | 9.6 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Hotel California | :Eagles | 9.3 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | American Pie | 9.2 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Despacito | 9.1 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | :Hey Jude | :Beatles | 8.4 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Sound of Silence | 7.8 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | Stan | :Eminem | 7.5 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :We Didn't Start the Fire | 7.3 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | :Billie Jean | 7.1 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | :I Will Always Love You | 7.1 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Blurred Lines | 6.7 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | Hurt | 6.7 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | Hello | :Adele | 6.7 |
| 20
| style="text-align: left;" | :Never Gonna Give You Up | 6.5 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :In the Air Tonight | 6.2 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :The House of the Rising Sun | 5.9 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | :Beat It | 5.8 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | Baby | 5.8 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :All I Want for Christmas Is You | 5.7 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | :Killing Me Softly with His Song | 5.6 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | :Blinded by the Light | 5.5 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | :Old Town Road | 5.5 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | :Layla | 5.5 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | Africa | Toto | 5.4 |
= Video games =
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :Minecraft | 46 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :Grand Theft Auto V | 34 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :Grand Theft Auto IV | 25 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :Sword Art Online | 21 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Roblox | 19 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Code Geass | 19 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :League of Legends | 17 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Cyberpunk 2077 | 15 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Red Dead Redemption 2 | 15 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Last of Us | 14 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | :Pokémon Go | 13 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Death Stranding | 12 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Last of Us Part II | 12 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | :High School DxD | 11 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | :God of War (2018 video game) | 11 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Horizon Zero Dawn | 10 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | 10 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Fallout 4 | 9.5 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Until Dawn | 9.5 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Resident Evil 7: Biohazard | 9.3 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :Red Dead Redemption | 9.1 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | :Batman: Arkham Knight | 8.9 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | 8.6 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :World of Warcraft | 8.5 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | 8.4 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | :Among Us | 8.3 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | :Persona 5 | 8.3 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :Final Fantasy XV | 8.1 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :No Man's Sky | 8.1 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain | 8.1 |
=Books and book series=
(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.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :Harry Potter | 90 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :A Song of Ice and Fire | 56 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :Fifty Shades of Grey | 52 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Hunger Games | 51 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Great Gatsby | 38 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Nineteen Eighty-Four | 38 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Lord of the Rings | 37 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :A Game of Thrones | 29 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Kama Sutra | 29 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Handmaid's Tale | 29 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :To Kill a Mockingbird | 29 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Magna Carta | 27 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Les Misérables | 27 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | 26 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :Pride and Prejudice | 26 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Winds of Winter | 26 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Watchmen | 25 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | Inferno | 25 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Catcher in the Rye | 24 |
| 20
| style="text-align: left;" | :Lolita | 23 |
| 20
| style="text-align: left;" | Dune | 23 |
| 20
| style="text-align: left;" | :Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | 23 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | :Animal Farm | 22 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | :Frankenstein | 22 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | 22 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | :Brave New World | 22 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | :Don Quixote | 21 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Hobbit | 21 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Picture of Dorian Gray | 21 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :BibleSee "Pre-modern books," note a below. | 20 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Dracula | 20 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | 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.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mein Kampf | 21 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Art of War | 13 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Prince | 8.9 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Communist Manifesto | 8.2 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :The 48 Laws of Power | 7.5 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | :How to Win Friends and Influence People | 7.3 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :On the Origin of Species | 6.5 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | LeviathanIncluding redirect views from Leviathan (Hobbes) | 6.0 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Wealth of Nations | 5.9 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Rich Dad Poor Dad | 5.4 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | :The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People | 5.3 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Design Patterns | 5.1 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :Getting Things Done | 5.0 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | Outliers | 4.9 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :A Brief History of Time | 4.9 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Bell Curve | 4.9 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Guns, Germs, and Steel | 4.5 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Big Short | 4.4 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Gray's Anatomy | 4.2 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | :Silent Spring | 4.2 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind | 4.0 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :Freakonomics | 3.9 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | :Blue Ocean Strategy | 3.8 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Tipping Point | 3.6 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Journey to the Center of the Earth | 3.5 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Das Kapital | 3.5 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | :Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus | 3.4 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Think and Grow Rich | 3.3 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :Guerrilla marketing | 3.2 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :The World Is Flat | 3.2 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :Who Moved My Cheese? | 3.2 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :Foundations of Geopolitics | 3.2 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :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 that Bible is the all time best seller, followed by Quran."guinnessworldrecords"{{cite web|title=Best selling book of non-fiction|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/best-selling-book-of-non-fiction|publisher=Guinness World Records|access-date=15 March 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315025558/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/best-selling-book-of-non-fiction|archive-date=15 March 2015}} The perspective below however reveals an ancient text more popular among wikipedia readers.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :Kama Sutra | 29 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :Magna Carta | 27 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | Inferno (Dante) | 25 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :Bible{{efn|name=xxxdesktop|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,Wikipedia:Top 25 Report; User:Igordebraga; User:Kingsif. 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.}} | 20 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Quran | 19 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Odyssey | 19 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Beowulf | 18 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Rosetta Stone | 18 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mahabharata | 18 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Divine Comedy | 16 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Iliad | 16 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Ramayana | 14 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Art of War | 13 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | :Epic of Gilgamesh | 13 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | :Vedas | 12 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Canterbury Tales | 12 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :One Thousand and One Nights | 11 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :Talmud | 10 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :Code of Hammurabi | 10 |
| {{efn|name=Bible|Part or version of Bible}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Book of Revelation | 8.4 |
| 20
| style="text-align: left;" | :Oedipus the King | 7.6 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :I Ching | 7.5 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :Aeneid | 6.7 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :Rigveda | 6.7 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :Voynich manuscript{{efn|name=lost|Views before 2015 lost.}} | 6.4 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Book of the Dead | 6.3 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | :Domesday Book | 6.2 |
| {{efn|name=Bible}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Book of Job | 6.1 |
| {{efn|name=Bible}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Book of Kells | 6.0 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | :Tao Te Ching | 5.9 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :Upanishads | 5.7 |
| {{efn|name=Bible}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Book of Genesis{{efn|name=lost}} | 5.2 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :Cupid and Psyche | 4.7 |
| {{efn|name=Bible}}
| style="text-align: left;" | :Acts of the Apostles | 4.1 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :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
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= Legendary creatures =
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
Ranked here is any creature, either non-human or possessing super-human powers, included in :Category:Legendary creatures.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :Darth Vader | 93 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :Batman | 58 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :Spider-Man | 44 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :Deadpool | 40 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | :Iron Man | 35 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | :Captain America | 34 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Harley Quinn | 28 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :Santa Claus | 27 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | :God | 25 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Vampire | 24 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Cthulhu | 24 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Prometheus | 24 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Apollo | 24 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Thanos | 24 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Krishna | 24 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mickey Mouse | 24 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Jessica Jones | 22 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Frankenstein | 22 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Doctor Strange | 22 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Satan | 22 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :Mario | 21 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :Thor | 20 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :Dragon | 20 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :Flying Spaghetti Monster | 20 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :Godzilla | 20 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | :Lord Voldemort | 19 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | :Chupacabra | 19 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | :Albus Dumbledore | 19 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :Luke Cage | 18 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Isis | 17 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Doppelgänger | 17 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Carol Danvers | 17 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Wonder Woman | 17 |
Events
(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.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | :World War II | 145 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | :World War I | 121 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | :September 11 attacks | 94 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :COVID-19 pandemic | 87 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | :Chernobyl disaster | 85 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | :Vietnam War | 82 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | :Titanic | 80 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | :American Civil War | 71 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | :2018 FIFA World Cup | 66 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | :2022 FIFA World Cup | 55 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | :Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | 54 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | Russian invasion of Ukraine | 50 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | :Cold War | 49 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | :Black Death | 48 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | :The Holocaust | 47 |
| 16
| style="text-align: left;" | :Attack on Pearl Harbor | 46 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | :Korean War | 45 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :2020 United States presidential election | 44 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | :2014 FIFA World Cup | 44 |
| 20
| style="text-align: left;" | :Columbine High School massacre | 41 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | :French Revolution | 39 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | :Great Depression | 38 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | :2020 Summer Olympics | 36 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | :2010 FIFA World Cup | 35 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Industrial Revolution | 34 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :2016 Summer Olympics | 34 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | :Hurricane Katrina | 34 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | :American Revolutionary War | 33 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | :2016 United States presidential election | 32 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :UEFA Euro 2020 | 31 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | :Syrian civil war | 31 |
| 32
| style="text-align: left;" | :2012 Summer Olympics | 30 |
| 32
| style="text-align: left;" | :Normandy landings | 30 |
| 32
| style="text-align: left;" | :Gulf War | 30 |
| 35
| style="text-align: left;" | :Iraq War | 29 |
| 35
| style="text-align: left;" | :Spanish flu | 29 |
| 35
| style="text-align: left;" | :Big Bang | 29 |
{{quote|
As time passes, memories of... historical events tend to fade. New experiences take center stage, pushing the old into oblivion. And even when we do not forget, the significance of past events diminishes as new experiences overlay them.Taagepera, Rein & Nemcok, Miroslav (2024). More People, Fewer States: The Past and Future of World Population and Empire Sizes. (Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-009-42782-1), p 295.}}
Lists
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Views in millions |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | Presidents of the United States | 104 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | Highest-grossing films | 101 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | Marvel Cinematic Universe films | 95 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | Game of Thrones episodes | 61 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | Super Bowl champions | 60 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | Countries by GDP (nominal) | 59 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | United States cities by population | 57 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | The Big Bang Theory episodes | 54 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | UFC events | 51 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | Doctor Who serials | 51 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | Highest-grossing Indian films | 47 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | How I Met Your Mother episodes | 46 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | Running Man episodes | 45 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | Family Guy episodes | 44 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | South Park episodes | 44 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | The Walking Dead episodes | 44 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | Top Gear episodes | 40 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | Glee episodes | 40 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | Countries by GDP (PPP) per capita | 39 |
| 20
| style="text-align: left;" | Arrow episodes | 38 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | TCP and UDP port numbers | 37 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | James Bond films | 36 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | HTTP status codes | 35 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | Steven Universe episodes | 35 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | Walt Disney Pictures films | 34 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | States and territories of the United States | 33 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | Suits episodes | 32 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | NBA champions | 30 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | Pornographic actresses by decade | 30 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | Best-selling music artists | 29 |
Categories
(July 1, 2015 – January 1, 2023)
Counting views by category is a mission impossible with the present tools. The [https://glamtools.toolforge.org/treeviews/ TreeViews]{{snd}} tool (which previously did not work) works {{as of|2024|lc=y}}. The account [http://wikitop.alwaysdata.net Wikitop]{{snd}}for top 30 most popular articles by categories is suspended. Multiyear ranking of Wikipedia pages views counts only few selected categories of small number of pages. Practically the only helpful tool for categories is Massview 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.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! Rank !! Page !! Number of pages !! Views in millions |
| {{efn|name=kept|Category intentionally kept non-diffusing}}
| style="text-align: left;" | Living people{{efn|name=estimation|Estimation. The Massview tool 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.}} | 1,047,291 | 125,964 |
| {{efn|name=maintenance|Maintenance category}}
| style="text-align: left;" | Main Page | 19 | 36,828 |
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" | American male film actors | 11,768 | 21,252 |
| 2
| style="text-align: left;" | American male television actors | 9752 | 19,488 |
| 3
| style="text-align: left;" | American film actresses | 8854 | 17,610 |
| 4
| style="text-align: left;" | American television actresses | 7504 | 17,192 |
| 5
| style="text-align: left;" | 21st-century American male actors | 5341 | 17,158 |
| 6
| style="text-align: left;" | 21st-century American actresses | 5435 | 16,263 |
| 7
| style="text-align: left;" | 20th-century American male actors | 9042 | 16,233 |
| 8
| style="text-align: left;" | 2010s English-language films | 12,085 | 12,856 |
| 9
| style="text-align: left;" | English-language television shows | 17,251 | 12,938 |
| 10
| style="text-align: left;" | 20th-century American actresses | 7145 | 12,407 |
| 11
| style="text-align: left;" | American people of Irish descent | 3276 | 11,121 |
| 12
| style="text-align: left;" | American people of English descent | 3004 | 10,811 |
| 13
| style="text-align: left;" | American male voice actors | 3108 | 10,616 |
| 14
| style="text-align: left;" | 2010s American films | 8089 | 9829 |
| 15
| style="text-align: left;" | American people of German descent | 3122 | 9010 |
| 16
| style="text-align: left;" | 21st-century American singers | 5612 | 8658 |
| 17
| style="text-align: left;" | Grammy Award winners | 2834 | 8661 |
| 18
| style="text-align: left;" | American voice actresses | 1643 | 7256 |
| 19
| style="text-align: left;" | 20th-century American singers | 5089 | 5842 |
| 20
| style="text-align: left;" | Spoken articles{{efn|name=deduction|Deduction of 332 million views illegally logged by the United States Senate in February - March 2020.}} | 1664 | 5681 |
| 21
| style="text-align: left;" | American people of Scottish descent | 1315 | 5489 |
| 22
| style="text-align: left;" | 2000s English-language films | 10,003 | 5382 |
| 23
| style="text-align: left;" | 21st-century American Jews | 7623 | 5425 |
| 24
| style="text-align: left;" | American child actresses | 1584 | 5271 |
| 25
| style="text-align: left;" | 21st-century African-American men | 9251 | 5241 |
| 26
| style="text-align: left;" | American people of Italian descent | 3033 | 4920 |
| 27
| style="text-align: left;" | 21st-century American comedians | 2041 | 4875 |
| 28
| style="text-align: left;" | American stage actresses | 3528 | 4849 |
| 29
| style="text-align: left;" | 2000s American films | 7181 | 4635 |
| 30
| style="text-align: left;" | American male stage actors | 3413 | 4631 |
;Notes
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