Wikipedia:Popular pages

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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, only half a year earlier, and before May 2003 Wikipedia had not even been on this list of 3000 websites. Moreover, as views cumulate 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.

University Degli Studi di Milano created an engine of the complete yearly ranking of all Wikipedia articles for 2014–2021. In 2013, an external media source attempted to determine the 10 most popular Wikipedia pages of all time. The same year the BBC news website published an article discussing most searched Wikipedia articles in 2012 in different languages. Other versions of top-lists for shorter periods are regularly published and discussed by external popular media.

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 and Massview. 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 2023—more than the rest of the Top-100 list combined, including non-ranked pages. For comparison, "Baby Shark", which leads YouTube for the most views on that site has 11.9 billion views. According to its information page, the Main page was created as Wikipedia marked its first year, on January 26, 2002. Wikipedia:Most popular pages October 2001, however, states that the Main page had existed and led by wide margin already in October 2001. It is not known which pages had led the ranking during Wikipedia's first months, although by the end of the first month (January 31, 2001) the most viewed page was Usenet cabal.

Among the conventional pages with mostly human intentional views (ranked pages below), the United States probably took the lead in the pre-view-count period (2001–2007), as it can be seen in the October 2001 list and featured strongly in all available monthly reports for 2003 and 2004. Having held the first place until January 20, 2021, the US was surpassed by its President, Donald Trump. The US regained the leadership in August the same year.

Early years

In the years 2001–2007, for which only fragmentary data is available (the rank's "prehistory"), three successive waves seem visible. The first dominant group to take interest in Wikipedia seem to be students. The list for October 2001 contains mostly school subjects like mathematics, history, geography, etc. The last remnant of these, the periodic table, dropped from the list by the end of 2022.

The second wave probably were pages related to the September 11 attacks. They were numerous already in October 2001. The event happened when Wikipedia was only eight months old and these pages probably fast permeated the "all time" list. Of these, as of 2023, there is one remnant: September 11 attack.

The third wave was sex. Sex-related articles are common in the monthly lists of 2003–2004. Besides Sex, List of sex positions was in the top 10 during 2006–2007. In top 100 pages for this period, 10% pages belong to sexuality (5 times more than to religion). In 2019, there were still 5 sex-related articles in the top-100 list, down to 3 in 2020, down to 2 in 2021 and only Sex remaining by the end of 2022.

Two decades after the launch of Wikipedia, however, appeared the main human interest. Certainly it is not studies; nor is it terror and even sex.

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 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 human to reach 200 million views and overall second only after his country. On January 20, 2021, he surpassed the United States for the all time lead among the ranked pages in what we know as the first change of the leading page. The 2021 storming of the United States Capitol gave him the decisive push. By notable contrast, his predecessor Barack Obama could not reach the US in two terms. Joe Biden debuted on the list on November 12, 2020.

In 2021, Manchester United became the first sport 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 Hitler. Synchronously Russia progressed 14 places and Will Smith 12 places.

Rank	Page	Views in millions
	Main Page	46,800
	Special:Search	15,000
	Special:Random	7,900
	-	2,900
	Undefined	1,800
	United States Senate	350
	Special:Watchlist	344
	Special:Randompage	314
	YouTube	296
	Wiki	277
	Facebook	277
1	United States	254
2	Donald Trump	243
	Wikipedia	228
	404.php	225
	xHamster	212
	Portal:Current events	208
3	Elizabeth II	198
	Google	193
	Special:Book	185
	Special:CreateAccount	172
4	India	165
5	Barack Obama	161
	Search	153
	Bible	153
6	Cristiano Ronaldo	151
7	World War II	145
8	United Kingdom	144
9	Michael Jackson	142
	Wikipedia:Your first article	137
10	Elon Musk	135
	Special:RecentChanges	135
11	Sex	132
	Cleopatra	132
12	Lady Gaga	129
12	Adolf Hitler	129
14	Eminem	127
15	Lionel Messi	125
16	Game of Thrones	122
17	World War I	121
18	The Beatles	116
19	Justin Bieber	114
20	Canada	113
20	Freddie Mercury	113
22	Kim Kardashian	111
23	Johnny Depp	109
	Creative Commons Attribution	109
24	Steve Jobs	108
24	Dwayne Johnson	108
26	Michael Jordan	107
26	Australia	107
28	List of presidents of the United States	104
29	The Big Bang Theory	103
30	Taylor Swift	102
	Search engine	102
31	Stephen Hawking	101
31	List of highest-grossing films	101
33	China	100
	Portal:Contents	100
	XXXX	96
	Malware	96
34	Russia	96
34	New York City	96
34	Japan	96
34	Kanye West	96
38	List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films	95
38	Abraham Lincoln	95
40	LeBron James	94
40	Charles III	94
40	Darth Vader	94
40	Star Wars	94
40	Miley Cyrus	94
40	Germany	94
40	September 11 attacks	94
47	Leonardo DiCaprio	93
48	Kobe Bryant	92
48	Selena Gomez	92
50	Joe Biden	91
50	Tom Cruise	91
50	Rihanna	91
50	Albert Einstein	91
50	Academy Awards	91
55	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	90
55	Harry Potter	90
55	Elvis Presley	90
55	The Walking Dead (TV series)	90
59	Scarlett Johansson	89
59	Lil Wayne	89
59	Tupac Shakur	89
59	Angelina Jolie	89
63	Queen Victoria	88
63	Jeffrey Dahmer	88
65	John F. Kennedy	87
65	COVID-19 pandemic	87
67	Diana, Princess of Wales	86
67	Marilyn Monroe	86
69	Keanu Reeves	85
69	Arnold Schwarzenegger	85
69	How I Met Your Mother	85
69	Chernobyl disaster	85
69	France	85
69	Ariana Grande	85
75	Jennifer Aniston	84
75	Breaking Bad	84
77	Meghan, Duchess of Sussex	83
77	Muhammad Ali	83
77	Will Smith	83
80	Ted Bundy	82
80	Pablo Escobar	82
80	Mila Kunis	82
80	Vietnam War	82
80	Mark Zuckerberg	82
85	Manchester United F.C.	81
85	William Shakespeare	81
87	Titanic	80
87	Tom Brady	80
87	Jay-Z	80
87	Singapore	80
87	Earth	80
87	Bill Gates	80
	Wikipedia:Contact us	80
93	Winston Churchill	78
93	Bruce Lee	78
93	Nicki Minaj	78
93	Israel	78
97	Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon	77
97	John Cena	77
97	Charles Manson	77
97	Ryan Reynolds	77
97	Brad Pitt	77
97	Vladimir Putin	77

Notes

2020: Event of the year

In 2020 AD, the human penis size descended from the list. Paraphrasing the Book of Samuel, weep ye, daughters of the world, the mighty one has fallen. After nearly two decades, one of the founding members of the top-100 list is no longer with us. A moment of silence.

The fall is part of a broader trend. In 2019, vagina and porn were relegated; in 2022, sexual intercourse followed suit. It used to be supposed that "sexuality” holds a “timeless” interest for a large group of users but the interest declined. Chronologically, the decline of sex coincides with the count of mobile views.

Yet, it remains dubious whether the trend represents an improvement in human nature. Among the recent newcomers on the list are Pablo Escobar, Ted Bundy, Charles Manson and Jeffrey Dahmer.

Universe

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	Earth	80
2	Sun	40
3	Moon	39
	Skathi (moon)	38
4	Black hole	37
4	Mars	37
6	Solar System	36
7	Pluto	31
8	Big Bang	30
9	Milky Way	26
10	Saturn	23
11	Kepler's Supernova	20
12	Universe	19
13	Dark matter	18
14	Galaxy	16
15	Jupiter	15
16	Venus	14
17	Supernovae	13
18	Andromeda Galaxy	12
19	Mercury (planet)	10
20	Neptune	9.5
21	Uranus	9.2
22	Solar eclipse	7.6
23	Lunar eclipse	7.2
24	Dark energy	7.0
24	Halley's Comet	7.0
26	Event horizon	6.5
27	Titan (moon)	6.2
28	Eclipse	5.7
28	Sirius	5.7
30	Winter solstice	5.4
30	Ceres (dwarf planet)	5.4
30	Alpha Centauri	5.4

Note

Earth

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)

Ranked here are Earth’s non-organic phenomena.

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	Mount Everest	46
2	Bermuda Triangle	44
3	Africa	40
4	Hurricane Katrina	36
5	North America	34
6	Earthquake	32
7	Climate change	31
7	Continent	31
9	Antarctica	30
9	Asia	30
11	Tsunami	28
12	Volcano	26
13	South America	23
14	2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami	22
15	Grand Canyon	19
15	Canary Islands	19
17	Himalayas	17
17	2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami	17
17	Yellowstone National Park	17
17	Americas	17
21	Nile	16
21	Crimea	16
21	Mississippi	16
24	Ocean	15
24	Pacific Ocean	15
24	Balkans	15
24	Lightning	15
28	Ice Age	14
28	Atlantic Ocean	14
30	Amazon River	13
30	Ganges	13
30	Palau	13
30	Long Island	13

Life

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)

While the interest to Universe is strongly geocentric, the interest to living being is less anthropocentric. Three species are more popular than human, two more share the fifth place with us and animal does better too.

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	Cat	61
2	Dog	50
3	Animal	38
3	Lion	38
5	Coronavirus	37
5	Tiger	37
5	Human	37
8	Dinosaur	29
9	Elephant	27
10	Virus	26
11	Horse	25
12	Photosynthesis	23
13	Evolution	22
13	Apple	22
13	Bird	22
16	Mammal	21
16	Potato	21
16	Polar bear	21
19	Shark	20
19	Snake	20
19	Spider	20
19	Rabbit	20
19	Platypus	20
19	Dolphin	20
25	Tyrannosaurus	19
25	Cougar	19
25	Jaguar	19
25	Chicken	19
25	Maize	19
30	Cattle	18
30	Dodo	18
30	Turmeric	18
30	Tomato	18
30	Cheetah	18
30	Giraffe	18
30	Bear	18
30	Raccoon	18
30	Octopus	18

Civilization

Wars

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	World War II	145
2	World War I	121
3	Vietnam War	82
4	American Civil War	71
	Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki	54
	2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine	50
	Cold War	49
	Attack on Pearl Harbor	46
5	Korean War	45
6	Russo-Ukrainian War	34
7	American Revolutionary War	33
8	Syrian civil war	31
	Normandy landings	30
9	Gulf War	30
10	Iraq War	29
11	Crusades	24
12	Falklands War	23
	Battle of Stalingrad	23
13	War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)	22
	Battle of the Bulge	19
	Battle of Midway	19
	Battle of Waterloo	19
	World War III	18
14	Six-Day War	18
	Israeli–Palestinian conflict	18
14	Crimean War	18
	Battle of Dunkirk	17
16	Spanish Civil War	17
17	War of 1812	15
	The Troubles	14
18	French and Indian War	14
18	Napoleonic Wars	14
18	Yom Kippur War	14
21	Mexican–American War	13
21	Bosnian War	13
21	Kargil War	13
	Battle of Britain	13
	2003 invasion of Iraq	13
24	Indian Rebellion of 1857	12
24	Iran–Iraq War	12
	Dunkirk evacuation	12
26	Boxer Rebellion	11
26	Winter War	11
28	Second Boer War	10
28	Kosovo War	10
	Trojan War	10
	Battle for France	9.5
30	Soviet-Afghan War	9.5
30	Hundred Years' War	9.5

Notes

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 Narmer and the Yamato Dynasty respectively. Sumer and Sparta are on the list as hegemonies.

The rank presents a couple of surprises. The British Empire is only fifth and the American Empire does not even make the list (4.0 million views). There is no English bias in this category. The English Empires are modest and shying, and the later one officially declares that it does not exist. The Empire defeated by the non-existent Empire leads the rank.

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	Soviet Union	63
2	Ottoman Empire‎	49
3	Roman Empire‎	43
4	Nazi Germany	41
5	British Empire	32
6	Byzantine Empire	28
7	Ancient Egypt	25
8	Mughal Empire	24
8	Sparta	23
10	Russian Empire	18
10	German Empire	17
12	Qing dynasty	16
13	Holy Roman Empire‎	15
13	Austria-Hungary	15
15	Inca Empire	13
15	Empire of Japan	13
17	Ming dynasty	11
18	Mongol Empire	11
19	Han dynasty	9.4
20	Maurya Empire‎	9.2
21	Spanish Empire	9.0
22	Tang dynasty	8.8
23	Sumer	8.6
23	History of Japan	8.6
25	Achaemenid Empire	8.4
26	Gupta Empire	7.4
26	Delhi Sultanate	7.4
28	Umayyad Caliphate	6.7
29	Assyria‎	6.4
30	Abbasid Caliphate	6.1

Notes

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 invasion, while Russia surpassed Germany and Japan.

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	United States	254
2	India	165
3	United Kingdom	144
4	Canada	113
5	Australia	107
6	China	100
7	Russia	98
8	Japan	96
9	Germany	94
10	France	85
11	Singapore	80
12	Israel	78
13	Pakistan	68
13	Philippines	68
15	Brazil	67
16	Italy	66
16	Netherlands	66
16	New Zealand	66
19	Ukraine	64
19	Spain	64
19	Turkey	64
22	South Africa	62
23	Mexico	61
24	Indonesia	60
25	Switzerland	58
26	North Korea	56
27	Sweden	55
28	Iran	54
29	United Arab Emirates	52
30	Egypt	51
31	Poland	51
32-189	158 countries	50-6.6
190	Federated States of Micronesia	6.5
191	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.3
192	Eswatini	6.1
193	São Tomé and Príncipe	5.9
194	Republic of the Congo	4.9

Note

Cities

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2022)

Rank	Page	Continent	Views in millions
1	New York City	North America	96
2	Singapore	Asia	80
3	London	Europe	76
4	Hong Kong	Asia	62
5	Los Angeles	North America	53
6	Dubai	Asia	51
7	Washington, D.C.	North America	47
8	Paris	Europe	44
8	Chicago	North America	44
	Angelsberg	Europe	44
10	Mumbai	Asia	38
11	San Francisco	North America	37
12	Rome	Europe	33
12	Monaco	Europe	33
12	Toronto	North America	33
15	Tokyo	Asia	32
16	Philadelphia	North America	31
17	Machu Picchu	South America	30
18	Jerusalem	Asia	28
18	Amsterdam	Europe	28
18	Boston	North America	28
21	Barcelona	Europe	27
21	Seattle	North America	27
21	Istanbul	Europe/Asia	27
21	Berlin	Europe	27
25	Vatican	Europe	26
25	Vancouver	North America	26
27	Shanghai	Asia	25
27	Pompeii	Europe	25
29	Venice	Europe	24
29	Atlanta	North America	24
29	Montreal	North America	24
29	Moscow	Europe	24

Note

Buildings and structures

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).

On July 6, 2022, the enigmatic explosion blowed Georgia Guidestones 23 places up in the list (rank 33). Dismantled the same day, the Guidestones remain here.

On September 8, the same year, Balmoral Castle debuted on the list (rank 81). The Queen's death in the Castle almost doubled its all time views.

Rank*	Page	Date of completion	Views in millions
1	Taj Mahal	1653	53
2	Burj Khalifa	2009	44
3	Statue of Liberty	1886	40
4	Great Wall of China	c. 212 BC	39
5	Eiffel Tower	1889	37
6	Berlin Wall	1960s	33
7	Machu Picchu	15th century	30
8	Stonehenge	3rd millennium BC	29
9	Mount Rushmore National Memorial	1939	28
9	Colosseum	80	28
9	Auschwitz concentration camp	1942	28
12	Great Pyramid of Giza	c. 2560 BC	26
13	One World Trade Center	2014	24
14	Empire State Building	1931	23
15	White House	1800	22
15	Petra	5th century BC	22
17	Large Hadron Collider	2008	21
17	Hagia Sophia	537	21
19	Golden Gate Bridge	1937	18
19	Panama Canal	1914	18
21	Angkor Wat	12th century	17
21	Big Ben	1859	17
21	Guantanamo Bay detention camp	2002	17
21	Buckingham Palace	1850	17
25	Christ the Redeemer (statue)	1931	16
25	Kaaba	Before 610	16
27	New York Stock Exchange	1903	15
27	Parthenon	5th century BC	15
29	Pantheon, Rome	c. 126	14
29	Disneyland	1955	14
29	Colossus of Rhodes	280 BC	14
29	ADX Florence	1994	14
33	Notre-Dame de Paris	1345	13
33	Wembley Stadium	2007	13
33	World Trade Center (1973–2001)	1973	13
33	Westminster Abbey	960	13
33	Windsor Castle	11th century	13
33	Georgia Guidestones	1980	13
39	Statue of Unity	2018	12
39	Suez Canal	1869	12
39	Walt Disney World	1971	12
39	Channel Tunnel	1994	12
39	Forbidden City	1420	12
39	Willis Tower	1973	12
45	Timbuktu	5th century BC	11
45	Taipei 101	2004	11
45	Arc de Triomphe	1836	11
45	Lighthouse of Alexandria	c. 246 BC	11
49	Mohenjo-daro	3rd millennium BC	10
49	John F. Kennedy International Airport	1948	10
49	Temple of Artemis	c. 540 BC	10
49	Library of Alexandria	3rd century BC	10
49	Brooklyn Bridge	1883	10
49	Code of Hammurabi	c. 1754 BC	10
55	Leaning Tower of Pisa	1372	9.6
56	Statue of Zeus at Olympia	5th century BC	9.2
56	Acropolis of Athens	5th century BC	9.2
58	New York City Subway	1904	9.0
59	Dome of the Rock	692	8.9
60	Great Sphinx of Giza	2532 BC	8.8
61	Palace of Versailles	1678	8.7
62	Wall Street	19th century	8.4
63	Antilia (building)	2010	8.3
64	David (Michelangelo)	1504	8.2
64	Church of the Holy Sepulchre	335	8.2
66	7 World Trade Center	2006	8.1
66	Al-Aqsa Mosque	705	8.1
68	Göbekli Tepe	10th millennium BC	7.9
69	Moai	14th century	7.8
70	Chichen Itza	7th century	7.5
71	Epcot	1982	7.4
71	Petronas Towers	1996	7.4
73	Hoover Dam	1936	7.2
74	Terracotta Army	3rd century BC	7.0
74	Tower of London	1078	7.0
76	Red Fort	1648	6.9
76	Delhi Metro	2002	6.9
78	Jeddah Tower	On hold	6.8
78	Louvre	1793	6.8
78	St. Peter's Basilica	1626	6.8
81	Balmoral Castle	1856	6.7
81	British Museum	1753	6.7
81	Brandenburg Gate	1791	6.7
84	Neuschwanstein Castle	1886	6.6
85	Indira Gandhi International Airport	1940s	6.5
86	Hadrian's Wall	128	6.4
87	Erie Canal	1825	6.3
87	Persepolis	6th century BC	6.3
87	United States Capitol	1800	6.3
90	Washington Monument	1888	6.2
90	Gateway of India	1924	6.2
92	Qutb Minar	~ 1220	5.9
92	Alhambra	13th century	5.9
92	India Gate	1921	5.9
92	London Underground	1863	5.9
96	Three Gorges Dam	13th century	5.8
96	Heathrow Airport	1946	5.8
96	United States Military Academy	1802	5.8
96	MetLife Stadium	2010	5.8
100	Rikers Island prison	1932	5.7
100	Mausoleum at Halicarnassus	351 BC	5.7
100	Führerbunker	1944	5.7
100	Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary	1934	5.7
100	Borobudur	9th century	5.7
100	Hampi	1500	5.7
100	Konark Sun Temple	13th century	5.7

Notes

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 impeachment), his page became the most popular overall.

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	Donald Trump	243
2	Elizabeth II	198
3	Barack Obama	163
4	Cristiano Ronaldo	151
5	Michael Jackson	141
6	Elon Musk	135
7	Lady Gaga	129
7	Adolf Hitler	129
9	Eminem	127
10	Lionel Messi	125
11	Justin Bieber	114
12	Freddie Mercury	113
13	Kim Kardashian	111
14	Johnny Depp	109
15	Steve Jobs	108
15	Dwayne Johnson	108
17	Michael Jordan	107
18	Taylor Swift	102
19	Stephen Hawking	101
20	Kanye West	96
21	Abraham Lincoln	95
22	LeBron James	94
22	Charles III	88
22	Miley Cyrus	94
25	Leonardo DiCaprio	93
26	Selena Gomez	92
26	Kobe Bryant	92
28	Joe Biden	91
28	Tom Cruise	91
28	Albert Einstein	91
28	Rihanna	91
32	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	90
32	Elvis Presley	90
34	Lil Wayne	89
34	Scarlett Johansson	89
34	Tupac Shakur	89
34	Angelina Jolie	89
38	Queen Victoria	88
38	Jeffrey Dahmer	88
40	John F. Kennedy	87
41	Diana, Princess of Wales	86
41	Marilyn Monroe	86
43	Keanu Reeves	85
43	Ariana Grande	85
43	Arnold Schwarzenegger	85
46	Jennifer Aniston	84
47	Meghan, Duchess of Sussex	83
47	Muhammad Ali	83
47	Will Smith	83
50	Mark Zuckerberg	82
50	Ted Bundy	82
50	Pablo Escobar	82
50	Mila Kunis	82
54	William Shakespeare	81
55	Tom Brady	80
55	Jay-Z	80
55	Bill Gates	80
58	Winston Churchill	78
58	Nicki Minaj	78
58	Bruce Lee	78
61	Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon	77
61	Ryan Reynolds	77
61	Brad Pitt	77
61	John Cena	77
61	Charles Manson	77
61	Vladimir Putin	77
67	Clint Eastwood	76
67	Madonna	76
69	Jennifer Lopez	75
69	Katy Perry	75
71	George VI	74
71	Heath Ledger	74
71	Britney Spears	74
74	Sylvester Stallone	73
74	Adele	73
74	Prince (musician)	73
74	David Bowie	73
78	Ronald Reagan	72
79	Kamala Harris	71
79	George W. Bush	71
79	Jennifer Lawrence	71
79	Mahatma Gandhi	71
83	Emma Watson	69
84	Robin Williams	68
84	Mark Wahlberg	68
86	Henry VIII	67
86	Beyoncé	67
86	John Lennon	67
86	Nelson Mandela	67
90	Demi Lovato	66
90	Megan Fox	66
90	Roger Federer	66
93	Tom Hardy	65
93	Leonardo da Vinci	65
95	Tom Hanks	64
95	George Washington	64
95	Franklin D. Roosevelt	64
95	Mike Tyson	64
95	Lali Espósito	64
100	Bob Marley	63
100	Bill Clinton	63
100	The Undertaker	63
100	Mariah Carey	63
100	Kristen Stewart	63
100	Natalie Portman	63
100	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.

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	Michael Jackson	141
2	Lady Gaga	129
3	Eminem	127
4	Justin Bieber	114
5	Freddie Mercury	113
6	Taylor Swift	102
7	Kanye West	96
8	Miley Cyrus	94
9	Selena Gomez	92
10	Rihanna	91
11	Elvis Presley	90
12	Lil Wayne	89
12	Tupac Shakur	89
14	Ariana Grande	85
15	Jay-Z	80
16	Nicki Minaj	78
17	Madonna	76
18	Katy Perry	75
18	Jennifer Lopez	75
20	Britney Spears	74
21	Adele	73
21	David Bowie	73
23	Prince	72
24	Beyoncé	67
24	John Lennon	67
26	Demi Lovato	66
27	Lali Espósito	64
28	Bob Marley	63
28	Mariah Carey	63
28	Snoop Dogg	63

Actors

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)

This list omits actors who are singers in order not to repeat half of the previous table.

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	Kim Kardashian	111
2	Johnny Depp	109
3	Dwayne Johnson	108
4	Leonardo DiCaprio	93
5	Tom Cruise	91
6	Angelina Jolie	89
6	Scarlett Johansson	89
8	Marilyn Monroe	86
9	Keanu Reeves	85
9	Arnold Schwarzenegger	85
11	Jennifer Aniston	84
12	Meghan Markle	83
12	Will Smith	83
14	Mila Kunis	82
15	Bruce Lee	78
16	Brad Pitt	77
16	Ryan Reynolds	77
18	Clint Eastwood	76
19	Heath Ledger	74
20	Sylvester Stallone	73
21	Jennifer Lawrence	71
22	Emma Watson	69
23	Mark Wahlberg	68
23	Robin Williams	68
25	Megan Fox	66
26	Tom Hardy	65
27	Tom Hanks	64
28	Kristen Stewart	63
28	Natalie Portman	63
28	The Undertaker	63

Pornographic actors

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)

Among musicians and actors there is gender equality in popularity. Sport, politics, crime and history are dominated by males. With the millennial males gradually equaling their female contemporaries, this table remains the only one on this page in which women represent a convincing majority. At least here we see the dream of the Women in Red come true.

Rank*	Page	Views in millions
1	Sunny Leone	59
2	Mia Khalifa	49
3	Sasha Grey	42
4	Jenna Jameson	31
5	Lisa Ann	26
5	Chyna	26
7	Ron Jeremy	23
8	Tori Black	17
9	Bree Olson	16
9	Linda Lovelace	16
9	Traci Lords	16
12	Maria Ozawa	15
12	Alexis Texas	15
14	James Deen	14
14	Janine Lindemulder	14
14	Stormy Daniels	14
14	Dita Von Teese	14
14	Nina Hartley	14
19	Amy Fisher	13
19	Asa Akira	13
19	Kayden Kross	13
22	Farrah Abraham	12
22	Jesse Jane	12
22	Tera Patrick	12
22	Riley Reid	12
22	Julia Ann	12
27	August Ames	11
27	Jenna Haze	11
29	Stoya	10
29	Eva Angelina	10
29	Brandi Love	10
29	Luka Magnotta	10

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.

Rank	Page	Sport	Views in millions
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Association football	151
2	Lionel Messi	Association football	125
3	Michael Jordan	Basketball	107
4	LeBron James	Basketball	94
5	Kobe Bryant	Basketball	92
6	Muhammad Ali	Boxing	83
7	Tom Brady	American football	80
	John Cena	Pro wrestling	77
8	Roger Federer	Tennis	66
9	Mike Tyson	Boxing	64
	The Undertaker	Pro wrestling	63
10	O. J. Simpson	American football	60
11	Shaquille O'Neal	Basketball	58
12	Conor McGregor	Mixed martial arts	54
12	Rafael Nadal	Tennis	54
14	Serena Williams	Tennis	51
14	David Beckham	Association football	51
16	Neymar	Association football	50
17	Brock Lesnar	Pro wrestling and MMA	49
17	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	Association football	49
19	Novak Djokovic	Tennis	48
20	Stephen Curry	Basketball	47
20	Tiger Woods	Golf	47
22	Manny Pacquiao	Boxing	42
22	Michael Phelps	Swimming	42
22	Virat Kohli	Cricket	42
	Triple H	Pro wrestling	41
25	Caitlyn Jenner	Decathlon	41
26	Usain Bolt	Sprint	40
26	Peyton Manning	American football	40
26	Sachin Tendulkar	Cricket	40
29	Ronda Rousey	Judo, MMA and pro wrestling	38
30	Michael Oher	American football	37
30	Wayne Rooney	Association football	37
30	Ronaldinho	Association football	37
30	Ronaldo	Association football	37

Note

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 the 23rd place. Palin dropped from the list the following year, mainly due to the mighty advance of the British royal family.

Putin himself approached relegation by the fall of 2021. Desperate for views, he launched the invasion of Ukraine on February 24 and left the experts puzzled why did he invade. The results proved to be better than expected. Having logged about 16 million views in the first month of the war, he secured his place on this list for years and reached the general top-100 list above.

Trump's successor, Joe Biden, debuted on the list in October 2020. By the end of the month, he shared the 22nd place with Stalin. In three more days he reached Margaret on the 21st rank. The next day, the day of election, Biden added 1.8 million views and equaled another British lady, Elizabeth I, in the top-20. The next day, November 5, he joined his predecessor, FDR, on the 19th place. The day Biden was confirmed President, November 7, he logged 3 million views and the next day 4 million and rose to the 9th place.

Nevertheless, those days Biden was not the most popular. He was outviewed by Kamala Harris. Having logged 3.5 million views on November 7 and 6.5 million the next day, she decisively entered the list (at the expense of Che Guevara) to become the second (after Alexander Hamilton) American on the list who is not President. The third became Martin Luther King in March 2022 but did not hold on the list until the end of the year.

The largest gains in 2021 were seen surrounding the British royal family, peaking around the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Even larger gains were seen the next year, peaking around the death of Elizabeth II on September 8th. The Queen saw over 20 million pageviews in the seven days following her death. Earlier in 2022, she had passed Barack Obama for the second place. The September-2022 surge of the royal family caused relegation of Osama bin Laden.

Projecting the trend of the first two decades of Wikipedia (2001–2021) for two more decades, this list would be limited to US Presidents, the British royal family and Hitler.

Rank	Page	Country	Views in millions
1	Donald Trump	United States	243
2	Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	198
3	Barack Obama	United States	163
4	Adolf Hitler	Nazi Germany	129
5	Abraham Lincoln	United States	95
6	Charles III	United Kingdom	94
7	Joe Biden	United States	91
8	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	United Kingdom	90
9	Queen Victoria	United Kingdom	88
10	John F. Kennedy	United States	87
11	Diana, Princess of Wales	United Kingdom	86
12	Meghan, Duchess of Sussex	United Kingdom	83
13	Winston Churchill	United Kingdom	78
14	Vladimir Putin	Russia	77
14	Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon	United Kingdom	77
16	George VI	United Kingdom	74
17	Ronald Reagan	United States	72
18	Kamala Harris	United States	71
18	Mahatma Gandhi	India	71
18	George W. Bush	United States	71
21	Henry VIII of England	United Kingdom	67
21	Nelson Mandela	South Africa	67
23	Franklin D. Roosevelt	United States	64
23	George Washington	United States	64
25	Bill Clinton	United States	63
26	Joseph Stalin	Soviet Union	60
27	Elizabeth I	United Kingdom	58
28	George H. W. Bush	United States	57
29	Alexander Hamilton	United States	56
29	Edward VIII	United Kingdom	56
29	Margaret Thatcher	United Kingdom	56

Criminals

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).

Rank*	Page	Views in millions
1	Lil Wayne	89
1	Tupac Shakur	89
3	Jeffrey Dahmer	88
4	Pablo Escobar	82
4	Ted Bundy	82
6	Mike Tyson	64
7	Charles Manson	63
8	O. J. Simpson	60
9	Al Capone	47
10	Edward Snowden	44
11	Jeffrey Epstein	43
12	Ted Kaczynski	42
13	R. Kelly	39
13	Ronaldinho	39
15	Suge Knight	35
15	Bill Cosby	35
17	John Wayne Gacy	34
17	Jordan Belfort	34
19	Roman Polanski	33
20	Aaron Hernandez	31
21	Julian Assange	31
22	Richard Ramirez	30
22	Zodiac Killer	30
22	Guy Fawkes	30
25	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	29
25	6ix9ine	29
25	Harvey Weinstein	29
28	Elizabeth Holmes	28
29	Bonnie and Clyde	27
30	Richard Branson	26

Note

Pre-modern people

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)

This category includes personalities born before AD 1400 (exception is made for Joan of Arc born in 1412) who cannot compete with our contemporaries, like Barack Obama and Michael Jackson.

Originally, the chapter "Political leaders" (above) was titled "Modern political leaders." By 2022, the top-30 modern leaders opened gap over their predecessors and "Modern" was dropped from the title.

The general top-30 list of people (above, now extended to top-100) included 23 living people as of January 2020. This is a feature of the "nascent" Wikipedia. In the course of generations, such top-lists will contain only people passed away, for view-count continues posthumously.

In total, as of October 12, 2019, Wikipedia counts 1,609,522 people. Of them, 929,502 are living, or 57.75% (more than a half). 143,573 more were living in the Wikipedia period, raising the percentage of this period’s people to 66.67 (precisely two-thirds). 341,079 more were living in the century preceeding Wikipedia (1901–2000), raising the percentage of the contemporaries to 87.86. That is, people who lived from the beginning of history until 1900 – 98% of history - constitute only 12.14%.

As of 2021, people born since 1960 AD log as many views as people born before, and the year of parity rises. We are highly tempocentric. Ancestor worship is not our favorite tradition.

Rank	Page	Time	Views in millions
1	Jesus	4 BC − 30/33 AD	59
2	Alexander the Great	356 – 323 BC	55
3	Muhammad	570 – 623 AD	51
4	Julius Caesar	100 – 44 BC	49
5	Genghis Khan	1162 – 1227 AD	44
6	Gautama Buddha	6th – 4th centuries BC	37
7	Aristotle	384 – 322 BC	34
8	Plato	428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC	30
8	King Arthur	5th – 6th centuries AD	30
10	Joan of Arc	1412 – 1431 AD	29
11	Socrates	470/469 – 399 BC	28
12	Spartacus	111 – 71 BC	27
13	Charlemagne	742/748 – 814 AD	26
13	Tutankhamun	c. 1341 – c. 1323 BC	26
13	Ragnar Lodbrok	9th century AD	26
13	Augustus	63 BC – AD 14	26
17	William Wallace	1270 – 1305 AD	24
17	Moses	14th – 13th centuries BC	24
19	Nero	37 AD – 68 AD	23
19	Marco Polo	1254 – 1324 AD	23
21	Alfred the Great	c. 848-899 AD	22
21	Caligula	12 AD – 41 AD	22
23	Robin Hood	12th – 14th centuries AD	21
24	Cleopatra	69 – 30 BC	20
25	Henry V of England	1386 – 1422 AD	19
25	Hannibal	247 – 183/181 BC	19
25	Abraham	19th – 17th centuries BC	19
28	David	1010 - 970 BC	18
28	Confucius	551 – 479 BC	18
28	Marcus Aurelius	121 - 180 AD	18
28	William the Conqueror	11th century AD	18
28	Ashoka	304 – 222 BC	18

Notes

3rd-millennium people

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)

Of people born in the 3rd millennium (which is defined here as starting in 2000), the first to receive a personal page in Wikipedia 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.

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.

In the 2010s, the hereditary princes were gradually overtaken by the "princes" of music and movies.

The first sportsperson to make this list was artistic gymnast Laurie Hernandez. She entered the list in August 2016, peaked at the 19th rank by the end of the year and dropped from the list in June 2018. She was followed and surpassed by LaMelo Ball in December 2017. LaMelo was joined and surpassed by his colleague, Zion Williamson, in 2019. Williamson peaked at the 14th rank in March 2021, then the highest for a millennial athlete. The forth athlete and the first footballer on the list became Erling Haaland in 2020, followed by his teammate Jadon Sancho the same year. By the end of 2021, Haaland surpassed Williamson for the most viewed millennial athlete and by the fall of 2022 reached rank 4, the highest ever for the millennial athlete. In September 2021 Emma Raducanu became the first tennis player on the list.

In July 2020, Pop Smoke became the first millennial to enter the list posthumously and the first fatality on the list.

In November 2022, Jenna Ortega debuted on the list and already by the fall of the year reached rank 8.

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	Billie Eilish	52
2	Millie Bobby Brown	38
3	Willow Smith	24
4	Erling Haaland	18
5	Maddie Ziegler	17
5	Greta Thunberg	17
5	Jojo Siwa	17
8	Jenna Ortega	16
9	Prince George of Cambridge	15
10	Lil Pump	14
10	Bhad Bhabie	14
10	Noah Cyrus	14
13	Finn Wolfhard	13
13	Olivia Rodrigo	13
13	Pop Smoke	13
13	Gaten Matarazzo	13
17	Charli D'Amelio	11
	Barron Trump	11
18	Isabela Merced	10
18	Princess Charlotte of Cambridge	10
18	Lady Louise Windsor	10
18	LaMelo Ball	10
18	Zion Williamson	10
23	Jacob Tremblay	9.5
24	Emma Raducanu	9.3
25	Jadon Sancho	9.1
26	Mackenzie Foy	8.7
27	Mckenna Grace	8.6
28	Jackie Evancho	8.3
29	James, Viscount Severn	8.1
30	Yara Shahidi	8.0

Note

Historical most-viewed 3rd-millennium persons

The following table lists the five persons to become Wikipedia’s most-viewed millennial person, from August 4, 2003 to the present.

  Current record (⁂)

  Former record (*)

Progression of the most-viewed millennial persons on Wikipedia

Person	Views	Page creation date	Month achieved	Months held
Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant	1	Aug 4, 2003	August 4, 2003	4–16
Lady Louise Windsor	100,000–200,000	Nov 26, 2003	2004	70–84
Willow Smith	4,000,000–5,000,000	Apr 23, 2005	October – December 2010	103–105
Millie Bobby Brown	17,300,000	Jul 22, 2016	July 2019	1
Billie Eilish	17,300,000	Apr 15, 2017	July 2019	42
As of 22 May 2023

Notes

Human nature

Human activities

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)

Ranked here are activities included in Category:Human activities

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	Sex	132
2	Sexual intercourse	75
3	Pornography	72
4	Internet	66
5	Masturbation	59
6	Anal sex	58
7	BDSM	45
8	Orgasm	39
8	Oral sex	39
10	Fellatio	38
10	Basketball	37
12	Hentai	36
13	Female ejaculation	35
13	Association football	35
15	Education	32
15	Ejaculation	32
17	Cricket	31
17	Psychology	31
17	Music	31
20	Mathematics	29
21	Cunnilingus	28
22	Rock music	27
22	Science	27
22	American football	27
25	Go (game)	25
25	Blog	25
25	Nudity	25
28	Economics	24
28	Chess	24
28	Film	24
28	Communication	24
28	Physics	24
28	Rape	24
	Repentance	1.9
	Consciousness raising	0.197
	Uprisings led by women	0.048
	Feminist justice ethics	0.02
	Commemoration of the American Revolution	0.01

Notes

Human positions

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)

Ranked here are positions included in Category:Human positions.

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	Anal sex	58
2	Oral sex	39
3	Fellatio	38
4	Cunnilingus	27
5	Non-penetrative sex	18
6	Creampie (sexual act)	17
7	Namaste	15
8	Fisting	14
8	69 (sex position)	14
10	Handjob	13
11	Kiss	11
11	Hanging	11
11	Tribadism	11
14	Missionary position	10
14	Mammary intercourse	10
16	Anilingus	9.4
17	Threesome	9.1
18	Irrumatio	7.5
19	Frot	6.9
19	Doggy style	6.9
21	Gay sexual practices	6.1
22	Woman on top	5.0
23	Autofellatio	4.5
24	The finger	4.4
25	Crucifixion	4.2
26	Nazi salute	3.9
27	Intercrural sex	3.5
28	Coital alignment technique	3.4
29	V sign	3.3
29	Sign of the horns	3.3
29	Spoon sex position	3.3

Emotions and feelings

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)

Ranked here are feelings included in Category:Emotion.

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	Love	43
2	Orgasm	39
3	Female ejaculation	35
4	Ejaculation	31
5	Sexual arousal	21
6	Anxiety	20
7	Erection	18
7	Bukkake	18
9	LOL	15
10	Empathy	13
10	Panic attack	13
12	Depression (mood)	12
13	Euphoria	9.3
14	Postpartum depression	8.9
15	Happiness	8.4
16	Sciatica	8.0
17	Apathy	7.7
18	Pride	6.3
19	Low back pain	6.2
20	Hysteria	5.6
21	Romance (love)	5.5
22	Cum shot	5.4
23	Schadenfreude	5.0
24	Misanthropy	4.9
25	Trigeminal neuralgia	4.6
25	Hubris	4.6
27	Neuroticism	4.5
28	Self-esteem	4.0
29	Shell shock	3.5
29	Precordial catch syndrome	3.5
29	Existential crisis	3.5
29	Lust	3.5
	Guilt (emotion)	0.7

Note

Summary

Human nature generally prefers feelings more pleasant than low back pain, strives to positions more comfortable than crucifixion and finds many activities more exciting than commemoration of the American Revolution.

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 2016–2019.

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	Manchester United F.C.	81
2	FC Barcelona	61
3	Chelsea F.C.	59
4	Real Madrid C.F.	57
5	Arsenal F.C.	55
6	Liverpool F.C.	54
7	Manchester City F.C.	42
8	Tottenham Hotspur F.C.	35
8	Brazil national football team	35
10	England national football team	34
11	Juventus F.C.	33
12	A.C. Milan	32
13	FC Bayern Munich	30
14	Paris Saint-Germain F.C.	29
14	Germany national football team	29
14	Argentina national football team	29
17	New England Patriots	28
18	Los Angeles Lakers	27
19	France national football team	26
20	Spain national football team	25
21	Golden State Warriors	24
22	Borussia Dortmund	23
23	Italy national football team	21
24	Leicester F.C.	20
24	Newcastle United F.C.	20
24	West Ham United F.C.	20
24	Inter Milan	20
24	Rangers F.C.	20
29	New York Yankees	19
29	Green Bay Packers	19
29	Aston Villa F.C.	19

Films and TV series

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).

TV series clearly has the upper hand to film, for the most part.

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	Game of Thrones	122
2	The Big Bang Theory	103
3	Star Wars	94
4	The Walking Dead	90
5	How I Met Your Mother	85
6	Breaking Bad	84
7	Grey's Anatomy	74
8	Glee	72
9	Doctor Who	71
10	Harry Potter	62
10	Friends	62
12	Avatar	61
13	The Avengers	60
14	Naruto	59
14	Avengers: Endgame	59
16	Lost	56
17	Family Guy	55
18	Dexter	54
19	Titanic	53
19	House	53
21	Avengers: Infinity War	52
21	Stranger Things	52
21	The Vampire Diaries	52
24	American Horror Story	51
24	X-Men: Evolution	51
26	The Simpsons	50
26	The Dark Knight Rises	50
28	Sherlock	49
28	Sons of Anarchy	49
28	Modern Family	49
28	NCIS	49

Music bands

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	The Beatles	116
2	One Direction	63
2	BTS	63
4	Queen	56
5	Pink Floyd	51
6	Metallica	50
7	Linkin Park	47
8	Exo	45
8	Led Zeppelin	45
10	Red Hot Chili Peppers	44
11	AC/DC	42
12	The Rolling Stones	39
13	Coldplay	37
14	Fleetwood Mac	35
14	Daft Punk	35
14	Slipknot	35
17	Nirvana	34
18	ABBA	33
18	Spice Girls	33
18	Jonas Brothers	33
18	Green Day	33
18	Guns N' Roses	33
23	Bee Gees	32
24	Foo Fighters	31
24	Iron Maiden	31
24	Gorillaz	31
24	Backstreet Boys	31
28	Kiss	30
29	Girls' Generation	29
29	N.W.A	29

Albums

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).

Rank	Page	Artist	Views in millions
1	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Beatles	18
2	The Dark Side of the Moon	Pink Floyd	17
3	Thriller	Michael Jackson	16
4	Recovery	Eminem	15
4	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	Kanye West	15
4	Abbey Road	Beatles	15
4	The Beatles	Beatles	15
8	XXXX (album)	You Say Party	14
8	The Wall	Pink Floyd	14
10	21	Adele	13
11	Nevermind	Nirvana	12
11	Let It Be (Beatles album)	Beatles	12
13	The Marshall Mathers LP	Eminem	11
13	Watch the Throne	Jay-Z & Kanye West	11
15	Led Zeppelin IV	Led Zeppelin	10
16	808s & Heartbreak	Kanye West	9.5
17	1989	Taylor Swift	9.4
18	Rubber Soul	Beatles	9.3
19	Red	Taylor Swift	9.2
20	Fearless	Taylor Swift	9.0
20	Metallica	Metallica	9.0
22	The Slim Shady LP	Eminem	8.8
22	Graduation	Kanye West	8.8
24	The Eminem Show	Eminem	8.7
25	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd	8.5
25	Teenage Dream	Katy Perry	8.5
25	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City	Kendrick Lamar	8.5
28	Bad	Michael Jackson	8.4
28	Yeezus	Kanye West	8.4
30	25 (Adele album)	Adele	8.3
30	Hybrid Theory	Linkin Park	8.3

Singles

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).

Rank	Page	Artist	Views in millions
1	Gangnam Style	PSY	22
2	Bohemian Rhapsody	Queen	18
3	Hallelujah	Leonard Cohen	14
4	We Are the World	USA for Africa	13
5	Amazing Grace	various artists	10
6	Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious	Julie Andrews & Dick Van Dyke	9.6
6	Stairway to Heaven	Led Zeppelin	9.6
8	Hotel California	Eagles	9.3
10	American Pie	Don McLean	9.2
9	Despacito	Luis Fonsi	9.1
11	Hey Jude	Beatles	8.4
12	The Sound of Silence	Simon & Garfunkel	7.8
13	Stan	Eminem	7.5
14	We Didn't Start the Fire	Billy Joel	7.3
15	Billie Jean	Michael Jackson	7.1
15	I Will Always Love You	Whitney Houston	7.1
17	Blurred Lines	Robin Thicke	6.7
17	Hurt	Nine Inch Nails	6.7
17	Hello	Adele	6.7
20	Never Gonna Give You Up	Rick Astley	6.5
21	In the Air Tonight	Phil Collins	6.2
22	The House of the Rising Sun	The Animals	5.9
23	Beat It	Michael Jackson	5.8
23	Baby	Justin Bieber	5.8
25	All I Want for Christmas Is You	Mariah Carey	5.7
26	Killing Me Softly with His Song	Roberta Flack	5.6
27	Blinded by the Light	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	5.5
27	Old Town Road	Lil Nas X	5.5
27	Layla	Eric Clapton	5.5
30	Africa	Toto	5.4

Video games

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	Minecraft	46
2	Grand Theft Auto V	34
3	Grand Theft Auto IV	25
4	Sword Art Online	21
5	Roblox	19
5	Code Geass	19
7	League of Legends	17
8	Cyberpunk 2077	15
8	Red Dead Redemption 2	15
10	The Last of Us	14
11	Pokémon Go	13
12	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12
12	Death Stranding	12
12	The Last of Us Part II	12
15	High School DxD	11
15	God of War (2018 video game)	11
17	Horizon Zero Dawn	10
17	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	10
19	Fallout 4	9.5
19	Until Dawn	9.5
21	Resident Evil 7: Biohazard	9.3
22	Red Dead Redemption	9.1
23	Batman: Arkham Knight	8.9
24	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	8.6
25	World of Warcraft	8.5
26	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	8.4
27	Among Us	8.3
27	Persona 5	8.3
29	Final Fantasy XV	8.1
29	No Man's Sky	8.1
29	Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain	8.1

Books and book series

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).

Naruto is classified as a TV series (above) as it is more popular as an anime, and there is no separate page for the manga. Books with film/TV adaptations are listed below, as many of the links below are franchise pages. Note that A Song of Ice and Fire's popularity is considerably outstripped by that of its TV adaptation Game of Thrones.

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	Harry Potter	90
2	A Song of Ice and Fire	56
3	Fifty Shades of Grey	52
4	The Hunger Games	51
5	The Great Gatsby	38
5	Nineteen Eighty-Four	38
7	The Lord of the Rings	37
8	A Game of Thrones	29
8	Kama Sutra	29
8	The Handmaid's Tale	29
8	To Kill a Mockingbird	29
12	Magna Carta	27
12	Les Misérables	27
14	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	26
14	Pride and Prejudice	26
14	The Winds of Winter	26
17	Watchmen	25
17	Inferno	25
19	The Catcher in the Rye	24
20	Lolita	23
20	Dune	23
20	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows	23
23	Animal Farm	22
23	Frankenstein	22
23	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	22
23	Brave New World	22
27	Don Quixote	21
27	The Hobbit	21
27	The Picture of Dorian Gray	21
30	Bible	20
30	Dracula	20
30	It	20

Science books

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)

Included in this category is any book basing on observation and presenting thesis.

The five leading books are all about warfare, struggle and power. The next is a relatively benign work telling how to influence people short of killing them. Then is the struggle for survival in which only the fittest survives. And the following is the world where life is nusty, brutish and short.

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	Mein Kampf	21
2	The Art of War	13
3	The Prince	8.9
4	The Communist Manifesto	8.2
5	The 48 Laws of Power	7.5
6	How to Win Friends and Influence People	7.3
7	On the Origin of Species	6.5
8	Leviathan	6.0
9	The Wealth of Nations	5.9
10	Rich Dad Poor Dad	5.4
11	The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People	5.3
12	Design Patterns	5.1
13	Getting Things Done	5.0
14	Outliers	4.9
14	A Brief History of Time	4.9
14	The Bell Curve	4.9
17	Guns, Germs, and Steel	4.5
18	The Big Short	4.4
19	Gray's Anatomy	4.2
19	Silent Spring	4.2
21	Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind	4.0
22	Freakonomics	3.9
23	Blue Ocean Strategy	3.8
24	The Tipping Point	3.6
25	Journey to the Center of the Earth	3.5
25	Das Kapital	3.5
27	Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus	3.4
28	Think and Grow Rich	3.3
29	Guerrilla marketing	3.2
29	The World Is Flat	3.2
29	Who Moved My Cheese?	3.2
29	Foundations of Geopolitics	3.2
29	Clash of Civilizations	3.2

Pre-modern books and texts

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023).

This list includes books and texts composed before 1500 AD.

It has been widely argued that Bible is the all time best seller, followed by Quran. The perspective below however reveals a more popular ancient text.

Rank	Page	Civillization	Views in millions
1	Kama Sutra	India	29
2	Magna Carta	Britain	27
3	Inferno (Dante)	Italy	25
4	Bible	Israel	20
5	Quran	Caliphate	19
5	Odyssey	Greece	19
7	Beowulf	Britain	18
7	Rosetta Stone	Egypt	18
7	Mahabharata	India	18
10	Divine Comedy	Italy	16
10	Iliad	Greece	16
12	Ramayana	India	14
13	The Art of War	China	13
13	Epic of Gilgamesh	Mesopotamia	13
15	Vedas	India	12
15	The Canterbury Tales	Britain	12
17	One Thousand and One Nights	Caliphate	11
18	Talmud	Israel	10
18	Code of Hammurabi	Mesopotamia	10
	Book of Revelation	Israel	8.4
20	Oedipus the King	Greece	7.6
21	I Ching	China	7.5
22	Aeneid	Rome	6.7
22	Rigveda	India	6.7
24	Voynich manuscript	Italy	6.4
25	Book of the Dead	Egypt	6.3
26	Domesday Book	Britain	6.2
	Book of Job	Israel	6.1
	Book of Kells	Israel	6.0
27	Tao Te Ching	China	5.9
28	Upanishads	India	5.7
	Book of Genesis	Israel	5.2
29	Cupid and Psyche	Greece	4.7
	Acts of the Apostles	Israel	4.1
30	The Decameron	Italy	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

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.

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	Darth Vader	93
2	Batman	58
3	Spider-Man	44
4	Deadpool	40
5	Iron Man	35
6	Captain America	34
7	Harley Quinn	28
8	Santa Claus	27
9	God	25
10	Vampire	24
10	Cthulhu	24
10	Prometheus	24
10	Apollo	24
10	Thanos	24
10	Krishna	24
10	Mickey Mouse	24
17	Jessica Jones	22
17	Frankenstein	22
17	Doctor Strange	22
17	Satan	22
21	Mario	21
22	Thor	20
22	Dragon	20
22	Flying Spaghetti Monster	20
22	Godzilla	20
26	Lord Voldemort	19
26	Chupacabra	19
26	Albus Dumbledore	19
29	Luke Cage	18
30	Isis	17
30	Doppelgänger	17
30	Carol Danvers	17
30	Wonder Woman	17

Notable failures

(December 1, 2007 - January 1, 2022)

God does relatively well, holding in the top-10 right behind Santa Claus and ahead of his main modern rival, Flying Spaghetti Monster. But this is God in general. Regarding Gods as believed by particular religions, they all fail to make the list:

Perceived as Akbar by billion men, Allah appears no more Akbar than Palpatine (11 million views both);

Witnessed by a reliable community, Yahweh shares the rank with Pepe the Frog (5.9 million both).

God the Father with Kappa, Simba, Timon and Pumbaa (2.6 million each);

Elohim with Scooby-Doo (2.2 million both);

El with Donald Duck (1.8 million both);

then follows the peloton of Christian God, Jewish God, Holy Spirit, and Crazy Frog (1.7 million each);

at last, worshipped by the third of humanity, the God in Abrahamic religions, (0.84 million views) struggles behind Cheburashka.

For earlier versions of the motif see Titanomachy and Ragnarök. Since time immemorial, our ancestors were excited by the motif. But those were non-competitive battles with predetermined result, alike WWE. Not until the advent of view count were we able to measure the power of the supernatural and channel all the host into one Olympic race.

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.

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	World War II	145
2	World War I	121
3	September 11 attacks	94
4	COVID-19 pandemic	87
4	Chernobyl disaster	85
6	Vietnam War	82
7	Titanic	80
8	American Civil War	71
9	2018 FIFA World Cup	66
10	2022 FIFA World Cup	55
11	Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki	54
12	2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine	50
12	Cold War	49
14	Black Death	48
15	The Holocaust	47
16	Attack on Pearl Harbor	46
17	Korean War	45
18	2020 United States presidential election	44
18	2014 FIFA World Cup	44
20	Columbine High School massacre	41
21	French Revolution	39
22	Great Depression	38
23	2020 Summer Olympics	36
24	2010 FIFA World Cup	35
25	Industrial Revolution	34
25	2016 Summer Olympics	34
25	Hurricane Katrina	34
28	American Revolutionary War	33
29	2016 United States presidential election	32
30	UEFA Euro 2020	31
30	Syrian civil war	31
32	2012 Summer Olympics	30
32	Normandy landings	30
32	Gulf War	30
35	Iraq War	29
35	Spanish flu	29
35	Big Bang	29

Lists

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023)

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	Presidents of the United States	104
2	Highest-grossing films	101
3	Marvel Cinematic Universe films	95
4	Game of Thrones episodes	61
5	Super Bowl champions	60
6	Countries by GDP (nominal)	59
7	United States cities by population	57
8	The Big Bang Theory episodes	54
9	UFC events	51
9	Doctor Who serials	51
11	Highest-grossing Indian films	47
12	How I Met Your Mother episodes	46
12	Running Man episodes	45
14	Family Guy episodes	44
14	South Park episodes	44
14	The Walking Dead episodes	44
17	Top Gear episodes	40
17	Glee episodes	40
19	Countries by GDP (PPP) per capita	39
20	Arrow episodes	38
21	TCP and UDP port numbers	37
22	James Bond films	36
23	HTTP status codes	35
23	Steven Universe episodes	35
25	Walt Disney Pictures films	34
26	States and territories of the United States	33
27	Suits episodes	32
28	NBA champions	30
28	Pornographic actresses by decade	30
30	Best-selling music artists	29

Categories

(July 1, 2015 – January 1, 2023)

Counting views by category is a mission impossible with the present tools. TreeViews – tool for categories - does not work. The account Wikitop – 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.

Rank	Page	Number of pages	Views in millions
	Living people	1,047,291	125,964
	Main Page	19	36,828
1	American male film actors	11,768	21,252
2	American male television actors	9752	19,488
3	American film actresses	8854	17,610
4	American television actresses	7504	17,192
5	21st-century American male actors	5341	17,158
6	21st-century American actresses	5435	16,263
7	20th-century American male actors	9042	16,233
8	2010s English-language films	12,085	12,856
9	English-language television shows	17,251	12,938
10	20th-century American actresses	7145	12,407
11	American people of Irish descent	3276	11,121
12	American people of English descent	3004	10,811
13	American male voice actors	3108	10,616
14	2010s American films	8089	9829
15	American people of German descent	3122	9010
16	21st-century American singers	5612	8658
17	Grammy Award winners	2834	8661
18	American voice actresses	1643	7256
19	20th-century American singers	5089	5842
20	Spoken articles	1664	5681
21	American people of Scottish descent	1315	5489
22	2000s English-language films	10,003	5382
23	21st-century American Jews	7623	5425
24	American child actresses	1584	5271
25	21st-century African-American men	9251	5241
26	American people of Italian descent	3033	4920
27	21st-century American comedians	2041	4875
28	American stage actresses	3528	4849
29	2000s American films	7181	4635
30	American male stage actors	3413	4631

Notes

See also

• Wikipedia:Statistics#Page views