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Only a mention of honor can be addressed to [[Autumn Falls (porn actress)|Autumn Falls]], [[Eva Elfi]], [[Gabbi Carter]], [[Blake Bossom]], [[Saya Karim]] and other “starlets in red” from the adult field. We know you win awards in the adult field, perform for top adult studios, count thousands of followers and subscribers, and your videos log millions of views. These numbers of followers and views represent an ironclad evidence of extra-ordinary large fan base, larger than have most entertainers on this list, and consequently evidence of notability as defined by point 2 of [[Wikipedia:Notability (people)|notability]] for entertainers. But you are subject to discrimination and double standards on the [[social media]],<ref>Joshua Jones, “Racing Driver Turned Porn Star [[Renee Gracie]] Banned from Instagram as Social Media Site ‘Censors’ Sexy Influencer,” ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'', January 13, 2021, https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/13727502/racing-driver-porn-star-renee-gracie-banned-instagram-sexy/</ref><ref>Thomas Fabbri, “Why Is Instagram Deleting the Accounts of Hundreds of Porn Stars?” ''[[BBC News|BBC News Trending]]'', November 24, 2019, https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-50222380</ref> and you are denied your right to participate in this rank. In fact, your “age of consent” on Wikipedia is 25, as of 2021, and rising. The current consensus denies the existence of notable porn actresses under 25. And the [[List of pornographic performers by decade|list of pornographic performers by decade]] came to a halt—second year into the new decade there is not chapter “2020s.” Since the authorities behind the consensus are determined on your deletion, you will not be on this list, but you are in our hearts. |
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===Historical most-viewed 3rd-millennium persons=== |
===Historical most-viewed 3rd-millennium persons=== |
Revision as of 01:16, 23 April 2021
Wikipedia is the best thing ever... Making it even better? Its public list of stats, shedding light on what the collective world is thinking about.[1]
The Multiyear ranking of most viewed Wikipedia pages from December 1, 2007 to the present demonstrates human interests during that period. The views data for Wikipedia's first years (2001–2007) is fragmentary and complete data on mobile views is available only since July 1, 2015. This presently precludes the possibility of all-time ranking with the multiyear perspective being the closest we can get to.
The lists below include desktop views since December 1, 2007 and mobile views since July 1, 2015.
Being one of the best indicators of "what the collective world is thinking about," the list of most viewed Wikipedia pages receives wide attention in unassociated institutions and external popular media sources. University Degli Studi di Milano created an engine of the complete ranking of all Wikipedia articles for 2014–2019.[2] In 2013, an external media source attempted to determine the 10 most popular Wikipedia pages of all time.[3] The same year the BBC news website published an article discussing most searched Wikipedia articles in 2012 in different languages.[4] Other versions of top-lists for shorter periods are regularly published and discussed by external popular media.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Sources
Most-viewed pages were detected from earlier lists for shorter periods (named in "See also" and "External links" below) and such engines as Wikitally (existed until 2017) and Massview.[12] Massview counts views by category since July 1, 2015. The number of views for the detected pages were found in Multiyear ranking of Wikipedia pages views.[13] This site gives the approximate number of desktop views since December 1, 2007 and mobile views since July 1, 2015. The site stopped counting by the end of 2019. Views on this site until June 2015 for desktop include bot pageviews, while those July 2015 for both desktop and mobile exclude identifiable bots and spiders (but may still end up counting many views by bots and spiders as legitimate human views). This might explain differences in view numbers between this site and the lists of Andrew West for 2015–2018.[14][15][16][17]
The leading page
The undisputed leader is Wikipedia's Main page, with over 43 billion views as of October 2020 — more than the rest of the Top-100 list combined including non-ranked pages. For comparison, Baby Shark which leads YouTube[18] has 7.6 billion views. According to its information page, the Main page was created as Wikipedia marked its first year, on January 26, 2002. Wikipedia:Most popular pages October 2001, however, states that the Main page had existed and led by wide margin already in October 2001. It is not known which pages had led the ranking during Wikipedia's first months, although by the end of the first month (January 31, 2001) the most viewed page was Usenet cabal.[19]
Among the conventional pages with mostly human intentional views (ranked pages below), the United States probably took the lead in the pre-viewcount period (2001-2007), as we see it in the October 2001 list and 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.
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. Of these, as of 2021, there is one remnant: the periodic table.
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 2021, there is also one remnant: September 11 attack.
The third wave was sex. Sex-related articles are common in the monthly lists of 2003–2004. In 2019, there were still 5 such articles in the top-100 list, down to 3 in 2020 and down to 2 in 2021.
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. As of January 2021, 63 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 – April 1, 2021).
Covid-19 appeared on the all-time list in June 2020; the page did not exist in the beginning of the year. In this aspect, Covid-19 is the biggest phenomenon Wikipedia has ever known.
Another big success of 2020, Joe Biden, debuted on the list on November 12. It currently looks as though he is about to bring with him his Vice-President Kamala Harris (1 million views short of the list as of April 1, 2021).
Consolation for Donald Trump, he became the first human to reach 200 million views and overall second only after his country. More consolation for him, 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 riot he incited gave him the decisive push. By notable contrast, his predecessor Barak Obama could not reach the US in two terms.
- Notes
-*The rank omits Wikipedia special and disambiguation pages and pages with a large part of unintentional views.
-**An artifact that somehow gets logged, sometimes after the data source changed.
-***Probably the consistent popularity of such pages as Google, Wiki, YouTube, Facebook is due in part to people accidentally typing these site names/URLs into a search engine or address bar when intending to actually visit the sites themselves.[21]
-****A page that logged a large amount of automated views.
2020: Event of the year
In 2020 AD, the human penis size descended from the list. Paraphrasing the Book of Samuel,[22] weep ye, daughters of the world, the mighty one has fallen. After nearly two decades, one of the founding members of the top-100 list is no longer with us. A minute of silence.
The fall is part of a broader trend. In 2019, vagina and porn were relegated, while sexual intercourse is expected to drop in 2021. Yet, it remains dubious whether the trend means improvement of human nature. Among the recent newcomers on the list are Pablo Escobar, Ted Bundy and Charles Manson. Chronologically, the decline of sex coincides with the count of mobile views.
Countries
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2021)
The list includes current member states of the United Nations.
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
---|---|---|
1 | United States | 220 |
2 | India | 139 |
3 | United Kingdom | 123 |
4 | Canada | 99 |
5 | Australia | 93 |
6 | China | 86 |
7 | Japan | 83 |
7 | Germany | 83 |
9 | Russia | 80 |
10 | France | 76 |
11 | Singapore | 68 |
12 | Israel | 67 |
13 | Brazil | 60 |
14 | Philippines | 59 |
15 | Italy | 58 |
15 | New Zealand | 58 |
17 | Netherlands | 57 |
17 | Pakistan | 57 |
19 | Spain | 56 |
20 | Turkey | 54 |
20 | South Africa | 54 |
22 | Mexico | 52 |
22 | Indonesia | 52 |
24 | North Korea | 50 |
24 | Switzerland | 50 |
26 | Iran | 47 |
26 | Sweden | 47 |
28 | Egypt | 45 |
29 | Norway | 43 |
29 | Ireland | 43 |
29 | Iceland | 43 |
29 | Saudi Arabia | 43 |
33-189 | 157 countries | 42-5.6 |
190 | Federated States of Micronesia | 5.5 |
191 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.1 |
192 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 4.9 |
193 | North Macedonia | 4.3 |
194 | Republic of the Congo | 3.6 |
Cities
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2021)
Rank | Page | Continent | Views in millions |
---|---|---|---|
1 | New York City | North America | 82 |
2 | Singapore | Asia | 68 |
3 | London | Europe | 65 |
4 | Hong Kong | Asia | 54 |
5 | Dubai | Asia | 46 |
* | Angelsberg | Europe | 44 |
6 | Los Angeles | North America | 44 |
9 | Washington, D.C. | North America | 39 |
9 | Paris | Europe | 39 |
11 | Chicago | North America | 38 |
12 | San Francisco | North America | 32 |
12 | Mumbai | Asia | 32 |
14 | Rome | Europe | 29 |
15 | Toronto | North America | 28 |
16 | Philadelphia | North America | 27 |
16 | Machu Picchu | South America | 27 |
16 | Monaco | Europe | 27 |
16 | Tokyo | Asia | 27 |
20 | Amsterdam | Europe | 25 |
21 | Boston | North America | 24 |
21 | Barcelona | Europe | 24 |
21 | Seattle | North America | 24 |
24 | Istanbul | Europe/Asia | 23 |
24 | Berlin | Europe | 23 |
24 | Jerusalem | Asia | 23 |
27 | Pompeii | Europe | 22 |
27 | Venice | Europe | 22 |
27 | Vatican | Europe | 22 |
27 | Vancouver | North America | 22 |
27 | Macau | Asia | 22 |
-*Angelsberg is a Luxembourg town of some 300 people. Somehow, it logged 37.0 million views in two months in 2015. That year it was second only to the Main page in the number of views.[23]
Buildings & Structures & Statues
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2021).
-* All BC dates are marked. The rest of dates are AD.
-** A city or former city known mostly for its architecture.
People
(December 1, 2007 – April 1, 2021)
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.
Singers
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2021)
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 | 125 |
2 | Lady Gaga | 118 |
3 | Eminem | 115 |
4 | Justin Bieber | 103 |
5 | Freddie Mercury | 97 |
6 | Miley Cyrus | 86 |
6 | Taylor Swift | 86 |
8 | Lil Wayne | 85 |
9 | Selena Gomez | 81 |
10 | Rihanna | 80 |
11 | Kanye West | 78 |
11 | Tupac Shakur | 78 |
13 | Ariana Grande | 71 |
14 | Nicki Minaj | 70 |
15 | John Cena | 68 |
15 | Katy Perry | 68 |
15 | Elvis Presley | 68 |
18 | Jay-Z | 64 |
19 | Adele | 63 |
19 | Prince | 63 |
19 | David Bowie | 63 |
22 | Jennifer Lopez | 62 |
23 | Britney Spears | 61 |
24 | Demi Lovato | 58 |
24 | John Lennon | 58 |
26 | Louis Tomlinson | 57 |
26 | Madonna (entertainer) | 57 |
26 | Bob Marley | 57 |
29 | Mariah Carey | 56 |
30 | Snoop Dogg | 53 |
30 | Bruno Mars | 53 |
Actors
(December 1, 2007 – April 1, 2021)
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 | 99 |
2 | Dwayne Johnson | 93 |
3 | Johnny Depp | 84 |
4 | Leonardo DiCaprio | 81 |
5 | Angelina Jolie | 78 |
6 | Scarlett Johansson | 75 |
6 | Tom Cruise | 75 |
8 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | 74 |
8 | Mila Kunis | 74 |
10 | Meghan Markle | 73 |
10 | Jennifer Aniston | 73 |
12 | Will Smith | 72 |
13 | Keanu Reeves | 71 |
14 | Bruce Lee | 69 |
15 | Marilyn Monroe | 68 |
16 | Brad Pitt | 66 |
17 | Heath Ledger | 65 |
18 | Clint Eastwood | 64 |
18 | Sylvester Stallone | 63 |
20 | Jennifer Lawrence | 62 |
20 | Ryan Reynolds | 62 |
22 | Mark Wahlberg | 60 |
22 | Emma Watson | 60 |
24 | Robin Williams | 58 |
24 | The Undertaker | 58 |
26 | Megan Fox | 57 |
26 | Tom Hardy | 57 |
28 | Sunny Leone | 56 |
29 | Tom Hanks | 55 |
29 | Natalie Portman | 55 |
29 | Kristen Stewart | 55 |
Pornographic actors
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2021)
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 |
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1 | Sunny Leone | 55 |
2 | Mia Khalifa | 40 |
3 | Sasha Grey | 39 |
4 | Jenna Jameson | 29 |
5 | Lisa Ann | 24 |
6 | Chyna | 22 |
7 | Ron Jeremy | 21 |
8 | Tori Black | 15 |
9 | Bree Olson | 14 |
9 | Linda Lovelace | 14 |
9 | Traci Lords | 14 |
12 | Alexis Texas | 13 |
13 | James Deen | 12 |
13 | Janine Lindemulder | 12 |
13 | Tera Patrick | 12 |
13 | Stormy Daniels | 12 |
13 | Dita Von Teese | 12 |
13 | Nina Hartley | 12 |
13 | Jesse Jane | 12 |
20 | Amy Fisher | 11 |
20 | Jenna Haze | 11 |
20 | Kayden Kross | 11 |
20 | Asa Akira | 11 |
24 | Stoya | 10 |
24 | Eva Angelina | 10 |
24 | Julia Ann | 10 |
24 | Riley Reid | 10 |
28 | August Ames | 9 |
28 | Asia Carrera | 9 |
28 | Ashlynn Brooke | 9 |
28 | Lexi Belle | 9 |
Athletes
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2021)
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.
- Note
-*Non competitive sport
Modern political leaders
(December 1, 2007 – April 1, 2021)
The list includes political leaders born after AD 1400.
Along the rise of Donald Trump, credit for the 2017 performance must be given to Vladimir Putin--he overtook Sarah Palin for the 23rd place. Palin dropped from the list the following year, mainly due to the mighty advance of the British royal family.
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 only American on the list who is not President.
Projecting the trend of the first two decades of Wikipedia (2001-2021) for two more decades, this list would be limited to US Presidents, the British royal family and Hitler.
Rank | Page | Country | Views in millions |
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1 | Donald Trump | United States | 226 |
2 | Barack Obama | United States | 152 |
3 | Elizabeth II | United Kingdom | 139 |
4 | Adolf Hitler | Nazi Germany | 115 |
5 | Abraham Lincoln | United States | 86 |
6 | John F. Kennedy | United States | 78 |
7 | Joe Biden | United States | 75 |
8 | Meghan, Duchess of Sussex | United States | 73 |
8 | Queen Victoria | United Kingdom | 73 |
10 | Winston Churchill | United Kingdom | 67 |
10 | Diana, Princess of Wales | United Kingdom | 67 |
12 | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 66 |
13 | Charles, Prince of Wales | United Kingdom | 65 |
14 | Kamala Harris | United States | 64 |
14 | Ronald Reagan | United States | 64 |
14 | George W. Bush | United States | 64 |
17 | Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon | United Kingdom | 62 |
18 | Henry VIII of England | United Kingdom | 61 |
18 | Mahatma Gandhi | India | 61 |
20 | Nelson Mandela | South Africa | 60 |
21 | George Washington | United States | 57 |
21 | Bill Clinton | United States | 57 |
21 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | United States | 57 |
24 | George VI | United Kingdom | 54 |
25 | Elizabeth I | United Kingdom | 53 |
26 | George H. W. Bush | United States | 52 |
27 | Joseph Stalin | Soviet Union | 51 |
28 | Richard Nixon | United States | 49 |
29 | Mary, Queen of Scots | United Kingdom | 48 |
29 | Margaret Thatcher | United Kingdom | 48 |
29 | Vladimir Putin | Russia | 48 |
29 | Osama bin Laden | Al-Qaeda | 48 |
Criminals
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2021).
This is a list of minor criminals. For major criminals see the list above.
Rank* | Page | Views in millions |
---|---|---|
1 | Lil Wayne | 85 |
2 | Tupak Shakur | 78 |
3 | Pablo Escobar | 72 |
4 | Ted Bundy | 70 |
4 | Charles Manson | 68 |
6 | O. J. Simpson | 53 |
7 | Al Capone | 40 |
8 | Jeffrey Epstein | 33 |
9 | Ted Kaczynski | 30 |
10 | Bill Cosby | 28 |
10 | John Wayne Gacy | 28 |
10 | Jordan Belfort | 28 |
10 | Roman Polanski | 28 |
10 | Jeffrey Dahmer | 28 |
15 | Suge Knight | 27 |
15 | Aaron Hernandez | 27 |
17 | Guy Fawkes | 25 |
18 | 6ix9ine | 24 |
19 | Harvey Weinstein | 23 |
20 | Jack the Ripper | 22 |
20 | Richard Branson | 22 |
20 | Bonnie and Clyde | 22 |
23 | Whitey Bulger | 21 |
23 | Zodiac Killer | 21 |
25 | John Dillinger | 20 |
25 | Tonya Harding | 20 |
27 | Jesse James | 19 |
27 | Kray twins | 19 |
27 | Frank Abagnale | 19 |
30 | Steven Avery | 18 |
Pre-modern people
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2021)
This category includes personalities born before AD 1400 (exception is made for Joan of Arc born in 1412) who cannot compete with our contemporaries, like Barack Obama and Michael Jackson. The general top-30 list of people includes 23 living people as of January 2020. This is a feature of the "nascent" Wikipedia. In the course of generations, such top-lists will contain only people passed away, for view-count continues posthumously.
In total, as of October 12, 2019, Wikipedia counts 1,609,522 people.[24] Of them, 929,502 are living,[25] or 57.75% (more than a half). 143,573 more were living in the Wikipedia period,[26] raising the percentage of this period’s people to 66.67 (precisely two-thirds). 341,079 more were living in the century preceeding Wikipedia (1901-2000),[27] raising the percentage of the contemporaries to 87.86. That is, people who lived from the beginning of history until 1900 – 98% of history - constitute only 12.14%.
As of 2021, people born since 1960 AD log as many views as people born before, and the year of parity rises.[28] We are highly tempocentric. Ancestor worship is not our favorite tradition.
Rank | Page | Time | Views in millions |
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1 | Jesus | 4 BC − 30/33 AD | 51 |
2 | Alexander the Great | 356 – 323 BC | 47 |
3 | Muhammad | 570 – 623 AD | 43 |
4 | Julius Caesar | 100 – 44 BC | 42 |
5 | Genghis Khan | 1162 – 1227 AD | 37 |
6 | Cleopatra | 69 – 30 BC | 32 |
6 | Aristotle | 384 – 322 BC | 32 |
8 | Gautama Buddha | 6th – 4th centuries BC | 30 |
9 | Plato | 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC | 26 |
9 | King Arthur** | 5th – 6th centuries AD | 26 |
11 | Spartacus | 111 – 71 BC | 25 |
11 | Joan of Arc | 1412 – 1431 AD | 25 |
13 | Socrates | 470/469 – 399 BC | 24 |
14 | Charlemagne | 742/748 – 814 AD | 22 |
14 | Tutankhamun | c. 1341 – c. 1323 BC | 22 |
16 | Ragnar Lodbrok** | 9th century AD | 21 |
16 | Augustus | 63 BC – AD 14 | 21 |
18 | William Wallace | 1270 – 1305 AD | 20 |
18 | Marco Polo | 1254 – 1324 AD | 20 |
18 | Moses* | 14th – 13th centuries BC | 20 |
21 | Robin Hood** | 12th – 14th centuries AD | 19 |
21 | Nero | 37 AD – 68 AD | 19 |
21 | Caligula | 12 AD – 41 AD | 19 |
24 | Alfred the Great | c. 848-899 AD | 16 |
24 | Hannibal | 247 – 183/181 BC | 16 |
24 | Confucius | 551 – 479 BC | 16 |
27 | Richard I of England | 1157 – 1199 AD | 15 |
27 | Pythagoras | 570 – 495 BC | 15 |
27 | Abraham* | 19th – 17th centuries BC | 15 |
27 | Asoka | 304 – 222 BC | 15 |
27 | Mary Magdalene | 1st century AD | 15 |
-*Historicity is unconfirmed by extra-Biblical sources.
-**Historicity is dubious.
3rd-millennium people
(December 1, 2007 – March 1, 2021)
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.[29] 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.[30][31]
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.[32]
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 (14th rank as of March 2021, the highest a millennial athlete ever rose).
The forth athlete and the first footballer on the list became Erling Haaland in 2020, followed by his teammate Jadon Sancho the same year.
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
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1 | Billie Eilish | 39 |
2 | Millie Bobby Brown | 25 |
3 | Willow Smith | 19 |
4 | Maddie Ziegler | 15 |
5 | Prince George of Cambridge | 12 |
5 | Lil Pump | 12 |
5 | Greta Thunberg | 12 |
5 | JoJo Siwa | 12 |
9 | Bhad Bhabie | 11 |
9 | Noah Cyrus | 11 |
11 | Finn Wolfhard | 10 |
* | Barron Trump | 9.3 |
12 | Gaten Matarazzo | 9.2 |
13 | Lady Louise Windsor | 8.1 |
14 | Princess Charlotte of Cambridge | 7.8 |
15 | Zion Williamson | 7.5 |
16 | Isabela Moner | 7.3 |
16 | LaMelo Ball | 7.3 |
16 | Mackenzie Foy | 7.3 |
19 | Jacob Tremblay | 7.2 |
20 | Jackie Evancho | 7.0 |
21 | Charli D'Amelio | 6.6 |
22 | James, Viscount Severn | 6.1 |
22 | Yara Shahidi | 6.1 |
24 | Erling Haaland | 6.0 |
25 | Skai Jackson | 5.9 |
26 | Frankie Jonas | 5.5 |
27 | Rowan Blanchard | 5.3 |
28 | Jadon Sancho | 5.1 |
28 | Mckenna Grace | 5.1 |
30 | Noah Schnapp | 4.8 |
-* Not personal page.
Historical most-viewed 3rd-millennium persons
The following table lists the five persons to become Wikipedia’s most-viewed millennial person, from August 4, 2003 to the present.
Person | Views* | Page creation date | Month achieved | Months held | |||
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Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant | 1 | Aug 4, 2003 | August 4, 2003 | 4–16** | |||
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 | 20 | |||
As of 27 August 2024 |
-*The approximate number of views each person had when she became Wikipedia’s most-viewed millennial.
-** Probable estimation.
-***Millie Bobby Brown held the leadership for 4 days in July 2019.[33]
Music bands
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2021).
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
---|---|---|
1 | The Beatles | 106 |
2 | One Direction | 59 |
3 | Queen | 50 |
4 | Pink Floyd | 45 |
5 | Exo (band) | 44 |
5 | Metallica | 44 |
7 | Linkin Park | 43 |
8 | Led Zeppelin | 40 |
9 | BTS (band) | 38 |
9 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 38 |
11 | AC/DC | 36 |
12 | Coldplay | 34 |
13 | The Rolling Stones | 33 |
14 | Slipknot | 31 |
15 | Daft Punk | 30 |
15 | Jonas Brothers | 30 |
15 | Nirvana | 30 |
15 | Green Day | 30 |
15 | Guns N' Roses | 30 |
20 | Fleetwood Mac | 29 |
21 | Backstreet Boys | 28 |
21 | Spice Girls | 28 |
23 | ABBA | 27 |
23 | Girls' Generation | 27 |
23 | Iron Maiden | 27 |
23 | Kiss | 27 |
23 | Gorillaz | 27 |
28 | Bee Gees | 26 |
28 | Foo Fighters | 26 |
30 | N.W.A | 25 |
Sport teams
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2021).
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. | 61 |
2 | FC Barcelona | 50 |
3 | Chelsea F.C. | 47 |
4 | Arsenal F.C. | 46 |
4 | Liverpool F.C. | 46 |
6 | Real Madrid C.F. | 42 |
7 | Manchester City F.C. | 33 |
8 | Juventus F.C. | 28 |
8 | Tottenham Hotspur F.C. | 28 |
10 | Brazil national football team | 27 |
11 | England national football team | 26 |
11 | A.C. Milan | 26 |
13 | FC Bayern Munich | 25 |
14 | New England Patriots | 24 |
15 | Germany national football team | 23 |
16 | Los Angeles Lakers | 22 |
17 | Golden State Warriors | 20 |
17 | Spain national football team | 20 |
19 | Borussia Dortmund | 19 |
19 | Paris Saint-Germain F.C. | 19 |
19 | Argentina national football team | 19 |
19 | France national football team | 19 |
23 | Inter Milan | 16 |
23 | Rangers F.C. | 16 |
23 | Celtic F.C. | 16 |
23 | Aston Villa F.C. | 16 |
23 | New York Yankees | 16 |
23 | Green Bay Packers | 16 |
23 | Italy national football team | 16 |
23 | Newcastle United F.C. | 16 |
23 | West Ham United F.C. | 16 |
Films and TV series
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2021).
TV series clearly has the upper hand to film, for the most part.
Rank | Page | Views in millions |
---|---|---|
1 | Game of Thrones | 111 |
2 | The Big Bang Theory | 95 |
3 | Star Wars | 86 |
4 | How I Met Your Mother | 81 |
5 | The Walking Dead | 80 |
6 | Breaking Bad | 74 |
7 | Glee | 69 |
8 | Doctor Who | 64 |
9 | Grey's Anatomy | 63 |
10 | The Avengers | 55 |
11 | Friends | 54 |
12 | Avatar | 53 |
12 | Naruto | 53 |
14 | Lost | 52 |
15 | Dexter | 51 |
16 | Family Guy | 50 |
17 | House | 49 |
18 | X-Men | 47 |
19 | The Office (US) | 46 |
19 | The Dark Knight Rises | 46 |
19 | The Vampire Diaries | 46 |
19 | Arrow | 46 |
19 | Titanic | 46 |
24 | The Simpsons | 45 |
24 | Sherlock | 45 |
24 | Sons of Anarchy | 45 |
27 | Two and a Half Men | 43 |
27 | True Blood | 43 |
27 | Once Upon a Time | 43 |
27 | NCIS | 43 |
Albums
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2021).
Rank | Page | Artist | Views in millions |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Beatles | 16 |
2 | Thriller | Michael Jackson | 15 |
2 | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | 15 |
2 | Recovery | Eminem | 15 |
5 | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Kanye West | 13 |
5 | The Beatles | Beatles | 13 |
5 | The Wall | Pink Floyd | 13 |
5 | Abbey Road | Beatles | 13 |
9 | 21 | Adele | 11 |
10 | Nevermind | Nirvana | 10 |
10 | The Marshall Mathers LP | Eminem | 10 |
12 | Watch the Throne | Jay-Z & Kanye West | 9.4 |
13 | Led Zeppelin IV | Led Zeppelin | 8.7 |
14 | 808s & Heartbreak | Kanye West | 8.6 |
15 | Let It Be (Beatles album) | Beatles | 8.3 |
16 | Rubber Soul | Beatles | 8.1 |
17 | The Slim Shady LP | Eminem | 8.0 |
18 | Hotel California | Eagles | 7.9 |
18 | Teenage Dream | Katy Perry | 7.9 |
20 | Graduation | Kanye West | 7.8 |
20 | The Eminem Show | Eminem | 7.8 |
20 | Metallica | Metallica | 7.8 |
20 | 1989 | Taylor Swift | 7.8 |
24 | Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | Kendrick Lamar | 7.6 |
24 | Fearless | Taylor Swift | 7.6 |
24 | Red | Taylor Swift | 7.6 |
27 | Loud | Rihanna | 7.4 |
27 | Yeezus | Kanye West | 7.4 |
27 | Hybrid Theory | Linkin Park | 7.4 |
27 | Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd | 7.4 |
Singles
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2021).
Books and book series
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2021).
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 | 82 |
2 | Fifty Shades of Grey | 50 |
2 | A Song of Ice and Fire | 50 |
4 | The Hunger Games | 47 |
5 | The Great Gatsby | 34 |
6 | The Lord of the Rings | 32 |
6 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | 32 |
8 | A Game of Thrones | 27 |
8 | Kama Sutra | 27 |
10 | To Kill a Mockingbird | 26 |
11 | Les Misérables | 25 |
12 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | 24 |
12 | The Handmaid's Tale | 24 |
14 | Watchmen | 23 |
14 | The Winds of Winter | 23 |
16 | The Catcher in the Rye | 22 |
16 | Pride and Prejudice | 22 |
18 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | 21 |
18 | Inferno | 21 |
20 | Lolita | 20 |
20 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | 20 |
22 | Bible | 19 |
22 | Brave New World | 19 |
22 | Animal Farm | 19 |
22 | Frankenstein | 19 |
26 | Dracula | 18 |
26 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | 18 |
26 | It | 18 |
26 | The Hobbit | 18 |
30 | Sex | 17 |
30 | Code Geass | 17 |
30 | Odyssey | 17 |
30 | Don Quixote | 17 |
30 | Of Mice and Men | 17 |
Pre-modern books and texts
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2021).
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.[34] The perspective below however reveals a more popular ancient text.
Rank | Page | Civillization | Views in millions |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kama Sutra | India | 27 |
2 | Inferno (Dante) | Italy | 21 |
3 | Bible | Israel | 19* |
4 | Odyssey | Greece | 17 |
5 | Beowulf | Britain | 16 |
6 | Quran | Caliphate | 15 |
6 | Rosetta Stone | Egypt | 15 |
6 | Mahabharata | India | 15 |
9 | Divine Comedy | Italy | 14 |
10 | Iliad | Greece | 13 |
11 | Ramayana | India | 12 |
12 | The Art of War | China | 11 |
12 | Epic of Gilgamesh | Mesopotamia | 11 |
14 | Vedas | India | 10 |
14 | The Canterbury Tales | Britain | 10 |
16 | One Thousand and One Nights | Caliphate | 9.2 |
17 | Talmud | Israel | 8.6 |
18 | Code of Hammurabi | Mesopotamia | 8.5 |
19 | Oedipus the King | Greece | 6.7 |
20 | I Ching | China | 6.5 |
21 | Aeneid | Rome | 5.8 |
22 | Book of the Dead | Egypt | 5.5 |
22 | Rigveda | India | 5.5 |
24 | Domesday Book | Britain | 5.2 |
25 | Tao Te Ching | China | 5.1 |
26 | Upanishads | India | 4.7 |
27 | Cupid and Psyche | Greece | 4.1 |
28 | Lysistrata | Greece | 3.4 |
28 | The Decameron | Italy | 3.4 |
30 | Titanomachy | Greece | 3.3 |
-*In 2019-20, Bible logged large number of automated desktop views. The over 95% disparity between desktop and mobile views is, in the opinion of experts,[35] 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 and 2020. 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 20.
See also
- Most popular pages October 2001
- Popular pages
- 2003: Oct.
- 2004: Mar. through Sep.
- 2008: May.
- Most read articles in 2008
- Most read articles in 2009
- Most read articles in 2010
- Zeitgeist 2008-2013
- Popular pages by Andrew West for 2013, 2014, 2015,2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
- Popular pages by Andrew West for the past week
External links
- ZeitGeist (stats.wikimedia.org)
- The 50 most-viewed Wikipedia articles in 2009 and 2008 (The Guardian)
- Most viewed articles on English Wikipedia 2012
- Most viewed articles on English Wikipedia 2013
- Most viewed articles on English Wikipedia 2014
- Wikipedia article traffic statistics (2014)
- Most viewed articles on English Wikipedia 2015
- Wikitally: The page view statistics site of almost every Wikipedia articles in various languages, including recent traffic – ceased to exist in fall 2017.
- The open Wikipedia ranking (2014–2020)
- Page views since 2015
References
- ^ Ethan Wolff-Mann, a former Deputy Editor of Supercompressor, Thrilist, https://www.thrillist.com/tech/the-most-popular-articles-on-wikipedia-in-august-2014
- ^ The engine allows to chart pages by categories and rank pages by views, links, or combination of both ("harmonic centrality"). "The Open Wikipedia Ranking," http://wikirank.di.unimi.it/faq.html
- ^ "The 10 Most Popular Wikipedia Pages of All Time," http://heavy.com/social/2013/05/10-most-popular-wikipedia-pages-ever/
- ^ “Wikipedia’s most searched articles of the year revealed,” ‘’BBC news’’, http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20858333
- ^ Most visited Wikipedia articles by language in 2015," Pewresearch, http://www.pewresearch.org/2016/01/14/wikipedia-top-10/
- ^ "The top-viewed Wikipedia page for every day of 2014," Quartz, http://qz.com/322155/the-top-viewed-wikipedia-page-for-every-day-of-2014/
- ^ "The Most Popular Pages on Wikipedia in 2012: Facebook, One Direction and … Cul De Sacs?" AllthingsD.com, http://allthingsd.com/20121227/the-most-popular-pages-on-wikipedia-in-2012-facebook-one-direction-and-cul-de-sacs/
- ^ "Wikipedia's Most Popular Pages, in 35 Languages," Citylab, http://www.citylab.com/tech/2012/12/wikipedias-most-popular-pages-35-languages/4281/
- ^ John R. Quain, "What I learned from Wikipedia's most popular articles of 2012," FoxNews.com, January 02, 2013, http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/01/02/what-learned-from-wikipedia-most-popular-articles-2012.html\
- ^ "The Top 100 Most Viewed Articles on Wikipedia During 2013," InfoDocket Library Journal, http://www.infodocket.com/2013/12/31/the-top-100-most-viewed-articles-on-wikipedia-during-2013/
- ^ "Wikipedia's most-viewed articles in 2012 were..." CNet, http://www.cnet.com/news/wikipedias-most-viewed-articles-in-2012-were/
- ^ https://tools.wmflabs.org/massviews/
- ^ http://wikipediaviews.org/displayviewsformultipleyears.php
- ^ User:West.andrew.g/2015 Popular pages
- ^ User:West.andrew.g/2016 Popular pages
- ^ User:West.andrew.g/2017 Popular pages
- ^ User:West.andrew.g/2018 Popular pages
- ^ List of most viewed YouTube videos.
- ^ "All-time" in this case means 16 days. stats.wikimedia.org: ZeitGeist.
- ^ The page was renamed twice and each time began new count. Here the lost views are included. The original title was Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak and then 2019-20 Coronavirus pandemic.
- ^ Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-02-04/Special report.
- ^ 2 Samuel 1:19, 24.
- ^ User:West.andrew.g/2015 Popular pages
- ^ http://wikirank-2019.di.unimi.it/?search=human&type=harmonic&pageSize=10
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Living_people
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:21st-century_deaths
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:20th-century_deaths
- ^ Wikipedia categories for people born by period (year/decade/century/millennium) counted by the massview tool, https://pageviews.toolforge.org/massviews/
- ^ http://wikipediaviews.org/displayviewsformultipleyears.php
- ^ "Billie Eilish Pageviews Analysis". WMF Labs.
- ^ "Millie Bobby Brown Pageviews Analysis". WMF Labs.
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:West.andrew.g/2019_Popular_pages
- ^ See references 30 and 31
- ^ "guinnessworldrecords""Best selling book of non-fiction". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ Wikipedia:Top 25 Report; User:Igordebraga; User:Kingsif.