Wikipedia:Popular pages

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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. 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 "See also" and "External links" below) and such engines as Wikitally (existed until 2017) and Massview. 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. This site gives the approximate number of desktop views since December 1, 2007 and mobile views since July 1, 2015. The site stopped counting by the end of 2019. Views on this site until June 2015 for desktop include bot pageviews, while those July 2015 for both desktop and mobile exclude identifiable bots and spiders (but may still end up counting many views by bots and spiders as legitimate human views). This might explain differences in view numbers between this site and the lists of Andrew West for 2015–2018.

The leading page

The undisputed leader is Wikipedia's Main page, with over 43 billion views as of October 2020 — more than the rest of the Top-100 list combined including non-ranked pages. For comparison, Baby Shark which leads YouTube 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.

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.

Rank*	Page	Views in millions
	Main Page	43,000
	Special:Search	14,000
	Special:Random	7900
**	-	2900
	Undefined	1800
	Special:Watchlist	333
	Special:Randompage	314
***	Wiki	268
***	Facebook	257
***	YouTube	241
1	Donald Trump	226
2	United States	224
**	404.php	218
****	xHamster	206
***	Wikipedia	201
	Portal:Current events	189
	Special:Book	185
	Special:CreateAccount	172
***	Google	167
	Search	153
3	Barack Obama	152
4	India	141
5	Elizabeth II	139
	Wikipedia:Your first article	136
6	World War II	130
7	Michael Jackson	127
	Special:RecentChanges	127
8	United Kingdom	125
9	Lady Gaga	120
10	Eminem	116
10	Sex	116
12	Adolf Hitler	115
12	Cristiano Ronaldo	115
14	Game of Thrones	112
15	World War I	109
	Creative Commons Attribution	108
16	The Beatles	107
17	Justin Bieber	105
18	Canada	100
19	Steve Jobs	99
19	Freddie Mercury	99
19	Kim Kardashian	99
	Wsearch.php	97
22	The Big Bang Theory	96
***	Malware	96
23	List of Presidents of the United States	95
23	Australia	95
	Portal:Contents	95
25	Michael Jordan	94
25	Lionel Messi	94
****	Bible	93
27	Stephen Hawking	93
27	Dwayne Johnson	93
29	Darth Vader	91
30	List of highest-grossing films	89
31	Taylor Swift	88
31	China	88
33	Star Wars	87
33	Miley Cyrus	87
35	Academy Awards	86
35	Lil Wayne	86
35	Abraham Lincoln	86
38	Elon Musk	84
38	Japan	84
38	Germany	84
38	Johnny Depp	84
42	Harry Potter	83
42	New York City	83
42	Kobe Bryant	83
45	Selena Gomez	82
45	How I Met Your Mother	82
45	Rihanna	82
45	LeBron James	82
45	Albert Einstein	82
50	September 11 attack	81
50	Russia	81
50	The Walking Dead (TV series)	81
50	Leonardo DiCaprio	81
54	Kanye West	80
55	Tupac Shakur	79
56	Angelina Jolie	78
56	John F. Kennedy	78
58	COVID-19 pandemic	76
58	France	76
58	Chernobyl disaster	76
58	Breaking Bad	76
62	Joe Biden	75
62	Scarlett Johansson	75
62	Tom Cruise	75
65	Mila Kunis	74
65	Vietnam War	74
65	Arnold Schwarzenegger	74
65	Pablo Escobar	74
69	Meghan, Duchess of Sussex	73
69	Queen Victoria	73
69	Jennifer Aniston	73
69	Earth	73
69	Ariana Grande	73
69	William Shakespeare	73
69	Mark Zuckerberg	73
	Wikipedia:Contact us	72
****	Talk:Main Page	72
76	List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films	72
76	Bill Gates	72
76	Will Smith	72
79	Nicki Minaj	71
79	Ted Bundy	71
79	Keanu Reeves	71
79	Muhammad Ali	71
83	Singapore	70
83	Glee (TV series)	70
85	Charles Manson	69
85	John Cena	69
85	Bruce Lee	69
85	Elvis Presley	69
85	Katy Perry	69
	Export pages	69
90	Israel	68
90	Sexual intercourse	68
90	Marilyn Monroe	68
93	Diana, Princess of Wales	67
93	Winston Churchill	67
93	Periodic Table	67
93	Illuminati	67
97	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	66
97	Brad Pitt	66
97	London	66
97	Tom Brady	66

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.

-****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, 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.

Buildings & Structures & Statues

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2021).

Rank*	Page	Date of completion*	Views in millions
1	Taj Mahal	1653	46
2	Statue of Liberty	1886	36
2	Burj Khalifa	2009	36
4	Great Wall of China	c. 212 BC	35
5	Eiffel Tower	1889	33
6	Berlin Wall	1960s	30
7	Machu Picchu	15th century	27
8	Stonehenge	3rd millennium BC	25
8	Mount Rushmore National Memorial	1939	25
10	Colosseum	80	24
11	Great Pyramid of Giza	c. 2560 BC	22
12	One World Trade Center	2014	21
12	Empire State Building	1931	21
14	White House	1800	20
15	Petra**	5th century BC	19
15	Large Hadron Collider	2008	19
17	Hagia Sophia	537	17
18	Golden Gate Bridge	1937	16
18	Panama Canal	1914	16
20	Angkor Wat	12th century	15
21	Buckingham Palace	1850	14
21	Big Ben	1859	14
21	Guantanamo Bay detention camp	2002	14
21	Christ the Redeemer (statue)	1931	14
25	Pantheon, Rome	c. 126	13
25	Parthenon	5th century BC	13
27	Disneyland	1955	12
27	Colossus of Rhodes	280 BC	12
27	New York Stock Exchange	1903	12
30	Wembley Stadium	2007	11
30	Channel Tunnel	1994	11
30	Notre-Dame de Paris	1345	11
33	ADX Florence	1994	10
33	Forbidden City	1420	10
33	Willis Tower	1973	10
36	Westminster Abbey	960	9.8
37	Windsor Castle	11th century	9.6
38	Taipei 101	2004	9.5
38	Walt Disney World	1971	9.5
40	Timbuktu**	5th century BC	9.1
40	Arc de Triomphe	1836	9.1
42	Lighthouse of Alexandria	c. 246 BC	9.0
43	John F. Kennedy International Airport	1948	8.8
44	Temple of Artemis	c. 540 BC	8.6
45	Brooklyn Bridge	1883	8.5
45	Code of Hammurabi	c. 1754 BC	8.5
47	Statue of Unity	2018	8.2
48	Statue of Zeus at Olympia	5th century BC	8.1
49	Library of Alexandria	3rd century BC	7.9
50	Acropolis of Athens	5th century BC	7.6
50	Dome of the Rock	692	7.6
52	Wall Street	19th century	7.5
52	Great Sphinx of Giza	2532 BC	7.5
54	Leaning Tower of Pisa	1372	7.2
55	7 World Trade Center	2006	6.9
56	Palace of Versailles	1678	6.8
56	Church of the Holy Sepulchre	335	6.8
58	Moai	14th century	6.7
59	Epcot	1982	6.4
60	Antilia (building)	2010	6.3
60	Suez Canal	1869	6.3
62	Georgia Guidestones	1980	6.2
62	Petronas Towers	1996	6.2
64	David (Michelangelo)	1504	5.9
64	Delhi Metro	2002	5.9
66	British Museum	1753	5.8
66	Brandenburg Gate	1791	5.8
66	Al-Aqsa Mosque	705	5.8
69	Chichen Itza**	7th century	5.6
69	Washington Monument	1888	5.6
71	Erie Canal	1825	5.5
71	Tower of London	1078	5.5
73	Göbekli Tepe	10th millennium BC	5.2
73	Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary	1934	5.2
73	Gateway of India	1924	5.2
73	Neuschwanstein Castle	1886	5.2
77	Red Fort	1648	5.2
77	Indira Gandhi International Airport	1940s	5.2
77	Louvre	1793	5.2
80	St. Peter's Basilica	1626	5.1
81	MetLife Stadium	2010	4.9
82	Shanghai Tower	2015	4.8
82	India Gate	1921	4.8
82	Führerbunker	1944	4.8
85	Jeddah Tower	On hold	4.7
85	United States Military Academy	1802	4.7
85	Mausoleum at Halicarnassus	351 BC	4.7
88	Hadrian's Wall	128	4.6
88	Hampi	1500	4.6
90	LaGuardia Airport	1939	4.5
90	Borobudur	9th century	4.5
92	Rikers Island prison	1932	4.4
92	Three Gorges Dam	13th century	4.4
92	Alhambra	13th century	4.4
92	Disneyland Paris	1992	4.4
96	Heathrow Airport	1946	4.3
96	Mercedes-Benz Stadium	2017	4.3
96	Konark Sun Temple	13th century	4.3
99	Cloud Gate	2006	4.2
100	London Eye	2000	4.1
100	Palace of Westminster	1016	4.1

-* 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.

Rank	Page	Views in millions
1	Donald Trump	226
2	Barack Obama	152
3	Elizabeth II	139
4	Michael Jackson	127
5	Lady Gaga	120
6	Eminem	116
7	Adolf Hitler	115
7	Cristiano Ronaldo	115
9	Justin Bieber	105
10	Freddie Mercury	99
10	Steve Jobs	99
10	Kim Kardashian	99
13	Lionel Messi	94
13	Michael Jordan	94
15	Stephen Hawking	93
15	Dwayne Johnson	93
17	Elon Musk	92
18	Taylor Swift	88
19	Miley Cyrus	87
20	Lil Wayne	86
20	Abraham Lincoln	86
22	Johnny Depp	84
23	Kobe Bryant	83
24	Selena Gomez	82
24	Rihanna	82
24	LeBron James	82
24	Albert Einstein	82
28	Leonardo DiCaprio	81
29	Kanye West	80
30	Tupac Shakur	79
31	Angelina Jolie	78
31	John F. Kennedy	78
33	Joe Biden	75
33	Scarlett Johansson	75
33	Tom Cruise	75
36	Mila Kunis	74
36	Arnold Schwarzenegger	74
36	Pablo Escobar	74
39	Meghan, Duchess of Sussex	73
39	Queen Victoria	73
39	Ariana Grande	73
39	Jennifer Aniston	73
39	William Shakespeare	73
39	Mark Zuckerberg	73
45	Bill Gates	72
45	Will Smith	72
47	Nicki Minaj	71
47	Ted Bundy	71
47	Keanu Reeves	71
47	Muhammad Ali	71
51	Katy Perry	69
51	Elvis Presley	69
51	John Cena	69
51	Bruce Lee	69
51	Charles Manson	69
56	Marilyn Monroe	68
57	Diana, Princess of Wales	67
57	Winston Churchill	67
59	Tom Brady	66
59	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	66
59	Brad Pitt	66
62	Charles, Prince of Wales	65
62	Jay-Z	65
62	Prince (musician)	65
62	David Bowie	65
62	Heath Ledger	65
67	Kamala Harris	64
67	Ronald Reagan	64
67	George W. Bush	64
67	Britney Spears	64
67	Clint Eastwood	64
67	Lali Espósito	64
73	Adele	63
73	Jennifer Lopez	63
73	Sylvester Stallone	63
76	Jennifer Lawrence	62
76	Ryan Reynolds	62
78	Henry VIII of England	61
78	Mahatma Gandhi	61
80	Mark Wahlberg	60
80	Nelson Mandela	60
80	Emma Watson	60
80	Demi Lovato	60
80	Beyoncé	60
85	John Lennon	59
86	Bob Marley	58
86	Robin Williams	58
86	The Undertaker	58
86	Leonardo Da Vinci	58
90	Louis Tomlinson	57
90	Madonna (entertainer)	57
90	Megan Fox	57
90	Roger Federer	57
90	Bill Clinton	57
90	George Washington	57
90	Tom Hardy	57
97	Mariah Carey	56
97	Sunny Leone	56
99	Kristen Stewart	55
99	Natalie Portman	55
99	Tom Hanks	55
99	Melania Trump	55

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
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.

Rank	Page	Sport	Views in millions
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Association football	112
2	Michael Jordan	Basketball	92
2	Lionel Messi	Association football	92
4	Kobe Bryant	Basketball	80
4	LeBron James	Basketball	80
6	Muhammad Ali	Boxing	69
*	John Cena	Pro wrestling	68
7	Tom Brady	American football	59
*	The Undertaker	Pro wrestling	57
8	Roger Federer	Tennis	56
9	O. J. Simpson	American football	53
10	Mike Tyson	Boxing	52
11	Shaquille O'Neal	Basketball	47
12	David Beckham	Association football	44
13	Brock Lesnar	Pro wrestling and MMA	43
13	Rafael Nadal	Tennis	43
13	Conor McGregor	Mixed martial arts	43
16	Tiger Woods	Golf	40
17	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	Association football	39
18	Neymar	Association football	38
18	Serena Williams	Tennis	38
*	Triple H	Pro wrestling	38
20	Manny Pacquiao	Boxing	37
20	Michael Phelps	Swimming	37
22	Novak Djokovic	Tennis	36
22	Virat Kohli	Cricket	36
24	Peyton Manning	American football	35
24	Sachin Tendulkar	Cricket	35
24	Stephen Curry	Basketball	35
27	Ronda Rousey	Judo, MMA and pro wrestling	32
27	Michael Oher	American football	32
29	Wayne Rooney	Association football	31
29	Caitlyn Jenner	Decathlon	31
*	Hulk Hogan	Pro wrestling	31

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
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. 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	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. 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 (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
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.

  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	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.

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).

Rank	Page	Artist	Views in millions
1	Gangnam Style	PSY	21
2	Bohemian Rhapsody	Queen	16
3	Hallelujah	Leonard Cohen	12
4	We Are the World	Michael Jackson	11
5	Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious	Julie Andrews & Dick Van Dyke	8.8
5	Amazing Grace	various artists	8.8
7	Stairway to Heaven	Led Zeppelin	8.7
8	Despacito	Luis Fonsi	8.2
9	Hotel California	Eagles	7.9
10	Hey Jude	Beatles	7.4
10	American Pie	Don McLean	7.4
12	The Sound of Silence	Simon & Garfunkel	6.6
13	Stan	Eminem	6.5
14	Billie Jean	Michael Jackson	6.3
15	I Will Always Love You	Whitney Houston	5.9
15	Blurred Lines	Robin Thicke	5.9
15	Hurt	Nine Inch Nails	5.9
18	We Didn't Start the Fire	Billy Joel	5.8
19	Hello	Adele	5.5
20	In the Air Tonight	Phil Collins	5.4
21	Never Gonna Give You Up	Rick Astley	5.2
22	Beat It	Michael Jackson	5.1
23	Baby	Justin Bieber	5.0
24	Blinded by the Light	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	4.8
24	Killing Me Softly with His Song	Roberta Flack	4.8
26	Africa	Toto	4.7
26	Layla	Eric Clapton	4.7
28	Take On Me	A-ha	4.6
29	99 Luftballons	Nena	4.5
29	All Along the Watchtower	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	4.5

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. 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, 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