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 2014–2017.[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]

Contents

 1Sources
 2The leading page
 3Top-100 list
 4Notes
 5Countries
 6Cities
 7People
o 7.1Singers
o 7.2Actors
o 7.3Athletes
o 7.4Modern political leaders
o 7.5Pre-modern people
o 7.63rd-millennium people
o 7.7Historical most-viewed 3rd-millennium persons
 8Music bands
 9Sport teams
 10Films and TV series
 11Albums
 12Books and book series
o 12.1Pre-modern books and texts
 13See also
 14External links
 15References

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. 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 38 billion views as of April 2019 — more
than the rest of the Top-100 list combined including non-ranked pages. For
comparison, Despacito which leads YouTube[18] has 6.3 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]

Top-100 list
(December 1, 2007 – July 1, 2019).

Rank* Page Views in millions

Main Page 38,000

Special:Search 13,000

Special:Random 7900

** - 2000

Undefined 1800

Special:Watchlist 320

Special:Randompage 314

*** Wiki 257

*** Facebook 242

*** YouTube 214

** 404.php 208

*** xHamster 204

1 United States 197

Special:Book 184

Special:CreateAccount 169

Portal:Current events 159

2 Donald Trump 157

Search 153

*** Google 151

*** Wikipedia 139

Wikipedia:Your first article 136

3 Barack Obama 131

4 India 122
 5 World War II 115

6 Michael Jackson 114

Special:RecentChanges 113

7 United Kingdom 110

7 Lady Gaga 109

9 Eminem 106

10 Game of Thrones 104

Creative Commons Attribution 103

11 Adolf Hitler 100

12 Elizabeth II 99

13 The Beatles 98

13 Sex 98

Wsearch.php 97

15 Cristiano Ronaldo 96

16 World War I 95
*** Malware 95

17 Justin Bieber 94

18 Canada 89

18 The Big Bang Theory 89

20 Steve Jobs 88

Portal:Contents 88

21 Kim Kardashian 87

22 Darth Vader 86

23 Australia 84

24 Stephen Hawking 83

25 Freddie Mercury 81

26 Lil Wayne 80

26 Academy Awards 80

26 Lionel Messi 80

29 List of Presidents of the United States 79

30 How I Met Your Mother 78

31 Star Wars 77

31 Miley Cyrus 77

33 China 76

34 Harry Potter 75

34 Japan 75

34 Germany 75

34 Dwayne Johnson 75

34 Taylor Swift 75

39 Rihanna 74

39 Selena Gomez 74

39 List of highest-grossing films 74

39 Abraham Lincoln 74

43 The Walking Dead (TV series) 73

44 New York City 72

45 Russia 71

45 Johnny Depp 71

45 Albert Einstein 71

Talk:Main Page 71

48 Kanye West 70

49 Tupac Shakur 69

49 Michael Jordan 69

Export pages 69

51 France 68

52 Breaking Bad 67

52 Leonardo DiCaprio 67

52 Angelina Jolie 67

55 LeBron James 66

55 Glee (TV series) 66

55 Earth 66
58 Mila Kunis 65

58 Mark Zuckerberg 65

58 Vietnam War 65

58 John F. Kennedy 65

58 William Shakespeare 65

63 Nicki Minaj 64

Wikipedia:Contact us 64

64 Arnold Schwarzenegger 62

64 Tom Cruise 62

64 Pablo Escobar 62

64 Illuminati 62

64 John Cena 62

**** Indigenous australian 62

69 September 11 attacks 61

69 Sexual intercourse 61
69 Ariana Grande 61

69 Katy Perry 61

69 Will Smith 61

74 Scarlett Johansson 60

74 Singapore 60

74 Doctor Who 60

74 Muhammad Ali 60

74 Bill Gates 60

*** Web scraping 60

79 Jennifer Aniston 59

79 Elvis Presley 59

79 London 59

79 Israel 59

Special:RecentChangesLinked 59

83 Marilyn Monroe 58
83 Human penis size 58

83 Adele 58

83 Global warming 58

83 Bruce Lee 58

83 Jay-Z 58

83 AMGTV 58

Portal:Featured content 58

Articles for creation 58

90 Halloween 57

90 Prince (musician) 57

92 England 56

92 Charles Manson 56

92 Elon Musk 56

92 Grey's Anatomy 56

92 RMS Titanic 56
 92 David Bowie 56

*** Internet Movie Database 56

98 Louis Tomlinson 55

98 Brazil 55

98 Henry VIII of England 55

98 American Civil War 55

98 Jennifer Lawrence 55

98 One Direction 55

98 Pornography 55

98 Britney Spears 55

98 Vagina 55

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 Wikipedia search box (either in the
MediaWiki interface or a web browser) when intending to actually visit the sites themselves.[20]
-****Somehow Indigenous australian logged 62 million views in May 2014.

Countries
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2019)
The list includes current member states of the United Nations

Rank Page Views in millions

1 United States 189

2 India 117

3 United Kingdom 105

4 Canada 85

5 Australia 81

6 Japan 72

6 Germany 72

6 China 72

9 Russia 69

10 France 66

11 Singapore 57

11 Israel 57

13 Brazil 53
14 Italy 50

14 Philippines 50

16 Spain 49

16 Netherlands 49

18 New Zealand 48

19 Pakistan 47

20 Mexico 46

21 Turkey 45

21 South Africa 45

21 North Korea 45

24 Indonesia 44

25 Switzerland 43

26 Sweden 41

27 Egypt 40

28 Iran 38
 28 Ireland 38

30 Norway 37

Cities
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2019)

Rank Page Continent Views in millions

1 New York City North America 69

2 London Europe 57

2 Singapore Asia 57

* Angelsberg Europe 44

4 Hong Kong Asia 44

5 Dubai Asia 41

6 Los Angeles North America 37

7 Paris Europe 34

8 Chicago North America 33

9 Washington, D.C. North America 32

10 San Francisco North America 27

10 Mumbai Asia 27

12 Rome Europe 26

13 Toronto North America 24

13 Philadelphia North America 24

15 Monaco Europe 23

15 Tokyo Asia 23

17 Amsterdam Europe 22

18 Boston North America 21

18 Barcelona Europe 21

20 Istanbul Europe/Asia 20

20 Berlin Europe 20

20 Seattle North America 20

23 Pompeii Europe 19

23 Rio de Janeiro South America 19

23 Venice Europe 19
23 Vatican Europe 19

23 Sparta Europe 19

23 Shanghai Asia 19

23 Vancouver North America 19

23 Jerusalem Asia 19

 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.[21]

People
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2019)
The rise of Donald Trump is prominent — he was not in this list in January 2016; however, in
January 2017 (upon his inauguration as president), after adding 75 million more views, he became
the most popular.

Rank Page Views in millions

1 Donald Trump 156

2 Barack Obama 126

3 Michael Jackson 108

4 Eminem 103

5 Lady Gaga 102

6 Adolf Hitler 96
 7 Elizabeth II 92

8 Justin Bieber 91

9 Cristiano Ronaldo 90

10 Steve Jobs 85

11 Kim Kardashian 83

12 Stephen Hawking 80

13 Lil Wayne 79

14 Lionel Messi 76

15 Miley Cyrus 74

16 Rihanna 72

16 Selena Gomez 72

16 Taylor Swift 72

19 Abraham Lincoln 71

19 Dwayne Johnson 71

21 Johnny Depp 68
 21 Kanye West 68

21 Albert Einstein 68

24 Tupac Shakur 66

25 Michael Jordan 65

26 Angelina Jolie 64

26 Leonardo DiCaprio 64

28 Mark Zuckerberg 63

28 Mila Kunis 63

28 William Shakespeare 63

Singers
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2019)
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 most of their page views in 2016 after their
deaths.

Rank Page Views in millions

1 Michael Jackson 108

2 Eminem 103

3 Lady Gaga 102

 4 Justin Bieber 91

5 Lil Wayne 79

6 Miley Cyrus 74

7 Rihanna 72

7 Selena Gomez 72

7 Taylor Swift 72

10 Kanye West 68

11 Tupac Shakur 66

12 Freddie Mercury 62

12 Nicki Minaj 62

14 John Cena 60

15 Katy Perry 58

16 Ariana Grande 57

16 Adele 57

16 Jay-Z 57
 19 Prince (musician) 55

19 Elvis Presley 55

21 David Bowie 53

21 Britney Spears 53

23 Demi Lovato 51

24 Madonna (entertainer) 49

24 Bob Marley 49

26 John Lennon 48

26 Bruno Mars 48

28 Jennifer Lopez 47

29 Mariah Carey 46

30 Snoop Dogg 44

30 Justin Timberlake 44

Actors
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2019)
This list omits actors who are singers in order not to repeat half of the previous table.

Rank Page Views in millions

 1 Kamaal R Khan 83

2 Dwayne Johnson 71

3 Johnny Depp 68

4 Angelina Jolie 64

4 Leonardo DiCaprio 64

6 Mila Kunis 63

7 Tom Cruise 59

7 Arnold Schwarzenegger 59

9 Will Smith 58

10 Bruce Lee 55

10 Marilyn Monroe 55

10 Scarlett Johansson 55

10 Jennifer Aniston 55

14 Jennifer Lawrence 53

15 Brad Pitt 51
16 Sylvester Stallone 50

16 Heath Ledger 50

16 The Undertaker 50

19 Emma Watson 49

19 Sunny Leone 49

21 Megan Fox 48

21 Mark Wahlberg 48

21 Ryan Reynolds 48

24 Robin Williams 46

24 Natalie Portman 46

24 Clint Eastwood 46

27 Kristen Stewart 45

27 Tom Hardy 45

28 Charlie Sheen 44

29 Meghan Markle 43
 29 Salman Khan 43

Athletes
(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2019)
Among musicians and actors there is gender equality in popularity. Sport, politics and history are
dominated by males. Popular children and teenagers (as of 2017) are mostly girls.
Some professional athletes—Bruce Lee, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dwayne Johnson and The
Undertaker—are classified among actors (above), since their popularity is mostly due to their
filmographic performance. John Cena is listed as a musician.

Rank Page Sport Views in millions

1 Cristiano Ronaldo Association football 90

2 Lionel Messi Association football 76

3 Michael Jordan Basketball 65

4 LeBron James Basketball 62

5 Muhammad Ali Boxing 57

6 Roger Federer Tennis 45

7 Kobe Bryant Basketball 44

7 O. J. Simpson American football 44

7 Tom Brady American football 44

10 Mike Tyson Boxing 39

11 Brock Lesnar Wrestling & Mixed martial arts 38

12 Shaquille O'Neal Basketball 36

13 Michael Phelps Swimming 34

14 Conor McGregor Mixed martial arts 33

15 Neymar Association football 32

15 Manny Pacquiao Boxing 32

15 Rafael Nadal Tennis 32

18 Serena Williams Tennis 31

18 David Beckham Association football 31

20 Zlatan Ibrahimović Association football 31

21 Tiger Woods Golf 30

22 Peyton Manning American football 30

22 Sachin Tendulkar Cricket 30

24 Ronda Rousey Judo & Mixed martial arts 27

25 Usain Bolt Sprint 26

 25 Stephen Curry Basketball 26

25 Ronaldinho Association football 26

25 Wayne Rooney Association football 26

25 Novak Djokovic Tennis 26

30 Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Boxing 24

Modern political leaders

(December 1, 2007 – January 1, 2019)
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.

Rank Page Country Views in millions

1 Donald Trump United States 150

2 Barack Obama United States 126

3 Adolf Hitler Nazi Germany 96

4 Elizabeth II United Kingdom 92

5 Abraham Lincoln United States 71

6 John F. Kennedy United States 62

7 Queen Victoria United Kingdom 53

 7 George W. Bush United States 53

9 Henry VIII of England United Kingdom 52

10 Nelson Mandela South Africa 51

11 Ronald Reagan United States 51

12 Winston Churchill United Kingdom 49

13 Bill Clinton United States 46

14 George Washington United States 45

14 Elizabeth I United Kingdom 45

14 Diana, Princess of Wales United Kingdom 45

17 Mahatma Gandhi India 44

18 Franklin D. Roosevelt United States 43

19 Charles, Prince of Wales United Kingdom 41

19 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh United Kingdom 41

19 George H. W. Bush United States 41

19 Joseph Stalin Soviet Union 41

19 Osama bin Laden Al-Qaeda 41

24 Christopher Columbus Genoa 39

24 Che Guevara Cuba 39

26 Richard Nixon United States 38

27 Vladimir Putin Russia 37

28 Theodore Roosevelt United States 35

29 Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon United Kingdom 34

29 George VI United Kingdom 34

29 Thomas Jefferson United States 34

29 Jimmy Carter United States 34