Wikipedia unveils its 25 most popular entries ever

The Wikimedia Foundation, which operates the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, has released a list of the most-viewed articles in the portal’s history.

The article that received the highest number of views is “List of deaths by year,” which has been accessed more than 647 million times, News.Az reports, citing the Popular Science magazine.

Following in second and third place are the articles about the United States with over 328 million views, and US President Donald Trump with more than 325 million views. The fourth and fifth spots belong to the article on Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, who reigned from 1952 to 2022, and the article about India.

Rounding out the top ten most popular entries are articles about Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, the 44th President of the United States Barack Obama, US entrepreneur Elon Musk, as well as entries covering World War II and the United Kingdom.

Subject	Page Views
1. List of Deaths by Year	647,025,321
2. United States	328,501,200
3. Donald Trump	325,397,973
4. Elizabeth II	253,385,102
5. India	210,779,909
6. Cristiano Renaldo	209,262,818
7. Barack Obama	200,619,072
8. Elon Musk	197,557,694
9. World War II	196,185,039
10. United Kingdom	180,986,829
11. Lionel Messi	169,027,752
12. Michael Jackson	168,519,508
13. Game of Thrones	166,648,136
14. Adolf Hitler	163,955,099
15. Eminem	159,866,098
16. Taylor Swift	157,243,638
17. World War I	156,010,435
18. The Beatles	153,857,741
19. Dwayne Johnson	141,840,884
20. List of presidents of the United States	138,880,465
21. Canada	137,871,236
22. Lady Gaga	137,724,118
23. Academy Awards	137,543,219
24. Freddie Mercury	134,515,769
25. List of highest-grossing films	133,992,783

Wikipedia, which was launched on January 15, 2001, now hosts over 65 million articles in more than 300 languages. Users access its content over 15 billion times per month.

News.Az