Top 100 most viewed wikipedia pages

[Blog]

Got this off of Digg
http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Top_100...s_on_Wikipedia

Views per day Percent Title
28 707 143 ± 0% 3.7223% 1. Main Page
862 000 ± 2% 0.1118% 2. Wiki
394 000 ± 3% 0.0511% 3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
383 429 ± 3% 0.0497% 4. Naruto
378 000 ± 3% 0.0490% 5. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
314 857 ± 3% 0.0408% 6. United States
314 000 ± 3% 0.0407% 7. Wikipedia
306 857 ± 3% 0.0398% 8. Deaths in 2007
293 143 ± 3% 0.0380% 9. Heroes (TV series)
289 714 ± 3% 0.0376% 10. Transformers (film)
287 143 ± 3% 0.0372% 11. Halo 3
286 000 ± 3% 0.0371% 12. Harry Potter
248 857 ± 3% 0.0323% 13. Vanessa Anne Hudgens
232 000 ± 4% 0.0301% 14. Luciano Pavarotti
221 143 ± 4% 0.0287% 15. Hypertext Transfer Protocol
216 857 ± 4% 0.0281% 16. Bleach (manga)
211 143 ± 4% 0.0274% 17. List of sex positions
204 000 ± 4% 0.0265% 18. 50 Cent
204 000 ± 4% 0.0265% 19. Sex
200 857 ± 4% 0.0260% 20. World War II
199 429 ± 4% 0.0259% 21. World Wrestling Entertainment
195 429 ± 4% 0.0253% 22. YouTube
193 714 ± 4% 0.0251% 23. America's Next Top Model
177 714 ± 4% 0.0230% 24. Akatsuki (Naruto)
172 000 ± 4% 0.0223% 25. September 11, 2001 attacks
171 143 ± 4% 0.0222% 26. Adolf Hitler
164 286 ± 4% 0.0213% 27. Britney Spears
158 857 ± 4% 0.0206% 28. Masturbation
158 286 ± 4% 0.0205% 29. Kanye West
157 143 ± 4% 0.0204% 30. New York City
156 000 ± 4% 0.0202% 31. The Simpsons
154 571 ± 4% 0.0200% 32. WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008
150 571 ± 4% 0.0195% 33. Sexual intercourse
148 000 ± 4% 0.0192% 34. Graduation (album)
142 571 ± 4% 0.0185% 35. Family Guy
142 571 ± 4% 0.0185% 36. Wii
140 857 ± 5% 0.0183% 37. Halloween
140 571 ± 5% 0.0182% 38. MySpace
137 714 ± 5% 0.0179% 39. PlayStation 3
136 286 ± 5% 0.0177% 40. United Kingdom
135 143 ± 5% 0.0175% 41. Xbox 360
134 000 ± 5% 0.0174% 42. Germany
134 000 ± 5% 0.0174% 43. Zac Efron
133 714 ± 5% 0.0173% 44. Anal sex
132 857 ± 5% 0.0172% 45. India
131 714 ± 5% 0.0171% 46. List of Naruto characters
131 143 ± 5% 0.0170% 47. List of Naruto: Shippūden episodes
130 286 ± 5% 0.0169% 48. France
129 143 ± 5% 0.0167% 49. Curtis (50 Cent album)
128 571 ± 5% 0.0167% 50. World Wrestling Entertainment roster
127 429 ± 5% 0.0165% 51. List of Konoha ninja
125 714 ± 5% 0.0163% 52. Eminem
125 429 ± 5% 0.0163% 53. Lil Wayne
124 571 ± 5% 0.0162% 54. World War I
123 429 ± 5% 0.0160% 55. Internet Movie Database
122 571 ± 5% 0.0159% 56. Japan
121 714 ± 5% 0.0158% 57. Avatar: The Last Airbender
121 143 ± 5% 0.0157% 58. London
121 143 ± 5% 0.0157% 59. List of The Simpsons episodes
120 857 ± 5% 0.0157% 60. Global warming
120 571 ± 5% 0.0156% 61. BioShock
120 286 ± 5% 0.0156% 62. Rock Band (video game)
119 143 ± 5% 0.0154% 63. High School Musical
118 571 ± 5% 0.0154% 64. Lost (TV series)
116 286 ± 5% 0.0151% 65. Pokémon
115 143 ± 5% 0.0149% 66. Australia
114 857 ± 5% 0.0149% 67. List of South Park episodes
114 857 ± 5% 0.0149% 68. George W. Bush
114 571 ± 5% 0.0149% 69. Pornography
114 286 ± 5% 0.0148% 70. The Beatles
114 286 ± 5% 0.0148% 71. Prison Break
114 000 ± 5% 0.0148% 72. Steve Fossett
113 429 ± 5% 0.0147% 73. Fred Thompson
112 857 ± 5% 0.0146% 74. IPod
112 000 ± 5% 0.0145% 75. 300 (film)
111 714 ± 5% 0.0145% 76. High School Musical 2
111 143 ± 5% 0.0144% 77. Halloween (2007 film)
109 714 ± 5% 0.0142% 78. Hannah Montana
109 143 ± 5% 0.0142% 79. Batman
108 571 ± 5% 0.0141% 80. Penis
108 571 ± 5% 0.0141% 81. Europe
108 571 ± 5% 0.0141% 82. Land of Fire
108 286 ± 5% 0.0140% 83. List of Wii games
108 000 ± 5% 0.0140% 84. Naruto Uzumaki
106 857 ± 5% 0.0139% 85. House (TV series)
106 571 ± 5% 0.0138% 86. Amy Winehouse
106 286 ± 5% 0.0138% 87. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
106 286 ± 5% 0.0138% 88. Mexico
105 714 ± 5% 0.0137% 89. Scrubs (TV series)
105 714 ± 5% 0.0137% 90. Smallville (TV series)
104 857 ± 5% 0.0136% 91. Facebook
104 857 ± 5% 0.0136% 92. Kim Kardashian
104 571 ± 5% 0.0136% 93. South Park
104 286 ± 5% 0.0135% 94. Canada
102 857 ± 5% 0.0133% 95. Beowulf
102 571 ± 5% 0.0133% 96. Vagina
101 714 ± 5% 0.0132% 97. The Holocaust
100 857 ± 5% 0.0131% 98. Miley Cyrus
100 571 ± 5% 0.0130% 99. Labor Day (United States)
100 286 ± 5% 0.0130% 100. Tupac Shakur

It is abundantly clear that Wikipedia is the resource of choice for 12 year olds.

PS it is now official, Canada is more popular than vagina.

[Luminus]

Or perhaps more accurately, people find themselves wanting to know more about Canada than they do Vagina.


At any rate, this is kind of interesting to look at. There's a lot of irritating pop culture stuff in there, and your typical array of internet perversion. What I think would be more interesting to look at would be how these ratings change over a given time. Maybe quarterly, or something.

[Rosuav]

Originally posted by Luminus
At any rate, this is kind of interesting to look at. There's a lot of irritating pop culture stuff in there, and your typical array of internet perversion. What I think would be more interesting to look at would be how these ratings change over a given time. Maybe quarterly, or something.

Agreed, a fascinating list. Hmm. Australia is more sought-after than Canada... but heaps of people are trying to figure out just what this weird place is called the "United States". (Obviously "Main Page" is going to get a lot of hits, because if you go to http://en.wikipedia.org/ then you get Main_Page. Also, the Wikipedia main page has an article of the day, and stuff like that, so it'll be popular.)

I don't know that Wiki will have data on the _changing_ popularity, but for a similar sort of curiosity-research (that is, it's research on people's curiosity, but also this research is of curiosity value only), check out the Google Zeitgeist at http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html . They keep track of all sorts of stats. It's really fascinating. (The Zeitgeist seems to have been expired in favour of Google Trends, but the Zeitgeist still has the archived data.)

Edit: http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends is definitely an improvement on the Zeitgeist. I think I could lose myself there for quite some time. Its only downside is that it only goes back as far as early 2007 (when it was introduced).

[Malacasta]

For comparison, here are the top ten Conservapedia articles:

http://www.conservapedia.com/Special:Statistics

Most viewed pages

1. Main Page‎ [1,926,636]
2. Homosexuality‎ [1,621,804]
3. Homosexuality and Hepatitis‎ [517,876]
4. Homosexuality and Promiscuity‎ [421,866]
5. Homosexuality and Parasites‎ [414,549]
6. Gay Bowel Syndrome‎ [399,476]
7. Homosexual Couples and Domestic Violence‎ [373,755]
8. Homosexuality and Gonorrhea‎ [332,010]
9. Homosexuality and Anal Cancer‎ [294,115]
10. Homosexuality and Mental Health‎ [293,295]

What can you say...

[anthson]

Conservapedia ... what a dumb ass we-give-up kind of idea.

[Savaric]

Originally posted by Blog
It is abundantly clear that Wikipedia is the resource of choice for 12 year olds.

Rofl.

[Kravenar]

Originally posted by Luminus
Or perhaps more accurately, people find themselves wanting to know more about Canada than they do Vagina.

Blog
It is abundantly clear that Wikipedia is the resource of choice for 12 year olds.

Two very good points.

Perhaps from its absence one may also conclude that men still have very no interest in finding the clitoris.

[Karmei]

Originally posted by kravenar
Two very good points.

Perhaps from its absence one may also conclude that men still have very no interest in finding the clitoris.

We didn't need Wikipedia to tell us that much...

[Savaric]

Originally posted by kravenar
Two very good points.

Perhaps from its absence one may also conclude that men still have very no interest in finding the clitoris.

Some of us are just naturals and don't need instructions.

[Sebboe]

South Park showed how to find the clitoris so there is little searching on wiki by the 12 year olds.