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The English Wikipedia project maintains [http://dammit.lt/wikistats/ server records of pageview (traffic) statistics].  This page tallies the 25 most-viewed article pages on Wikipedia, by month, while removing the superfluous pages that users end up viewing as a result of landing on an unintended page (such as "wiki", "Wikipedia", "search", etc.).
 
The English Wikipedia project maintains [http://dammit.lt/wikistats/ server records of pageview (traffic) statistics].  This page tallies the 25 most-viewed article pages on Wikipedia, by month, while removing the superfluous pages that users end up viewing as a result of landing on an unintended page (such as "wiki", "Wikipedia", "search", etc.).
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==October 2011==
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In October 2011, the Wikipedia main page received 123.9 million page views, halting a three-month decline.  The "404 error" page received 7.2 million views.  The page for "wiki" received 3 million views.  "Search" had almost 1.3 million views.  The remaining top 25 intentional content pages were:
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#Steve Jobs, 13,430,655
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#Breast cancer, 5,265,649
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#Facebook, 4,016,823
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#Halloween, 3,595,582
 +
#Muammar Gaddafi, 3,348,226
 +
#Murder of Meredith Kercher, 2,594,583
 +
#The Aristocrats (joke), 2,295,197
 +
#Deaths in 2011, 2,175,709
 +
#Occupy Wall Street, 1,972,552
 +
#Mary Blair, 1,898,912
 +
#Art Clokey, 1,846,023
 +
#Sex, 1,782,038
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#Google, 1,577,028
 +
#Steve Wozniak, 1,571,456
 +
#YouTube, 1,524,294
 +
#The Walking Dead (TV series), 1,522,507
 +
#Paranormal Activity 3, 1,479,346
 +
#The Big Bang Theory, 1,444,124
 +
#Terra Nova (TV series), 1,443,904
 +
#Dan Wheldon, 1,404,613
 +
#Diwali, 1,370,681
 +
#Ra.One, 1,340,113
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#United States, 1,306,374
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#Kim Kardashian, 1,297,579
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#Cuisinart, 1,281,742
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==September 2011==
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[[Image:Main_Page_in_decline.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Wikipedia's flagging traffic]]In September 2011, the Wikipedia main page received only 112.7 million page views, down 13.6% from the previous month.  The "404 error" page received 6.3 million views.  The page for "wiki" received 2.6 million views.  "Search" had almost 2 million views.  The remaining top 25 intentional content pages were:
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#Mathematical descriptions of opacity, 5,125,722
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#Albert Szent-Györgyi, 4,347,697
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#Facebook, 3,881,469
 +
#September 11 attacks, 3,075,259
 +
#Network address translation, 3,073,272
 +
#Troy Davis case, 2,930,632
 +
#Freddie Mercury, 2,549,766
 +
#Google, 1,878,888
 +
#Deaths in 2011, 1,764,941
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#Malapascua, 1,567,202
 +
#World Trade Center, 1,244,432
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#Adele (singer), 1,216,504
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#YouTube, 1,200,020
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#The Big Bang Theory, 1,181,374
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#How I Met Your Mother, 1,170,501
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#Two and a Half Men, 1,132,859
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#United States, 1,106,147
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#Bodyguard (2011 film), 1,058,269
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#Sex, 1,047,777
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#Glee (TV series), 1,015,174
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#Wikipedia, 1,008,526
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#Jim Henson, 991,296
 +
#Lil Wayne, 965,608
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#Andy Whitfield, 937,014
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#Eminem, 923,325
  
 
==August 2011==
 
==August 2011==
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#Watch the Throne, 1,223,782
 
#Watch the Throne, 1,223,782
 
#United States, 1,217,676
 
#United States, 1,217,676
 
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#Adele (singer), 1,210,761
23.
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#Lil Wayne, 1,151,992
Adele_(singer)
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#Nicki Minaj, 1,126,004
1,210,761
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#Eminem, 1,125,602
 
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#Selena Gomez, 1,118,942
24.
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#Justin Bieber, 1,108,816
Lil_Wayne
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#Tha Carter IV, 1,094,458
1,151,992
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#Lady Gaga, 1,084,283
 
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#Amy Winehouse, 1,069,606
25.
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#Wikipedia, 1,061,782
Nicki_Minaj
 
1,126,004
 
 
 
26.
 
Eminem
 
1,125,602
 
 
 
27.
 
Selena_Gomez
 
1,118,942
 
 
 
28.
 
Justin_Bieber
 
1,108,816
 
 
 
29.
 
Tha_Carter_IV
 
1,094,458
 
 
 
30.
 
Lady_Gaga
 
1,084,283
 
 
 
31.
 
Amy_Winehouse
 
1,069,606
 
 
 
32.
 
Wikipedia
 
1,061,782
 
 
 
33.
 
The_Glee_Project
 
1,043,596
 
 
 
34.
 
Emma_Stone
 
1,022,572
 
 
 
35.
 
Mila_Kunis
 
990,949
 
 
 
36.
 
Sex
 
982,557
 
 
 
37.
 
Harry_Potter
 
974,806
 
 
 
38.
 
Steve_Wozniak
 
964,072
 
 
 
39.
 
Jan_Lokpal_Bill
 
962,433
 
 
 
40.
 
Muammar_Gaddafi
 
956,311
 
 
 
41.
 
Kris_Humphries
 
945,316
 
 
 
42.
 
Glee_(TV_series)
 
936,944
 
 
 
43.
 
Art_Bears
 
929,969
 
 
 
44.
 
Game_of_Thrones
 
921,246
 
 
 
45.
 
Planet_of_the_Apes_(1968_film)
 
898,852
 
 
 
46.
 
Rick_Perry
 
895,763
 
 
 
47.
 
How_I_Met_Your_Mother
 
893,170
 
 
 
48.
 
Captain_America:_The_First_Avenger
 
890,683
 
 
 
49.
 
Philadelphia_Eagles
 
881,716
 
 
 
50.
 
The_Avengers_(2012_film)
 
878,795
 
 
 
51.
 
2011_in_film
 
866,753
 
 
 
52.
 
True_Blood
 
854,633
 
 
 
53.
 
UFC_134
 
850,028
 
 
 
54.
 
Ramadan
 
841,887
 
 
 
55.
 
Harry_Potter_(film_series)
 
826,956
 
 
 
56.
 
The_Dark_Knight_Rises
 
817,867
 
 
 
57.
 
Beyoncé_Knowles
 
813,730
 
 
 
58.
 
India
 
800,637
 
 
 
59.
 
Manche
 
791,338
 
 
 
60.
 
Final_Destination_5
 
780,141
 
 
 
61.
 
Canada
 
770,806
 
 
 
62.
 
Jack_Layton
 
764,898
 
 
 
63.
 
United_Kingdom
 
749,678
 
 
 
64.
 
Mark_Zuckerberg
 
747,913
 
 
 
65.
 
Katy_Perry
 
745,636
 
 
 
66.
 
2011_England_riots
 
740,653
 
 
 
67.
 
West_Memphis_Three
 
735,078
 
 
 
68.
 
Hurricane_Irene_(2011)
 
732,714
 
 
 
69.
 
Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows_–_Part_2
 
730,488
 
 
 
70.
 
Drake_(entertainer)
 
730,171
 
 
 
71.
 
Jay-Z
 
730,118
 
 
 
72.
 
Arsenal_F.C.
 
724,222
 
 
 
73.
 
Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers
 
716,522
 
 
 
74.
 
UFC_133
 
713,343
 
 
 
75.
 
Entourage_(TV_series)
 
707,254
 
 
 
76.
 
The_Big_Bang_Theory
 
697,292
 
 
 
77.
 
Pretty_Little_Liars_(TV_series)
 
694,741
 
 
 
78.
 
Anonymous_(group)
 
691,191
 
 
 
79.
 
Two_and_a_Half_Men
 
684,966
 
 
 
80.
 
Android_(operating_system)
 
682,508
 
 
 
81.
 
2011_Libyan_civil_war
 
681,181
 
 
 
82.
 
Transformers:_Dark_of_the_Moon
 
672,226
 
 
 
83.
 
Rihanna
 
667,906
 
 
 
84.
 
Hurricane_Katrina
 
666,370
 
 
 
85.
 
Planking_(fad)
 
662,083
 
 
 
86.
 
Australia
 
659,406
 
 
 
87.
 
Anne_Hathaway_(actress)
 
657,241
 
 
 
88.
 
Jackie_Chan
 
649,625
 
 
 
89.
 
Human_penis_size
 
648,623
 
 
 
90.
 
Internet_Movie_Database
 
647,705
 
 
 
91.
 
Genie_(feral_child)
 
646,685
 
 
 
92.
 
Barack_Obama
 
643,311
 
 
 
93.
 
Deus_Ex:_Human_Revolution
 
633,215
 
 
 
94.
 
The_Inbetweeners
 
631,010
 
 
 
95.
 
Planet_of_the_Apes_(2001_film)
 
629,538
 
 
 
96.
 
Cowboys_&_Aliens_(film)
 
628,617
 
 
 
97.
 
Demi_Lovato
 
624,824
 
 
 
98.
 
Michele_Bachmann
 
624,169
 
 
 
99.
 
Michael_Jackson
 
622,073
 
 
 
100.
 
Dexter_(TV_series)
 
622,012
 
 
 
101.
 
Apollo_18
 
619,649
 
 
 
102.
 
Adolf_Hitler
 
618,057
 
 
 
103.
 
List_of_Top_Gear_episodes
 
615,151
 
 
 
104.
 
Manchester_United_F.C.
 
606,596
 
 
 
105.
 
Kanye_West
 
604,312
 
 
 
106.
 
Youtube
 
603,238
 
 
 
107.
 
Illuminati
 
600,648
 
 
 
108.
 
2011_London_riots
 
598,916
 
 
 
109.
 
Libya
 
596,164
 
 
 
110.
 
Olivia_Wilde
 
587,679
 
 
 
111.
 
Tyler,_The_Creator
 
582,005
 
 
 
112.
 
Mad_Men
 
580,076
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
==July 2011==
 
==July 2011==

Latest revision as of 20:48, 1 November 2011

The English Wikipedia project maintains server records of pageview (traffic) statistics. This page tallies the 25 most-viewed article pages on Wikipedia, by month, while removing the superfluous pages that users end up viewing as a result of landing on an unintended page (such as "wiki", "Wikipedia", "search", etc.).

October 2011

In October 2011, the Wikipedia main page received 123.9 million page views, halting a three-month decline. The "404 error" page received 7.2 million views. The page for "wiki" received 3 million views. "Search" had almost 1.3 million views. The remaining top 25 intentional content pages were:

  1. Steve Jobs, 13,430,655
  2. Breast cancer, 5,265,649
  3. Facebook, 4,016,823
  4. Halloween, 3,595,582
  5. Muammar Gaddafi, 3,348,226
  6. Murder of Meredith Kercher, 2,594,583
  7. The Aristocrats (joke), 2,295,197
  8. Deaths in 2011, 2,175,709
  9. Occupy Wall Street, 1,972,552
  10. Mary Blair, 1,898,912
  11. Art Clokey, 1,846,023
  12. Sex, 1,782,038
  13. Google, 1,577,028
  14. Steve Wozniak, 1,571,456
  15. YouTube, 1,524,294
  16. The Walking Dead (TV series), 1,522,507
  17. Paranormal Activity 3, 1,479,346
  18. The Big Bang Theory, 1,444,124
  19. Terra Nova (TV series), 1,443,904
  20. Dan Wheldon, 1,404,613
  21. Diwali, 1,370,681
  22. Ra.One, 1,340,113
  23. United States, 1,306,374
  24. Kim Kardashian, 1,297,579
  25. Cuisinart, 1,281,742

September 2011

Wikipedia's flagging traffic

In September 2011, the Wikipedia main page received only 112.7 million page views, down 13.6% from the previous month. The "404 error" page received 6.3 million views. The page for "wiki" received 2.6 million views. "Search" had almost 2 million views. The remaining top 25 intentional content pages were:

  1. Mathematical descriptions of opacity, 5,125,722
  2. Albert Szent-Györgyi, 4,347,697
  3. Facebook, 3,881,469
  4. September 11 attacks, 3,075,259
  5. Network address translation, 3,073,272
  6. Troy Davis case, 2,930,632
  7. Freddie Mercury, 2,549,766
  8. Google, 1,878,888
  9. Deaths in 2011, 1,764,941
  10. Malapascua, 1,567,202
  11. World Trade Center, 1,244,432
  12. Adele (singer), 1,216,504
  13. YouTube, 1,200,020
  14. The Big Bang Theory, 1,181,374
  15. How I Met Your Mother, 1,170,501
  16. Two and a Half Men, 1,132,859
  17. United States, 1,106,147
  18. Bodyguard (2011 film), 1,058,269
  19. Sex, 1,047,777
  20. Glee (TV series), 1,015,174
  21. Wikipedia, 1,008,526
  22. Jim Henson, 991,296
  23. Lil Wayne, 965,608
  24. Andy Whitfield, 937,014
  25. Eminem, 923,325

August 2011

In August 2011, the Wikipedia main page received 130.5 million page views. The "404 error" page received 8.5 million views. The page for "wiki" received just under 3 million views. "Search" had almost 2.6 million views. The remaining top 25 intentional content pages were:

  1. Facebook, 4,390,763
  2. Pierre de Fermat, 2,598,684
  3. Jorge Luis Borges, 2,455,435
  4. Steve Jobs, 2,378,676
  5. Deaths in 2011, 2,076,487
  6. Google, 1,893,425
  7. Malapascua, 1,858,884
  8. Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 1,846,619
  9. Jersey Shore (TV series), 1,733,826
  10. Kim Kardashian, 1,565,668
  11. Lucille Ball, 1,275,989
  12. YouTube, 1,274,733
  13. Anna Hazare, 1,257,525
  14. Watch the Throne, 1,223,782
  15. United States, 1,217,676
  16. Adele (singer), 1,210,761
  17. Lil Wayne, 1,151,992
  18. Nicki Minaj, 1,126,004
  19. Eminem, 1,125,602
  20. Selena Gomez, 1,118,942
  21. Justin Bieber, 1,108,816
  22. Tha Carter IV, 1,094,458
  23. Lady Gaga, 1,084,283
  24. Amy Winehouse, 1,069,606
  25. Wikipedia, 1,061,782

July 2011

In July 2011, the Wikipedia main page received 138.3 million page views. The "404 error" page received 10 million views. The page for "wiki" received just under 3 million views. "Search" had 2.3 million views. The remaining top 25 intentional content pages were:

  1. Amy Winehouse, 9,599,578
  2. Death of Caylee Anthony, 4,078,411
  3. Facebook, 3,380,356
  4. 27 Club, 3,280,642
  5. Transformers: Dark of the Moon, 3,059,512
  6. Harry Potter, 2,769,692
  7. Harry Potter (film series), 2,500,975
  8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, 2,356,086
  9. Gregor Mendel, 2,238,089
  10. Deaths in 2011, 2,236,539
  11. Google, 2,073,311
  12. Rupert Murdoch, 2,036,557
  13. Lying down game, 1,775,318
  14. Hope Solo, 1,609,985
  15. Copa América, 1,607,765
  16. Anders Behring Breivik, 1,495,194
  17. Mila Kunis, 1,449,436
  18. Captain America: The First Avenger, 1,387,705
  19. Alexander Calder, 1,366,677
  20. Saint Basil's Cathedral, 1,366,243
  21. The Dark Knight Rises, 1,350,115
  22. Selena Gomez, 1,324,483
  23. Emma Watson, 1,286,780
  24. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, 1,285,784
  25. United States, 1,218,849

June 2011

In June 2011, the Wikipedia main page received 152.5 million page views. The "404 error" page received over 11 million views. The page for "wiki" received just under 3 million views. "Search" had 1.9 million views. The remaining top 25 intentional content pages were:

  1. Ryan Dunn, 5,902,497
  2. Facebook, 3,419,865
  3. Les Paul, 3,331,073
  4. List of HTTP status codes, 2,911,523
  5. Transformers: Dark of the Moon, 2,281,717
  6. Deaths in 2011, 2,263,009
  7. June 2011 lunar eclipse, 2,178,463
  8. X-Men: First Class, 2,170,446
  9. Google, 1,983,204
  10. Game of Thrones, 1,914,799
  11. Super 8 (film), 1,857,582
  12. Father's Day, 1,802,539
  13. Anthony Weiner, 1,432,787
  14. Lady Gaga, 1,411,758
  15. Green Lantern (film), 1,387,913
  16. United States, 1,365,290
  17. Selena Gomez, 1,332,302
  18. Justin Bieber, 1,239,623
  19. Eminem, 1,202,599
  20. X-Men (film series), 1,188,930
  21. Green Lantern, 1,183,596
  22. Lunar eclipse, 1,177,588
  23. A Game of Thrones, 1,161,390
  24. Dirk Nowitzki, 1,150,870
  25. Huma Abedin, 1,134,874