Wikipedia talk:Top 25 Report

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Emily Yahr (January 4, 2018). "Do you fall down a Wikipedia rabbit hole after each episode of 'The Crown'? You're not alone". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2020. The site confirmed this Wednesday when editors revealed the most-read English Wikipedia articles of 2017, and seemed fascinated by how many on the list had to do with pop culture, particularly TV shows. [...] In a discussion of the site's top 50 articles for 2017, the editor wrote that he was most struck by the queen's prominence on the list, which was "phenomenal when you consider the fame and ubiquity of many of the entries which fall below her." [...] The data was also a revealing glimpse into the viewing habits for Netflix shows, as the streaming service famously refuses to release ratings information. Wikipedia pages for Netflix's controversial teen suicide drama "13 Reasons Why" and sci-fi hit "Stranger Things" also made the most-read list at No. 10 and No. 20, respectively.
Stephen Harrison (October 9, 2020). "The Wikipedia Battle Over the Tragic Death of a Bollywood Star". Slate. Archived from the original on December 14, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020. When Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September, her Wikipedia article rocketed to the top of the "Top 25 Report," a weekly list of the most popular articles on English Wikipedia [...] According to the Wikipedia volunteers who compile the Top 25 report, only five other articles [besides Sushant Singh Rajput] have ever seen weekly page views pass the 10 million mark[.]
Andrew Morse (December 28, 2020). "COVID-19, presidential election top Wikipedia's most-read articles in 2020". CNET. Archived from the original on December 30, 2020. Retrieved January 1, 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic and the US presidential election dominated the online encyclopedia's year, with seven articles related to the two broad topics landing in its Top 10 for most-viewed articles of the past 12 months. Those seven articles generated a combined 297 million page views, according to preliminary data provided by the site. The Top 10 generated a combined 396 million page views. (Wikipedia published a blogpost with the Top 25 most-read articles on Monday.) [...] Three articles on the coronavirus -- COVID-19 pandemic, coronavirus and COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory -- netted nearly 145 million page views combined. The articles were Nos. 1, 6 and 8, respectively. More articles on the election made the Top 10, though they were more diverse in terms of topic. Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden and the 2020 United States presidential election racked up 152 million combined views. They ranked Nos. 2, 4, 5 and 9, respectively. Articles on late NBA star Kobe Bryant and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II also made the list, as did an annual article on the year's notable deaths.
Ed Erhart (December 28, 2020). "Pandemics and politics: 2020 through the lens of Wikipedia". Wikimedia Foundation. Archived from the original on December 28, 2020. Retrieved January 1, 2021. This is my sixth annual post sharing the list of Wikipedia's most popular articles of the year, and each year I've had to come up with different ways of saying "people really love the latest pop culture" ...
"10 most-read Wikipedia articles of 2020". Gadgets Now. January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2021. 2020 was also the year when for the first time "in the (short) history of this list, more than 50 articles got over 10 million unique views!", noted Wikipedia. Wikipedia has shared a list of top 50 but here we bring you the top 10.
Gwen Aviles (December 27, 2019). "'Avengers', Billie Eilish and Chernobyl among top Wikipedia articles of 2019". NBC News. Retrieved April 18, 2021. Film and television dominated Wikipedia's catalog of top 25 most popular articles of the year

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The Top 25 Report

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As of the August 30 to September 5, 2026 report, there have been 705 Top 25 Reports. Of those, 420 have been contributed to by Igordebraga, 149 by Serendipodous, 110 by CAWylie, 73 by Milowent, 73 by SSSB, 64 by Shuipzv3, 61 by Vestrian24Bio, 47 by Mcrsftdog, 45 by Ollieisanerd, 45 by YttriumShrew, 33 by Stormy clouds, 33 by TheJoebro64, 33 by Rahcmander, 32 by Benmite, 29 by OZOO, 29 by Kingsif, 24 by Bkissin, 22 by GN22, 21 by Rajan51, 21 by Rebestalic, 18 by Marinette2356, 17 by ltbdl, 14 by Max BuddyRoo, 13 by Soulbust, 13 by I am RedoStone, 12 by Krimuk2.0, 10 by A lad insane, 9 by Bucket of sulfuric acid, 8 by InPursuitOfAMorePerfectUnion, 8 by GeorgeBailey, 7 by Death Editor 2, 6 by TheConflux, 6 by ElijahPepe, 6 by -insert valid name here-, 5 by Maplestrip, 5 by Hugsyrup, 5 by Boyinaroom, 4 by Alexysun, 4 by ValeskaTheLame, 4 by AndrewPeterT, 3 by JFG, 3 by Thatoneweirdwikier, 3 by Ab207, 3 by Spinixster, 3 by Wizzito, 3 by Royiswariii, 2 by Pythoncoder, 2 by FunksBrother, 2 by FoxyGrampa75, 2 by Newtothisedit, 2 by Ktin, 2 by BarntToust, 2 by DementiaGaming, 2 by C1K98V, 1 by Rayukk, 1 by Ahecht, 1 by Od Mishehu, 1 by Rogerknots, 1 by Miraclepine, 1 by Maka the Two Star Meister, 1 by Timbaaa, 1 by Sailawen, 1 by TuorEladar, 1 by Berrely, 1 by TenorTwelve, 1 by Canadian Paul, 1 by CT55555, 1 by The Optimistic One, 1 by Capsulecap, 1 by JSFarman, 1 by Karnataka, 1 by Gonnym, 1 by Hubert555, 1 by Bairagi Ram, 1 by CanonNi, 1 by Clubette, 1 by Pikachubob3, 1 by Husainhz7, 1 by Wildfireupdateman, 1 by NeoBatfreak, 1 by Penepi, 1 by Optim594, 1 by Chaotic Enby, 1 by Dmhll, 1 by Never17, 1 by ButterCashier, 1 by FrB.TG, 1 by Knightoftheswords281, 1 by Hason-LEK-SIN.

Check the Numbers

Latest comment: 13 days ago4 comments4 people in discussion

In the Sept 27 to Oct 3 report, #4 and #6 both show they have 1,817,056 views, and #5 is in the middle with 1,740,143 views. I do not know how to get these numbers, so could you please check and if necessary correct it? The upcoming Signpost article gave the wrong date, I corrected that. Mitchsavl (talk) 03:21, 10 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

I have changed #4 to 2,268,487 and reordered the list. ~2026-50346-96 (talk) 07:05, 10 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

From this chart, the Asian Games and Lizzie have 1.814 million views, but the ones in the current version of the report show 1.817 million. @Igordebraga did you miscount? Hason-LEK-SIN ● 💬 ● 🧱 ● 🧪 08:35, 10 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

You're the one miscounting by not checking the "include redirects" box. Those are important. (and your chart shows higher numbers for the top article, either I forgot the redirects for Pike on Sunday or there was some revision, will change to reflect it) igordebraga ≠ 15:56, 10 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

Pageviews is down... again

Latest comment: 2 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

FYI: Due to an upcoming PHP security patch, Phabricator, WMCloud and Toolforge have been taken offline. Yes, that includes our beloved Pageviews tool (pageviews.wmcloud.org). Even though the patch itself will be released in around ten hours, there is no indication of when the said tools will be back up. If the services do not come back up by Saturday night, our next report (Top 25 Report/October 18 to 24) will be delayed, and if the pageview measurement system itself is also taken offline, welp, we're cooked.

Details can be found here on out Technical village pump and here on Wikitech. Posting here as a precautionary measure in case someone wonders what happened to the Pageviews tool that we rely on. Thank you. Hason-LEK-SIN ● 💬 ● 🧱 ● 🧪 03:18, 21 October 2026 (UTC)Reply