What did the world want to know about most this year? The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that runs Wikipedia, is here with answers. Their annual list of the most-visited Wikipedia pages of the year has just come out.
The crowdsourced encyclopedia is the go-to source for millions of people around the world, with English-language Wikipedia viewed more than 76-billion times around the world in 2024 as of October. Their report gives us a snapshot of the topics and trends people are most interested in now.
- So, what did people read about most on the site this year? A list of deaths in 2024 was the most visited page, with more than 44-million views.
- U.S. political figures were also popular searches, as were celebrities like Taylor Swift, who lands at number 11 on the list.
- ChatGPT, which was the top visited page in 2023, falls to number 12 this year.
- Elon Musk is 17th, President Biden is 19th and Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Trump’s pick to oversee the Department of Health and Human Services, is 24th.
- Pop culture pages are pretty popular, too, with the movie “Deadpool & Wolverine” coming in eighth and “Dune: Part Two” is 23rd.
- Sean “Diddy” Combs is number 22 on the list and the page about Liam Payne is 25th.
The Top 10 Most Viewed Wikipedia Pages Of 2024
- Deaths in 2024 (44,440,344 page views)
- Kamala Harris (28,960,278)
- 2024 United States presidential election (27,910,346)
- Lyle and Erik Menendez, (26,126,811)
- Donald Trump (25,293,855)
- Indian Premier League (24,560,689)
- JD Vance (23,303,160)
- “Deadpool & Wolverine” (22,362,102)
- Project 2025 (19,741,623)
- 2024 Indian general election (18,149,666)
Source: CNN
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