Despised by some and consulted daily by most, Wikipedia marked a before and after in information search. Only in its English language version there are nearly six million articles, and the number continues to grow across the entire platform. That raises a question: which Wikipedia articles get the most visits? The WikiRank portal helps us answer it.
Wikipedia is a universe in itself, but we have learned that it does not maintain itself. User collaboration is fundamental, and that gave rise to true titans like Steven Pruitt, who accumulates more than three million edits in the encyclopedia. At the same time, not all that glitters is gold there. Ideological conflicts, commercial disputes, vandalism, fake articles that stay online for years... Wikipedia must grow and maintain itself despite all that.
So, where is that growth reflected? What do people look for? What are the most visited articles? Fortunately, Wikipedia is a festival of statistics, and the people at WikiRank take care of placing them in very interesting lists. No matter if it's in English or Spanish, if you're interested in actors, soccer players, or video games, everything is there (updated to the month of June).
The Most Visited Wikipedia Articles
These days, the Top 10 of popularity is governed by the Chernobyl disaster. The impact of the HBO series has been impressive, and undoubtedly fueled the public's desire to know more. Another type of article that never loses relevance is that of the deaths that occurred during each year, and "Deaths in 2019" claims second place. And in third position we find something that doesn't surprise us too much: This year's Women's World Cup, which confirmed the United States' fourth consecutive championship.
On the Spanish Wikipedia side, we discover "Copa América 2019" at the top of the list, followed by "Chernobyl accident", and the general "Copa América" article closing the podium. A curiosity within the Spanish Top 10 on Wikipedia is the article about the at sign (fifth place), and we also detect a deep interest in the periodic table of elements (sixth position).
Now, that a series of articles are the most popular does not mean they represent the best examples of quality. That calculation is relatively complex, and depends on several factors, including the aforementioned popularity, the interest of authors and editors, and a pinch of artificial intelligence. Want to know more? The link to WikiRank is below.
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