The Most-Viewed Wikipedia Articles of 2024
December 3, 2024 1:03PM EST
The Wikipedia logo is being displayed on a smartphone screen in Athens, Greece, on December 24, 2023. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Wikipedia is a trove of information, so it’s no wonder millions of users took to the site in 2024.
On Tuesday, the Wikimedia Foundation released its annual list of most-visited Wikipedia pages.
With 44 million views, a page about notable deaths of 2024 topped the list.
Vice President Kamala Harris and the 2024 US presidential election came in second and third place on the list.
Overall, 76 billion visits were registered on Wikipedia for the year.
Wikipedia’s top 25 pages and their pageviews are:
- 1. Deaths in 2024, 44,440,344 pageviews
- 2. Kamala Harris, 28,960,278
- 3. 2024 United States presidential election, 27,910,346
- 4. Lyle and Erik Menendez, 26,126,811
- 5. Donald Trump, 25,293,855
- 6. Indian Premier League, 24,560,689
- 7. JD Vance, 23,303,160
- 8. “Deadpool & Wolverine,” 22,362,102
- 9. Project 2025, 19,741,623
- 10. 2024 Indian general election, 18,149,666
- 11. Taylor Swift, 17,089,827
- 12. ChatGPT, 16,595,350
- 13. 2020 United States presidential election, 16,351,730
- 14. 2024 Summer Olympics, 16,061,381
- 15. UEFA Euro 2024, 15,680,913
- 16. United States, 15,657,243
- 17. Elon Musk, 15,535,053
- 18. “Kalki 2898 AD,” 14,588,383
- 19. Joe Biden, 14,536,522
- 20. Cristiano Ronaldo, 13,698,372
- 21. Griselda Blanco, 13,491,792
- 22. Sean Combs, 13,112,437
- 23. “Dune: Part Two,” 12,788,834
- 24. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 12,375,410
- 25. Liam Payne, 12,087,141
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