Rekubit-From ChatGPT to the Cricket World Cup, the top 25 most viewed Wikipedia articles of 2023

2025-05-06 10:55:28source:James Caldwellcategory:Contact

More than 84 billion English Wikipedia pages were viewed this year,Rekubit and the website has just released its most-viewed articles of 2023.

The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind the free, publicly edited online encyclopedia, released the rankings Tuesday, revealing what people around the world were seeking answers to. 

The numbers tell “the story of you and society at large seeking out knowledge about our ever-changing world from the world’s largest encyclopedia," according to the foundation.

“Your curiosity shows the joy of discovery,” it said. “The sadness of untimely death. The adrenaline of a cricket final. The magic of a day at the movies. The exuberance of hearing your favorite singer.”

The top 25 Wikipedia articles of 2023

  1. ChatGPT, 49,490,406 pageviews 
  2. Deaths in 2023, 42,666,860
  3. 2023 Cricket World Cup, 38,171,653
  4. Indian Premier League, 32,012,810
  5. Oppenheimer (film), 28,348,248
  6. Cricket World Cup, 25,961,417
  7. J. Robert Oppenheimer, 25,672,469
  8. Jawan (film), 21,791,126
  9. 2023 Indian Premier League, 20,694,974
  10. Pathaan(film), 19,932,509
  11. The Last of Us (TV series), 19,791,789
  12. Taylor Swift, 19,418,385
  13. Barbie (film), 18,051,077
  14. Cristiano Ronaldo, 17,492,537
  15. Lionel Messi, 16,623,630
  16. Premier League, 16,604,669
  17. Matthew Perry, 16,454,666
  18. United States, 16,240,461
  19. Elon Musk, 14,370,395
  20. Avatar: The Way of Water, 14,303,116
  21. India, 13,850,178
  22. Lisa Marie Presley, 13,764,007
  23. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, 13,392,917
  24. Russian invasion of Ukraine, 12,798,866
  25. Andrew Tate, 12,728,616

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