Wikipedia is the 7th most viewed website in the world. It takes its place in the top 10 along such giants as Whatsapp, Baidu and YouTube.
Billions of people go there to look up information and get answers to their questions. Which were the top viewed pages in 2023?
The most viewed page was the ChatGPT one. The page was created on December 5, 2022 by Spicy and has since accumulated over 53 million views. It’s been edited the most by Rolf h nelson and Artem.G.
Next most viewed was the Deaths in 2023 page. Many notable people such as Harry Belafonte, Tina Turner, Andre Braugher, Tony Bennett and Matthew Perry passed away this year. Then there was also Henry Kissinger when it made news that his page was updated to reflect his death.
Three of the next four mostly viewed pages were about cricket – not the insect but rather than the sport. The 2023 Cricket World Cup, Indian Premier League and Cricket World Cup page were all viewed over 25 million times. The 2023 Indian Premier League page also was in the top 10. Reflecting the size of India and how much they love Wikipedia, pages about Indian films Jawan and Pathaan also made the top 1-.
Finally the last two pages in the top 10 were about Oppenheimer the film and also the man himself.
Pages belonging to Taylor Swift, the Barbie movie, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Elon Musk were in the next lot of 10 most viewed pages.