Wikipedia articles on FIFA World Cup and Charlie Kirk are among those with the most monthly page views over the last decade
Most-viewed English Wikipedia article topics each month, 2015-2025
Note: Excludes internal and system pages.
Source: Wikimedia Analytics API. Accessed Dec. 11, 2025.
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Wikipedia articles on FIFA World Cup and Charlie Kirk are among those with the most monthly page views over the last decade
Most-viewed English Wikipedia article topics each month, 2015-2025
| Year | Month | Article | Views | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 | A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam | 3977793 | Person |
| 2015 | 8 | Eazy-E | 4006299 | Person |
| 2015 | 9 | Pablo_Escobar | 5123849 | Person |
| 2015 | 10 | Justin_Trudeau | 3249765 | Person |
| 2015 | 11 | Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant | 4610601 | Other |
| 2015 | 12 | Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens | 14232171 | Movie/TV |
| 2016 | 1 | David_Bowie | 13921255 | Person |
| 2016 | 2 | Donald_Trump | 7917697 | Person |
| 2016 | 3 | Donald_Trump | 20698695 | Person |
| 2016 | 4 | Prince_(musician) | 17545455 | Person |
| 2016 | 5 | Captain_America:_Civil_War | 8146681 | Movie/TV |
| 2016 | 6 | Muhammad_Ali | 11073176 | Person |
| 2016 | 7 | Pokémon_Go | 9257834 | Other |
| 2016 | 8 | Michael_Phelps | 9065466 | Person |
| 2016 | 9 | AMGTV | 8359031 | Other |
| 2016 | 10 | AMGTV | 9600599 | Other |
| 2016 | 11 | Donald_Trump | 18083152 | Person |
| 2016 | 12 | Carrie_Fisher | 10774043 | Person |
| 2017 | 1 | Donald_Trump | 9795564 | Person |
| 2017 | 2 | XXX | 5064585 | Movie/TV |
| 2017 | 3 | Logan_(film) | 6110328 | Movie/TV |
| 2017 | 4 | 13_Reasons_Why | 8312990 | Movie/TV |
| 2017 | 5 | Baahubali_2:_The_Conclusion | 7910614 | Movie/TV |
| 2017 | 6 | Gal_Gadot | 5541553 | Person |
| 2017 | 7 | Chester_Bennington | 6938542 | Person |
| 2017 | 8 | Game_of_Thrones_(season_7) | 7063543 | Movie/TV |
| 2017 | 9 | It_(2017_film) | 7562751 | Movie/TV |
| 2017 | 10 | Harvey_Weinstein | 6911056 | Person |
| 2017 | 11 | Meghan_Markle | 8325659 | Person |
| 2017 | 12 | Star_Wars:_The_Last_Jedi | 7384823 | Movie/TV |
| 2018 | 1 | File:ITVBe_logo_2014-.svg | 5921640 | Other |
| 2018 | 2 | Black_Panther_(film) | 8163571 | Movie/TV |
| 2018 | 3 | Stephen_Hawking | 12189039 | Person |
| 2018 | 4 | Avengers:_Infinity_War | 9218047 | Movie/TV |
| 2018 | 5 | Meghan_Markle | 11758568 | Person |
| 2018 | 6 | 2018_FIFA_World_Cup | 13182222 | Event |
| 2018 | 7 | 2018_FIFA_World_Cup | 8614841 | Event |
| 2018 | 8 | Aretha_Franklin | 6306159 | Person |
| 2018 | 9 | Louis_Tomlinson | 6961275 | Person |
| 2018 | 10 | Venom_(2018_film) | 4494835 | Movie/TV |
| 2018 | 11 | Freddie_Mercury | 9914624 | Person |
| 2018 | 12 | George_H._W._Bush | 6932653 | Person |
| 2019 | 1 | Ted_Bundy | 7293874 | Person |
| 2019 | 2 | Freddie_Mercury | 6464633 | Person |
| 2019 | 3 | Captain_Marvel_(film) | 7070703 | Movie/TV |
| 2019 | 4 | Avengers:_Endgame | 13499153 | Movie/TV |
| 2019 | 5 | Avengers:_Endgame | 13427466 | Movie/TV |
| 2019 | 6 | Chernobyl_disaster | 9094778 | Event |
| 2019 | 7 | Cameron_Boyce | 7350131 | Person |
| 2019 | 8 | Jeffrey_Epstein | 6722840 | Person |
| 2019 | 9 | It_Chapter_Two | 3821475 | Movie/TV |
| 2019 | 10 | Joker_(2019_film) | 11402404 | Movie/TV |
| 2019 | 11 | The_Mandalorian | 4998379 | Movie/TV |
| 2019 | 12 | Star_Wars:_The_Rise_of_Skywalker | 7668568 | Movie/TV |
| 2020 | 1 | Kobe_Bryant | 22493838 | Person |
| 2020 | 2 | Parasite_(2019_film) | 8298313 | Movie/TV |
| 2020 | 3 | 2019â20_coronavirus_pandemic | 21390289 | Event |
| 2020 | 4 | 2019â20_coronavirus_pandemic | 14542390 | Event |
| 2020 | 5 | Michael_Jordan | 7365855 | Person |
| 2020 | 6 | Sushant_Singh_Rajput | 12867160 | Person |
| 2020 | 7 | Alexander_Hamilton | 9005615 | Person |
| 2020 | 8 | Kamala_Harris | 15399796 | Person |
| 2020 | 9 | Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg | 7607606 | Person |
| 2020 | 10 | The_Haunting_of_Bly_Manor | 5908723 | Movie/TV |
| 2020 | 11 | Donald_Trump | 28053758 | Person |
| 2020 | 12 | Elliot_Page | 5021722 | Person |
| 2021 | 1 | Joe_Biden | 7415448 | Person |
| 2021 | 2 | WandaVision | 5407577 | Movie/TV |
| 2021 | 3 | Zack_Snyder’s_Justice_League | 6280993 | Movie/TV |
| 2021 | 4 | Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh | 9708962 | Person |
| 2021 | 5 | Deaths_in_2021 | 3995664 | Other |
| 2021 | 6 | UEFA_Euro_2020 | 10466748 | Event |
| 2021 | 7 | 2020_Summer_Olympics | 6753586 | Event |
| 2021 | 8 | Taliban | 8430142 | Other |
| 2021 | 9 | Squid_Game | 5929582 | Movie/TV |
| 2021 | 10 | Squid_Game | 14143776 | Movie/TV |
| 2021 | 11 | Kenosha_unrest_shooting | 5773240 | Event |
| 2021 | 12 | Spider-Man:_No_Way_Home | 11432582 | Movie/TV |
| 2022 | 1 | Bob_Saget | 6807825 | Person |
| 2022 | 2 | Ukraine | 9945538 | Other |
| 2022 | 3 | 2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine | 14370145 | Event |
| 2022 | 4 | K.G.F:_Chapter_2 | 8301567 | Movie/TV |
| 2022 | 5 | Doctor_Strange_in_the_Multiverse_of_Madness | 8012544 | Movie/TV |
| 2022 | 6 | Top_Gun:_Maverick | 4956212 | Movie/TV |
| 2022 | 7 | Thor:_Love_and_Thunder | 5836961 | Movie/TV |
| 2022 | 8 | Anne_Heche | 10264296 | Person |
| 2022 | 9 | Elizabeth_II | 26812067 | Person |
| 2022 | 10 | Jeffrey_Dahmer | 24128196 | Person |
| 2022 | 11 | 2022_FIFA_World_Cup | 19987302 | Event |
| 2022 | 12 | 2022_FIFA_World_Cup | 14694919 | Event |
| 2023 | 1 | Lisa_Marie_Presley | 8401735 | Person |
| 2023 | 2 | Pathaan_(film) | 6767938 | Movie/TV |
| 2023 | 3 | YouTube | 7716744 | Other |
| 2023 | 4 | Indian_Premier_League | 8512012 | Event |
| 2023 | 5 | Tina_Turner | 7363657 | Person |
| 2023 | 6 | The_Idol_(TV_series) | 14303395 | Movie/TV |
| 2023 | 7 | J._Robert_Oppenheimer | 14211019 | Person |
| 2023 | 8 | Oppenheimer_(film) | 6903561 | Movie/TV |
| 2023 | 9 | Jawan_(film) | 13620786 | Movie/TV |
| 2023 | 10 | 2023_Cricket_World_Cup | 15958288 | Event |
| 2023 | 11 | 2023_Cricket_World_Cup | 14148770 | Event |
| 2023 | 12 | Animal_(2023_film) | 14292044 | Movie/TV |
| 2024 | 1 | YouTube | 9465672 | Other |
| 2024 | 2 | YouTube | 6744340 | Other |
| 2024 | 3 | Dune:_Part_Two | 5774360 | Movie/TV |
| 2024 | 4 | O._J._Simpson | 5401914 | Person |
| 2024 | 5 | 2024_Indian_general_election | 4381100 | Event |
| 2024 | 6 | UEFA_Euro_2024 | 8245962 | Event |
| 2024 | 7 | J._D._Vance | 13426629 | Person |
| 2024 | 8 | Imane_Khelif | 8897358 | Person |
| 2024 | 9 | Lyle_and_Erik_Menéndez | 12943357 | Person |
| 2024 | 10 | Liam_Payne | 10124425 | Person |
| 2024 | 11 | 2024_United_States_presidential_election | 13652253 | Event |
| 2024 | 12 | Pushpa_2:_The_Rule | 11367586 | Movie/TV |
| 2025 | 1 | Donald_Trump | 6360922 | Person |
| 2025 | 2 | Michelle_Trachtenberg | 6208854 | Person |
| 2025 | 3 | Adolescence_(TV_series) | 6101448 | Movie/TV |
| 2025 | 4 | Pope_Francis | 7616238 | Person |
| 2025 | 5 | Pope_Leo_XIV | 13760927 | Person |
| 2025 | 6 | Zohran_Mamdani | 6410217 | Person |
| 2025 | 7 | Ozzy_Osbourne | 13203732 | Person |
| 2025 | 8 | Weapons_(2025_film) | 5846393 | Movie/TV |
| 2025 | 9 | Charlie_Kirk | 39223366 | Person |
| 2025 | 10 | Ed_Gein | 25354217 | Person |
Note: Excludes internal and system pages.
Source: Wikimedia Analytics API. Accessed Dec. 11, 2025.
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