Wikipedia Stats

Every article measured six ways — pageviews, length, references, edits, age and language coverage — then ranked by whatever seemed most interesting, including several things nobody asked for.

source: wikistats.json generated: 2026-10-22T06:32Z pageviews: 2026-08-22 → 2026-10-20 project: en.wikipedia pool: 2,117 candidates sampled: 8,331 this run: 5,000 refreshed, 508 new 30 stale (>7d old) 7,658 tracked over 13 runs
8,331articles
229.6Mviews this week
20.3Mlifetime edits
966.5kreferences
27.4Mwords of prose
294ktranslations
15.1yaverage age
1,509protected pages

Human behaviour

The Timeless

Old articles that are still read heavily today — age in years weighted by current traffic.

40 entries · ranked by timeless score fresh data only
1 United States Country primarily in North America 140.2score
2 Mathematics Field of knowledge 140.1score
3 Ansel Adams American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984) 137.3score
4 Ted Kaczynski American domestic terrorist (1942–2023) 136.8score
5 Mike Tyson American boxer and media personality (born 1966) 136.4score
6 GBU-43/B MOAB American large-yield bomb 135.2score
7 Wikipedia Free online crowdsourced encyclopedia 134.3score
8 Jeff Bezos American businessman (born 1964) 134.0score
9 Milwaukee Brewers Major League Baseball franchise in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 133.2score
10 Lizzie Borden American woman acquitted of murder (1860–1927) 132.1score
11 East of Eden (novel) 1952 novel by John Steinbeck 132.0score
12 XXXX (beer) Australian brand of beer 131.5score
13 World War II Global conflict from 1939 to 1945 129.6score
14 Paul McCartney English musician and songwriter (born 1942) 129.6score
15 Tampa Bay Rays Major League Baseball franchise 129.5score
16 Osiris Ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife 129.4score
17 Norm Macdonald Canadian comedian (1959–2021) 128.9score
18 Michael Jackson American singer and songwriter (1958–2009) 128.1score
19 The Chronicles of Narnia Series of children's novels by C. S. Lewis 128.1score
20 List of equations 392k views · 171 edits · 6.9 KB · 3 langs 127.8score
21 Jeffrey Dahmer American serial killer (1960–1994) 127.6score
22 Amelia Earhart American aviation pioneer (1897–disappeared 1937) 127.4score
23 .xxx Internet top-level domain 127.2score
24 Robin Givens American stage, television, and film actress (born 1964) 127.0score
25 Cleveland Guardians Major League Baseball franchise in Cleveland, Ohio 127.0score
26 Quentin Tarantino American filmmaker (born 1963) 127.0score
27 Hilary Swank American actress (born 1974) 126.9score
28 Artificial intelligence Intelligence in machines 126.9score
29 Josh Hartnett American actor (born 1978) 126.5score
30 List of highest-grossing films 159.4k views · 26.5k edits · 341.1 KB · 53 langs 126.5score
31 John Steinbeck American writer and novelist (1902–1968) 126.5score
32 Alberta Province of Canada 126.4score
33 XXX (2002 film) American action film directed by Rob Cohen 125.9score
34 Street Fighter Japanese media franchise 125.9score
35 United Kingdom Country in Northwestern Europe 125.9score
36 White House Press Secretary Senior White House official 125.8score
37 Nicole Kidman Australian and American actress (born 1967) 125.8score
38 Sylvester Stallone American actor and filmmaker (born 1946) 125.6score
39 Adolf Hitler Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 125.6score
40 The Magician's Nephew 1955 children's novel by C. S. Lewis 125.5score
permalink · top value 140.2 score