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: 2026-09-10T14:29Z pageviews: 2026-07-11 → 2026-09-08 project: en.wikipedia pool: 3,844 candidates sampled: 498 this run: 0 refreshed, 498 new
498articles
78.6Mviews this week
2.5Mlifetime edits
94.1kreferences
2.3Mwords of prose
31.3ktranslations
14.6yaverage age
229protected pages

Sourcing

Citation Deserts

Words of prose per reference. Long articles running on vibes.

40 entries · ranked by words per ref
1 Adolf Hitler Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 14,936.0words per ref
2 List of presidents of the United States 85.8k views · 7.9k edits · 61.7 KB · 135 langs 2,761.0words per ref
3 List of S&P 500 companies List of companies in the S&P 500 1,548.7words per ref
4 Elvis Presley American singer and actor (1935–1977) 661.7words per ref
5 2027 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification International football competition 563.5words per ref
6 Pornography Portrayal of sexual subject matter 464.4words per ref
7 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup Ongoing field hockey competition 305.6words per ref
8 2026–27 UEFA Conference League 2026–27 season of Europe's third-tier club football tournament 255.9words per ref
9 2026 US Open – Women's singles Tennis championship 198.2words per ref
10 Odyssey Epic poem attributed to Homer 194.5words per ref
11 2026–27 UEFA Champions League Season of UEFA's top-tier European club football competition 182.8words per ref
12 Elizabeth I Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603 163.2words per ref
13 Adults (TV series) American comedy television series 155.2words per ref
14 2026 US Open – Men's singles Tennis championship 146.0words per ref
15 I Will Find You 2026 American miniseries 128.5words per ref
16 Dark Matter (2024 TV series) American science fiction television series 126.2words per ref
17 China Country in East Asia 116.2words per ref
18 Silo (series) Sci-fi books and stories by Hugh Howey (2011–2015) 114.1words per ref
19 The Beatles English rock band (1960–1970) 109.2words per ref
20 Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 10 Season of television series 98.9words per ref
21 A First letter of the Latin alphabet 96.8words per ref
22 The Shards (TV series) American television series 95.9words per ref
23 Napoleon Emperor of the French (1804–1814; 1815) 86.9words per ref
24 George Washington Founding Father, U.S. president from 1789 to 1797 86.5words per ref
25 Lily Tomlin American actress (born 1939) 76.4words per ref
26 East of Eden (novel) 1952 novel by John Steinbeck 76.2words per ref
27 Franklin D. Roosevelt President of the United States from 1933 to 1945 75.3words per ref
28 2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship European women's volleyball tournament 69.0words per ref
29 Haakon VII King of Norway from 1905 to 1957 68.5words per ref
30 Chris Langham English writer, actor and comedian (1949–2026) 66.8words per ref
31 Adam Scott American actor (born 1973) 62.4words per ref
32 Olav V King of Norway from 1957 to 1991 62.3words per ref
33 Katie Taylor Irish boxer and footballer (born 1986) 60.8words per ref
34 Leave the World Behind (film) 2023 film by Sam Esmail 59.1words per ref
35 World War II Global conflict from 1939 to 1945 59.0words per ref
36 Jeffrey Dahmer American serial killer (1960–1994) 58.0words per ref
37 Charles Manson American criminal and cult leader (1934–2017) 55.7words per ref
38 Saxony-Anhalt State in Germany 54.6words per ref
39 HTTP cookie Data item stored in a browser by a website 54.4words per ref
40 Ansel Adams American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984) 53.8words per ref
permalink · top value 14,936.0 words per ref