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

This week

Most Volatile Readership

Coefficient of variation of daily views. Emotionally unstable articles.

40 entries · ranked by volatility fresh data only
1 Bernard Boursicot French diplomat (born 1944) 645.2% variation
2 Andy Williams (guitarist) American guitarist and professional wrestler (1977–2026) 528.9% variation
3 Alex Michelsen American tennis player (born 2004) 528.2% variation
4 Hayden Panettiere American actress and singer (1989–2026) 515.0% variation
5 Kyle Singler American basketball player (born 1988) 502.1% variation
6 Alphonso Smith American football player (1985–2026) 490.5% variation
7 Richard O'Sullivan English actor (1944–2026) 460.6% variation
8 Elizabeth Holmes American criminal (born 1984) 452.4% variation
9 Samuel Monroe Jr. American actor (1973–2026) 444.2% variation
10 Peter Cullen Canadian voice actor (1941–2026) 443.6% variation
11 Sam Neill New Zealand actor (1947–2026) 436.5% variation
12 Chris Langham English writer, actor and comedian (1949–2026) 433.6% variation
13 Tim Curry English actor and singer (1946–2026) 425.6% variation
14 Nathan Fielder Canadian comedian (born 1983) 424.0% variation
15 Aimee Mann American singer-songwriter (born 1960) 419.0% variation
16 Gloria Steinem American activist and journalist (1934–2026) 418.9% variation
17 David Bale English entrepreneur and environmentalist (1941–2003) 406.1% variation
18 List of Tim Curry performances 30.1k views · 914 edits · 42.1 KB · 1 langs 399.7% variation
19 Ainsley Maitland-Niles English footballer (born 1997) 397.7% variation
20 Equal Earth projection Equal-area pseudocylindrical global map projection 386.2% variation
21 Kuku Kohli Indian film director (1949–2026) 385.8% variation
22 Dolly Parton American singer-songwriter (1946–2026) 383.1% variation
23 2026 Saxony-Anhalt state election State election in Germany 381.1% variation
24 Yayoi Kusama Japanese artist (1929–2026) 380.2% variation
25 Cassandra Wilson American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer (1955–2026) 377.3% variation
26 Katie Taylor Irish boxer and footballer (born 1986) 376.9% variation
27 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan President of India from 1962 to 1967 366.6% variation
28 Song Yadong Chinese mixed martial artist (born 1997) 364.2% variation
29 Shelley Fabares American actress and singer (1944–2026) 363.7% variation
30 Jaye P. Morgan American actress and singer (1931–2026) 363.7% variation
31 Jed York American businessman (born 1980) 360.2% variation
32 Maria Bartiromo American television personality and author 352.9% variation
33 Daniel P. Driscoll American politician (born 1986) 352.9% variation
34 Harald V King of Norway from 1991 to 2026 350.7% variation
35 Theranos American health-technology company 344.9% variation
36 Alice Weidel German far-right politician (born 1979) 341.5% variation
37 The Falling Man Photograph by Richard Drew from 9/11 attacks 338.0% variation
38 Saxony-Anhalt State in Germany 334.2% variation
39 Bill Owens (songwriter) American songwriter (1935–2021) 332.6% variation
40 Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 10 Season of television series 332.2% variation
permalink · top value 645.2 % variation