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

Anatomy

Most Words of Prose

Estimated readable words after stripping templates, refs and markup.

50 entries · ranked by words
1 Novak Djokovic Serbian tennis player (born 1987) 20,049words
2 United States Country primarily in North America 17,463words
3 The Beatles English rock band (1960–1970) 17,152words
4 United Kingdom Country in northwestern Europe 16,630words
5 Russia Country in Eastern Europe and North Asia 16,006words
6 José Mourinho Portuguese football manager (born 1963) 15,852words
7 Pornography Portrayal of sexual subject matter 15,789words
8 New York City Most populous city in the United States 15,600words
9 Roger Federer Swiss tennis player (born 1981) 15,477words
10 2024 United States presidential election Second election of Donald Trump 15,391words
11 2026 Iran war Ongoing armed conflict in West Asia 15,188words
12 World War II Global conflict from 1939 to 1945 15,103words
13 Adolf Hitler Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 14,936words
14 George W. Bush President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 14,933words
15 John F. Kennedy President of the United States from 1961 to 1963 14,656words
16 Norway Country in northern Europe 14,497words
17 Whitney Houston American singer and actress (1963–2012) 14,157words
18 List of American films of 2026 125.6k views · 4.5k edits · 291.0 KB · 4 langs 14,047words
19 India Country in South Asia 13,569words
20 Ariana Grande American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1993) 13,517words
21 Singapore Island country in Southeast Asia 13,495words
22 September 11 attacks 2001 terror attacks in the U.S. 13,439words
23 David Bowie English musician and actor (1947–2016) 13,054words
24 Miley Cyrus American singer and actress (born 1992) 13,002words
25 Artificial intelligence Intelligence of machines 12,968words
26 Napoleon Emperor of the French (1804–1814; 1815) 12,868words
27 Vladimir Putin Leader of Russia since 1999 12,793words
28 Michael Jackson American singer (1958–2009) 12,690words
29 Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election 156.7k views · 3.6k edits · 387.7 KB · 2 langs 12,655words
30 Premier League English association football league 12,603words
31 Donald Trump President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025) 12,422words
32 Real Madrid CF Association football club in Spain 12,407words
33 Elizabeth I Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603 12,407words
34 Madonna American singer and songwriter (born 1958) 12,110words
35 Dolly Parton American singer-songwriter (1946–2026) 12,098words
36 Franklin D. Roosevelt President of the United States from 1933 to 1945 11,968words
37 Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present) 11,918words
38 Elvis Presley American singer and actor (1935–1977) 11,910words
39 Instagram Social media platform owned by Meta 11,907words
40 Prince (musician) American musician and songwriter (1958–2016) 11,820words
41 FC Barcelona Association football club in Spain 11,806words
42 Cristiano Ronaldo Portuguese footballer (born 1985) 11,768words
43 Wikipedia Free online crowdsourced encyclopedia 11,715words
44 Charles Manson American criminal and cult leader (1934–2017) 11,703words
45 Kanye West American rapper and producer (born 1977) 11,549words
46 Charles III King of the United Kingdom since 2022 11,451words
47 Facebook Social networking service owned by Meta Platforms 11,364words
48 Canada Country in North America 11,224words
49 Barack Obama President of the United States from 2009 to 2017 11,126words
50 Nepal Country in South Asia 11,126words
permalink · top value 20,049 words