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

History

Oldest Articles

Earliest creation date. Some of these predate the Wikipedia logo.

50 entries · ranked by created ts
1 A First letter of the Latin alphabet 28 Jan 2001
2 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 musical comedy horror film by Jim Sharman 21 Apr 2001
3 Ridley Scott English filmmaker (born 1937) 24 Apr 2001
4 Falkland Islands Group of islands in the South Atlantic 29 Apr 2001
5 Queen Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 9 May 2001
6 Harald V King of Norway from 1991 to 2026 14 May 2001
7 Olav V King of Norway from 1957 to 1991 14 May 2001
8 Haakon VII King of Norway from 1905 to 1957 14 May 2001
9 Saxony-Anhalt State in Germany 17 May 2001
10 Nepal Country in South Asia 25 May 2001
11 George R. R. Martin American writer and television producer (born 1948) 15 Jun 2001
12 Steve Jobs American businessman (1955–2011) 16 Aug 2001
13 United States Country primarily in North America 6 Sep 2001
14 Nicole Kidman Australian and American actress (born 1967) 11 Sep 2001
15 Sexual intercourse Penetrative sexual activity for reproduction or sexual pleasure 11 Sep 2001
16 Lake Ontario Easternmost of Great Lakes in North America 17 Sep 2001
17 Franklin D. Roosevelt President of the United States from 1933 to 1945 20 Sep 2001
18 Diana, Princess of Wales Member of the British royal family (1961–1997) 24 Sep 2001
19 The Beatles English rock band (1960–1970) 26 Sep 2001
20 Manchester United F.C. Association football club in England 28 Sep 2001
21 Premier League English association football league 30 Sep 2001
22 Great Lakes Group of lakes in North America 1 Oct 2001
23 Arnold Schwarzenegger Austrian and American bodybuilder, actor and politician (born 1947) 2 Oct 2001
24 Napoleon Emperor of the French (1804–1814; 1815) 5 Oct 2001
25 Arsenal F.C. Association football club in England 6 Oct 2001
26 Artificial intelligence Intelligence of machines 8 Oct 2001
27 Wiki Type of website edited collaboratively 9 Oct 2001
28 Robert De Niro American actor (born 1943) 11 Oct 2001
29 Elvis Presley American singer and actor (1935–1977) 13 Oct 2001
30 John F. Kennedy President of the United States from 1961 to 1963 15 Oct 2001
31 Jeffrey Dahmer American serial killer (1960–1994) 16 Oct 2001
32 Ted Kaczynski American domestic terrorist (1942–2023) 16 Oct 2001
33 China Country in East Asia 23 Oct 2001
34 George W. Bush President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 24 Oct 2001
35 Michael Jackson American singer (1958–2009) 25 Oct 2001
36 India Country in South Asia 26 Oct 2001
37 Liverpool F.C. Association football club in England 26 Oct 2001
38 Dolly Parton American singer-songwriter (1946–2026) 27 Oct 2001
39 Russia Country in Eastern Europe and North Asia 31 Oct 2001
40 Canada Country in North America 31 Oct 2001
41 Japan Country in East Asia 31 Oct 2001
42 Singapore Island country in Southeast Asia 31 Oct 2001
43 Labor Day Federal holiday in the United States 1 Nov 2001
44 United Kingdom Country in northwestern Europe 2 Nov 2001
45 Australia Country in Oceania 4 Nov 2001
46 Wikipedia Free online crowdsourced encyclopedia 6 Nov 2001
47 Osama bin Laden Founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011) 7 Nov 2001
48 Keanu Reeves Canadian actor (born 1964) 8 Nov 2001
49 George Washington Founding Father, U.S. president from 1789 to 1797 8 Nov 2001
50 Germany Country in Europe 9 Nov 2001
permalink · top value 28 Jan 2001