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

One-Hit Wonders

Peak day divided by average day. A tall thin needle of attention and then nothing.

40 entries · ranked by spike ratio fresh data only
1 Bernard Boursicot French diplomat (born 1944) 50.45x average
2 Alex Michelsen American tennis player (born 2004) 40.69x average
3 Hayden Panettiere American actress and singer (1989–2026) 39.70x average
4 Andy Williams (guitarist) American guitarist and professional wrestler (1977–2026) 38.41x average
5 Alphonso Smith American football player (1985–2026) 36.51x average
6 Kyle Singler American basketball player (born 1988) 35.60x average
7 Richard O'Sullivan English actor (1944–2026) 33.68x average
8 Sam Neill New Zealand actor (1947–2026) 33.37x average
9 Aimee Mann American singer-songwriter (born 1960) 32.47x average
10 Peter Cullen Canadian voice actor (1941–2026) 32.21x average
11 Samuel Monroe Jr. American actor (1973–2026) 31.46x average
12 Chris Langham English writer, actor and comedian (1949–2026) 30.84x average
13 Elizabeth Holmes American criminal (born 1984) 29.94x average
14 Tim Curry English actor and singer (1946–2026) 29.76x average
15 Ainsley Maitland-Niles English footballer (born 1997) 28.96x average
16 Gloria Steinem American activist and journalist (1934–2026) 28.59x average
17 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan President of India from 1962 to 1967 28.11x average
18 Yayoi Kusama Japanese artist (1929–2026) 27.82x average
19 David Bale English entrepreneur and environmentalist (1941–2003) 27.45x average
20 List of Tim Curry performances 30.1k views · 914 edits · 42.1 KB · 1 langs 27.37x average
21 Kuku Kohli Indian film director (1949–2026) 27.22x average
22 Shelley Fabares American actress and singer (1944–2026) 26.41x average
23 2026 Saxony-Anhalt state election State election in Germany 26.32x average
24 The Falling Man Photograph by Richard Drew from 9/11 attacks 26.23x average
25 Daniel P. Driscoll American politician (born 1986) 25.90x average
26 Harald V King of Norway from 1991 to 2026 25.79x average
27 Equal Earth projection Equal-area pseudocylindrical global map projection 25.21x average
28 Song Yadong Chinese mixed martial artist (born 1997) 25.17x average
29 Dolly Parton American singer-songwriter (1946–2026) 24.59x average
30 Nathan Fielder Canadian comedian (born 1983) 24.46x average
31 Emma Navarro American tennis player (born 2001) 24.45x average
32 Jaye P. Morgan American actress and singer (1931–2026) 24.35x average
33 Cassandra Wilson American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer (1955–2026) 23.96x average
34 Katie Taylor Irish boxer and footballer (born 1986) 23.57x average
35 Princess Märtha Louise of Norway Norwegian princess (born 1971) 23.37x average
36 Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 10 Season of television series 22.70x average
37 Iva Jovic American tennis player (born 2007) 22.56x average
38 Maria Bartiromo American television personality and author 22.41x average
39 Olav V King of Norway from 1957 to 1991 22.31x average
40 Theranos American health-technology company 22.03x average
permalink · top value 50.45 x average