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

Human behaviour

The Timeless

Old articles that are still read heavily today — age in years weighted by current traffic.

40 entries · ranked by timeless score fresh data only
1 Dolly Parton American singer-songwriter (1946–2026) 144.2score
2 Gloria Steinem American activist and journalist (1934–2026) 143.4score
3 Labor Day Federal holiday in the United States 140.7score
4 United States Country primarily in North America 138.8score
5 List of highest-grossing films 448.3k views · 26.4k edits · 340.3 KB · 53 langs 136.8score
6 September 11 attacks 2001 terror attacks in the U.S. 136.8score
7 Saxony-Anhalt State in Germany 135.6score
8 .xxx Internet top-level domain 134.8score
9 Tim Curry English actor and singer (1946–2026) 134.3score
10 Michael Jackson American singer (1958–2009) 133.3score
11 Neem Karoli Baba Hindu religious leader (c. 1900–1973) 132.7score
12 XXX Topics referred to by the same term 132.0score
13 Wikipedia Free online crowdsourced encyclopedia 131.7score
14 Sandra Bullock American actress (born 1964) 131.2score
15 Falkland Islands Group of islands in the South Atlantic 131.1score
16 Lake Ontario Easternmost of Great Lakes in North America 129.8score
17 Tupac Shakur American rapper and actor (1971–1996) 129.5score
18 Freddie Mercury British rock singer and songwriter (1946–1991) 129.2score
19 XXXX (beer) Australian brand of beer 128.7score
20 Nicole Kidman Australian and American actress (born 1967) 128.7score
21 Robert De Niro American actor (born 1943) 128.6score
22 Ansel Adams American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984) 128.5score
23 Practical Magic 1998 film by Griffin Dunne 128.3score
24 World War II Global conflict from 1939 to 1945 128.0score
25 Harald V King of Norway from 1991 to 2026 128.0score
26 Elizabeth II Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022 127.8score
27 Keanu Reeves Canadian actor (born 1964) 127.8score
28 Bayeux Tapestry Embroidery depicting the 1066 Norman invasion of England 127.5score
29 Odyssey Epic poem attributed to Homer 127.4score
30 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan President of India from 1962 to 1967 127.3score
31 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 musical comedy horror film by Jim Sharman 127.2score
32 Queen Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 126.4score
33 Andrea Yates American murder defendant (born 1964) 126.0score
34 Chelsea F.C. Association football club in London, England 125.8score
35 Adolf Hitler Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 125.7score
36 Donald Trump President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025) 125.6score
37 Jeff Bezos American businessman (born 1964) 125.3score
38 United Kingdom Country in northwestern Europe 125.2score
39 Steve Jobs American businessman (1955–2011) 125.2score
40 Christian Bale English actor (born 1974) 125.1score
permalink · top value 144.2 score