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

Death by a Thousand Tweaks

Lowest bytes-of-article per lifetime edit. Enormous effort, very little page.

40 entries · ranked by bytes per edit
1 Deaths in 2026 981k views · 20.3k edits · 56.4 KB · 40 langs 2.8bytes per edit
2 Sex Topics referred to by the same term 4.1bytes per edit
3 XXX Topics referred to by the same term 4.6bytes per edit
4 Wiki Type of website edited collaboratively 4.8bytes per edit
5 George Washington Founding Father, U.S. president from 1789 to 1797 5.5bytes per edit
6 List of countries by GDP (nominal) 82.5k views · 9.4k edits · 52.2 KB · 79 langs 5.7bytes per edit
7 Adolf Hitler Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 6.2bytes per edit
8 Ed Gein American murderer and body snatcher (1906–1984) 6.2bytes per edit
9 A First letter of the Latin alphabet 6.7bytes per edit
10 Orlando Anderson American gang member and murder suspect (1974–1998) 7.2bytes per edit
11 List of presidents of the United States 85.8k views · 7.9k edits · 61.7 KB · 135 langs 8.0bytes per edit
12 Manchester United F.C. Association football club in England 8.1bytes per edit
13 Liverpool F.C. Association football club in England 8.2bytes per edit
14 UEFA Champions League European association football tournament 8.3bytes per edit
15 Chelsea F.C. Association football club in London, England 8.7bytes per edit
16 World War II Global conflict from 1939 to 1945 8.8bytes per edit
17 China Country in East Asia 8.8bytes per edit
18 The Beatles English rock band (1960–1970) 8.9bytes per edit
19 XXX (2002 film) American action film directed by Rob Cohen 9.1bytes per edit
20 Germany Country in Europe 9.2bytes per edit
21 Labor Day Federal holiday in the United States 9.7bytes per edit
22 Hayden Panettiere American actress and singer (1989–2026) 9.7bytes per edit
23 FC Barcelona Association football club in Spain 9.7bytes per edit
24 George VI King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952 10.0bytes per edit
25 Japan Country in East Asia 10.0bytes per edit
26 Neem Karoli Baba Hindu religious leader (c. 1900–1973) 10.1bytes per edit
27 Steve Irwin Australian conservationist (1962–2006) 10.6bytes per edit
28 Elvis Presley American singer and actor (1935–1977) 10.6bytes per edit
29 Real Madrid CF Association football club in Spain 10.7bytes per edit
30 Elizabeth II Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022 10.8bytes per edit
31 India Country in South Asia 11.2bytes per edit
32 George W. Bush President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 11.3bytes per edit
33 Wikipedia Free online crowdsourced encyclopedia 11.4bytes per edit
34 Canada Country in North America 11.4bytes per edit
35 Michael Jackson American singer (1958–2009) 11.7bytes per edit
36 Lizzie Borden American acquitted murder suspect (1860–1927) 11.9bytes per edit
37 Arsenal F.C. Association football club in England 11.9bytes per edit
38 Barack Obama President of the United States from 2009 to 2017 11.9bytes per edit
39 Freddie Mercury British rock singer and songwriter (1946–1991) 12.3bytes per edit
40 Donald Trump President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025) 12.4bytes per edit
permalink · top value 2.8 bytes per edit