The most popular article on Wikipedia is the article about… wikipedia. Not to mention dozens of articles about off-color topics. Here are today’s to 50 articles.
Something really important is happening with long tail content, but the short head (the big hits at the top) is pretty scary sometimes.
This Wikicharts tool is still in the beta test stages and may not be totally accurate, but it shows the articles from the English Wikipedia that are viewed most.
| Views per day | Percent | Title |
| 1585000 ± 18% | 3.9903% | 1. Main Page |
| 65333 ± 91% | 0.1645% | 2. United States |
| 64666 ± 91% | 0.1628% | 3. JonBenét Ramsey |
| 50333 ± 103% | 0.1267% | 4. Wikipedia |
| 47000 ± 107% | 0.1183% | 5. Pluto |
| 43333 ± 111% | 0.1091% | 6. Irukandji jellyfish |
| 35333 ± 123% | 0.0890% | 7. Wii |
| 34333 ± 125% | 0.0864% | 8. Wiki |
| 34333 ± 125% | 0.0864% | 9. Jeff Hardy |
| 33000 ± 127% | 0.0831% | 10. Pokémon |
| 31000 ± 131% | 0.0780% | 11. Neighbours |
| 30333 ± 133% | 0.0764% | 12. Hurricane Katrina |
| 30000 ± 134% | 0.0755% | 13. Priyanka Chopra |
| 29666 ± 134% | 0.0747% | 14. List of big-bust models and performers |
| 28333 ± 138% | 0.0713% | 15. Volkswagen Type 2 |
| 28000 ± 138% | 0.0705% | 16. Morocco |
| 27000 ± 141% | 0.0680% | 17. Table of Disney characters |
| 26666 ± 142% | 0.0671% | 18. World Wrestling Entertainment roster |
| 26333 ± 143% | 0.0663% | 19. List of female porn stars |
| 25000 ± 146% | 0.0629% | 20. Hubbert peak theory |
| 25000 ± 146% | 0.0629% | 21. Fable (video game) |
| 25000 ± 146% | 0.0629% | 22. New York |
| 25000 ± 146% | 0.0629% | 23. United States Air Force |
| 24666 ± 147% | 0.0621% | 24. List of gay porn stars |
| 24666 ± 147% | 0.0621% | 25. Kurt Angle |
| 24000 ± 149% | 0.0604% | 26. Sasuke Uchiha |
| 23000 ± 153% | 0.0579% | 27. Nazi Germany |
| 22333 ± 155% | 0.0562% | 28. List of sex positions |
| 21666 ± 157% | 0.0545% | 29. John Cena |
| 21333 ± 158% | 0.0537% | 30. Pornography |
| 21333 ± 158% | 0.0537% | 31. Wonder Woman |
| 21333 ± 158% | 0.0537% | 32. Silent Hill |
| 21000 ± 160% | 0.0529% | 33. Grigori Perelman |
| 20666 ± 161% | 0.0520% | 34. Linkin Park |
| 20666 ± 161% | 0.0520% | 35. Final Fantasy VII |
| 20333 ± 162% | 0.0512% | 36. Iran |
| 20000 ± 164% | 0.0504% | 37. Red-Haired Shanks |
| 20000 ± 164% | 0.0504% | 38. September 11, 2001 attacks |
| 20000 ± 164% | 0.0504% | 39. Cytherea (erotic actress) |
| 20000 ± 164% | 0.0504% | 40. Andaman Islands |
| 19666 ± 165% | 0.0495% | 41. Texas |
| 19666 ± 165% | 0.0495% | 42. Circumcision |
| 19333 ± 166% | 0.0487% | 43. Angelina Jolie |
| 19333 ± 166% | 0.0487% | 44. Nicole Scherzinger |
| 19000 ± 168% | 0.0478% | 45. Celebrity sex tape |
| 19000 ± 168% | 0.0478% | 46. Naruto |
| 18333 ± 171% | 0.0462% | 47. Brooke Hogan |
| 18333 ± 171% | 0.0462% | 48. Jessica Dee |
| 18333 ± 171% | 0.0462% | 49. F-15 Eagle |
| 18333 ± 171% | 0.0462% | 50. Providence, Rhode Island |
| 18333 ± 171% | 0.0462% | 51. Marilyn Manson (band) |
| 18333 ± 171% | 0.0462% | 52. Jeff George |
| 18000 ± 173% | 0.0453% | 53. 2006 |
| 18000 ± 173% | 0.0453% | 54. Sun |
| 18000 ± 173% | 0.0453% | 55. Titans (comics) |
| 18000 ± 173% | 0.0453% | 56. Friends |
| 18000 ± 173% | 0.0453% | 57. List of Weeds episodes |
| 17666 ± 174% | 0.0445% | 58. C programming language |
| 17666 ± 174% | 0.0445% | 59. Top Gear |
| 17666 ± 174% | 0.0445% | 60. List of Digimon |
| 17666 ± 174% | 0.0445% | 61. Formula One |
| 17666 ± 174% | 0.0445% | 62. Peter North (porn star) |
| 17666 ± 174% | 0.0445% | 63. The Illuminatus! Trilogy |
| 17666 ± 174% | 0.0445% | 64. Decimation (comics) |
| 17333 ± 176% | 0.0436% | 65. Broken Lizard |
| 16666 ± 179% | 0.0420% | 66. Beverly Hills, 90210 |
| 16666 ± 179% | 0.0420% | 67. HIV |
| 16666 ± 179% | 0.0420% | 68. All Eyez on Me |
| 16666 ± 179% | 0.0420% | 69. Final Fantasy |
| 16666 ± 179% | 0.0420% | 70. Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z |
| 16666 ± 179% | 0.0420% | 71. Cat |
| 16666 ± 179% | 0.0420% | 72. Films considered the worst ever |
| 16666 ± 179% | 0.0420% | 73. Live (band) |
| 16666 ± 179% | 0.0420% | 74. Alien |
| 16666 ± 179% | 0.0420% | 75. Head louse |
| 16666 ± 179% | 0.0420% | 76. George Washington |
| 16666 ± 179% | 0.0420% | 77. Pyramid Head |
| 16666 ± 179% | 0.0420% | 78. John Mark Karr |
| 16666 ± 179% | 0.0420% | 79. IMAX |
| 16666 ± 179% | 0.0420% | 80. Renaissance |
| 16666 ± 179% | 0.0420% | 81. List of The Simpsons episodes |
| 16333 ± 181% | 0.0411% | 82. Spawn (comics) |
| 16333 ± 181% | 0.0411% | 83. Ottoman Empire |
| 16333 ± 181% | 0.0411% | 84. Tupac Shakur |
| 16333 ± 181% | 0.0411% | 85. Naruto dies (Naruto episode) |
| 16333 ± 181% | 0.0411% | 86. Rome |
| 16333 ± 181% | 0.0411% | 87. Iraq War |
| 16333 ± 181% | 0.0411% | 88. Son Goku (Dragon Ball) |
| 16333 ± 181% | 0.0411% | 89. Dragon Ball GT |
| 16333 ± 181% | 0.0411% | 90. Vladimir Lenin |
| 16333 ± 181% | 0.0411% | 91. Human penis size |
| 16333 ± 181% | 0.0411% | 92. Tonsillolith |
| 16333 ± 181% | 0.0411% | 93. Pederasty |
| 16000 ± 183% | 0.0403% | 94. Hawaii |
| 16000 ± 183% | 0.0403% | 95. Nicole Kidman |
| 16000 ± 183% | 0.0403% | 96. The Girls Next Door |
| 16000 ± 183% | 0.0403% | 97. David Bowie |
| 16000 ± 183% | 0.0403% | 98. Biodiesel |
| 16000 ± 183% | 0.0403% | 99. BitTorrent |
| 16000 ± 183% | 0.0403% | 100. Civil engineering |