From ChatGPT to the Cricket World Cup, the top 25 most viewed Wikipedia articles of 2023

More than 84 billion English Wikipedia pages were viewed this year, and the website has just released its most-viewed articles of 2023.

The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind the free, publicly edited online encyclopedia, released the rankings Tuesday, revealing what people around the world were seeking answers to. 

The numbers tell “the story of you and society at large seeking out knowledge about our ever-changing world from the world’s largest encyclopedia," according to the foundation.

“Your curiosity shows the joy of discovery,” it said. “The sadness of untimely death. The adrenaline of a cricket final. The magic of a day at the movies. The exuberance of hearing your favorite singer.”

The top 25 Wikipedia articles of 2023

1. ChatGPT, 49,490,406 pageviews 
2. Deaths in 2023, 42,666,860
3. 2023 Cricket World Cup, 38,171,653
4. Indian Premier League, 32,012,810
5. Oppenheimer (film), 28,348,248
6. Cricket World Cup, 25,961,417
7. J. Robert Oppenheimer, 25,672,469
8. Jawan (film), 21,791,126
9. 2023 Indian Premier League, 20,694,974
10. Pathaan(film), 19,932,509
11. The Last of Us (TV series), 19,791,789
12. Taylor Swift, 19,418,385
13. Barbie (film), 18,051,077
14. Cristiano Ronaldo, 17,492,537
15. Lionel Messi, 16,623,630
16. Premier League, 16,604,669
17. Matthew Perry, 16,454,666
18. United States, 16,240,461
19. Elon Musk, 14,370,395
20. Avatar: The Way of Water, 14,303,116
21. India, 13,850,178
22. Lisa Marie Presley, 13,764,007
23. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, 13,392,917
24. Russian invasion of Ukraine, 12,798,866
25. Andrew Tate, 12,728,616