The most visited Wikipedia page in 2024 was the list of people who died this year, with over 44 million views. People were also actively interested in popular culture and US politics.
This is evidenced by ranking the most popular English pages on Wikipedia in 2024.
People often search for American politicians, celebrities such as Taylor Swift, popular movies, global sporting events, and Indian elections. Instead, ChatGPT, whose article was the most visited last year, dropped to 12th place in the ranking.
Vice President Kamala Harris and the 2024 US presidential election were in second and third place in the ranking with almost 29 million and 28 million views, respectively. President-elect Donald Trump took fifth place. Notably, he has been on the list nearly every year since 2015 (except for 2022 and 2023). His future vice president, J.D. Vance, is in seventh place.
Let’s go back to the fourth place. There is an article about Lyle and Eric Menendez, brothers who were sentenced to life in prison for the murder of their parents in 1989 and who now have the opportunity to get out of prison. They have over 26 million views.
Here are the 25 most popular Wikipedia pages of 2024:
- Deceased in 2024, 44 million page views;
- Kamala Harris, 28 million;
- US presidential election 2024, 27 million;
- Lyle and Eric Menendez, 26 million;
- Donald Trump, 25 million;
- Indian Premier League, 24 million;
- J.D. Vance, 23 million;
- Deadpool and Wolverine, 22,362,102 views;
- Project 2025, 19 million;
- General elections in India, 2024, 18 million;
- Taylor Swift, 17 million;
- ChatGPT, 16 million;
- US presidential election in 2020, 16 million;
- Summer Olympics 2024, 16 million;
- Euro 2024, 15 million;
- USA, 15 million;
- Elon Musk, 15 million;
- Kalki, 2898 AD, 14 million;
- Joe Biden, 14 million;
- Cristiano Ronaldo, 13 million;
- Griselda Blanco, 13 million;
- Sean Combs, 13 million;
- “Dune: Part Two”, 12 million;
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr;
- Liam Payne, 12 million.
Last year’s ranking demonstrated people’s interest in the world, in innovations in artificial intelligence, cricket, the Oppenheimer and Barbie movies, and stars like Taylor Swift and Cristiano Ronaldo.