Wikipedia:2024 Top 50 Report
The Top 50 Report – 2024
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Annual Top 50
[edit]Note: views are accurate through November 17, 2024, and prepared with commentary by:
| Rank | Article | Class | Views | Image | Notes/about | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deaths in 2024 |  |
43,825,876 |  |
Oct. 1[a] | |
| 2 | Kamala Harris |  |
28,853,036 |  |
Jul. 22[b] | |
| 3 | 2024 United States presidential election | |
27,231,435 |  |
Nov. 6[c] | |
| 4 | Lyle and Erik Menendez | |
25,998,285 | .png) |
Sept. 21[d] | |
| 5 | Donald Trump | |
24,865,437 | _(cropped).jpg) |
Nov. 6[e] | |
| 6 | Indian Premier League | |
24,546,662 |  |
17th edition of India's premier cricket league took place from 22 March to 26 May 2024 with ten teams competing in 74 matches across 13 cities in India. The defending champions Chennai Super Kings failed to secure their place in the playoffs, while Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad managed to qualify for the final. In the final (#26), Kolkata defeated Hyderabad by 8 wickets to win their 2nd title after 10 years. | Apr. 14[f] |
| 7 | JD Vance | |
23,160,173 | _(cropped).jpg) |
Jul. 15[g] | |
| 8 | Deadpool & Wolverine | |
22,199,737 |  |
Jul. 28[h] | |
| 9 | Project 2025 | |
19,623,975 |  |
Nov. 6[i] | |
| 10 | 2024 Indian general election | |
17,386,174 |  |
Jun. 4[j] | |
| 11 | Taylor Swift |  |
16,981,471 | _2.jpg) |
Feb. 12[k] | |
| 12 | ChatGPT |
|
16,312,964 | 
|
Jun. 11 | |
| 13 | 2020 United States presidential election |
|
16,072,468 | 
|
Nov. 6[l] | |
| 14 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
|
16,039,957 | 
|
Jul. 27 | |
| 15 | UEFA Euro 2024 | 
|
15,663,691 | 
|
Jun. 26 | |
| 16 | United States |
|
15,424,302 | .svg)
|
Jul. 15 | |
| 17 | Elon Musk | 
|
15,050,990 | .jpg)
|
Nov. 13 | |
| 18 | Kalki 2898 AD |
|
14,568,313 | 
|
Jun. 28 | |
| 19 | Joe Biden |
|
14,385,169 | .jpg)
|
Nov. 6[m] | |
| 20 | Cristiano Ronaldo |
|
13,568,104 | 
|
Jul. 5 | |
| 21 | Griselda Blanco |
|
13,470,093 | 
|
Jan. 28 | |
| 22 | Sean Combs |
|
12,997,258 | 
|
Mar. 26 | |
| 23 | Dune: Part Two |
|
12,730,292 | 
|
Mar. 3 | |
| 24 | Shōgun (2024 TV series) |
|
12,124,336 | 
|
Feb. 28 | |
| 25 | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. |
|
12,021,574 | _(cropped).jpg)
|
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| 26 | 2024 Indian Premier League |
|
11,992,356 | 
|
Aug. 24 | |
| 27 | Liam Payne |
|
11,699,383 | 
|
Oct. 17 | |
| 28 | Tim Walz |
|
11,613,230 | 
|
Aug. 6 | |
| 29 | Poor Things (film) |
|
11,126,161 | .jpg)
|
Mar. 11 | |
| 30 | House of the Dragon |
|
11,086,862 | 
|
Aug. 5 | |
| 31 | J. Robert Oppenheimer |
|
11,070,781 | 
|
Feb. 18 | |
| 32 | Saltburn (film) |
|
10,980,674 | .jpg)
|
Jan. 8[n] | |
| 33 | World War II |
|
10,953,876 | 
|
Jun. 6[o] | |
| 34 | Israel–Hamas war |
|
10,815,910 | 
|
Apr. 14 | |
| 35 | Sabrina Carpenter |
|
10,677,696 | .jpg)
|
Aug. 23 | |
| 36 | Sydney Sweeney |
|
10,509,681 | .jpg)
|
Mar. 3 | |
| 37 | Simone Biles |
|
10,150,636 | 
|
Jul. 31 | |
| 38 | India |
|
10,143,630 | 
|
Aug. 22 | |
| 39 | Dune (2021 film) |
|
9,828,200 | 
|
Mar. 2 | |
| 40 | Chappell Roan |
|
9,806,218 | .jpg)
|
Nov. 3[p] | |
| 41 | Mike Tyson |
|
9,723,357 | 
|
Nov. 16 | |
| 42 | Civil War (film) |
|
9,717,532 | .jpg)
|
Apr. 12 | |
| 43 | Imane Khelif |
|
9,651,640 | 
|
Aug. 1 | |
| 44 | Oppenheimer (film) |
|
9,621,700 | .jpg)
|
Mar. 11 | |
| 45 | Fallout (American TV series) |
|
9,590,329[q] | .png)
|
Apr. 12 | |
| 46 | Inside Out 2 |
|
9,376,092 | 
|
Jun. 15 | |
| 47 | 2016 United States presidential election |
|
9,373,155 | 
|
Nov. 6[r] | |
| 48 | Premier League |
|
9,318,811 | 
|
Apr. 14 | |
| 49 | Lionel Messi |
|
9,288,212 | 
|
Jul. 15 | |
| 50 | O. J. Simpson |
|
9,096,756 | 
|
Apr. 11 |
Next Top 25
[edit]| Rank | Article | Class | Views | Image | Notes/about | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Bob Marley | 8,934,474 | ||||
| 52 | Barry Keoghan | 8,507,743 | ||||
| 53 | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | 8,440,482 | ||||
| 54 | 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup | 8,436,470 | ||||
| 55 | Russian invasion of Ukraine | 8,361,300 | ||||
| 56 | List of highest-grossing Indian films | 8,233,432 | ||||
| 57 | Charles III | 8,203,988 | ||||
| 58 | Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson | 8,150,375 | ||||
| 59 | Jimmy Carter | 8,091,305 | ||||
| 60 | Eminem | 8,038,360 | ||||
| 61 | Travis Kelce | 8,034,472 | ||||
| 62 | Madame Web (film) | 8,024,378 | ||||
| 63 | Barack Obama | 8,012,726 | ||||
| 64 | Joker: Folie à Deux | 8,003,399 | ||||
| 65 | Adolf Hitler | 7,942,336 | ||||
| 66 | WrestleMania XL | 7,926,343 | ||||
| 67 | Keir Starmer | 7,905,823 | ||||
| 68 | Jeffrey Epstein | 7,881,236 | ||||
| 69 | 3 Body Problem (TV series) | 7,881,040 | ||||
| 70 | Alien: Romulus | 7,870,733 | ||||
| 71 | United Kingdom | 7,855,698 | ||||
| 72 | Ratan Tata | 7,849,106 | ||||
| 73 | Usha Vance | 7,807,080 | ||||
| 74 | Jake Paul | 7,789,743 | ||||
| 75 | The Beekeeper (2024 film) | 7,776,034 |
Exclusions
[edit]Toolforge's list, along with not including redirect views and excluding the pages we eliminate for suspicious numbers or activities:
- Cleopatra – Excluded because Google Assistant suggests people to visit this page.
- Pages with over 94% or under 10% of mobile views (which applies to articles beginning "XXX" or "XXXX"). This threshold does have exceptions.
- Websites such as YouTube, Google, Facebook, Instagram and even Wikipedia tend to have a high number of automated views.
| Rank[s] | Article | Class | Views | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleopatra | 46,226,417 | 
| |
| 3 | YouTube | 40,584,551 | .svg){kind=icon}
| |
| 4 | XXXTentacion | 35,841,293 | 
| |
| 5 | Pornhub | 30,898,912 | 
| |
| 14 | .xxx | 19,423,063 | 
| |
| 23 | 14,957,410 | 
| ||
| 28 | 13,148,023 | 
| ||
| 29 | XXX (2002 film) | 13,101,107 | .jpg)
| |
| 32 | Ansel Adams | 12,696,100 | 
| |
| 34 | XXX (film series) | 12,024,876 | 
| |
| 39 | Wikipedia | 11,486,780 | 
| |
| 48 | Sex | 10,492,413 | .jpg)
| |
| 49 | XNXX | 10,203,671 | 
|
Notes
[edit]- ^ Date of announcement of John Amos' death from earlier in the year and also following the September 30 deaths of Pete Rose, Dikembe Mutombo, and Gavin Creel, as well as the September 28 death of Kris Kristofferson
- ^ Day after Joe Biden's withdrawl from the U.S. presidental election and endorsement of Harris as his replacement for the Democratic Party's nominee
- ^ Day after the election
- ^ Two days after the September 19 release of their biographical drama series (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story) on Netflix
- ^ Day after the election, which Trump won
- ^ Day of 2024 IPL's Matches 28 & 29
- ^ Announced as Trump's nominee for VP
- ^ Weekend of theatrical release (July 26)
- ^ Day after the 2024 U.S. presidential election
- ^ Three days after the end of the election
- ^ Day after Super Bowl LVIII, which experienced a boost in ratings attributed to Swift's presence
- ^ Day after the 2024 election
- ^ Day after the 2024 U.S. presidential election
- ^ Just a touch above page views from the previous day
- ^ Anniversary of D-Day
- ^ Just a touch above Sept. 12
- ^ Not including 3,472,987 page views received by the "Fallout (TV series)" target which the American TV series was originally located at. The former is now a redirect to a disambiguation.
- ^ Day after the 2024 U.S. presidential election
- ^ Would-be rank if included in Top 50