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[edit] Traffic report The Idol becomes the Master
2023-07-17
Sex, drugs and violence, English, math and science
In the media Did Wikipedia just assume Garfield's gender?
2017-06-09
Garfield is male, and other places Wikipedia made the news
In the media The Daily Mail does not run Wikipedia
2017-02-27
The recent closing of an English Wikipedia Request for Comment on the reliability of the Daily Mail, a British tabloid, as a source has drawn wide press attention. The Guardian first covered the story (February 8), followed by a piece in Engadget (Feb. 9), and a flurry of coverage in various outlets extending for more than a week.
Traffic report Out with the old, in with the new
2017-01-17
If you're reading this, you escaped 2016 alive
In the media Year-end roundups, Wikipedia's 16th birthday, and more
2017-01-17
The latest media reports
In the media Coverage of gender gap initiatives, banner fundraising, and more
2016-12-22
In brief: Coverage of gender gap initiatives, banner fundraising, and more: Wikipedia women in the news, and media reacts to 2016 ad banner campaign
In the media Roundup of news related to U.S. presidential election and more
2016-11-26
Election prompts media to explore themes important to Wikipedians, including news literacy, privacy, and data security
In the media Washington Post leads the pack in this edition's roundup of media stories
2016-11-04
Washington Post continues in-depth Wikipedia coverage: Plus our roundup of recent media stories
Traffic report Debates and escapes
2016-10-14
Donald Trump remains a view-magnet, others change their channel
In the media Alright Wikipedia, I'm ready for my closeup
2016-10-14
A news columnist on the frustrations of tweaking his Wikipedia bio: And this edition's roundup of media coverage
Traffic report From Gene Wilder to JonBenét: Four weeks of traffic
2016-09-29
From Gene Wilder to JonBenét: Four weeks of Wikipedia's most popular articles examined
In the media This edition's roundup of media coverage
2016-09-29
Wikipedia in the news: This edition's roundup of media coverage
Traffic report From Phelps to Bolt to Reddit
2016-09-06
An update on two weeks of Wikipedia traffic, based on a new and improved tracking tool
Special report Olympics readership depended on language
2016-09-06
A comparison of the 15 most-read articles related to the Olympics, in seven language editions of Wikipedia
In the media Librarians and Wikipedians—meant to be together?
2016-09-06
Librarians, Wikipedians, and a library of Wikipedia coverage: Wikipedia gaining ground in credibility among librarians; and a healthy helping of media coverage
Traffic report Summer of Pokémon, Trump, and Hillary
2016-08-04
Pokémon Go led the chart for two weeks running
In the media Women-in-science editathon gets national press; Wikipedia "shockingly biased"
2016-07-21
Women in science editathon gets national press; Wikipedia "shockingly biased": Female scientists in India; Cracked.com probes Wikipedia's weaknesses
Traffic report Another one with sports; Knockout, brief candle
2016-06-15
Wikipedia's most read articles in the last two weeks
Traffic report Splitting (musical) airs / Slow Ride
2016-05-28
We've recently come into possession of a new tool.
Traffic report A welcome return to pop culture and death
2016-04-14
American politics seem to have finally bored people
Traffic report Super Bowling
2016-02-17
The biggest annual event in America takes over Wikipedia viewership
Traffic report The Force we expected
2015-12-30
In a development that should surprise no one, Star Wars takes the first place prize
Traffic report Screens, sport, Reddit, and death
2015-10-14
Screens, Sport, Reddit, and Death: For the second consecutive week, the most viewed article had less than one million views, the only two weeks that has happened in all of 2015.
Traffic report Another week
2015-09-16
No particular trends to spot in this week's top article traffic.
Traffic report Fighting from top to bottom
2015-08-12
The charts are led this week by UFC women's champion Ronda Rousey, who won her last match at UFC 190 (#9) in 34 seconds.
Traffic report We're Baaaaack
2015-07-01
For the week of June 21 to 27, 2015, the 10 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the most viewed pages.
Traffic report A rather ordinary week
2015-06-03
The traffic report is nothing unusual this week, with a Google Doodle for astronaut Sally Ride topping the list, the accidental death of famous mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr. at #2, and the normal fare of recent popular American movies and television.
Traffic report Inner Core
2015-05-20
The list is topped this week by Danish scientist Inge Lehmann, thanks to a Google Doodle celebrating her 127th birthday. Lehmann discovered in 1936 that the Earth has a solid inner core. It is sometimes surprising to realize how recently such basic scientific knowledge of the Earth, which we now take for granted, was discovered.
Traffic report Bruce, Nessie, and genocide
2015-04-29
Though the continued predominance of movies, TV, and sports noted in last week's report largely continues, three additional topics joined the Top 10 this week.
Traffic report Furious domination
2015-04-15
If it wasn't for Easter, Fast and Furious related articles would have taken the top four spots this week. The latest installment of the movie franchise, Furious 7, tops the chart for the second straight week.
Traffic report All over the place
2015-04-01
The Report is more of a mix of random topics than usual this week. The top spot is taken by Bhutanese passport, a Wikipedia article which contained a crazed spoken word version which drew widespread attention.
Traffic report It's not cricket
2015-03-18
If not for Kayne West's dubious repeat at #1, the 2015 Cricket World Cup (#2) would have made the top spot, albeit in a generally slow news week.
Traffic report Attack of the movies
2015-03-04
The Report this week is dominated by the Academy Awards, taking the top 4 spots and 13 of the Top 25.
Traffic report February is for lovers
2015-02-18
This week saw the 57th Annual Grammy Awards (#13 on the Top 25) held on 8 February dominating the traffic chart, as music lovers checked out Sam Smith (#3) picking up four awards, Beck taking album of the year, and performances including Sia (#9), Madonna (#11), and Annie Lennox (#16). But Valentine's Day (#1) proved the perfect time for the release of Fifty Shades of Grey, with the movie coming in at #5, the book of the same name at #2, and the primary actors at #14 and #15.
Traffic report The American Heartland
2015-02-04
The American heartland appears to dominate the Report this week, with Chris Kyle leading the Report.
Traffic report Auld Lang Syne
2015-01-07
We end 2014 and and start 2015 with the normal array of year-end activities, including movie watching with Bollywood film PK (#1) topping the list, followed by The Interview (#2), 2014 in film (#10), and five other films in the rest of the Top 25, plus a number of articles about the subjects of these films. We celebrated the New Year by singing "" (#11), or perhaps watching Adam Lambert (#9) perform with Queen. But we could not avoid a final tragedy with the crash of Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (#4) on December 28.
Traffic report North Korea is not pleased
2014-12-24
The bizarre story around the American film "The Interview" propelled that article to the top spot this week, not that anyone can quite figure out what has happened.
Traffic report Dead Black Men and Science Fiction
2014-12-10
A traffic report filled with stark contrasts.
Traffic report Big in Japan
2014-11-26
Often times in popular culture, a subject will be quite popular among a distinct niche of people or region of the world, but little-known elsewhere -- like a musical artist that is boasted to be "big in Japan". The Traffic Report provides a bevy of examples this week.
Traffic report Holidays, anyone?
2014-11-12
This was very much a week dominated by holidays and pop culture over current events, with new film Interstellar taking the top spot followed by holidays Day of the Dead (#2), Guy Fawkes and his Night (#4 and #5), and Halloween (#8, and its third week on the list). And a foursome of television shows, all return visitors, appear to setting up residence on the greater Top 25: The Walking Dead (#11), American Horror Story: Freak Show (#14), Gotham (#16), and The Flash (#18).
Traffic report Ebola, Ultron, and Creepy Articles
2014-10-29
Ebola virus disease leads the Report for the fourth straight week. The rest of the list is primarily a mix of pop culture topics, including movie Avengers: Age of Ultron (#4) whose trailer was leaked early, and the death of Oscar de la Renta (#7). A BuzzFeed article on creepy Wikipedia articles, no doubt well-timed with Halloween (#9) around the corner, was responsible for three articles in the Top 25, including June and Jennifer Gibbons (#10), Taman Shud Case (#17), Joyce Vincent (#25). And the internet-run-amok controversy of Gamergate cracked the Top 25 for the first time at #19.
Traffic report Now introducing ... mobile data
2014-10-15
We are pleased to report that the WP:5000 has now been updated to include mobile views, including a column reflecting the percentage of views coming from mobile devices.
Traffic report Shanah Tovah
2014-10-01
Jews wished each other ("Good year") this week as Rosh Hashanah was our most popular article. It was also a week not dominated by heavy news and tragedies, so aside from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (#2, sixth week in the Top 10), our popular article list runs the gamut of current events including new television series Gotham (#3), the 2014 Asian Games (#4), and Reddit-fueled popularity for German director Uwe Boll (#7).
Traffic report Tolstoy leads a varied pack
2014-09-17
There is no unifying theme we can slap on top article popularity this week.
Traffic report Holding Pattern
2014-09-03
Holding Pattern: "This week we saw three of the top ten articles remain in place, with the Ice Bucket Challenge at #1, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at #2, and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant at #5, all for a second straight week..."
Traffic report Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero
2014-08-20
Comedian Robin Williams' untimely death takes the top spot.
Traffic report Ebola drives reader interest
2014-08-06
Ebola: Serious news continues to dominate the most popular articles chart on Wikipedia this week, with the Ebola virus disease far and away in the top spot. In the top 25, we see the related articles Ebola virus, which talks about biological aspects, at #18 and 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak at #19.
Traffic report Doom and gloom vs. the power of Reddit
2014-07-30
We indeed moved far away from football this week, and further into much more serious issues of war and death. The Israel-Palestinian conflict continues to dominate the news, and the top 10, with Gaza Strip, Israel, and Hamas. The top 25 also includes Palestine and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Death also lies behind the popularity of James Garner, the American actor who died on July 19th, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, and deaths in 2014.
News and notes How many more hoaxes will Wikipedia find?
2014-07-30
Another hoax on the English Wikipedia was uncovered this week—not by any thorough investigation, but through the self-disclosure of an anonymous change made when the editors were in their sophomore year of college. The deliberate misinformation had been in the article for over five years with plenty of individuals noticing, but not one suspected its authenticity. This leads to one obvious question: how many more are there?
Traffic report The World Cup hangs on, though tragedies seek to replace it
2014-07-23
Last week I predicted that the World Cup dominance on the report would be over—but I was wrong. The World Cup Final fell on the 13th of July, which was actually the first day of the week covered by this report, not the last day of the last report. Hence, five of the Top 10 this week are again World Cup related-topics.
Traffic report World Cup dominates for another week
2014-07-16
This week it's still more and more World Cup, with five entries out of the top ten (and 14 out of the Top 25).
Traffic report Most popular Wikipedia articles of the last week
2013-04-29
Most popular Wikipedia articles: The WP:TOP25 and WP:5000 reports chronicle the most popular Wikipedia articles on a weekly basis.
Special report Examining the popularity of Wikipedia articles: catalysts, trends, and applications
2013-02-04
Examining the popularity of Wikipedia articles: On February 12, 2012, news of Whitney Houston's death brought 425 hits per second to her Wikipedia article, the highest peak traffic on any article since at least January 2010. It is broadly known that Wikipedia is the sixth most popular website on the Internet, but the English Wikipedia now has over 4 million articles and 29 million total pages. Much less attention has been given to traffic patterns and trends in content viewed.