The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that runs Wikipedia, has compiled a list of the most viewed articles on Wikipedia in the English language between January 1 and November 28, 2023.
The total number of views on Wikipedia provides a glimpse into what most people around the world want to know.
According to the list revealed by the Wikimedia Foundation , as expected, ChatGPT topped the list of the most viewed pages on Wikipedia in the English language this year, garnering 49.4 million views.
The ChatGPT page had more than 79 million views when all the views in the different languages on the page were combined.
The ChatGPT chatbot, developed by OpenAI and launched in November 2022, became the fastest growing application in the history of the Internet, reaching 100 million users in just over two months.
The article “Deaths in 2023” was the second most viewed Wikipedia article, with 42.6 million page views.
The 2023 Cricket World Cup (38.1 million views), the Indian Premier League (32 million views), and the Oppenheimer film (28.3 million views) ranked third, fourth and fifth, respectively.
There were some surprises about the most important Wikipedia articles of the year, as people around the world searched for J. Robert Oppenheimer, nicknamed the “Father of the Atomic Bomb,” the director of the Manhattan Project’s research on the atomic bomb.
Oppenheimer came in seventh place for the most accessed Wikipedia page, with 25.6 million views.
It was followed in eighth place by the Indian film Jawan with 21.7 million views, then the Indian Premier League with 20.6 million views, and in tenth place by the Indian film Pathan with 19.9 million views.
Among the other topics that occupied the top 25 places in the Wikimedia Foundation's ranking of the most viewed articles on Wikipedia were Taylor Swift, Matthew Perry, the Barbie movie, Elon Musk, Andrew Tate, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and the United States.
Google issues a list of the most searched topics in 2023
Google has published a list of topics from various categories that are most searched for in the year 2023 around the world, through its Chrome browser.
Google provides the annual release of search trends to show what the world and specific countries were searching for during a 12-month period.
Google's list of top trending searches covers news, TV shows, movies, songs, and various other categories.
In addition to the most popular search terms around the world, the list can be customized by country according to the data available on the trends.google page.
The company is also celebrating the silver anniversary of Google Search, the 25th anniversary of search, and published a video clip on this occasion showing the most important searches around the world.
Among the most searched topics in 2023 around the world:
Characters: Damar Hamlin, Jeremy Renner, Andrew Tate, Kylian Mbappe, Travis Kelce, Jenna Ortega, Lil Ty, Danny Masterson, David Beckham, Pedro Pascal.
Movies: Barbie , Oppenheimer , Joan , Voice of Freedom , John Wick: Chapter 4 , Avatar: Water Road, Everything Everywhere at Once, Gadar 2, Grid 3, Pathan.
News: War in Israel and Gaza , Titanic submarine , Turkey earthquake , Hurricane Hillary , Hurricane Idalia , Hurricane Lee , shooting in Maine , shooting in Nashville , Chandrayaan-3 , war in Sudan.
To view the complete list, you can go to trends.google .
Trends.Google provides data on search topics in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, which were dominated by topics related to confrontations between Israel and Palestine.
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