Most popular English Wikipedia articles in 2025

TBS Report

04 January, 2026, 03:30 pm

Last modified: 04 January, 2026, 03:37 pm

Most popular English Wikipedia articles in 2025

TBS Report

04 January, 2026, 03:30 pm

Last modified: 04 January, 2026, 03:37 pm

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

In 2025, people spent an estimated 2.4 billion hours reading English Wikipedia articles, with the most-read article covering Charlie Kirk, a US political activist, entrepreneur, and media personality who was assassinated in September during a university campus debate he organised. The day after his death, the article was viewed nearly 15 million times, with 43% of 2025 views coming from outside the US.

Views as of 2 December 2025

Source: Wikimedia Foundation

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