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Lists of most-viewed articles

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Articles showing more than 1 million hits in a day


2019–present

''(ordered by approximate rank; some uncertainty due to carryover between days)'' #
Kobe Bryant Kobe Bean Bryant ( ; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely r ...
, 9.5m views on the day of his death
January 26, 2020
then 8M on January 27. # Elizabeth II, 8.4m views on the day of her death
September 8, 2022
# Qasem Soleimani, 1.5m views when he was killed by US airstrike. # COVID-19 pandemic, 1.1m view
March 12, 2020
after declared a pandemic March 11, later 12 consecutive days above a million March 16–27, had grown to around 700,000 daily views at former titl
2019–20 coronavirus outbreak
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Jimmy Hoffa James Riddle Hoffa (born February 14, 1913 – disappeared July 30, 1975; declared dead July 30, 1982) was an American labor union leader who served as the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) from 1957 until 1971. F ...

December 2019
due to movie '' The Irishman''.


2011–2018

:''(incomplete, ordered by approximate rank; uncertainty is because of carryover between days)'' #
Steve Jobs Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur, industrial designer, media proprietor, and investor. He was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple; the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar; a ...
7.4m page views on October 6, 2011 and 1.6m views on October 7. # Robin Williamsbr>
6.5m page views on August 12, 2014 and 1.4m views on August 13. # Donald Trump 6.1m page views on November 9, 2016, 2.7m views the next day, 1.5m views the day after that, and 1m views the day after that after his election. # Michael Jacksonbr>
almos
1.4m page views
on June 26 and 5.9m views on June 27, 2009 ''(hour of death
following hour
incl. redirects)
''. # Whitney Houstonbr>
5.9m page views on February 12, 2012, the day after her death. #
Prince (musician) Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958April 21, 2016), more commonly known mononymously as Prince, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. The recipient of numerous awards and nominations, he is widely regarded as one ...
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5.8m page views on April 21, 2016, 5.5m page views on April 22, 2.1m page views on April 23, and 1.4m page views on April 24. #
Osama bin Laden Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (10 March 1957 – 2 May 2011) was a Saudi-born extremist militant who founded al-Qaeda and served as its leader from 1988 until Killing of Osama bin Laden, his death in 2011. Ideologically a Pan-Islamism ...
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4.8m page views on the day of his death, 2 May 2011, and 1.5m the next day. 1.1m the day after that. # Paul Walkerbr>
4.3m page views on December 1, 2013, the day after his death; 1.3m the next day. # Amy Winehousebr>
4.2m hits on 23 July 2011, the day she died, and 2.3m hits the next day. # Donald Trump 4m page views on March 5, 2016, 2.4m views the day before, 3m views the day after, and 2.1m views the day after that. #
Halloween Halloween or Hallowe'en (less commonly known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve) is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Saints' Day. It begins the observanc ...
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3.5 million hits on day of Halloween in October 2012. # Ryan Dunnbr>
3.0m hits the day he died and 1.5m the next day. #
Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (; ; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid activist who served as the President of South Africa, first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1 ...
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2.7m hits on December 6, 2013, the day after his death. #
Sarah Palin Sarah Louise Palin (; Heath; born February 11, 1964) is an American politician, commentator, author, and reality television personality who served as the ninth governor of Alaska from 2006 until her resignation in 2009. She was the 2008 R ...
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2.5m hits the day that Palin's candidacy for U.S. Vice-President was announced; 1.1m the next day. # Dian Fosseybr>
had 2.4m views on January 16, 2014 due to a
Google Doodle
on her 82nd birth anniversary. # Barack Obamabr>
2.3m hits after the U.S. Election Day in Nov. 2008. # Brittany Murphybr>
1.5m and 2.3m hits on the days following her death in December 2009. # Donald Trump 2.1m page views on the day of his inauguration January 20, 2017 and 1.5m views the day after. # George H W Bush 1.7m page views on December 1, 2018 the day after his death and 1.3m views on December 5, 2018 the day of his funeral. # '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'

1.5m hits on opening day December 18, 2015. Five consecutive days above 1m. #
Chechnya Chechnya ( rus, Чечня́, Chechnyá, p=tɕɪtɕˈnʲa; ce, Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), officially the Chechen Republic,; ce, Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the ...
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Jumped from 2,000 hits per day to 1.5m views when the suspects of the
Boston Marathon bombings The Boston Marathon bombing was a Domestic terrorism in the United States, domestic terrorist attack that took place during the annual Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. Two terrorists, brothers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, plante ...
were revealed to be Chechnyans Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. # Swine influenzabr>
1.3m hits each on two days in late April 2009 after the first U.S. death related to the virus was reported, up from under 10 views per day. # James Gandolfinibr>
1.3m hits on June 20, 2013, the day after his death. # Cory Monteithbr>
1.3m hits on 14 July when his death was announced, up from around 2000 per day in June # Harvey Weinsteinbr>
1.2m hits in October 2017, when he was accused of multiple sexual assaults and rapes. # Tim Kainebr>
1.2 m hits in July 2016, upon Kaine being selected as Hillary Clinton's running mate for 2016 election. # Margaret Thatcherbr>
Jumped from an average of slightly less than 10,000 hits per day to 1.2m views on the day she died. # Jenni Riverabr>
1.1m hits on December 10, 2012, the day after she died. # Donald Trump https://pageviews.toolforge.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&start=2016-02-01&end=2016-02-05&pages=Donald_Trump 1.1m page views on February 2, 2016. # Death of Caylee Anthonybr>
Over one million hits on each of two days when Casey Anthony was acquitted # UEFA Euro 2016br>
1.1m hits on June 22, 2016, when the group stage ended. # Barack Obamabr>
Jumped around Inauguration Day for Barack Obama, Jan. 2009, probably totaling over 1m in a given 24-hour period. # Justin Trudeaubr>
just over 1 million hits the day after he won the Canadian premiership. #
Halloween Halloween or Hallowe'en (less commonly known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve) is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Saints' Day. It begins the observanc ...
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finished just ahead of the 1 million mark on October 31, 2013.


Articles showing fewer than 1 million hits in a day

:''(ordered approximately chronologically, largely incomplete)''


2009 items

# Lawrence Kutner (House), Lawrence Kutnerbr>
fictional character of the TV series House (TV series), ''House'', when he died. # Abraham Lincolnbr>
Day of 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. #
Google's hoaxes Google frequently inserts jokes and hoaxes into its products on April Fools' Day, which takes place on April 1. 2000 Google's first April Fools' Day hoax, the MentalPlex hoax, invited users to project a mental image of what they wanted to ...
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jumped on April 1, 2009, day of annual Google hoaxes. # Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series), ''Battlestar Galactica'' (2004 TV series)br>
Jumped around time of series finale. #
Farrah Fawcett Farrah Leni Fawcett (born Ferrah Leni Fawcett; February 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009) was an American actress. A four-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she playe ...
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the day she died.


2010 items

# Pete Rousebr>
Jumped when Pete Rouse was appointed Interim Chief of Staff for Pres. Barack Obama. # Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Systembr>
Jumped for unknown reasons, August 6, 2010. possibly due to awarding of major defense contract, as per
this article, "Aegis upgrade for destroyers, cruisers"
#
Prince William of Wales William, Prince of Wales, (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982) is the heir apparent to the British throne. He is the elder son of King Charles III and his first wife Diana, Princess of Wales. Born in London, William was educat ...
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jumped when Prince William's engagement was announced. # The Maid (Seinfeld episode), The Maid (''Seinfeld'' episode)br>
jumped when linked to fro
Yahoo News article
# WikiLeaksbr>
jumped when the United_States_diplomatic_cables_leak, US diplomatic cables were released. #
Operation Payback Operation or Operations may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * ''Operation'' (game), a battery-operated board game that challenges dexterity * Operation (music), a term used in musical set theory * ''Operations'' (magazine), Multi-Man ...
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jumped when Visa Inc. and MasterCard were targeted, whose articles jumped as well. #
Necrosis Necrosis () is a form of cell injury which results in the premature death of cells in living tissue by autolysis. Necrosis is caused by factors external to the cell or tissue, such as infection, or trauma which result in the unregulated dige ...
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jumped when named in the alt text of xkcdbr>comic
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George VI of the United Kingdom George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of Ind ...
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jumped upon release of biographical film, '' The King's Speech''. #
Kate Middleton Catherine, Princess of Wales, (born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton; 9 January 1982) is a member of the British royal family. She is married to William, Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the British throne, making Catherine the likely next ...
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jumped when her engagement to Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Prince William of Wales was announced.


2011 items

# Atlantisbr>
jumped when a new scientific theory on location of Atlantis was given widespread news coverage. #
Claudia Heill Claudia Heill (24 January 1982 – 31 March 2011) was an Austrian judoka best known for winning the silver medal in the half-middleweight (63 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Biography In addition to her success at the 2004 Summer ...
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spiked drastically on the day of her death (viewed 1–7 times on other days). #
Abbottabad Abbottabad (; Urdu, Punjabi language(HINDKO dialect) آباد, translit=aibṭabād, ) is the capital city of Abbottabad District in the Hazara region of eastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the 40th largest city in Pakistan and fourth ...
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jumped on the day Osama bin Laden was killed there. # Lokomotiv Yaroslavlbr>
Jumped from around 50 views per day to 214,000 after the crash. # Roza Shaninabr>
jumped from around 50–200 views per day to 1,600 views on November 10, 2011 for unknown reason. # New nationalism (21st century), New Nationalismbr>
jumped after being mentioned in speech by President Obama, Dec. 6, 2011. #
Kim Jong Il Kim Jong-il (; ; ; born Yuri Irsenovich Kim;, 16 February 1941 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. He led North Korea from the 1994 death of his father Kim ...
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(300–400 per day to 72.5k) and Kim Jong Unbr>
(15–20 per day to 12.5k) jumped on 19 December 2011 when the former's death was announced.


2012 items

# Fabrice Muambabr>
jumped from around 100 per day to nearly 460,000 on 17 March 2012 after suffering a cardiac arrest on the pitch during an FA Cup quarter final. # One Directionbr>
surpassed 250,000 views the day after their performance on Saturday Night Live in April 2012. #
Roanoke Colony The establishment of the Roanoke Colony ( ) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The English, led by Sir Humphrey Gilbert, had briefly claimed St. John's, Newfoundland, in 15 ...
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jumped in May 2012 after news articles about new clues found on 400-year-old map regarding colony. # United Airlines Flight 232br>
Jumped on May 10, 2012, upon the death of Dennis Fitch, one of the pilots involved in that incident. # Sandy Hook Elementary School shootingbr>
surpassed 500,000 views the day after the shootings took place. # Autorotation (helicopter)br>
jumped for unknown reasons in December 2012. Jumped in January 2013 when mentioned i
an article about an incident in Rio De Janeiro


2013 items

#
2012 DA14 367943 Duende (provisional designation ) is a micro-asteroid and a near-Earth object of the Aten and Atira group, approximately in diameter. It was discovered by astronomers of the Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca at its robotic La Sagra ...
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spiked to 349,895 page views when it approached Earth sooner than expected—on the same day
Chelyabinsk meteor The Chelyabinsk meteor was a superbolide that entered Earth's atmosphere over the southern Ural (region), Ural region in Russia on 15 February 2013 at about 09:20 Yekaterinburg Time, YEKT (03:20 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC). It was caused ...
was visible over Russia.
Chelyabinsk meteor The Chelyabinsk meteor was a superbolide that entered Earth's atmosphere over the southern Ural (region), Ural region in Russia on 15 February 2013 at about 09:20 Yekaterinburg Time, YEKT (03:20 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC). It was caused ...
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and Shock wavebr>
saw a surge of pageviews the day after the meteor passed through Earth's atmosphere
A much larger traffic surge
for
Chelyabinsk meteor The Chelyabinsk meteor was a superbolide that entered Earth's atmosphere over the southern Ural (region), Ural region in Russia on 15 February 2013 at about 09:20 Yekaterinburg Time, YEKT (03:20 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC). It was caused ...
followed on New Year's Eve that year. #
Oscar Pistorius Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius (; ; born 22 November 1986) is a South African convicted murderer and former professional sprinter. Both of his feet were amputated when he was 11 months old owing to a congenital defect; he was born missing the o ...
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reached 360,000 views following his murder of Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013. #
Harlem Shake (meme) The Harlem Shake is an Internet meme in the form of a video in which a group of people dance to a short excerpt from the song "Harlem Shake (song), Harlem Shake". The meme became Viral phenomenon, viral in early February 2013, with thousands of ...
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has been viewed over 3 million times in February 2013, the month that the meme broke out. It hit its peak on February 19, where it surpassed 370,000 views. # Harlem Shakebr>
despite being a disambiguation page, has been viewed over 4 million times, with its peak of over 433,000 hit on February 15th. # Pope Benedict XVIbr>
jumped from around 5000 hits per day to over 477,000 on the day he announced he was retiring. #
Pope Francis I Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. ...
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jumped from single digit views per day as a redirect to a The Vicar of Christ (novel), 1979 American novel to over 100,000 when the new pope's name was announced, despite occurring late in the day for most of the world. # 2013 Boston Marathon bombingsbr>
nearly hit 470,000 views the day after the bombing took place. # Equilibrium (film), ''Equilibrium'' (film)br>
soared from roughly 1000 views per day to 289,555 views on July 10, 2013 for an unknown reason. #
Shooting of Trayvon Martin On the night of February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida, United States, George Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American boy. Zimmerman, a 28-year-old man of mixed race, was the neighborhood watch coordinator for his ...
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surpassed the 100,000 mark eleven consecutive days in July 2013, peaking at 854,000 the day after Martin's shooter George Zimmerman was found not guilty of murder. # Twerkingbr>
has topped 100,000 a number of times since the
2013 MTV Video Music Awards The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards were held on August 25, 2013, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Marking the 30th installment of the award show, they were the first to be held in New York City not to use a venue within the borough of M ...
, peaking on August 27th at more than 355,000. # '' Duck Dynasty'

jumped in December 2013 after Phil Robertson was suspended from the program for homophobic remarks he made during an interview with Drew Magary


2014 items

# Woody Allenbr>
Mia Farrowbr>
and Ronan Farrowbr>
saw a huge surge in pageviews on 13 January, the day after Allen was recognized for his lifetime achievements at the 71st Golden Globe Awards, and then derided by the Farrows, who maintained that Allen sexually abused Mia's daughter, Dylan. # ''
Flappy Bird ''Flappy Bird'' is a mobile game developed by the Vietnamese video game artist and programmer Dong Nguyen ( vi, Nguyễn Hà Đông), under his game development company .Gears. The game is a side-scroller where the player controls a bird, attemp ...
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grew gradually throughout the first week of February 2014, but spiked a week later when its developer removed the game from the iTunes app store. Its peak was at 126,000 views on February 10th]. # Paco de Lucíabr>
peaked at 78,999 pageviews on 26 February, the day after he died. Related topics
Al Di Meola Albert Laurence Di Meola (born July 22, 1954) is an American guitarist. Known for his works in jazz fusion and world music, he began his career as a guitarist of the group Return to Forever in 1974. Between the 1970s and 1980s, albums such as ' ...
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'' Entre dos aguas'

and
New Flamenco New flamenco (or ''nuevo flamenco'') or flamenco fusion is a musical genre that was born in Spain, starting in the 1980s. It combines flamenco guitar virtuosity and traditional flamenco music with musical fusion (with genres like jazz, blues, roc ...
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also saw sudden increases. # Donald Sterlingbr>
surpassed the 100,000 mark for six consecutive days in April 2014, after the Los Angeles Clippers owner was banished from the National Basketball Association. It peaked at just under 570,000 page views on 29 April. # Narendra Modibr>
jumped ten times on 16 May 2014, the day his party lead alliance won the 2014 Indian General elections receiving more than 250,000 page views. # Ice Bucket Challengebr>
jumped quickly in August 2014, once the social media campaign started gaining mainstream attention. On 21 August it had 559,582 views. # Joan Riversbr>
Jumped upon news of Joan Rivers' medical complications. # Jules Bianchibr>
jumped from averaging about 100–200 views a day to over 54 thousand following his crash in the
2014 Japanese Grand Prix The 2014 Japanese Grand Prix (formally the 2014 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 5 October 2014 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Mie. It was the 15th race of the 2014 FIA Formula One World Championship, and t ...
. # Kailash Satyarthibr>
jumped from around 10 views per day to 259,000 when he shared the
2014 Nobel Peace Prize The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was shared, in two equal parts, between Kailash Satyarthi (b. 1954) and Malala Yousafzai (b. 1997) "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education". ...
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Shooting of Michael Brown On August 9, 2014, 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Brown was accompanied by his 22-year-old male friend Dorian Johnson, who later stated that Brow ...
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reached over 487,000 views the day after Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson was not indicted for his death.


2015 items

#
David Letterman David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host, comedian, writer and producer. He hosted late night television talk shows for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982 debut of ''Late Night with David Letterman' ...
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jumped when David Letterman announced his future retirement. # Leonard Nimoybr>
jumped when Nimoy died, also jumped during first week o
March 2015
# William Shatnerbr>
jumped when Leonard Nimoy died. Also jumped in first 2 days o
March 2015
#'' The Daily Show'

jumped when Jon Stewart announced his retirement from hosting the show. #
Jon Stewart Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; November 28, 1962) is an American comedian, political commentator, and television host. He hosted ''The Daily Show'', a satirical news program on Comedy Central, from 1999 to 2015 and now hosts ''Th ...
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jumped he announced his retirement from hosting '' The Daily Show''. #
Baltimore Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was d ...
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jumped during protests over treatment of Death of Freddie Gray, Freddie Gray by Baltimore Police Dept. #
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, billed as the ''Fight of the Century'' or the ''Battle for Greatness'', was a professional boxing superfight between undefeated five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and eight-division world ...
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hit nearly 424,000 views after the fight. Since 62.62% of the page's views were mobile, overall views are about 1.1 million. ##
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (''né'' Sinclair; February 24, 1977) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer. He currently owns a team in the NASCAR Cup Series named The Money Team Racing. As a professional boxer he competed b ...
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jumped after his fight against Manny Pacquiao. Views of his page hit 547,000 the day after the fight, and since 62.66% of his views were from mobile services, his total page views that day were possibly over 1.45 million. ## Manny Pacquiaobr>
was viewed about 425,000 times the day after the fight. Since 61.83% of views were mobile, overall views were around 1.1 million. # Robin Williamsbr>
jumped on May 8th, possibly due to this article and accompanying video
Robin Williams Impressionist Returns With More Celebrity Impersonations
# Great Britainbr>
jumped on May 8, 2015, the day that election results were announced there. #
David Cameron David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016. He previously served as Leader o ...
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jumped on May 8, 2015, the day that election results were announced in Great Britain. # Bruce Jennerbr>
and
Caitlyn Jenner Caitlyn Marie Jenner (born William Bruce Jenner; October 28, 1949) is an American media personality and retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete. Jenner played college football for the Graceland Yellowjackets before incurring a kne ...
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after her sex change. Counting mobile views, Bruce's page likely hit 1 million on June 2nd. #
Christopher Lee Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. In a long career spanning more than 60 years, Lee often portrayed villains, and appeared as Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror films, ultimat ...
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after his death. # SS Pendleton, SS ''Pendletonbr>
jumped in July 2015, on release of video trailer for movie which describes rescue of crew of SS ''Pendleton'' in 1952. # The Beatlesbr>
jumped July 7 due to this article
Beatles' Ringo Starr to mark 75th birthday at Capitol Records in Hollywood
#'' Ghostbusters'

jumped July 10, 2015 due to coverage of filming of new ''Ghostbusters'' film. # Elvis Presleybr>
jumped July 14, 2015, possibly due to this article
Elvis Presley shook up the Springfield Civic Center 40 years ago
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Ida B. Wells Ida B. Wells (full name: Ida Bell Wells-Barnett) (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for ...
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jumped July 16, 2015, when Ida Wells was the subject of a Google Doodle. #
New Horizons ''New Horizons'' is an Interplanetary spaceflight, interplanetary space probe that was launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program. Engineered by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Southwest Research ...
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probe, jumped when this probe reached the planet Pluto. # Plutobr>
jumped when the New Horizons probe reached the planet Pluto. # India–Bangladesh enclavesbr>
jumped when an India–Bangladesh_enclaves#Agreement, agreement took effect that ended or resolved the enclaves. #
November 2015 Paris Attacks The November 2015 Paris attacks () were a series of coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks that took place on Friday, 13 November 2015 in Paris, France, and the city's northern suburb, Saint-Denis. Beginning at 9:15p.m., three suicide bombers ...
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the day after the attacks. It hit 1 million when mobile views are accounted for.


2016 items

# '' Pokémon Go'

in July 2016 at the peak of the game's popularity. #
Mike Pence Michael Richard Pence (born June 7, 1959) is an American politician who served as the 48th vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021 under President Donald Trump. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 50th ...
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jumped July 2016, upon Donald Trump's selection of Pence as running mate for 2016 election. #
Doctor Strange Doctor Stephen Strange is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in ''Strange Tales'' #110 (cover-dated July 1963). Doctor Strange serves as Sorce ...
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jumped July 2016, in part due to new upcoming movie on this comic-book character. #
Desmond Doss Desmond Thomas Doss (February 7, 1919 – March 23, 2006) was a United States Army corporal who served as a combat medic with an infantry company in World War II. He was twice awarded the Bronze Star Medal for actions on Guam and in the Phil ...
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jumped July 31- August 1, 2016, on release of first trailer for '' Hacksaw Ridge'', a movie depicting Doss's achievements as a conscientious objector in World War II. #
Steve Biko Bantu Stephen Biko (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) was a South African anti-apartheid activist. Ideologically an African nationalist and African socialist, he was at the forefront of a grassroots anti-apartheid campaign known ...
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Jumped when Biko was commemorated by a special Google Doodle depiction on December 18, 2016. #
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria, (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. His assassination in Sarajevo was the most immediate cause of World War I. F ...
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jumped due to comparisons with the
Assassination of Andrei Karlov Andrei Karlov, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated by Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, an off-duty Turkish police officer, at an art exhibition in Ankara, Turkey on the evening of 19 December 2016. The assassination took place after seve ...
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jumped upon biographical film '' The Founder (film), The Founder'' which depicts Kroc's story when he founded McDonald's.


2017 items

# DUP jumped in June when a British hung parliament was announced and it was thereafter revealed that the Democratic Unionist Party from Northern Ireland had agreed to support the Conservative minority government. # Plimpton 322br>
Jumped in August 2017 when new scientific findings revealed new important insights into the mathematics shown on this ancient Babylonian tablet.


2018 items

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Underwater Demolition Assault Unit The Naval Special Warfare Command ( th, หน่วยบัญชาการสงครามพิเศษทางเรือ), commonly known as the Royal Thai Navy SEALs (an acronym for SEa–Air–Land), is the special operations force ...
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Jumped in July 2018, due to coverage of this unit as part of news coverage of the
2018 Tham Luang cave rescue In June and July 2018, a junior association football team and their assistant coach were rescued from the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai Province in northern Thailand. Twelve members of the team, aged 11 to 16, and their 25-year-old ass ...
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2019 items

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Frank Sheeran Francis Joseph Sheeran (October 25, 1920 – December 14, 2003), also known as "The Irishman", was an American labor union official and enforcer for Jimmy Hoffa and Russell Bufalino. He was accused of having links to the Pittston crime family ...
, more than 1m hits over two days, jumped i
December 2019
due to depiction in '' The Irishman''.


2021 items

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Frank Kameny Franklin Edward Kameny (May 21, 1925 – October 11, 2011) was an American gay rights activist. He has been referred to as "one of the most significant figures" in the American gay rights movement. In 1957, Kameny was dismissed from his po ...
, jumped i
June 2021
when article was featured in a Google Doodle.


Google Doodles

Many Google Doodles have caused more than a million hits. For example, Dian Fosseybr>
had 2.4m views January 16, 2014
Google Doodle
on her 82nd birth anniversary. She died in 1985. Her 81st and 83rd anniversary only had 2260 and 1123 views. Hits which are clearly caused mainly by a Google Doodle are usually not listed elsewhere on this page, although sometimes they may be, such as in the case of this example.


Additional examples

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Israeli legislative election, 2009 Israeli may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the State of Israel * Israelis, citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel * Modern Hebrew, a language * ''Israeli'' (newspaper), published from 2006 to 2008 * Guni Israeli ...
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Traffic jumped around day of actual election. * Turing testbr>
Traffic jumped when "Turing test" was mentioned in the comic strip '' Dilbert''. *
Edward M. Liddy Edward "Ed" Liddy (born January 28, 1946) is an American businessman who was chairman of the Allstate Corporation from 1999 to 2008. In September 2008, at the request of the secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Liddy agreed to serve ...
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Article on
Ed Liddy Edward "Ed" Liddy (born January 28, 1946) is an American businessman who was chairman of the Allstate Corporation from 1999 to 2008. In September 2008, at the request of the secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Liddy agreed to serv ...
, CEO of AIG; jumped on day of congressional testimony. * Chuck Grassleybr>
Jumped when U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley made statements re Edward Liddy. * American International Groupbr>
jumped when AIG was mentioned in news reports. * Graphenebr>
when graphene was mentioned in a news article which was shown in some various links at Yahoo news website. * Chupacabrabr>
jumped when video footage of possible specimen attracted widespread media attention and public interest in Sept. 2009. * Mount Bosavibr>
jumped when dramatic new zoological findings received major media attention. *
John Verbanac John Verbanac is a businessman and political operative in Pennsylvania. Verbanic earned a B.A. degree from the University of Pittsburgh College of General Studies in 1990. He worked in government and politics in Washington, D.C., as a senior aide ...
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jumped from 2–3 hits per day to 143 on October 22 when his relationship with
Luke Ravenstahl Luke Robert Ravenstahl (born February 6, 1980) is an American politician who served as the 59th Mayor of Pittsburgh from 2006 until 2014. A Democrat, he became the youngest mayor in Pittsburgh's history in September 2006 at the age of 26. He was ...
became an issue in the Pittsburgh mayoral election, 2009. *
Elena Kagan Elena Kagan ( ; born April 28, 1960) is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 10, 2010, and has served since August 7, 2010. Kagan ...
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page when she was announced as new nominee for US Supreme Court. * Galaxy 15br>
when the satellite had a malfunction. * Lost (TV series), ''Lost'' (TV series)br>
at time of series finale. *
Abby Sunderland Abigail Jillian Sunderland (born October 19, 1993) is an American former sailor who, in 2010, attempted to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. Early life The second-eldest of Marianne and Laurence Sunderland's eight childr ...
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jumped when reports of her problems at sea made worldwide headlines. * Toonamibr>
jumped after having it as a one night showing for April Fools' Day, April Fool's Day. * Engine order telegraphbr>
gradually increase for the week prior to, and with several times the ordinary traffic on, the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the '' RMS Titanic, Titanic''. * '' Star Trek: The Motion Picture'

jumped when the news broke in 2013 that Voyager 1 had officially entered interstellar space (news related to the plot of the 1979 film; no other ''Star Trek'' films saw similar jumps) *
Deep Heat (heat rub) The Mentholatum Company, Inc. is a maker of non-prescription health care products founded in 1889 by Albert Alexander Hyde in the United States. It was bought out by Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., a Japanese health care company, in 1988. The Men ...
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jumped in February 2013 after One Direction's
Harry Styles Harry Edward Styles (born 1 February 1994) is an English singer, songwriter, and actor. His musical career began in 2010 as a solo contestant on the British music competition series ''The X Factor (UK TV series), The X Factor''. Following hi ...
mentioned it in a tweet; this spike in attention subsequently led to the article's merger into that of its manufacturer Mentholatum.


See also

* Special:Statistics * Wikipedia:5000 * Wikipedia:Awareness statistics * Wikipedia:Goings-on * Wikipedia:Most referenced articles * Wikipedia:Most wanted articles * Wikipedia:Multiyear ranking of most viewed pages * Wikipedia:Popular pages * Wikipedia:Statistics * Wikipedia:Statistics Department * Wikipedia:Top 25, a weekly moderated report of most-viewed articles from January 2013 to the present * Wikipedia:Traffic * Wikipedia:Wikipedia records * Wikipedia:Zeitgeist 2008-2013


External links


Pages statistics


Pageviews Analysis
for Wikimedia projects from 1 August 2015 to the present
WikiTrends.net
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Popular categories

Wiki-Watch
primarily for assessing the reliability of a Wikipedia article, but also charts the total number of pageviews for a specific time period
The Wikistics
page view statistics for Wikimedia projects before September 2009 (has gaps)
Wikitrends
a Wikimedia Toolforge project that ranks and summarizes the 10 most-visited pages on a Wikipedia for the day, week, or month; also shows stats for related pages


News articles re Wikipedia traffic


Wikipedia's Year-End List Shows What the Internet Needed to Know in 2019
Alyse Stanley, December 27, 2019, Gizmodo.


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