WikiPop's Pick · June 19, 2026
Juneteenth
US holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States
On June 19, 2026, the most-viewed article on Wikipedia was 2026 FIFA World Cup, with 638,411 views. It was already WikiPop's pick on June 9, and we don't repeat an article within 30 days. So WikiPop's pick is #2, Juneteenth, with 606,543 views.
Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday's name, first used in the 1890s, is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth, referring to June 19, 1865, the day when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War.