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2026 FIFA World Cup
WikiPop's Pick · July 18, 2026

2026 FIFA World Cup

Soccer tournament in North America

On July 18, 2026, the most-viewed article on Wikipedia was The Odyssey (2026 film), with 1,199,464 views. It and #2, Odyssey, were both WikiPop's picks in the past 30 days, and we don't repeat an article that soon. So WikiPop's pick is #3, 2026 FIFA World Cup, with 319,391 views.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is the 23rd FIFA World Cup and the current edition of the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament began on June 11, 2026, and will conclude on July 19. It is jointly hosted by 16 cities—11 in the United States, 3 in Mexico, and 2 in Canada. The tournament is the first FIFA World Cup to be hosted by three countries and the first to include 48 teams, an expansion from the previous 32-team format.

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319,391 views that day

The full top 10 of July 18, 2026

The most-viewed Wikipedia articles that day, by raw page views.

  1. #1
    The Odyssey (2026 film)
    2026 action film by Christopher Nolan
    1,199,464
  2. #2
    Odyssey
    Epic poem attributed to Homer
    391,003
  3. #3
    2026 FIFA World Cup WikiPop's pick
    Soccer tournament in North America
    319,391
  4. #4
    Kylian Mbappé
    French footballer (born 1998)
    243,564
  5. #5
    Sonam Wangchuk
    Indian engineer, innovator, and education reformist (born 1966)
    230,297
  6. #6
    Lamine Yamal
    Spanish footballer (born 2007)
    212,473
  7. #7
    List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers
    208,970
  8. #8
    Lionel Messi
    Argentine footballer (born 1987)
    206,605
  9. #9
    Christopher Nolan
    British and American filmmaker (born 1970)
    201,014
  10. #10
    Jude Bellingham
    English footballer (born 2003)
    193,429
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