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What the world was reading on Wikipedia — Jul 16
Top 25
The most-viewed Wikipedia articles yesterday, excluding meta pages.
| Rank | Article | Category | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| #4 | The Odyssey (2026 film) | Film by Christopher Nolan | 614,398 |
| #5 | Lionel Messi | Argentine footballer (born 1987) | 432,207 |
| #6 | Falkland Islands | Group of islands in the South Atlantic | 428,400 |
| #7 | 2026 FIFA World Cup | Soccer tournament in North America | 338,930 |
| #8 | Lamine Yamal | Spanish footballer (born 2007) | 292,389 |
| #9 | Falklands War | 1982 undeclared Argentina–United Kingdom war | 287,450 |
| #10 | Sonam Wangchuk | Indian engineer, innovator, and education reformist | 255,346 |
| #11 | List of FIFA World Cup finals | 250,485 | |
| #12 | Jude Bellingham | English footballer (born 2003) | 212,579 |
| #13 | FIFA World Cup | Football tournament | 191,651 |
| #14 | Odyssey | Epic poem attributed to Homer | 162,208 |
| #15 | Sam Neill | New Zealand actor (1947–2026) | 154,174 |
| #16 | Thomas Tuchel | German football manager (born 1973) | 144,622 |
| #17 | Deaths in 2026 | 138,814 | |
| #18 | Argentina | Country in South America | 135,707 |
| #19 | Hal Williams | American actor (1934–2026) | 122,194 |
| #20 | Argentina national football team | Men's association football team | 122,125 |
| #21 | American multinational technology company | 122,103 | |
| #22 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portuguese footballer (born 1985) | 117,023 |
| #23 | Diego Maradona | Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020) | 115,385 |
| #24 | Lionel Scaloni | Argentine football manager (born 1978) | 114,491 |
| #25 | Christopher Nolan | British and American filmmaker (born 1970) | 113,399 |
| #26 | Enzo Fernández | Argentine footballer (born 2001) | 108,339 |
| #27 | Erling Haaland | 108,062 | |
| #28 | Valentín Barco | 105,275 |
Biggest Movers
Articles that spiked the most compared to the day before. Something happened.
| Rank | Article | Category | Views | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #70 | Christos Tzolis | 52,194 | +388% | |
| #28 | Valentín Barco | 105,275 | +341% | |
| #92 | History of the Falkland Islands | 42,462 | +191% | |
| #225 | Descendants: Wicked Wonderland | 24,989 | +170% | |
| #49 | Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute | Territorial dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom | 70,367 | +150% |
| #221 | 2013 Falkland Islands sovereignty referendum | 25,439 | +150% | |
| #6 | Falkland Islands | Group of islands in the South Atlantic | 428,400 | +134% |
| #173 | Royal Birkdale Golf Club | 29,428 | +133% | |
| #291 | Agamemnon | 19,705 | +127% | |
| #220 | Stanley, Falkland Islands | 25,454 | +120% | |
| #312 | John Leguizamo | American comedian and actor (born 1960) | 18,741 | +108% |
| #121 | 2026 Canadian wildfires | 34,877 | +107% | |
| #204 | The Open Championship | Golf tournament held in the UK | 26,557 | +107% |
| #215 | Calypso (mythology) | Nymph in Homer's Odyssey | 25,795 | +103% |
| #57 | Jeff Bezos | 64,015 | +96% |
New Arrivals
Articles that appeared in the top 500 yesterday but weren't anywhere in the top 1,000 the day before. These are the articles the world suddenly started caring about.
Around the World
🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇦🇺🇳🇬 English Wikipedia
- 1 The Odyssey (2026 film) 614,398
- 2 Lionel Messi 432,207
- 3 Falkland Islands 428,400
- 4 2026 FIFA World Cup 338,930
- 5 Lamine Yamal 292,389
🇮🇳 India hi.wikipedia
- 1 सोनम वांगचुक (Sonam Wangchuk) 23,047
- 2 धर्मेंद्र प्रधान (Dharmendra Pradhan) 8,642
- 3 जगन्नाथ मन्दिर, पुरी (Jagannath Temple, Puri) 6,860
- 4 जय जगन्नाथ (Jai Jagannatha) 4,756
- 5 रथयात्रा (Ratha Yatra (Puri)) 4,742
🇨🇳 China zh.wikipedia
- 1 非份之罪 28,514
- 2 利昂内尔·梅西 (Lionel Messi) 26,026
- 3 福克兰群岛 (Falkland Islands) 22,978
- 4 2026年國際足協世界盃 (2026 FIFA World Cup) 20,168
- 5 奧德賽 (電影) (The Odyssey (2026 film)) 19,435
🇫🇷 France fr.wikipedia
- 1 Wikipédia:Accueil principal (Main Page) 494,453
- 2 Cookie (informatique) (HTTP cookie) 82,089
- 3 Spécial:Recherche 65,673
- 4 Lionel Messi (Lionel Messi) 55,874
- 5 Îles Malouines (Falkland Islands) 50,977
🇮🇩 Indonesia id.wikipedia
- 1 Istimewa:Pencarian 59,230
- 2 Halaman Utama (Main Page) 44,179
- 3 Dody Hanggodo (Dody Hanggodo) 20,620
- 4 Lamine Yamal (Lamine Yamal) 9,422
- 5 Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI) 7,878
🇵🇰 Pakistan ur.wikipedia
- 1 سندھ کی ثقافت (Culture of Sindh) 1,559
- 2 صفحۂ اول 1,524
- 3 گرو ارجن دیو (Guru Arjan) 1,094
- 4 کثیرالاضلاع (Polygon) 1,058
- 5 یمنی خانہ جنگی (2015–تاحال) (Yemeni civil war (2014–present)) 983
🇧🇷 Brazil pt.wikipedia
- 1 Wikipédia:Página principal (Main Page) 140,234
- 2 Renato Machado (Renato Machado) 47,886
- 3 Especial:Pesquisar 39,215
- 4 wiki.phtml 38,431
- 5 Guerra das Malvinas (Falklands War) 24,062
🇧🇩 Bangladesh bn.wikipedia
- 1 প্রধান পাতা 4,778
- 2 জুলাই শহীদ দিবস (July Martyrs' Day) 2,745
- 3 ২০২৬ ফিফা বিশ্বকাপ ফাইনাল (2026 FIFA World Cup final) 2,398
- 4 রথযাত্রা (Ratha Yatra) 2,168
- 5 সোনম ওয়াংচুক (Sonam Wangchuk) 2,082
🇷🇺 Russia ru.wikipedia
- 1 Заглавная страница 424,230
- 2 Месси, Лионель 64,157
- 3 Фёдоров, Михаил Альбертович 61,563
- 4 Служебная:Поиск 49,375
- 5 Чемпионат мира по футболу 2026 47,107
🇲🇽 Mexico es.wikipedia
- 1 Islas Malvinas 126,919
- 2 Guerra de las Malvinas 80,814
- 3 Especial:Buscar 71,648
- 4 Copa Mundial de Fútbol 57,782
- 5 Lamine Yamal 55,504
🇯🇵 Japan ja.wikipedia
- 1 メインページ 715,068
- 2 エバデダン・ラリー 99,018
- 3 特別:検索 75,906
- 4 フォークランド諸島 (Falkland Islands) 58,847
- 5 フォークランド紛争 (Falklands War) 56,683
🇰🇷 South Korea ko.wikipedia
- 1 위키백과:대문 79,255
- 2 특수:검색 21,540
- 3 문화방송 (Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation) 19,311
- 4 한국방송공사 (Korean Broadcasting System) 12,593
- 5 유튜브 (YouTube) 10,072
🇪🇬 Egypt ar.wikipedia
- 1 الصفحة الرئيسة 51,980
- 2 خاص:بحث 43,102
- 3 حمد بن خليفة آل ثاني 22,899
- 4 لامين جمال 16,783
- 5 ليونيل ميسي 15,436
🇨🇩 DR Congo fr.wikipedia
- 1 Wikipédia:Accueil principal (Main Page) 494,453
- 2 Cookie (informatique) (HTTP cookie) 82,089
- 3 Spécial:Recherche 65,673
- 4 Lionel Messi (Lionel Messi) 55,874
- 5 Îles Malouines (Falkland Islands) 50,977
🇻🇳 Vietnam vi.wikipedia
- 1 Trang Chính 88,982
- 2 Đặc biệt:Tìm kiếm 14,604
- 3 Đài Truyền hình Kỹ thuật số VTC (VTC Digital Television) 13,449
- 4 Bảng xếp hạng bóng đá nam FIFA (FIFA World Rankings) 10,423
- 5 Lionel Messi (Lionel Messi) 8,453
🇮🇷 Iran fa.wikipedia
- 1 صفحهٔ اصلی 48,535
- 2 رده:فیلمهای سکسی-کمدی آمریکایی (Category:American sex comedy films) 33,987
- 3 ویژه:جستجو 14,546
- 4 فینال جام جهانی فوتبال ۲۰۲۶ (2026 FIFA World Cup final) 14,030
- 5 لیونل مسی (Lionel Messi) 13,938
🇹🇷 Turkey tr.wikipedia
- 1 Anasayfa 38,816
- 2 Semih Terzi 18,534
- 3 Haluk Levent 17,175
- 4 15 Temmuz Darbe Girişimi 15,366
- 5 Akın Öztürk 14,783
🇩🇪 Germany de.wikipedia
- 1 Spezial:Suche 129,164
- 2 Falklandinseln 108,732
- 3 Falklandkrieg 81,505
- 4 Die Odyssee (2026) 67,692
- 5 Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 62,385
🇹🇭 Thailand th.wikipedia
- 1 หน้าหลัก (Main Page) 23,995
- 2 พระบาทสมเด็จพระวชิรเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว (Vajiralongkorn) 11,500
- 3 พิเศษ:ค้นหา 9,521
- 4 องค์การกระจายเสียงและแพร่ภาพสาธารณะแห่งประเทศไทย (Thai Public Broadcasting Service) 7,768
- 5 เหตุเพลิงไหม้โรงเบียร์ ณ ลาดพร้าว (2026 Bangkok pub fire) 6,519
Deep Cuts
Articles ranked 700–1,000. Popular enough to make the top thousand, obscure enough that you've probably never thought to look them up. The Wikipedia long tail.