This 12 months’s hottest Wikipedia pages — from Charlie Kirk to Severance
Yesterday, the Wikimedia Basis revealed essentially the most learn Wikipedia articles of 2025. American politics dominated the highest of the checklist, with the late political activist Charlie Kirk taking the highest (#1) spot. That was adopted by articles on who died in 2025 (#2), serial killer Ed Gein (#3), US President Donald Trump (#4), and the brand new Pope Leo XIV (#5). Different political figures equivalent to Elon Musk (#6), Zohran Mamdani (#7), and JD Vance (#16) additionally seem on the checklist.
A number of popular culture entities additionally took spots on the highest 20 checklist. Ed Gein in all probability trended so excessive due to the most recent season of Netflix’s Monster anthology collection. The checklist additionally consists of Ryan Coogler’s movie Sinners (#8) and Zach Cregger’s Weapons (#15), in addition to TV collection like Adolescence (#17) and Severance (#12). Unsurprisingly, a number of superhero films additionally make an look, together with Superman (#10), Thunderbolts (#14), and The Implausible 4: First Steps (#20).
Different well-known individuals with standard Wikipedia articles in 2025 have been Ozzy Osbourne (#9), MrBeast (#18), and Cristiano Ronaldo (#19).
Wikipedia’s Prime 20 articles in 2025
- Charlie Kirk — 44.9 million web page views
- Deaths in 2025 — 42.5 million web page views
- Ed Gein — 31.2 million web page views
- Donald Trump — 25.1 million web page views
- Pope Leo XIV — 22.1 million web page views
- Elon Musk — 20.2 million web page views
- Zohran Mamdani — 20.1 million web page views
- Sinners — 18.2 million web page views
- Ozzy Osbourne — 17.8 million web page views
- Superman — 17 million web page views
- Pope Francis — 15.3 million web page views
- Severance — 13.9 million web page views
- United States — 13 million web page views
- Thunderbolts — 12.9 million web page views
- Weapons — 11.8 million web page views
- JD Vance — 11.6 million web page views
- Adolescence — 11.6 million web page views
- MrBeast — 11.5 million web page views
- Cristiano Ronaldo — 10.8 million web page views
- The Implausible 4: First Steps — 10.8 million web page views
This text initially appeared on our sister publication PC för Alla and was translated and localized from Swedish.
