Wikipedia’s most-viewed articles in 2023 reflect the public’s new-found obsession with AI and an old one for dead celebrities

English Wikipedia raked in additional than 84 billion views this yr, in accordance with numbers released Tuesday by the Wikimedia Basis, the non-profit behind the free, publicly edited on-line encyclopedia. And the preferred article was about ChatGPT (sure, the AI chatbot that’s seemingly in every single place at this time).

Since its launch simply over a yr in the past, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has skyrocketed into the general public’s consciousness because the know-how makes its means into schools, health care, law and even religious sermons. The chatbot has additionally contributed to rising debates concerning the promise and potential risks of generative AI, a lot of which is documented on its Wikipedia web page.

The second most-read article on Wikipedia in 2023 was the annual record of deaths, which sees excessive visitors yr after yr — taking the #4 and #1 spots in 2022 and 2021, respectively. Particular person entries for notable figures who handed away additionally garnered vital curiosity this yr, together with pages for Matthew Perry and Lisa Marie Presley.

In the meantime, the highly anticipated 2023 Cricket World Cup took third place — alongside three different cricket-related entries in Wikipedia’s prime 25 articles this yr, together with the Indian Premier League at #4, marking the primary time cricket content material has made the record because the Wikimedia Basis began monitoring in 2015.

“Barbenheimer,” Taylor Swift and extra additionally appeared to sway our 2023 internet-reading habits. Listed here are this yr’s prime 25 articles on English Wikipedia.

1. ChatGPT: 49,490,406 pageviews

2. Deaths in 2023: 42,666,860 pageviews

3. 2023 Cricket World Cup: 38,171,653 pageviews

4. Indian Premier League: 32,012,810 pageviews

5. Oppenheimer (movie): 28,348,248 pageviews

6. Cricket World Cup: 25,961,417 pageviews

7. J. Robert Oppenheimer: 25,672,469 pageviews

8. Jawan (movie): 21,791,126 pageviews

9. 2023 Indian Premier League: 20,694,974 pageviews

10. Pathaan (movie): 19,932,509 pageviews

11. The Final of Us (TV sequence): 19,791,789 pageviews

12. Taylor Swift, 19,418,385: pageviews

13. Barbie (movie): 18,051,077 pageviews

14. Cristiano Ronaldo: 17,492,537 pageviews

15. Lionel Messi: 16,623,630 pageviews

16. Premier League: 16,604,669 pageviews

17. Matthew Perry: 16,454,666 pageviews

18. United States: 16,240,461 pageviews

19. Elon Musk: 14,370,395 pageviews

20. Avatar: The Means of Water: 14,303,116 pageviews

21. India: 13,850,178 pageviews

22. Lisa Marie Presley: 13,764,007 pageviews

23. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3: 13,392,917 pageviews

24. Russian invasion of Ukraine: 12,798,866 pageviews

25. Andrew Tate: 12,728,616 pageviews

In line with the Wikimedia Basis, this prime 25 record was created utilizing English Wikipedia information as of Nov. 28. Numbers for the total yr are set to be up to date by the nonprofit on Jan. 3, 2024.

The highest international locations that accessed English Wikipedia total thus far in 2023 are the USA (33.2 billion) and the UK (9 billion) — adopted by India (8.48 billion), Canada (3.95 billion) and Australia (2.56 billion), in accordance with Wikimedia Basis information shared with The Related Press.

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