Charlie Kirk’s Wikipedia page was the top English-language article on the site in 2025
The day after his assassination in September, Kirk’s page was viewed over 170 times per second, or almost 15 million times, according to figures from the Wikimedia Foundation.
Like with most other years, the top entries reflected the fact that millions flock to the platform to learn more about political figures, films, and fatalities.
Although there’s been much talk about the impact of AI-generated search summaries and chatbots on Wikipedia — not least from the platform itself — it’s still clearly a major go-to resource for anyone looking to learn a little about a lot online, especially if this week’s year-end figures are anything to go by.
This year’s top three articles on the English-language version of Wikipedia have amassed 118.6 million views between them — more than the 101.3 million tally clocked by the leaders from last year’s chart (Deaths in 2024, Kamala Harris, and the 2024 US presidential election).
Morbid curiosity seems to have this year’s users engrossed again, with the pages for deaths in 2024 and Ed Gein, the serial killer who was the subject of Netflix’s latest instalment in its true crime drama series “Monster,” tailing just behind Charlie Kirk’s page in terms of Wiki interest.
Other US political figures like President Donald Trump, former DOGE head Elon Musk, and NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani help round out the top ten, while some of the biggest TV and movies of the year also take their place on the top chart, from buzzy horrors such as “Weapons” and “Sinners” to Apple TV’s hit “Severance.”
Although there’s been much talk about the impact of AI-generated search summaries and chatbots on Wikipedia — not least from the platform itself — it’s still clearly a major go-to resource for anyone looking to learn a little about a lot online, especially if this week’s year-end figures are anything to go by.
This year’s top three articles on the English-language version of Wikipedia have amassed 118.6 million views between them — more than the 101.3 million tally clocked by the leaders from last year’s chart (Deaths in 2024, Kamala Harris, and the 2024 US presidential election).
Morbid curiosity seems to have this year’s users engrossed again, with the pages for deaths in 2024 and Ed Gein, the serial killer who was the subject of Netflix’s latest instalment in its true crime drama series “Monster,” tailing just behind Charlie Kirk’s page in terms of Wiki interest.
Other US political figures like President Donald Trump, former DOGE head Elon Musk, and NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani help round out the top ten, while some of the biggest TV and movies of the year also take their place on the top chart, from buzzy horrors such as “Weapons” and “Sinners” to Apple TV’s hit “Severance.”
