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The English Wikipedia project maintains server records of pageview (traffic) statistics. This page tallies the 25 most-viewed article pages on Wikipedia, by month, while removing the superfluous pages that users end up viewing as a result of landing on an unintended page (such as "wiki", "Wikipedia", "search", etc.).

October 2011

In October 2011, the Wikipedia main page received 123.9 million page views, halting a three-month decline. The "404 error" page received 7.2 million views. The page for "wiki" received 3 million views. "Search" had almost 1.3 million views. The remaining top 25 intentional content pages were:

Steve Jobs, 13,430,655
Breast cancer, 5,265,649
Facebook, 4,016,823
Halloween, 3,595,582
Muammar Gaddafi, 3,348,226
Murder of Meredith Kercher, 2,594,583
The Aristocrats (joke), 2,295,197
Deaths in 2011, 2,175,709
Occupy Wall Street, 1,972,552
Mary Blair, 1,898,912
Art Clokey, 1,846,023
Sex, 1,782,038
Google, 1,577,028
Steve Wozniak, 1,571,456
YouTube, 1,524,294
The Walking Dead (TV series), 1,522,507
Paranormal Activity 3, 1,479,346
The Big Bang Theory, 1,444,124
Terra Nova (TV series), 1,443,904
Dan Wheldon, 1,404,613
Diwali, 1,370,681
Ra.One, 1,340,113
United States, 1,306,374
Kim Kardashian, 1,297,579
Cuisinart, 1,281,742

September 2011

Wikipedia's flagging traffic

In September 2011, the Wikipedia main page received only 112.7 million page views, down 13.6% from the previous month. The "404 error" page received 6.3 million views. The page for "wiki" received 2.6 million views. "Search" had almost 2 million views. The remaining top 25 intentional content pages were:

Mathematical descriptions of opacity, 5,125,722
Albert Szent-Györgyi, 4,347,697
Facebook, 3,881,469
September 11 attacks, 3,075,259
Network address translation, 3,073,272
Troy Davis case, 2,930,632
Freddie Mercury, 2,549,766
Google, 1,878,888
Deaths in 2011, 1,764,941
Malapascua, 1,567,202
World Trade Center, 1,244,432
Adele (singer), 1,216,504
YouTube, 1,200,020
The Big Bang Theory, 1,181,374
How I Met Your Mother, 1,170,501
Two and a Half Men, 1,132,859
United States, 1,106,147
Bodyguard (2011 film), 1,058,269
Sex, 1,047,777
Glee (TV series), 1,015,174
Wikipedia, 1,008,526
Jim Henson, 991,296
Lil Wayne, 965,608
Andy Whitfield, 937,014
Eminem, 923,325

August 2011

In August 2011, the Wikipedia main page received 130.5 million page views. The "404 error" page received 8.5 million views. The page for "wiki" received just under 3 million views. "Search" had almost 2.6 million views. The remaining top 25 intentional content pages were:

Facebook, 4,390,763
Pierre de Fermat, 2,598,684
Jorge Luis Borges, 2,455,435
Steve Jobs, 2,378,676
Deaths in 2011, 2,076,487
Google, 1,893,425
Malapascua, 1,858,884
Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 1,846,619
Jersey Shore (TV series), 1,733,826
Kim Kardashian, 1,565,668
Lucille Ball, 1,275,989
YouTube, 1,274,733
Anna Hazare, 1,257,525
Watch the Throne, 1,223,782
United States, 1,217,676
Adele (singer), 1,210,761
Lil Wayne, 1,151,992
Nicki Minaj, 1,126,004
Eminem, 1,125,602
Selena Gomez, 1,118,942
Justin Bieber, 1,108,816
Tha Carter IV, 1,094,458
Lady Gaga, 1,084,283
Amy Winehouse, 1,069,606
Wikipedia, 1,061,782

July 2011

In July 2011, the Wikipedia main page received 138.3 million page views. The "404 error" page received 10 million views. The page for "wiki" received just under 3 million views. "Search" had 2.3 million views. The remaining top 25 intentional content pages were:

Amy Winehouse, 9,599,578
Death of Caylee Anthony, 4,078,411
Facebook, 3,380,356
27 Club, 3,280,642
Transformers: Dark of the Moon, 3,059,512
Harry Potter, 2,769,692
Harry Potter (film series), 2,500,975
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, 2,356,086
Gregor Mendel, 2,238,089
Deaths in 2011, 2,236,539
Google, 2,073,311
Rupert Murdoch, 2,036,557
Lying down game, 1,775,318
Hope Solo, 1,609,985
Copa América, 1,607,765
Anders Behring Breivik, 1,495,194
Mila Kunis, 1,449,436
Captain America: The First Avenger, 1,387,705
Alexander Calder, 1,366,677
Saint Basil's Cathedral, 1,366,243
The Dark Knight Rises, 1,350,115
Selena Gomez, 1,324,483
Emma Watson, 1,286,780
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, 1,285,784
United States, 1,218,849

June 2011

In June 2011, the Wikipedia main page received 152.5 million page views. The "404 error" page received over 11 million views. The page for "wiki" received just under 3 million views. "Search" had 1.9 million views. The remaining top 25 intentional content pages were:

Ryan Dunn, 5,902,497
Facebook, 3,419,865
Les Paul, 3,331,073
List of HTTP status codes, 2,911,523
Transformers: Dark of the Moon, 2,281,717
Deaths in 2011, 2,263,009
June 2011 lunar eclipse, 2,178,463
X-Men: First Class, 2,170,446
Google, 1,983,204
Game of Thrones, 1,914,799
Super 8 (film), 1,857,582
Father's Day, 1,802,539
Anthony Weiner, 1,432,787
Lady Gaga, 1,411,758
Green Lantern (film), 1,387,913
United States, 1,365,290
Selena Gomez, 1,332,302
Justin Bieber, 1,239,623
Eminem, 1,202,599
X-Men (film series), 1,188,930
Green Lantern, 1,183,596
Lunar eclipse, 1,177,588
A Game of Thrones, 1,161,390
Dirk Nowitzki, 1,150,870
Huma Abedin, 1,134,874

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 The English Wikipedia project maintains [http://dammit.lt/wikistats/ server records of pageview (traffic) statistics].  This page tallies the 25 most-viewed article pages on Wikipedia, by month, while removing the superfluous pages that users end up viewing as a result of landing on an unintended page (such as "wiki", "Wikipedia", "search", etc.).
+==October 2011==
+In October 2011, the Wikipedia main page received 123.9 million page views, halting a three-month decline.  The "404 error" page received 7.2 million views.  The page for "wiki" received 3 million views.  "Search" had almost 1.3 million views.  The remaining top 25 intentional content pages were:
+#Steve Jobs, 13,430,655
+#Breast cancer, 5,265,649
+#Facebook, 4,016,823
+#Halloween, 3,595,582
+#Muammar Gaddafi, 3,348,226
+#Murder of Meredith Kercher, 2,594,583
+#The Aristocrats (joke), 2,295,197
+#Deaths in 2011, 2,175,709
+#Occupy Wall Street, 1,972,552
+#Mary Blair, 1,898,912
+#Art Clokey, 1,846,023
+#Sex, 1,782,038
+#Google, 1,577,028
+#Steve Wozniak, 1,571,456
+#YouTube, 1,524,294
+#The Walking Dead (TV series), 1,522,507
+#Paranormal Activity 3, 1,479,346
+#The Big Bang Theory, 1,444,124
+#Terra Nova (TV series), 1,443,904
+#Dan Wheldon, 1,404,613
+#Diwali, 1,370,681
+#Ra.One, 1,340,113
+#United States, 1,306,374
+#Kim Kardashian, 1,297,579
+#Cuisinart, 1,281,742
+==September 2011==
+[[Image:Main_Page_in_decline.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Wikipedia's flagging traffic]]In September 2011, the Wikipedia main page received only 112.7 million page views, down 13.6% from the previous month.  The "404 error" page received 6.3 million views.  The page for "wiki" received 2.6 million views.  "Search" had almost 2 million views.  The remaining top 25 intentional content pages were:
+#Mathematical descriptions of opacity, 5,125,722
+#Albert Szent-Györgyi, 4,347,697
+#Facebook, 3,881,469
+#September 11 attacks, 3,075,259
+#Network address translation, 3,073,272
+#Troy Davis case, 2,930,632
+#Freddie Mercury, 2,549,766
+#Google, 1,878,888
+#Deaths in 2011, 1,764,941
+#Malapascua, 1,567,202
+#World Trade Center, 1,244,432
+#Adele (singer), 1,216,504
+#YouTube, 1,200,020
+#The Big Bang Theory, 1,181,374
+#How I Met Your Mother, 1,170,501
+#Two and a Half Men, 1,132,859
+#United States, 1,106,147
+#Bodyguard (2011 film), 1,058,269
+#Sex, 1,047,777
+#Glee (TV series), 1,015,174
+#Wikipedia, 1,008,526
+#Jim Henson, 991,296
+#Lil Wayne, 965,608
+#Andy Whitfield, 937,014
+#Eminem, 923,325
 ==August 2011==
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 #Watch the Throne, 1,223,782
 #United States, 1,217,676
+#Adele (singer), 1,210,761
-.
+#Lil Wayne, 1,151,992
-Adele_(singer)
+#Nicki Minaj, 1,126,004
-,210,761
+#Eminem, 1,125,602
+#Selena Gomez, 1,118,942
-.
+#Justin Bieber, 1,108,816
-Lil_Wayne
+#Tha Carter IV, 1,094,458
-,151,992
+#Lady Gaga, 1,084,283
+#Amy Winehouse, 1,069,606
-.
+#Wikipedia, 1,061,782
-Nicki_Minaj
-,126,004
-.
-Eminem
-,125,602
-.
-Selena_Gomez
-,118,942
-.
-Justin_Bieber
-,108,816
-.
-Tha_Carter_IV
-,094,458
-.
-Lady_Gaga
-,084,283
-.
-Amy_Winehouse
-,069,606
-.
-Wikipedia
-,061,782
-.
-The_Glee_Project
-,043,596
-.
-Emma_Stone
-,022,572
-.
-Mila_Kunis
-,949
-.
-Sex
-,557
-.
-Harry_Potter
-,806
-.
-Steve_Wozniak
-,072
-.
-Jan_Lokpal_Bill
-,433
-.
-Muammar_Gaddafi
-,311
-.
-Kris_Humphries
-,316
-.
-Glee_(TV_series)
-,944
-.
-Art_Bears
-,969
-.
-Game_of_Thrones
-,246
-.
-Planet_of_the_Apes_(1968_film)
-,852
-.
-Rick_Perry
-,763
-.
-How_I_Met_Your_Mother
-,170
-.
-Captain_America:_The_First_Avenger
-,683
-.
-Philadelphia_Eagles
-,716
-.
-The_Avengers_(2012_film)
-,795
-.
-_in_film
-,753
-.
-True_Blood
-,633
-.
-UFC_134
-,028
-.
-Ramadan
-,887
-.
-Harry_Potter_(film_series)
-,956
-.
-The_Dark_Knight_Rises
-,867
-.
-BeyoncÃ©_Knowles
-,730
-.
-India
-,637
-.
-Manche
-,338
-.
-Final_Destination_5
-,141
-.
-Canada
-,806
-.
-Jack_Layton
-,898
-.
-United_Kingdom
-,678
-.
-Mark_Zuckerberg
-,913
-.
-Katy_Perry
-,636
-.
-_England_riots
-,653
-.
-West_Memphis_Three
-,078
-.
-Hurricane_Irene_(2011)
-,714
-.
-Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows_â€“_Part_2
-,488
-.
-Drake_(entertainer)
-,171
-.
-Jay-Z
-,118
-.
-Arsenal_F.C.
-,222
-.
-Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers
-,522
-.
-UFC_133
-,343
-.
-Entourage_(TV_series)
-,254
-.
-The_Big_Bang_Theory
-,292
-.
-Pretty_Little_Liars_(TV_series)
-,741
-.
-Anonymous_(group)
-,191
-.
-Two_and_a_Half_Men
-,966
-.
-Android_(operating_system)
-,508
-.
-_Libyan_civil_war
-,181
-.
-Transformers:_Dark_of_the_Moon
-,226
-.
-Rihanna
-,906
-.
-Hurricane_Katrina
-,370
-.
-Planking_(fad)
-,083
-.
-Australia
-,406
-.
-Anne_Hathaway_(actress)
-,241
-.
-Jackie_Chan
-,625
-.
-Human_penis_size
-,623
-.
-Internet_Movie_Database
-,705
-.
-Genie_(feral_child)
-,685
-.
-Barack_Obama
-,311
-.
-Deus_Ex:_Human_Revolution
-,215
-.
-The_Inbetweeners
-,010
-.
-Planet_of_the_Apes_(2001_film)
-,538
-.
-Cowboys_&_Aliens_(film)
-,617
-.
-Demi_Lovato
-,824
-.
-Michele_Bachmann
-,169
-.
-Michael_Jackson
-,073
-.
-Dexter_(TV_series)
-,012
-.
-Apollo_18
-,649
-.
-Adolf_Hitler
-,057
-.
-List_of_Top_Gear_episodes
-,151
-.
-Manchester_United_F.C.
-,596
-.
-Kanye_West
-,312
-.
-Youtube
-,238
-.
-Illuminati
-,648
-.
-_London_riots
-,916
-.
-Libya
-,164
-.
-Olivia_Wilde
-,679
-.
-Tyler,_The_Creator
-,005
-.
-Mad_Men
-,076
 ==July 2011==