Wikipedia's Year in Review: A Look at What We Read and Why
As the holiday season approaches, many popular apps and services are taking a cue from Spotify's Wrapped to provide users with personalized insights into their past year. This year, however, Wikipedia is breaking out its own version of this trend – but only for mobile app users.
If you're one of the 10% of Wikipedia users who download the app, now's the perfect time to do so. Once you've got it installed, you can dive into your own Wrapped-style review, complete with stats on how much time you spent reading articles, which topics you were most interested in, and even the number of articles you visited.
But that's not all – Wikipedia is also releasing platform-wide data, revealing some fascinating trends. This year, users spent a staggering 4.6 billion hours reading Wikipedia content, with English-language articles accounting for a whopping 2.4 billion of those hours. The site's volunteer editors worked tirelessly to make over 66 million edits in just one year.
The Wikimedia Foundation is also highlighting the most-read English-language articles of every month and the overall top article, which was Pope Leo XIV's biography – not only the most-read in May but also its fifth most-visited article of the year with 22 million page views.
Pop culture fans will be thrilled to see some beloved franchises making appearances on the list of most-read Wikipedia articles, including Marvel movies like The Fantastic Four: First Steps and Ryan Coogler's Sinners. However, it's not all fun and games – at the top spot is the article on serial killer Ed Gein, likely boosted by the Netflix series Monster: The Ed Gein Story.
Other notable mentions include Wikipedia's list of Deaths in 2025, which racked up an impressive 42 million page views, and Charlie Kirk's biographical article, which was the most-read Wikipedia page of the year with 44.9 million views. With all these numbers at your fingertips, it's clear that this year's been a wild ride for Wikipedia users – but only if you're one of the lucky ones who uses the mobile app!
As the holiday season approaches, many popular apps and services are taking a cue from Spotify's Wrapped to provide users with personalized insights into their past year. This year, however, Wikipedia is breaking out its own version of this trend – but only for mobile app users.
If you're one of the 10% of Wikipedia users who download the app, now's the perfect time to do so. Once you've got it installed, you can dive into your own Wrapped-style review, complete with stats on how much time you spent reading articles, which topics you were most interested in, and even the number of articles you visited.
But that's not all – Wikipedia is also releasing platform-wide data, revealing some fascinating trends. This year, users spent a staggering 4.6 billion hours reading Wikipedia content, with English-language articles accounting for a whopping 2.4 billion of those hours. The site's volunteer editors worked tirelessly to make over 66 million edits in just one year.
The Wikimedia Foundation is also highlighting the most-read English-language articles of every month and the overall top article, which was Pope Leo XIV's biography – not only the most-read in May but also its fifth most-visited article of the year with 22 million page views.
Pop culture fans will be thrilled to see some beloved franchises making appearances on the list of most-read Wikipedia articles, including Marvel movies like The Fantastic Four: First Steps and Ryan Coogler's Sinners. However, it's not all fun and games – at the top spot is the article on serial killer Ed Gein, likely boosted by the Netflix series Monster: The Ed Gein Story.
Other notable mentions include Wikipedia's list of Deaths in 2025, which racked up an impressive 42 million page views, and Charlie Kirk's biographical article, which was the most-read Wikipedia page of the year with 44.9 million views. With all these numbers at your fingertips, it's clear that this year's been a wild ride for Wikipedia users – but only if you're one of the lucky ones who uses the mobile app!
. 4.6 billion hours is insane! That's like watching TV non-stop for over a year 
. I wonder what kind of topics are most popular among kids these days? Are they still into dinosaurs and history or have their interests shifted to something else 
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. I've always been a fan of learning new things, but I never knew my kids were getting so much info from Wikipedia too 
. Maybe I should download their favorite app and check it out together 
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. Those people are the real MVPs! 
I mean, 4.6 billion hours spent reading Wikipedia content is insane! It's crazy to think about all those volunteer editors working behind the scenes to make it happen 
. But what I find really interesting is how pop culture plays a role in shaping these numbers - I mean, who would've thought The Fantastic Four: First Steps would be one of the most-read articles? 
And that Ed Gein article being at the top spot with the Netflix series boosting its views? It's like Wikipedia is mirroring our collective interests and conversations 
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! And to think, only 10% of users get access to the app - what about the rest of us? 
. Ed Gein's article at the top spot? Yeah, that makes sense with the Netflix series 
. But Charlie Kirk's biographical article getting 44.9 million views? That's some serious engagement 
... I mean, who knew people were still interested in that guy 
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