On the Wikimedia tool server, there exists a tool called WikiCharts which provides a list of the top viewed (not edited) Wikipedia articles. I took the top 100 articles from the main namespace of the en Wikipedia, and arbitrarily divided them into several categories, as shown below.
Special/normal pages
edit2 570 400 ± 2% | 3.8551% | 1. Main Page |
70 200 ± 9% | 0.1053% | 2. Wiki |
51 000 ± 11% | 0.0765% | 4. Wikipedia |
19 800 ± 17% | 0.0297% | 26. Deaths in 2007 |
19 200 ± 18% | 0.0288% | 27. Lunar eclipse |
18 000 ± 18% | 0.0270% | 33. Global warming |
16 200 ± 19% | 0.0243% | 38. Japan |
15 600 ± 20% | 0.0234% | 40. Internet Movie Database |
15 600 ± 20% | 0.0234% | 41. Canada |
15 000 ± 20% | 0.0225% | 48. Daylight saving time |
14 400 ± 20% | 0.0216% | 49. New York City |
13 800 ± 21% | 0.0207% | 57. Buddhism |
13 800 ± 21% | 0.0207% | 59. Europe |
13 200 ± 21% | 0.0198% | 65. France |
12 600 ± 22% | 0.0189% | 74. London |
12 600 ± 22% | 0.0189% | 76. India |
12 000 ± 22% | 0.0180% | 81. Cocaine |
12 000 ± 22% | 0.0180% | 85. Italy |
12 000 ± 22% | 0.0180% | 87. Saint Patrick's Day |
11 400 ± 23% | 0.0171% | 91. List of dog breeds |
11 400 ± 23% | 0.0171% | 92. England |
11 400 ± 23% | 0.0171% | 97. Scotland |
Politics/History
edit34 800 ± 13% | 0.0522% | 8. United States |
33 000 ± 13% | 0.0495% | 9. World War II |
27 000 ± 15% | 0.0405% | 12. World War I |
19 200 ± 18% | 0.0288% | 28. Adolf Hitler |
17 400 ± 19% | 0.0261% | 34. George W. Bush |
16 800 ± 19% | 0.0252% | 35. Ann Coulter |
15 000 ± 20% | 0.0225% | 47. American Civil War |
14 400 ± 20% | 0.0216% | 50. Marie Antoinette |
13 800 ± 21% | 0.0207% | 51. The Holocaust |
13 800 ± 21% | 0.0207% | 60. September 11, 2001 attacks |
13 800 ± 21% | 0.0207% | 61. Abraham Lincoln |
12 600 ± 22% | 0.0189% | 71. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
12 600 ± 22% | 0.0189% | 73. Vietnam War |
11 400 ± 23% | 0.0171% | 96. Barack Obama |
11 400 ± 23% | 0.0171% | 98. Michael Jordan |
Sex pages
edit27 600 ± 15% | 0.0414% | 11. Sex |
23 400 ± 16% | 0.0351% | 15. Oral sex |
23 400 ± 16% | 0.0351% | 17. Pornography |
23 400 ± 16% | 0.0351% | 18. Sexual intercourse |
21 600 ± 17% | 0.0324% | 20. List of sex positions |
21 600 ± 17% | 0.0324% | 21. Masturbation |
21 000 ± 17% | 0.0315% | 22. Vagina |
15 600 ± 20% | 0.0234% | 44. Penis |
13 200 ± 21% | 0.0198% | 62. Anal sex |
12 600 ± 22% | 0.0189% | 68. List of male performers in gay porn films |
12 000 ± 22% | 0.0180% | 90. Breast |
11 400 ± 23% | 0.0171% | 94. Human penis size |
Misc TV series
edit35 400 ± 13% | 0.0531% | 7. Heroes (U.S. TV series) |
30 000 ± 14% | 0.0450% | 10. List of Pokémon |
25 200 ± 15% | 0.0378% | 13. Lost (TV series) |
23 400 ± 16% | 0.0351% | 16. American Idol (season 6) |
22 200 ± 16% | 0.0333% | 19. American Idol |
19 800 ± 17% | 0.0297% | 25. Pokémon |
16 800 ± 19% | 0.0252% | 36. Family Guy |
15 000 ± 20% | 0.0225% | 46. Scrubs (TV series) |
13 800 ± 21% | 0.0207% | 53. List of South Park episodes |
13 200 ± 21% | 0.0198% | 64. The Simpsons |
12 600 ± 22% | 0.0189% | 75. World Wrestling Entertainment roster |
12 600 ± 22% | 0.0189% | 77. South Park |
12 000 ± 22% | 0.0180% | 80. World Wrestling Entertainment |
12 000 ± 22% | 0.0180% | 86. Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
12 000 ± 22% | 0.0180% | 88. Characters in Bleach |
12 000 ± 22% | 0.0180% | 89. List of Family Guy episodes |
Naruto pages
edit37 800 ± 13% | 0.0567% | 6. Naruto |
18 600 ± 18% | 0.0279% | 32. Plot of Naruto: Shippu-den |
16 200 ± 19% | 0.0243% | 37. List of Naruto episodes |
16 200 ± 19% | 0.0243% | 39. Akatsuki (Naruto) |
15 600 ± 20% | 0.0234% | 42. List of characters in Naruto |
13 800 ± 21% | 0.0207% | 56. List of ninjutsu in Naruto (H-R) |
13 200 ± 21% | 0.0198% | 63. List of ninjutsu in Naruto (A-G) |
12 600 ± 22% | 0.0189% | 69. Land of Fire |
12 000 ± 22% | 0.0180% | 79. Naruto Uzumaki |
11 400 ± 23% | 0.0171% | 95. Sasuke Uchiha |
Popular film/book related pages
edit63 000 ± 10% | 0.0945% | 3. Battle of Thermopylae |
39 000 ± 12% | 0.0585% | 5. 300 (film) |
25 200 ± 15% | 0.0378% | 14. Zodiac Killer |
20 400 ± 17% | 0.0306% | 23. Captain America |
20 400 ± 17% | 0.0306% | 24. Sparta |
15 000 ± 20% | 0.0225% | 45. The Departed |
13 800 ± 21% | 0.0207% | 58. Zodiac |
13 200 ± 21% | 0.0198% | 66. 300 (comic book) |
12 600 ± 22% | 0.0189% | 70. Borat |
12 600 ± 22% | 0.0189% | 72. List of Marvel Comics characters |
12 000 ± 22% | 0.0180% | 82. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
12 000 ± 22% | 0.0180% | 83. Harry Potter |
12 000 ± 22% | 0.0180% | 84. Batman |
News/recent events/popular culture pages
edit18 600 ± 18% | 0.0279% | 29. Anna Nicole Smith |
18 600 ± 18% | 0.0279% | 30. Tupac Shakur |
18 600 ± 18% | 0.0279% | 31. MySpace |
15 600 ± 20% | 0.0234% | 43. Ungdomshuset |
13 800 ± 21% | 0.0207% | 52. Wii |
13 800 ± 21% | 0.0207% | 54. The Beatles |
13 800 ± 21% | 0.0207% | 55. Halo 3 |
13 200 ± 21% | 0.0198% | 67. Windows Vista |
12 600 ± 22% | 0.0189% | 78. Avril Lavigne |
11 400 ± 23% | 0.0171% | 93. PlayStation 3 |
11 400 ± 23% | 0.0171% | 99. The Pussycat Dolls |
11 400 ± 23% | 0.0171% | 100. Metallica |