What used to be the Brockhaus Encyclopedia is now Wikipedia. But which articles were viewed by a particularly large number of people in 2023? (Warner Bros. Pictures, Universal Pictures; ArtemSam/Adobe Stock)
When Spotify looks back at your musical tastes at the end of the year as part of “Spotify Wrapped,” then it’s familiar. What is new is that the online encyclopedia Wikipedia now offers something similar.
Because Wikipedia now has its most popular articles of 2023 with one Blog-Posting announced.
The blockbuster films “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie” are included, but somehow with their roles reversed, as you will find out in this article.
Important NOTE: This ranking refers to the English language version of Wikipedia. The listing is current as of November 28, 2023. A final version of the list is scheduled to be published on January 3, 2023.
Which articles were most clicked on Wikipedia in 2023?
Sea Wikimedia Foundation The English-language Wikipedia was accessed over 84 billion times this year alone. Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization behind Wikipedia.
Without delaying you any further: These are the top 5 most clicked articles of 2023:
Platz 1: ChatGPT, 49,490,406 page views
Platz 2: Deaths in 2023, 42,666,860
Platz 3: 2023 Cricket World Cup, 38.171.653
Platz 4: Indian Premier League, 32.012.810
Platz 5: Oppenheimer (Film), 28.348.248
About ChatGPT and Oppenheimer: In the first half of the year, Wikipedia on ChatGPT received between 100,000 and 400,000 page views, almost daily. Across all languages supported by Wikipedia – which includes Europe Wikipedia – there were over 78 million page views of ChatGPT articles on Wikipedia.
The GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) language model has repeatedly made headlines in the past. It raised both fears and hopes. Even world-famous authors such as Stephen King took a stand on the technical development.
If you want to know what ChatGPT is and how it works, we recommend this article:
By the way, the second place occupied by “Deaths” is not surprising, because – as the Wikimedia Foundation writes – these are “an always popular article on Wikipedia”.
Where are Oppenheimer, Barbie and other films on Wikipedia’s best list?
Various films and series are among the first places in the page views ranking. Right at the forefront are the two films that shaped this cinema summer with “Barbenheimer”.
Platz 5: Oppenheimer (film), 28,348,248 page views
Platz 7: J. Robert Oppenheimer, 25.672.469
Platz 11:
Platz 13: Barbie (Film), 18.051.077
Platz 20: Avatar: The Way of Water, 14.303.116
Platz 23: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, 13.392.917
What does this say about Oppenheimer and Barbie? Fifth place goes to the Christopher Nolan film “Oppenheimer”. A little behind is the historical person and the protagonist of the film, »J. Robert Oppenheimer”, seventh place.
The pink counterpart to the film about the invention of the atomic bomb marks “Barbie” in 13th place.
The fictional Oppenheimer may have beaten Barbie in the Wikipedia ranking, but the popular children’s toy had more than double the financial success at the box office.
How Daily Mail writes, Barbie has earned a total of 1.44 billion US dollars (approximately 1.34 billion dollars). Oppenheimer was able to bring in 951 million US dollars (around 883 million dollars). Still a phenomenal box office result, but less than the pink-robed lady.
Which entertainment successes are still on the wiki list?
If you would like to find out more about why the video game adaptation is not only a recommendation for fans of developer Naughty Dog’s gaming template, read the analysis by our editor Jan Stahnke.
And if the third part of »Guardians of the Galaxy« Appearing at number 23 in the Wikipedia ranking, this is hardly surprising. The Marvel film, which opened in our cinemas in May 2023, was one of the most successful films of the year with worldwide revenue of 845 million US dollars.
Also the place occupied by the James Cameron film »Avatar: The Way of Water« is obvious, as the sequel grossed $1.36 billion worldwide. By the way, the film was released in cinemas around a year ago, in December 2022.
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Was this listing from Wikipedia surprising to you? Did you celebrate a reunion with some of your favorite media brands with the ranking, or did the most frequently clicked articles not correspond to your own surfing behavior? And anyway: were you able to relate to Oppenheimer, Barbie, Avatar and Guardians of the Galaxy in the cinema? Feel free to write to us in the comments.
