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Wikipedia's 10 Most-Visited Pages In 2012 - TechAmok
Wikipedia's 10 Most-Visited Pages In 2012 - [internet] 07:43 AM EST - Dec,28 2012 - post a comment Here's a list of the 10 most-visited Wikipedia pages in 2012. The data comes via Johan Gunnarsson, a Swedish computer science student at the Lund Institute of Technology in Lund Sweden.
1) Facebook-32,647,942 views
Why Facebook? We can only imagine the social network's top spot comes
thanks to the bumbling of Internet novices who, in their attempts to
reach the massively popular site, type "Facebook" directly into the
address bar (sans ".com"). Either that, or the world is very curious to
learn what exactly a "Facebook" is.
2) Wiki-29,613,759
As above, this is probably thanks to a truncated Web address typed into
Google-or to put it another way, 30 million people forgot to add the
"pedia" to their "wiki."
3) Deaths in 2012-25,418,587
An end-of-year list to satisfy the morbid curiosity in all of us.
4) One Direction-22,351,637
The English boy band rules the charts-and the English-language
Wikipedia, apparently. Perhaps the group's Wikipedia page is so popular
thanks to confused parents, taking to Google to educate themselves
about their tweens' latest obsession.
5) The Avengers (2012 film)-22,268,644
The Avengers, crushed its competition at the box office this year,
grossing well over $620 million. Now the film's producers can add
another accomplishment to their list: "No. 5 on Wikipedia."
6) Fifty Shades of Grey-21,779,423
The Wikipedia about the mommy porn phenomenon features writing that is
far superior to the book. In fact, save your sanity and forget
about the book entirely. Just read the plot summary here.
7) 2012 phenomenon-20,619,920
The world didn't end in 2012, but you can go ahead and feel despair for
the future of humanity. One of the most absurd cultural phenomenons
ever was the seventh most-popular article on the eight most popular
website in the world.
8) The Dark Knight Rises-18,882,885
Christopher Nolan's epic conclusion to the Dark Knight series came in
second this year at the box office, grossing nearly half a billion
dollars. It's the second most-popular movie on Wikipedia, too.
9) Google-18,508,719
What happens when you google Google? Wikipedia, apparently.
10) The Hunger Games-18,431,626
The Hunger Games closes out the trifecta of big-name Hollywood movies
that dominated on Wikipedia this year. Though this page is actually for
the book series-and not the film-we can only imagine that the page's
popularity has something to do with the film's nearly $410 million box
office gross.
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