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I just published this piece that looks at the most-read English language Wikipedia page from every day of 2025.
I got the data using the Wikipedia API. And I visualized the monthly data using a bit of Python to colour the boxes and spit out an SVG, and then using Adobe Illustrator to clean things up.
For the full data, I tried a few different ways of visualizing it. In particular, I wanted to do something more condensed. But in the end, I think the list visualization ended up being the clearest and allowed me to include all the information on mobile.
Curious what you think!
Posted by ashendruk
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Solid effort, well done. It was an interesting read and an interesting year-review
Good fun! Thanks. Please post more here
The Hess Triangle trended because of one TIL post here on Reddit that spread around to other social media.
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1lnvuul/til_new_york_city_used_eminent_domain_to_tear/
Pretty neat, thanks for posting.
FYI, Wikipedia has weekly article called “Top 25 report” where they list their most viewed stuff and try to explain why.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Top_25_Report
By the way, if this is the kind of thing you like: I actually send out my posts in a weekly newsletter that uses data to better understand the messy world we live in. You can sign-up for free here:Â [https://www.not-ship.com/](https://www.not-ship.com/)
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crazy how the most read article is often people that just died and never someone that was just born – a major blindspot for humanity imo
You need to correct your post about Bollywood legend Dharmendra. On 11 November 2025, false rumours circulating on social media and some news channels claimed that he had passed away. These reports spread rapidly before being dismissed by his relatives who confirmed that he was alive and stable.
Sadly, Dharmendra did pass away later that same month which explains why his page was most read on 24 and 25 November.