The undisputed leader is Wikipedia's Main page, with over 46.8 billion views as of January 2022—more than the rest of the Top-100 list combined, including non-ranked pages. For comparison, " Baby Shark ", which leads YouTube for the most views on that site 15 has 14.7 billion views.

The 12 most popular Wikipedia pages fluctuate in category, with some expected winners. Throughout the years, World War II shows up consistently in the rankings, likely propelled by research for school assignments. The U.S. is another undisputed, most-viewed page for nine years in a row (2011-2019).

Here are the top 5 most read pages on Wikipedia in 2021. Like most year, this year too, Wikipedia’s topmost visited page is titled ‘Deaths in 2021’ and has been viewed approximately 43 million times. As the name suggests, the page contains a list of all significant deaths that happened in 2021.