Facebook article on Wikipedia has become the most viewed English article of the year, according to statistics from Wikimedia’s Toolserver. The next highest viewed page, Wiki, is a surprising one with 29.6 million views – it’s this page that explains how sites such as Wikipedia function – while the third place is taken by the list of deaths in 2012 (25.4 million views).
Here’s a look at the Top 10 most viewed articles on the English Wikipedia during 2012.
1. Facebook 32,647,942 Views
2. Wiki 29,613,759 Views
3. Deaths in 2012 25,418,587 Views
4. One Direction 22,351,637 Views
5. The Avengers (2012 film) 22,268,644 Views
6. Fifty Shades of Grey 21,779,423 Views
7. 2012 phenomenon 20,619,920 Views
8. The Dark Knight Rises 18,882,885 Views
9. Google 18,508,719 Views
10. The Hunger Games 18,431,626