Wikipedia Top Search for 2023: Cricket, Bollywood, India Among Top 25 Most Popular Articles of the Year

New Delhi, December 6: The슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia, released its annual list of the most viewed articles on English Wikipedia in 2023, and for the first time since the foundation started publishing these year-end most popular lists in 2015, articles related to Indian topics were prominently featured in the list, with about seven appearing in the top 25.

Cricket is one of the most popular sports in the world, but no cricket article has ever been in the Foundation슬롯사이트™s year-end lists, until now. In 2023, cricket comprised a full 16 per cent of English Wikipedia's top 25 articles. The articles for the 슬롯사이트�2023 Cricket World Cup슬롯사이트� (number three), hosted this year in India, and 슬롯사이트˜Indian Premier League슬롯사이트� (number four) made their way into the list of the top five most viewed articles.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Wikipedia Wrapped: Here Are 2023슬롯사이트™s Most-Viewed Articles on the Internet슬롯사이트™s Encyclopedia.

These Wikipedia articles, along with the 슬롯사이트˜Cricket World Cup슬롯사이트� (number six) and 슬롯사이트�2023 Indian Premier League슬롯사이트� (number nine) articles collectively received over 116.8 million pageviews.

Interestingly, the '2023 Cricket World Cup' page received 304 per cent more interest this year compared to its previous edition, 슬롯사이트�2019 Cricket World Cup슬롯사이트�, including over 1.25 million views on the day of the tournament final. India's Virat Kohli was awarded 슬롯사이트˜Player of the Tournament슬롯사이트� in the 2023 World Cup, and he received more page views on English Wikipedia this year (over ten million) than all those recorded for the 2019 Cricket World Cup that year (a little under 9.5 million).

While Cricket and related articles feature prominently on the list, Bollywood isn슬롯사이트™t too far behind with two of this year슬롯사이트™s major blockbuster films finding their way into the top 25. 슬롯사이트˜Jawan슬롯사이트� and 슬롯사이트˜Pathaan슬롯사이트�, both starring Shah Rukh Khan feature in eighth and tenth place on the list respectively, collectively racking up more than 41.7 million page views. Around their release dates, both films peaked at over one million page views in a single day on English Wikipedia alone.

Hollywood슬롯사이트™s 슬롯사이트˜Oppenheimer슬롯사이트� (fifth) and the article on 슬롯사이트˜J. Robert Oppenheimer (seventh) are positioned higher on the list, whereas 슬롯사이트˜Barbie슬롯사이트� and 슬롯사이트˜Avatar: The Way of Water슬롯사이트� are featured at positions 13 and 20 respectively. The Wikipedia article for 슬롯사이트˜India슬롯사이트� is also featured in the 21st position, with almost 14 million page views.

The readership of Wikipedia articles is often driven by current affairs. This year saw a number of positive, global developments in India, including becoming the first country to land a spacecraft on the south pole of the moon through its Chandrayaan-3 mission, the winning of an Oscar for 슬롯사이트˜Best Original Song슬롯사이트� for 슬롯사이트˜Naatu Naatu슬롯사이트� - the first time an Indian film song has ever been recognised for these awards, India슬롯사이트™s G20 presidency, and the hosting of the 2023 Cricket World Cup.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Elon Musk Wikipedia: Online Encyclopedia Allegedly Labels Tesla Chief and X Owner As 'Far-Right Conspiracy Theorist' (See Pic).

슬롯사이트œWikipedia is a vital source of up슬롯사이트“to슬롯사이트“date and fact-checked information for people in India and around the world. Anyone who wants to learn more about a current event or gain knowledge on a topic can consult the free and collaborative online encyclopedia,슬롯사이트� said Anusha Alikhan, Chief Communications Officer at the Wikimedia Foundation.

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