{"id":21045,"date":"2025-12-02T12:37:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T11:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/charlie-kirk-tops-wikipedias-list-of-most-read-articles-in-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T12:37:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T11:37:21","slug":"charlie-kirk-tops-wikipedias-list-of-most-read-articles-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/charlie-kirk-tops-wikipedias-list-of-most-read-articles-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Kirk tops Wikipedia\u2019s list of most-read articles in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zohran Mamdani, Ozzy Osbourne and Sinners also feature in encyclopedia\u2019s top 20 most-read English-language pages<\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia\u2019s article on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charlie_Kirk\">Charlie Kirk<\/a> was the most read on the online encyclopedia this year, as users sought out information on the conservative activist.<\/p>\n<p>People viewed the entry on Kirk nearly 45m times, many after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/sep\/10\/charlie-kirk-shot-utah\">he was shot<\/a> at a university campus debate on 10 September.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Kirk, 44.9m page views<\/p>\n<p>Deaths in 2025, 42.5m<\/p>\n<p>Ed Gein, 31.2m<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump, 25.1m<\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV, 22.1m<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk, 20.2m<\/p>\n<p>Zohran Mamdani, 20.1m<\/p>\n<p>Sinners (2025 film), 18.2m<\/p>\n<p>Ozzy Osbourne, 17.8m<\/p>\n<p>Superman (2025 film), 17m<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis, 15.3m<\/p>\n<p>Severance (TV series), 13.9m<\/p>\n<p>United States, 13m<\/p>\n<p>Thunderbolts*, 12.9m<\/p>\n<p>Weapons (2025 film), 11.8m<\/p>\n<p>JD Vance, 11.6m<\/p>\n<p>Adolescence (TV series), 11.6m<\/p>\n<p>MrBeast, 11.5m<\/p>\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo, 10.8m<\/p>\n<p>The Fantastic Four: First Steps, 10.8m<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/dec\/02\/charlie-kirk-wikipedia-list-most-read-articles-in-2025\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/115f67171c0f781da0993482374a3d2f8c72befa\/217_0_2500_2000\/master\/2500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=02bf73993bd2bf5b0edef91cc58d25c0\" title=\"Charlie Kirk tops Wikipedia\u2019s list of most-read articles in 2025\" \/>Zohran Mamdani, Ozzy Osbourne and Sinners also feature in encyclopedia\u2019s top 20 most-read English-language pages<br \/>\nWikipedia\u2019s article on Charlie Kirk was the most read on the online encyclopedia this year, as users sought out information on the conservative activist.<br \/>\nPeople viewed the entry on Kirk nearly 45m times, many after he was shot at a university campus debate on 10 September.<br \/>\nCharlie Kirk, 44.9m page views<br \/>\nDeaths in 2025, 42.5m<br \/>\nEd Gein, 31.2m<br \/>\nDonald Trump, 25.1m<br \/>\nPope Leo XIV, 22.1m<br \/>\nElon Musk, 20.2m<br \/>\nZohran Mamdani, 20.1m<br \/>\nSinners (2025 film), 18.2m<br \/>\nOzzy Osbourne, 17.8m<br \/>\nSuperman (2025 film), 17m<br \/>\nPope Francis, 15.3m<br \/>\nSeverance (TV series), 13.9m<br \/>\nUnited States, 13m<br \/>\nThunderbolts*, 12.9m<br \/>\nWeapons (2025 film), 11.8m<br \/>\nJD Vance, 11.6m<br \/>\nAdolescence (TV series), 11.6m<br \/>\nMrBeast, 11.5m<br \/>\nCristiano Ronaldo, 10.8m<br \/>\nThe Fantastic Four: First Steps, 10.8m Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zohran Mamdani, Ozzy Osbourne and Sinners also feature in encyclopedia\u2019s top 20 most-read English-language pages Wikipedia\u2019s article on Charlie Kirk was the most read on the online encyclopedia this year, as users sought out information on the conservative activist. People viewed the entry on Kirk nearly 45m times, many after he was shot at a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/charlie-kirk-tops-wikipedias-list-of-most-read-articles-in-2025\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Charlie Kirk tops Wikipedia\u2019s list of most-read articles in 2025<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21045"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}