A group of men celebrate with the World Cup trophy amidst a shower of confetti

Wikipedia’s most-popular articles of 2018 show that pop culture rules over us all

People visited Wikipedia over 190 billion times in 2018 alone, many motivated by the encyclopedia’s wealth of in-depth articles about topics you didn’t know enough about. But in looking at the English Wikipedia’s most-popular articles of 2018, it’s clear that one motivation reigned supreme. People wanted to keep up with the popular culture moments happening….

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Stephen Hawking leads Wikipedia’s most popular articles of March

A list of the ten most popular articles on the English Wikipedia in March 2018, with some notes on why they were popular.

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On Wikipedia, Black Panther won the Olympic gold

Black Panther was far and away the most-viewed article on Wikipedia last month.

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What’s your second screen? Film, television, and the British monarchy fill Wikipedia’s most-viewed articles of 2017

Or: "The enduring power of Anglophilia."

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