Wikipedia has revealed its most-read pages for 2023 – and it includes a variety of topics and personalities people were curious about.
The English version of the online encyclopedia received more than 84 billion views, with technology, sports, films, current affairs, and celebrities featuring in this year’s top 25 articles.
OpenAI’s virtual chatbot ChatGPT – which has seen a surge in popularity this year and celebrated its first birthday last month – took the top spot with more than 49 million views.
The second most-read article was the annual list of deaths, which sees high traffic every year.
Individual entries for notable figures who died also garnered significant interest this year, including pages for Matthew Perry and Lisa Marie Presley.
Celebrities including pop star Taylor Swift (12th place with 19 million views) – who was announced as Time’s Person of the Year, tech entrepreneur and billionaire Elon Musk (19th place with more than 14 million views) and controversial influencer Andrew Tate (25th places with more than 12 million views) also made it into the list.
Singer Taylor Swift featured in the top 25…