ChatGPT tops Wikipedia’s most-viewed articles of 2023 list
The page on ChatGPT, the free-to-use AI model-based chatbot, was the most-viewed English article on Wikipedia in 2023, according to numbers released Tuesday by the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts the free encyclopedia.
Wikimedia Foundation said English Wikipedia pages attracted more than 84 billion total page views in 2023, and ChatGPT topped its annual top 25 chart with a total of 49.5 million page views.
The chatbot, created by Sam Altman’s OpenAI, soared in popularity this year, as much of the public got its first chance to use artificial intelligence hands-on. The AI system debuted just more than a year ago, Nov. 30, 2022, and surpassed 100 million users, the nonprofit said.
Following ChatGPT, “Deaths in 2023” was the second most-popular page with 42.7 million views; “2023 Cricket World Cup” came in third place with 38.2 million views; “Indian Premier League” placed fourth with 32 million views; and “Oppenheimer (film)” rounded out the top five with 28.3 million views.
The rest of the list includes articles on sports, film/television, celebrities and some current events.
In 2022, “Jeffrey Dahmer” topped the most-viewed list with 54.9 million page views. In 2021, “Deaths in 2021” placed first with 44.5 million views. In 2020, “COVID-19 pandemic” topped the list with a whopping 83.8 million views.
Here is the full top 25 most-popular list for English Wikipedia articles in 2023:
ChatGPT, 49,490,406 page views
Deaths in 2023, 42,666,860
2023 Cricket World Cup, 38,171,653
Indian Premier League, 32,012,810
Oppenheimer (film), 28,348,248
Cricket World Cup, 25,961,417
J. Robert Oppenheimer, 25,672,469
Jawan (film), 21,791,126
2023 Indian Premier League, 20,694,974
Pathaan (film), 19,932,509
The Last of Us (TV series), 19,791,789
Taylor Swift, 19,418,385
Barbie (film), 18,051,077
Cristiano Ronaldo, 17,492,537
Lionel Messi, 16,623,630
Premier League, 16,604,669
Matthew Perry, 16,454,666
United States, 16,240,461
Elon Musk, 14,370,395
Avatar: The Way of Water, 14,303,116
India, 13,850,178
Lisa Marie Presley, 13,764,007
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, 13,392,917
Russian invasion of Ukraine, 12,798,866
Andrew Tate, 12,728,616
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