Most-read Wikipedia articles, October 2026
Quick answer: Christa Pike was the most-read English Wikipedia article in October 2026, with 10.3 million views — 41.7% of them on a single day, 1 October.
A snapshot of what the English-speaking internet actually read on Wikipedia in October 2026, the last complete month. Every number below comes from the Wikimedia Pageviews API — no estimates, no editorial picks.
At a glance
- #1: Christa Pike — 10,328,998 views in October 2026.
- Top 25 combined: 79,531,131 views.
- Most-read person: Christa Pike (also #1 overall). Most-read film or TV title: Jailer 2 (4,253,191 views).
- 32 of October's top 60 articles were outside September's top 200.
- Biggest single-day spike: Christa Pike, 4,309,025 views on 1 October — 41.7% of her month.
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Counts are English Wikipedia pageviews, all access types, from the Wikimedia Pageviews API. Data lags by about a day.
The top 25
| # | Article | Views in October |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Christa Pike | 10,328,998 |
| 5 | Patrick Stewart | 4,793,769 |
| 6 | RJ Mitte | 4,741,371 |
| 7 | .xxx | 4,326,471 |
| 8 | Jailer 2 | 4,253,191 |
| 9 | Deaths in 2026 | 4,220,607 |
| 10 | Katie Zacharia | 4,008,472 |
| 11 | Elizabeth Holmes | 3,545,747 |
| 12 | You Can See Everything | 2,946,712 |
| 13 | Nidal Hasan | 2,633,720 |
| 14 | Digger (2026 film) | 2,558,996 |
| 15 | ChatGPT | 2,517,223 |
| 16 | 2026 Israeli legislative election | 2,492,404 |
| 18 | Ansel Adams | 2,482,803 |
| 19 | East of Eden (novel) | 2,434,473 |
| 20 | Lizzie Borden | 2,423,771 |
| 21 | East of Eden (2026 miniseries) | 2,360,138 |
| 22 | Nana Patekar | 2,285,714 |
| 23 | Clayface (film) | 2,209,814 |
| 24 | Carrie (miniseries) | 2,107,822 |
| 25 | 2026 Asian Games medal table | 2,082,682 |
| 26 | Neatsville, Kentucky | 2,008,984 |
| 27 | Ted Kaczynski | 1,957,004 |
| 28 | 2026 Brazilian general election | 1,918,630 |
| 29 | Limonene | 1,891,615 |
More in this section
- Most-read people — the 24 people in October's top 60, ranked.
- Most-read films & TV — the 13 films and series in October's top 60.
- New in October — the 32 articles that entered the top 60 from outside September's top 200.
- Biggest one-day spikes — the 10 most-read articles' peak days, and how much of the month each peak was.
Questions, answered honestly
What counts as a view?
One pageview of the English Wikipedia article, all access types (desktop, mobile web, mobile app), as counted by the Wikimedia Pageviews API. The number is views of the article page, not unique readers.
Why October 2026?
October 2026 is the last complete month at the time this page was compiled (5 November 2026). The ranking uses the API's monthly top-1000 list for en.wikipedia.
Where does the data come from?
The Wikimedia Pageviews API (wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1), retrieved 5 November 2026. Article classifications on the People and Films & TV pages use Wikidata ‘instance of’ values.
Method: English Wikipedia pageviews, all access, October 2026, from the Wikimedia Pageviews API (monthly top-1000 list; per-article daily counts for the spikes page; September 2026 top-1000 for the new-entries comparison). Retrieved 5 November 2026. People and Films & TV pages classify articles by Wikidata ‘instance of’. Numbers are pageviews, not unique readers.
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