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New in Wikipedia's top 60, October 2026
Quick answer: 32 of October's 60 most-read English Wikipedia articles were outside September's top 200 — including the month's #1, Christa Pike.
What changed in a month. Each article below was in October's top 60 but outside September's top 200, using the same monthly top-1000 list for both months. September rank is shown where the article was in September's top 1000 at all.
At a glance
- 32 new entries out of 60.
- Biggest debut: Christa Pike — October #1 with 10,328,998 views, not in September's top 1000 at all.
- Patrick Stewart (October #5) and RJ Mitte (October #6) were also absent from September's top 1000.
- A few climbed from deep in the list: the 2026 Israeli legislative election was September #910; Clayface was September #878.
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Counts are English Wikipedia pageviews, all access types, from the Wikimedia Pageviews API. Data lags by about a day.
All 32, by October rank
— means the article was not in September's top 1000 at all.
Questions, answered honestly
What counts as ‘new’?
In October's top 60 while outside September's top 200, using the same monthly top-1000 list for both months.
Why are so many new?
The chart moves fast: 32 of October's top 60 were outside September's top 200. Monthly top lists are driven by news and new releases, not by evergreen articles.
Does ‘outside top 200’ mean absent in September?
Not always: some were ranked 201–1000 in September (their September rank is shown); a dash means the article was not in September's top 1000 at all.
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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