I just published this piece that looks at the most-read English language Wikipedia page from every day of 2025.
I got the data using the Wikipedia API. And I visualized the monthly data using a bit of Python to colour the boxes and spit out an SVG, and then using Adobe Illustrator to clean things up.
For the full data, I tried a few different ways of visualizing it. In particular, I wanted to do something more condensed. But in the end, I think the list visualization ended up being the clearest and allowed me to include all the information on mobile.
Curious what you think!
Posted by ashendruk
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Solid effort, well done. It was an interesting read and an interesting year-review
Good fun! Thanks. Please post more here
The Hess Triangle trended because of one TIL post here on Reddit that spread around to other social media.
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1lnvuul/til_new_york_city_used_eminent_domain_to_tear/
Pretty neat, thanks for posting.
FYI, Wikipedia has weekly article called “Top 25 report” where they list their most viewed stuff and try to explain why.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Top_25_Report
By the way, if this is the kind of thing you like: I actually send out my posts in a weekly newsletter that uses data to better understand the messy world we live in. You can sign-up for free here:Â [https://www.not-ship.com/](https://www.not-ship.com/)
If you do subscribe, watch out for the double opt in. You have to click a link in your email to complete sign up. Annoying — but good for avoiding bots!
crazy how the most read article is often people that just died and never someone that was just born – a major blindspot for humanity imo
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