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:

1. ChatGPT, 49,490,406 page views
2. Deaths in 2023, 42,666,860
3. 2023 Cricket World Cup, 38,171,653
4. Indian Premier League, 32,012,810
5. Oppenheimer (film), 28,348,248
6. Cricket World Cup, 25,961,417
7. J. Robert Oppenheimer, 25,672,469
8. Jawan (film), 21,791,126
9. 2023 Indian Premier League, 20,694,974
10. Pathaan (film), 19,932,509
11. The Last of Us (TV series), 19,791,789
12. Taylor Swift, 19,418,385
13. Barbie (film), 18,051,077
14. Cristiano Ronaldo, 17,492,537
15. Lionel Messi, 16,623,630
16. Premier League, 16,604,669
17. Matthew Perry, 16,454,666
18. United States, 16,240,461
19. Elon Musk, 14,370,395
20. Avatar: The Way of Water, 14,303,116
21. India, 13,850,178
22. Lisa Marie Presley, 13,764,007
23. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, 13,392,917
24. Russian invasion of Ukraine, 12,798,866
25. Andrew Tate, 12,728,616