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By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press
NEW YORK — Remember what you searched for in 2023? Well, Wikipedia has the receipts.
English Wikipedia raked in more than 84 billion views this year, according to numbers released Tuesday by the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind the free, publicly edited online encyclopedia. And the most popular article was about ChatGPT (yes, the AI chatbot that's seemingly everywhere today).
Since its launch just over a year ago, OpenAI's ChatGPT has skyrocketed into the public's consciousness as artificial intelligence technology makes its way into schools, health care, law and even religious sermons. The chatbot has also contributed to growing debates about the promise and potential dangers of generative AI, much of which is documented on its Wikipedia page.
The second most-read article on Wikipedia in 2023 was the annual list of deaths, which sees high traffic year after year — taking the No. 4 and No. 1 spots in 2022 and 2021, respectively. Individual entries for notable figures who passed away also garnered significant interest this year, including pages for Matthew Perry and Lisa Marie Presley.
Meanwhile, the highly anticipated 2023 Cricket World Cup took third place — alongside three other cricket-related entries in Wikipedia's top 25 articles this year, including the Indian Premier League at No. 4, marking the first time cricket content has made the list since the Wikimedia Foundation started tracking in 2015.
"Barbenheimer," Taylor Swift and more also appeared to sway our 2023 internet-reading habits. Here are this year's top 25 articles on English Wikipedia.
ChatGPT: 49,490,406 pageviews
Deaths in 2023: 42,666,860 pageviews
2023 Cricket World Cup: 38,171,653 pageviews
Indian Premier League: 32,012,810 pageviews
Oppenheimer (film): 28,348,248 pageviews
Cricket World Cup: 25,961,417 pageviews
J. Robert Oppenheimer: 25,672,469 pageviews
Jawan (film): 21,791,126 pageviews
2023 Indian Premier League: 20,694,974 pageviews
Pathaan (film): 19,932,509 pageviews
The Last of Us (TV series): 19,791,789 pageviews
Taylor Swift, 19,418,385: pageviews
Barbie (film): 18,051,077 pageviews
Cristiano Ronaldo: 17,492,537 pageviews
Lionel Messi: 16,623,630 pageviews
Premier League: 16,604,669 pageviews
Matthew Perry: 16,454,666 pageviews
United States: 16,240,461 pageviews
Elon Musk: 14,370,395 pageviews
Avatar: The Way of Water: 14,303,116 pageviews
India: 13,850,178 pageviews
Lisa Marie Presley: 13,764,007 pageviews
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