Wikipedia:Most read articles in 2008

This essay, "Most-read articles in 2008" (or Most-viewed articles in 2008), is based on various Wikipedia article traffic statistics, gathered informally during the final months of 2008. Listed, in separate groups, are: the Top 1000 articles, then many of the top 10,000 articles, followed by scattered counts for other, various, popular articles (ranked below 10,000).

The top 1000 articles were trendy, for the year, with the "2008 Summer Olympics" ( # 4), plus those athletes (and prior Olympics) ranking very high. The word "wiki" ( # 6) is still viewed by millions, along with YouTube ( # 10), Facebook, and "Wikipedia" all higher than "Sex" ( # 20). Many blog websites and sexual words ranked in the top 500. Typical celebrities and the U.S. presidential-election candidates were also very high.

However, many traditional topics were still high ranking among the top 2,500 topics: Socrates # 2118, Plato # 1724, and Aristotle # 1237, with William Shakespeare # 458 and Physics # 1386.

Top 1000 articles
The following were the top 1000 after August (listing Rank, article & page-views). The data contains some errors, plus duplicates (such as "The Dark Knight" at both #16 & #57) and repeats some entries for upper/lowercase letters. Wikipedia pages (such as "Special:Search" & "Main Page") are also listed, so this is not a clean list, nor was it extensively analyzed. It's just 1000 high-count articles, as a rough-guess at popularity.
 * 1   Special:Search   432012353
 * 2   Main Page   194201739
 * 3   Special:Random   44780773
 * 4   2008 Summer Olympics   4437251
 * 5   index.html   4350551
 * 6   Wiki   4030068
 * 7   Sarah Palin   4004853
 * 8   Special:Watchlist   3646671
 * 9   Michael Phelps   3476803
 * 10   YouTube   2685316
 * 11   Bernie Mac   2013775
 * 12   Olympic Games   2003678
 * 13   Joe Biden   1966877
 * 14   Georgia (country)   1757967
 * 15   Special:Export   1428873
 * 16   The Dark Knight (film)  1427277
 * 17   Deaths in 2008   1331717
 * 18   Facebook   1324300
 * 19   Wikipedia   1316272
 * 20   Sex   1303083
 * 21   Portal:Current events   1264290
 * 22   Barack Obama   1223473
 * 23   MySpace   1129396
 * 24   Usain Bolt   1103977
 * 25   United States   1082215
 * 26   Jonas Brothers   1036100
 * 27   Mark Spitz   1032659
 * 28   Nastia Liukin   1016437
 * 29   Search   941153
 * 30   Shawn Johnson   937873
 * 31   South Ossetia   920446
 * 32   Locus   894682
 * 33   Portal:Contents   886258
 * 34   Batman   884004
 * 35   Naruto   870935
 * 36   Hotmail   864419
 * 37   China   840608
 * 38   Isaac Hayes   824535
 * 39   John McCain   820156
 * 40   Miley Cyrus   792186
 * 41   Heath Ledger   771350
 * 42   2004 Summer Olympics   761919
 * 43   Watchmen   706800
 * 44   Chupacabra   695895
 * 45   Beijing   681849
 * 46   2008 Summer Olympics medal count   681133
 * 47   Lil Wayne   673499
 * 48   2016 Summer Olympics   669051
 * 49   Russia   668480
 * 50   Alicia Sacramone   656940
 * 51   Portal:Featured content   655796
 * 52   Google   645686
 * 53   Tropic Thunder   644944
 * 54   Metallica   640887
 * 55   Com/sun/media/sound/PortMixerProvider.class   634828
 * 56   Com/sun/media/sound/DirectAudioDeviceProvider.class   634452
 * 57   The Dark Knight (film)   630407
 * 58   Olympics   623815
 * 59   Katy Perry   608562
 * 60   2008 South Ossetia war   603780
 * 61   About   602666
 * 62   India   598816
 * 63   Vagina   596286
 * 64   2008 Summer Olympics medal table   592556
 * 65   Internet Movie Database   584149
 * 66   2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony   583434
 * 67   Kim Kardashian   581983
 * 68   Special:RecentChanges   580479
 * 69   Penis   576073
 * 70   Selena Gomez   575149
 * 71   2012 Summer Olympics   566584
 * 72   Labor Day   565510
 * 73   Australia   562167
 * 74   List of Naruto: Shippuden episodes   560476
 * 75   New York City   559688
 * 76   Slipknot (band)   550800
 * 77   Rihanna   550743
 * 78   Masturbation   549198
 * 79   Joker (comics)   544326
 * 80   List of downloadable songs for the Rock Band series   541893
 * 81   Rock Band 2   540425
 * 82   Bigfoot   536720
 * 83   2008 Summer Olympics highlights   534424
 * 84   Hurricane Katrina   530868
 * 85   %s   529822
 * 86   Leryn Franco   526251
 * 87   Beijing National Stadium   521572
 * 88   Category:All articles with unsourced statements   519109
 * 89   Anal sex   515962
 * 90   United Kingdom   514928
 * 91   Large Hadron Collider   514401
 * 92   The Game (rapper)   499605
 * 93   Canada   497170
 * 94   List of sex positions   494857
 * 95   Love   489560
 * 96   2 Girls 1 Cup   486998
 * 97   Two-Face   483410
 * 98   Sexual intercourse   480734
 * 99   United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics   480392
 * 100   Eminem   474616
 * 101   Bleach (manga)   473908
 * 102   Japan   473139
 * 103   Morgan Freeman   469340
 * 104   Michael phelps   465898
 * 105   Georgia   464928
 * 106   L.A.X.   464828
 * 107   List of songs in Rock Band   464097
 * 108   George W. Bush   464027
 * 109   Ian Thorpe   454562
 * 110   Penis size   453969
 * 111   Breaking Dawn   453859
 * 112   2008   453383
 * 113   The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor   451123
 * 114   Pornography   450891
 * 115   List of female porn stars by decade   450423
 * 116   2000 Summer Olympics   448339
 * 117   World War II   445686
 * 118   All-time Olympic Games medal count   445484
 * 119   Great Wall of China   443600
 * 120   Demi Lovato   439767
 * 121   Heroes (TV series)   436198
 * 122   Hannah Montana   436103
 * 123   Soulcalibur IV   432957
 * 124   Gmail   430992
 * 125   Nick Jonas   430180
 * 126   Sarcoidosis   428051
 * 127   The Secret Life of the American Teenager   423826
 * 128   com/sun/media/sound/PortMixerProvider.class   423633
 * 129   com/sun/media/sound/DirectAudioDeviceProvider.class   423286
 * 130   1996 Summer Olympics   423069
 * 131   Christian Bale   422242
 * 132   Germany   421053
 * 133   YouPorn   419986
 * 134   Tupac Shakur   418708
 * 135   Seven Wonders of the World   417228
 * 136   Angelina Jolie   411921
 * 137   Guitar Hero World Tour   410049
 * 138   Summer Olympic Games   407343
 * 139   Harry Potter   405924
 * 140   Citation needed   404139
 * 141   Oral sex   403581
 * 142   Michael Jackson   401845
 * 143   PlayStation 3   400179
 * 144   Craigslist   395476
 * 145   Yao Ming   395235
 * 146   Dara Torres   394893
 * 147   Chris Brown (singer)   394785
 * 148   T.I.   394471
 * 149   Vanessa Hudgens   393066
 * 150   The Beatles   392707
 * 151   2008 in film   389964
 * 152   2004 Summer Olympics medal count   388051
 * 153   Guitar Hero IV   386252
 * 154   Global warming   383754
 * 155   London   377586
 * 156   Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics  373936
 * 157   Madonna (entertainer)   372628
 * 158   Code Geass   369632
 * 159   Orgasm   367728
 * 160   Lindsay Lohan   364292
 * 161   K2   361698
 * 162   Hentai   361350
 * 163   Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics   360777
 * 164   Family Guy   360686
 * 165   List of songs in Rock Band 2   360576
 * 166   Abkhazia   354234
 * 167   EBay   352732
 * 168   Joker (comics)   350606
 * 169   Young Jeezy   349637
 * 170   Kerri Walsh   348887
 * 171   Jenna Jameson   347068
 * 172   Config/pwtoken get   346481
 * 173   The Undertaker   346130
 * 174   France   345636
 * 175   Europe   345439
 * 176   England   345285
 * 177   Death Magnetic   344186
 * 178   List of countries by population (337176)
 * 179   United States presidential election, 2008 (337169)
 * 180   Stephanie Rice   336991
 * 181   Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)   335082
 * 182   Xbox 360   333839
 * 183   Celebrity sex tape   333609
 * 184   Pussycat Dolls   333145
 * 185   Orkut   333046
 * 186   Jay-Z   332175
 * 187   Edward Cullen (Twilight)   331817
 * 188   Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)   331425
 * 189   Terminator Salvation   330993
 * 190   World Wrestling Entertainment   330987
 * 191   Tha Carter III   328340
 * 192   90elf   326987
 * 193   Joe Jonas   324298
 * 194   Henry VIII of England   322572
 * 195   Michael Johnson (athlete)   321504
 * 196   Nas   321287
 * 197   Clitoris   320731
 * 198   List of songs in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock   320630
 * 199   Megan Fox   320538
 * 200   Britney Spears   320010
 * 201   C (programming language)   319248
 * 202   Twilight (novel)   318832
 * 203   Dubai   317997
 * 204   2008 South Ossetia War   317484
 * 205   Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen   316980
 * 206   Friends   316682
 * 207   Dr. Dre   316672
 * 208   Singapore   316513
 * 209   Olympic sports   314847
 * 210   United States men's national basketball team   314139
 * 211   Friendster   313870
 * 212   Pakistan   312234
 * 213   Coldplay   311247
 * 214   Microsoft   309834
 * 215   List of Bleach episodes   309644
 * 216   Batman Begins   309466
 * 217   Samantha Ronson   309391
 * 218   Alaska   308532
 * 219   Paper Trail   308514
 * 220   Israel   308316
 * 221   The dark knight   308243
 * 222   English language   307921
 * 223   World War I   305893
 * 224   Amanda Beard   305667
 * 225   Avatar: The Last Airbender   305027
 * 226   Wii   304765
 * 227   Lost (TV series)   304496
 * 228   House (TV series)   304449
 * 229   Internet   303856
 * 230   People's Republic of China   301776
 * 231   Community portal   301581
 * 232   Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics  300954
 * 233   John Cena   299930
 * 234   Airlines   299360
 * 235   Seth Rogen   298491
 * 236   List of dog breeds   297086
 * 237   Politics   296978
 * 238   1992 Summer Olympics   296797
 * 239   Scrubs (TV series)   296180
 * 240   Philippines   295909
 * 241   Michelle Obama   295382
 * 242   Star Wars   294778
 * 243   Italy   294653
 * 244   2010 Winter Olympics   294467
 * 245   M.I.A. (artist)   293240
 * 246   Kanye West   292267
 * 247   Superman   291463
 * 248   Gossip Girl (TV series)   290507
 * 249   Brazil   290315
 * 250   Spain   289992
 * 251   Mexico   289923
 * 252   AC/DC   289724
 * 253   Anime   288463
 * 254   Talk   288308
 * 255   Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics  288147
 * 256   Manchester United F.C.   286391
 * 257   2012   286284
 * 258   The Day That Never Comes   285794
 * 259   Ashley Tisdale   285738
 * 260   Camp Rock   285719
 * 261   Carl Lewis   285065
 * 262   Breast   282574
 * 263   Laser   282412
 * 264   Russell Brand   281465
 * 265   Хелависа   281041
 * 266   iPhone   279890
 * 267   Google Earth   279859
 * 268   1984 Summer Olympics   279491
 * 269   List of minor Soul series characters 279386
 * 270   X-Men Origins: Wolverine   279028
 * 271   Bipolar disorder   278763
 * 272   Jamaica   278548
 * 273   Netherlands   278261
 * 274   South Park   278183
 * 275   Total Drama Island   277299
 * 276   Bill Clinton   276544
 * 277   Special:SpecialPages   275999
 * 278   Playboy   275242
 * 279   Bebo   275198
 * 280   Hong Kong   274712
 * 281   United States men's national basketball team (274606)
 * 282   Ice Cube   274549
 * 283   The Simpsons   273312
 * 284   Triple H   272576
 * 285   Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics  271315
 * 286   Female ejaculation   270387
 * 287   Free software   270291
 * 288   Crack cocaine   270247
 * 289   John F. Kennedy   269858
 * 290   Charles Manson   269580
 * 291   Johnny Depp   269127
 * 292   Pneumonia   268524
 * 293   Hitler   268474
 * 294   Disney Channel Games   268364
 * 295   Doctor Who   268001
 * 296   Harley Quinn   267632
 * 297   Misty May-Treanor   266818
 * 298   Anne Boleyn   266312
 * 299   Grand Theft Auto IV   266235
 * 300   Windows Vista   266086
 * 301   Soviet Union   266083
 * 302   Arsenal F.C.   265924
 * 303   The Recession   265688
 * 304   50 Cent   265610
 * 305   Elvis Presley   265468
 * 306   FREQUENCE3   264818
 * 307   Elizabeth I of England   264614
 * 308   Earth   264565
 * 309   Marilyn Monroe   264094
 * 310   Cat   263621
 * 311   Paris Hilton   263257
 * 312   Text of the GNU Free Documentation License (262963)
 * 313   Transformers (film)   262591
 * 314   List of Presidents of the United States   262395
 * 315   California   262301
 * 316   Chicago   261229
 * 317   Korroosio   261128
 * 318   Scientology   261030
 * 319   Abraham Lincoln   260368
 * 320   Brett Favre   259696
 * 321   Christina Applegate   259171
 * 322   War in South Ossetia (2008)   258854
 * 323   Gary Glitter   258765
 * 324   Ludacris   258375
 * 325   2014 Winter Olympics   257573
 * 326   Canine reproduction   257104
 * 327   Watchmen (film)   256991
 * 328   Burj Dubai   256779
 * 329   1988 Summer Olympics   256083
 * 330   John Lennon   254719
 * 331   Military of Georgia   254322
 * 332   Shannon Miller   254132
 * 333   Olympic symbols   253973
 * 334   September 11, 2001 attacks   253558
 * 335   RSS (file format)   252441
 * 336   List of Family Guy episodes   251536
 * 337   United States Auto Club   251525
 * 338   Vulva   251008
 * 339   Anna Faris   250538
 * 340   Mariah Carey   250202
 * 341   James Bond   249705
 * 342   Death Note   249104
 * 343   Will Smith   249091
 * 344   Twilight (2008 film)   248989
 * 345   Vietnam War   248496
 * 346   Dog   248469
 * 347   List of cryptids   248178
 * 348   List of Doctor Who serials   247931
 * 349   Hellboy   247741
 * 350   List of countries   247642
 * 351   Category:Female porn stars   247473
 * 352   Dexter (TV series)   247254
 * 353   Kama Sutra   246995
 * 354   Ejaculation   246512
 * 355   He Kexin   246489
 * 356   Radiohead   246374
 * 357   Chelsea F.C.   246333
 * 358   Riddler   246092
 * 359   Mila Kunis   245697
 * 360   2008 Summer Olympics national flag bearers (245494)
 * 361   NATO   245288
 * 362   Upload   245209
 * 363   Brad Pitt   245176
 * 364   Dwayne Johnson   245049
 * 365   SummerSlam (2008)   244853
 * 366   Contact us   244417
 * 367   Magnesium stearate   244266
 * 368   Arnold Schwarzenegger   244076
 * 369   Islam   242783
 * 370   List of House episodes   242750
 * 371   Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (242683)
 * 372   Fellatio   242465
 * 373   Zodiac   242278
 * 374   List of South Park episodes   242039
 * 375   Trace Cyrus   242031
 * 376   Decathlon   242006
 * 377   James Franco   241889
 * 378   Led Zeppelin   241726
 * 379   2009 in film   241703
 * 380   Metro Station (band)   241548
 * 381   Akon   241403
 * 382   Turkey   240847
 * 383   Michael Jordan   240834
 * 384   RMS Titanic   240358
 * 385   One Tree Hill (TV series)   240165
 * 386   Bruce Lee   239936
 * 387   Portal:Contents/Portals   239826
 * 388   Schizophrenia   239312
 * 389   Wiktionary   239115
 * 390   World of Warcraft   238998
 * 391   Dragonball (film)   238079
 * 392   List of The Simpsons episodes   238012
 * 393   Prison Break   237642
 * 394   Cocaine   237376
 * 395   Hurricane Gustav (2008)   237162
 * 396   Hayden Panettiere   237143
 * 397   Jennifer Aniston   237077
 * 398   One Piece   236810
 * 399   2020 Summer Olympics   236549
 * 400   Greece   236393
 * 401   I Love Money   236183
 * 402   Seven deadly sins   236170
 * 403   1980 Summer Olympics   236141
 * 404   List of Naruto characters   235976
 * 405   Linkin Park   235440
 * 406   Albert Einstein   235435
 * 407   Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament (235371)
 * 408   List of unusual deaths   234967
 * 409   Jesus   234580
 * 410   Bill Gates   231679
 * 411   Ronald Reagan   231515
 * 412   Shia LaBeouf   231342
 * 413   Action potential   231335
 * 414   Buddhism   231047
 * 415   Zac Efron   231016
 * 416   Adam Sandler   230321
 * 417   Montauk Monster   229806
 * 418   New Zealand   228299
 * 419   $1   228008
 * 420   Futurama   227758
 * 421   Naruto Uzumaki   227659
 * 422   2008 Olympics   227429
 * 423   Data   226953
 * 424   Che Guevara   226609
 * 425   Hawaii   226513
 * 426   Ben Stiller   225253
 * 427   CSI: Crime Scene Investigation   225073
 * 428   Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom   224840
 * 429   Shawn Michaels   223869
 * 430   Proxy server   223701
 * 431   Tramadol   223452
 * 432   Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (223005)
 * 433   Egypt   222521
 * 434   Ukraine   222494
 * 435   China at the 2008 Summer Olympics  221912
 * 436   Gymnastics   221899
 * 437   Bow Wow   221572
 * 438   Fuck   221348
 * 439   Poland   221271
 * 440   Miranda Cosgrove   221163
 * 441   2007   221150
 * 442   Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows  221095
 * 443   Bob Marley   220542
 * 444   Switzerland   220472
 * 445   Asperger syndrome   220424
 * 446   Book   220132
 * 447   Shelley Malil   219928
 * 448   Paris   219853
 * 449   Iron Maiden   219285
 * 450   Jesse McCartney   218821
 * 451   President of the United States   218458
 * 452   Windows XP   218454
 * 453   Sweden   218084
 * 454   Smallville (TV series)   216993
 * 455   Nudity   216936
 * 456   Hilary Duff   216604
 * 457   LOL   216348
 * 458   William Shakespeare   216166
 * 459   A Little Bit Longer   216088
 * 460   Kobe Bryant   215975
 * 461   Joe biden   215279
 * 462   Catwoman   215181
 * 463   Help:Contents   215153
 * 464   Jessica Alba   214643
 * 465   List of Code Geass episodes   214449
 * 466   ABBA   214391
 * 467   Ireland   214343
 * 468   Sarah palin   214271
 * 469   Adrienne Bailon   214257
 * 470   ASUS Eee PC   214121
 * 471   Scotland   214035
 * 472   European Union   213848
 * 473   Wizards of Waverly Place   213742
 * 474   Snoop Dogg   213281
 * 475   Too Human   213110
 * 476   Cristiano Ronaldo   213066
 * 477   FC Barcelona   213018
 * 478   Standard deviation   212833
 * 479   Obama   212809
 * 480   Iran   212682
 * 481   Final Fantasy   212518
 * 482   Liverpool F.C.   212146
 * 483   Warren Buffett   211617
 * 484   Rafael Nadal   211566
 * 485   Rickroll   211506
 * 486   Lil wayne   211325
 * 487   Africa   211292
 * 488   undefinediw sprite.css   211286
 * 489   Kurt Cobain   210732
 * 490   Glen Jacobs   210700
 * 491   Blog   210621
 * 492   SilverClub   210620
 * 493   John Edwards   210312
 * 494   Vladimir Putin   209930
 * 495   Web 2.0   209867
 * 496   America's Next Top Model   209809
 * 497   Pamela Anderson   209757
 * 498   Mount Everest   209484
 * 499   PlayStation Portable   209438
 * 500   Crack   209433
 * 501   Tuberculosis   209412
 * 502   Spanair Flight 5022   209276
 * 503   Absinthe   209138
 * 504   Bob Dylan   208955
 * 505   Cindy Hensley McCain   208791
 * 506   Malaysia   208347
 * 507   Nicole Scherzinger   208004
 * 508   Ben 10   207967
 * 509   Undefinediw sprite.css   207545
 * 510   Danity Kane   207526
 * 511   Leona Lewis   207123
 * 512   Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn   206253
 * 513   Adolf Hitler   205946
 * 514   Volleyball   205447
 * 515   Autism   205245
 * 516   Red Hot Chili Peppers   204788
 * 517   List of Code Geass characters   204735
 * 518   Pineapple Express (film)   204655
 * 519   Carly Patterson   204611
 * 520   4chan   203561
 * 521   IPod   203519
 * 522   Pokémon   203416
 * 523   Leonardo da Vinci   203308
 * 524   South Africa   203297
 * 525   Redundant array of independent disks   203157
 * 526   Tibet   203039
 * 527   Computer   202779
 * 528   Mario   202724
 * 529   Blake Lively   202672
 * 530   Tom Cruise   202633
 * 531   List of Naruto antagonists   201589
 * 532   Pink Floyd   201574
 * 533   Ryan Lochte   201481
 * 534   The Suite Life on Deck   201129
 * 535   Special:Categories   201020
 * 536   Tiananmen Square protests of 1989  200925
 * 537   Bukkake   200401
 * 538   Indonesia   200388
 * 539   Freemasonry   200247
 * 540   World population   200070
 * 541   Emo   200063
 * 542   Fallout 3   199839
 * 543   Nirvana (band)   199401
 * 544   Soulja Boy   199340
 * 545   Scarlett Johansson   199299
 * 546   Linux   199246
 * 547   Special:Export/   199060
 * 548   Circumcision   198908
 * 549   Nelly   198664
 * 550   Cloverfield   198637
 * 551   Entourage (TV series)   198324
 * 552   List of World Wrestling Entertainment employees (198225)
 * 553   Quantum of Solace   198098 [film]
 * 554   South Korea   198036
 * 555   Ne-Yo   197882
 * 556   Portia de Rossi   197549
 * 557   Slipknot   197529
 * 558   Wi-Fi   197358
 * 559   Hugh Hefner   197154
 * 560   Yahoo! Mail   197149
 * 561   BDSM   197114
 * 562   1976 Summer Olympics   196961
 * 563   Radio KLF   196936
 * 564   Radio KLF   196934
 * 565   Help:IPA for English   196846
 * 566   American Civil War   196783
 * 567   w/index.php   196756
 * 568   Website   196468
 * 569   Paper size   195941
 * 570   Thailand   195927
 * 571   Rock Band (video game)   195513
 * 572   Star Wars: The Force Unleashed   195262
 * 573   Processor   195075
 * 574   CEUMAR   194793
 * 575   AIDS   194587
 * 576   Zoey 101   194468
 * 577   World record progression 100 metres men  194395
 * 578   Brock Lesnar   194179
 * 579   2008 Democratic National Convention  194110
 * 580   Hellboy II: The Golden Army   194099
 * 581   UFC 87   193896
 * 582   Roger Federer   193817
 * 583   Cold War   193738
 * 584   Nadia Comaneci   193687
 * 585   Porn   193611
 * 586   Paul Newman   193206
 * 587   Salvia divinorum   193157
 * 588   Miley cyrus   193153
 * 589   Image:Red pog.svg   193118 ([[Image:Red pog.svg|20px]])
 * 590   Argentina   192918
 * 591   Image:Europe location GEO2.png   192741
 * 592   WALL-E   192463
 * 593   Ted Kennedy   192427
 * 594   Norway   192286
 * 595   Hurricane Gustav   192240
 * 596   Foo Fighters   192065
 * 597   T-Pain   191451
 * 598   Madden NFL 09   190802
 * 599   Natalie Coughlin   190791
 * 600   Area 51   190754
 * 601   Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics (190282)
 * 602   Ivy League   190267
 * 603   Image:Replace this image male.svg   190131
 * 604   Shanghai   190049
 * 605   Muhammad Ali   189700
 * 606   Neil Patrick Harris   189587
 * 607   Non-profit organization   189379
 * 608   Aerosmith   189282
 * 609   Ronaldinho   189259
 * 610   FIFA 09   189142
 * 611   Oxycodone   188739
 * 612   2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony   188579
 * 613   Mahatma Gandhi   188558
 * 614   Windows 7   188492
 * 615   Kristen Stewart   188236
 * 616   7   188069
 * 617   Google Street View   187796
 * 618   Psychology   187710
 * 619   Avril Lavigne   187575
 * 620   Marathon   187336
 * 621   Kerri Strug   187093
 * 622   Vin Diesel   186951
 * 623   Texas   186931
 * 624   Beijing 2008   186849
 * 625   Robert Downey Jr.   186468
 * 626   The X-Files   186311
 * 627   2006 Winter Olympics   186141
 * 628   Heroes   186033
 * 629   Jim Carrey   185871
 * 630   Paramore   185847
 * 631   Shahrukh Khan   185675
 * 632   Beijing Olympics   185666
 * 633   Robert Pattinson   185578
 * 634   Joseph Stalin   185440
 * 635   Multiple sclerosis   185435
 * 636   Porno (novel)   185052
 * 637   Stephenie Meyer   184896
 * 638   100 metres   184669
 * 639   Cuba   184550
 * 640   Freddie Mercury   184359
 * 641   List of United States cities by population (184115)
 * 642   Cannabis (drug)   183988
 * 643   Periodic table   183953
 * 644   Marie Antoinette   183866
 * 645   Shawn johnson   183785
 * 646   Maggie Gyllenhaal   183770
 * 647   Vietnam   183608
 * 648   Basketball   183568
 * 649   Twilight   183500
 * 650   Valeri Liukin   183427
 * 651   Dragon Ball Z   183379
 * 652   Hulk Hogan   183288
 * 653   3G   183168
 * 654   Cancer   183161
 * 655   Queen (band)   182889
 * 656   Body politic   182818
 * 657   Adam Copeland   182813
 * 658   Iceland   182777
 * 659   Jason Statham   182610
 * 660   Romania   182491
 * 661   Team handball   182406
 * 662   Router   182356
 * 663   Lauren Conrad   182329
 * 664   A.C. Milan   182275
 * 665   Meningitis   182272
 * 666   Fast and Furious   182268
 * 667   Jimmy Page   182040
 * 668   Pi   181749
 * 669   1972 Summer Olympics   181650
 * 670   Tila Tequila   181455
 * 671   Full House   181096
 * 672   Jimi Hendrix   181087
 * 673   Lesbian   180926
 * 674   Bob Saget   180892
 * 675   World Trade Center   180211
 * 676   Mamma Mia! (film)   180174
 * 677   U2   180142
 * 678   The Bank Job   180073
 * 679   Johnny Cash   179994
 * 680   High School Musical   179968
 * 681   So You Think You Can Dance (US)  179487
 * 682   Mark Wahlberg   179396
 * 683   Cunnilingus   179274
 * 684   Leave   179114
 * 685   Hookah   178916
 * 686   Disney Channel   178723
 * 687   SpongeBob SquarePants   178448
 * 688   Taiwan   178435
 * 689   Frequence3   178237
 * 690   Oasis (band)   178168
 * 691   Tottenham Hotspur F.C.   178053
 * 692   Weeds   178028
 * 693   Aaliyah   177947
 * 694   LeBron James   177876
 * 695   High School Musical 3   177860
 * 696   Drake Bell   177554
 * 697   Tom Daley (diver)   177515
 * 698   Saw V   177286
 * 699   Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics  177204
 * 700   Batman Forever   177000
 * 701   Domain Name System   176996
 * 702   Tokyo   176842
 * 703   High School Musical 3: Senior Year  176751
 * 704   Béla Károlyi   176726
 * 705   Blu-ray Disc   176404
 * 706   Greg Louganis   176297
 * 707   Disaster movie   176214
 * 708   Rome   176047
 * 709   List of PlayStation 3 games   175988
 * 710   Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare   175880
 * 711   F-22 Raptor   175866
 * 712   Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles   175725
 * 713   Denmark   175505
 * 714   Searching   175316
 * 715   Disturbed   175257
 * 716   Nikola Tesla   175162
 * 717   Ramadan   175143
 * 718   404 error   174881
 * 719   Secret Invasion   174721
 * 720   1936 Summer Olympics   174465
 * 721   Batman: The Dark Knight Returns   174420
 * 722   Vampire   174361
 * 723   Solange Knowles   174283
 * 724   DNA   174195
 * 725   1896 Summer Olympics   174154
 * 726   Kid Rock   173957
 * 727   G-spot   173893
 * 728   Beyoncé Knowles   173769
 * 729   Gross domestic product   173760
 * 730   Mars   173513
 * 731   LeRoi Moore   173176
 * 732   Julius Caesar   173148
 * 733   Solar eclipse   172799
 * 734   Disaster Movie   172789
 * 735   Bella Swan   172545
 * 736   Kosovo   172399
 * 737   D I G I T A L L Y   172006
 * 738   D I G I T A L L Y   171934
 * 739   Gary Oldman   171890
 * 740   Armenia   171838
 * 741   Forbidden City   171786
 * 742   Chernobyl disaster   171589
 * 743   Finland   171565
 * 744   Justin Timberlake   171515
 * 745   Pokemon   171270
 * 746   Misty May   171181
 * 747   Image:HeathLedgerJackNicholsonJoker.jpg   171136
 * 748   The Strangers   171073
 * 749   Recent deaths   170654
 * 750   The Office (U.S. TV series)   170650
 * 751   Lyme disease   170574
 * 752   New York   170573
 * 753   David Bowie   170570
 * 754   Iron Man   170412
 * 755   Dominique Moceanu   170375
 * 756   Pregnancy   170218
 * 757   Goran Bregovic   170191
 * 758   goran bregovic   170185
 * 759   Amy Winehouse   170149
 * 760   Special:Preferences   170093
 * 761   Belgium   170083
 * 762   LoLo Jones   170043
 * 763   MGMT   169965
 * 764   Titanic (1997 film)   169899
 * 765   Alexander the Great   169776
 * 766   Seinfeld   169712
 * 767   BitTorrent   169401
 * 768   Mary Carillo   169383
 * 769   Tim Pawlenty   169372
 * 770   Gold   169307
 * 771   Down syndrome   169248
 * 772   Ancient Olympic Games   169075
 * 773   Mao Zedong   168704
 * 774   List of billionaires   168665
 * 775   Martin Luther King, Jr.   168512
 * 776   Bluetooth   168099
 * 777   Brendan Fraser   168076
 * 778   Girlicious   168073
 * 779   Asia   167813
 * 780   Rage Against the Machine   167743
 * 781   Nintendo DS   167672
 * 782   Anderson Cooper   167587
 * 783   Dave Batista   167375
 * 784   Gout   167089
 * 785   Pubic hair   167008
 * 786   ROCKSTIMME   166998
 * 787   John Mayer   166987
 * 788   Tekken 6   166909
 * 789   Blood pressure   166861
 * 790   All Hope Is Gone (album)   166393
 * 791   Jill Biden   166362
 * 792   Human   166312
 * 793   Power Rangers   166224
 * 794   Marketing   166078
 * 795   UEFA Champions League   165830
 * 796   Raven-Symoné   165812
 * 797   Steve Jobs   165568
 * 798   RuneScape   165567
 * 799   Digimon   165484
 * 800   Main page   165483
 * 801   Emma Watson   165474
 * 802   Charmed   165241
 * 803   List of social networking websites   164854
 * 804   Gold medal   164575
 * 805   Hydrocodone   164435
 * 806   Kirsty Coventry   164361
 * 807   Water   164111
 * 808   Belarus   164072
 * 809   Halo 3   164069
 * 810   Portal:Science   164062
 * 811   The Sopranos   164059
 * 812   Serial ATA   163962
 * 813   Operating system   163953
 * 814   HDMI   163603
 * 815   Penis enlargement   163503
 * 816   Heroes (TV series)   163468
 * 817   Gwen Stefani   163378
 * 818   North Korea   163170
 * 819   George H. W. Bush   163075
 * 820   Emo (slang)   162990
 * 821   Sean Combs   162968
 * 822   wikimedia-button.png   162955
 * 823   Prince (musician)   162921
 * 824   Batman villains   162737
 * 825   Image:Human placenta both sides.jpg   162708
 * 826   Timbaland   162703
 * 827   Iron Man (film)   162677
 * 828   Sydney   162644
 * 829   Ku Klux Klan   162622
 * 830   Family guy   162237
 * 831   Image:Caucasus-ethnic en.svg   162087
 * 832   Florida   162080
 * 833   Toronto   161845
 * 834   The Pineapple Express   161817
 * 835   Kazakhstan   161798
 * 836   Amsterdam   161747
 * 837   poweredby mediawiki 8x31.png  161691
 * 838   Heidi Montag   161680
 * 839   John mccain   161621
 * 840   A Suivre: Jennifer Lopez   161387
 * 841   Premier League   161361
 * 842   A suivre: Jennifer Lopez   161356
 * 843   XML   161207
 * 844   Stargate Atlantis   160676
 * 845   Mauritania   160498
 * 846   Illuminati   160147
 * 847   Leonardo DiCaprio   159986
 * 848   Avenged Sevenfold   159915
 * 849   Mikheil Saakashvili   159887
 * 850   Eric Clapton   159697
 * 851   Zodiac Killer   159652
 * 852   Natalie Portman   159526
 * 853   Tiger   159378
 * 854   Kevin Jonas   159339
 * 855   Final Fantasy XIII   159283
 * 856   Metal Gear Solid   159228
 * 857   Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics   159096
 * 858   Weezer   159042
 * 859   Ra's al Ghul   159003
 * 860   Final Fantasy VII   158996
 * 861   Pornographic actor   158879
 * 862   The Star-Spangled Banner   158842
 * 863   Batman: The Animated Series   158827
 * 864   Richard Nixon   158675
 * 865   Terracotta Army   158519
 * 866   Jackie Chan   158482
 * 867   Greek gods   158441
 * 868   List of Naruto episodes   158376
 * 869   Evan Bayh   158305
 * 870   Corey Taylor   158279
 * 871   Dragon   158272
 * 872   Spider-Man   158271
 * 873   Chicago 2016 Olympic bid   158198
 * 874   Robin Williams   158106
 * 875   Lion   158099
 * 876   Sasuke Uchiha   158079
 * 877   Taj Mahal   158065
 * 878   Harry potter   157699
 * 879   Microsoft Windows   157645
 * 880   Mobile phone   157526
 * 881   Doctor Manhattan   157515
 * 882   Mozilla Firefox   157486
 * 883   Jonas brothers   157250
 * 884   George Washington   157227
 * 885   Skype   157226
 * 886   Rock Band   157200
 * 887   Sonic Unleashed   157098
 * 888   The Rolling Stones   157020
 * 889   Criss Angel   156922
 * 890   Music   156852
 * 891   Generation Kill (TV series)   156850
 * 892   The Mummy Returns   156821
 * 893   Vampire Knight   156812
 * 894   Frank Sinatra   156797
 * 895   Afghanistan   156750
 * 896   Korn   156741
 * 897   Scarecrow (comics)   156543
 * 898   Year of the Gentleman   156507
 * 899   Brenda Song   156466
 * 900   Flea (musician)   156368
 * 901   Greek alphabet   156319
 * 902   Jack the Ripper   156128
 * 903   Results.aspx   156098
 * 904   The Notorious B.I.G.   156087
 * 905   Busta Rhymes   156051
 * 906   Bleach   156034
 * 907   Bonjour (software)   155949
 * 908   Search engine optimization   155868
 * 909   Abortion   155856
 * 910   Soul Men (film)   155781
 * 911   Todd Palin   155756
 * 912   Lego Batman: The Video Game   155697
 * 913   2006   155657
 * 914   Liu Xiang   155650
 * 915   Human penis size   155386
 * 916   Transformers 2   155287
 * 917   Bedbug   155220
 * 918   Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen   155080
 * 919   CLING   154990
 * 920   Obsessive-compulsive disorder   154820
 * 921   Slipknot (band)   154724
 * 922   Information technology   154690
 * 923   Mary Lou Retton   154644
 * 924   Aaron Eckhart   154488
 * 925   Tattoo   154458
 * 926   Airbus A380   154100
 * 927   Taekwondo   154042
 * 928   HIV   154035
 * 929   Copyrights   153868
 * 930   Stone Cold Steve Austin   153777
 * 931   Secure Digital card   153552
 * 932   Project management   153519
 * 933   Republican Party (United States)  153507
 * 934   List of Scrubs episodes   153482
 * 935   Malware   153216
 * 936   M16 rifle   153185
 * 937   List of multiple Olympic gold medalists   153122
 * 938   List of countries by GDP (nominal)   153077
 * 939   LL Cool J   152904
 * 940   Abhinav Bindra   152853
 * 941   Taylor Swift   152847
 * 942   Lzn02   152790
 * 943   Ashton Kutcher   152771
 * 944   List of Wii games   152645
 * 945   Renaissance   152583
 * 946   Christianity   152547
 * 947   DVD   152506
 * 948   Daniel Radcliffe   152374
 * 949   Heroin   152326
 * 950   Star Trek (film)   152098
 * 951   MapQuest   151915
 * 952   ICarly   151905
 * 953   Economics   151826
 * 954   Gorillaz   151789
 * 955   Desperate Housewives   151737
 * 956   Om   151491
 * 957   Spanish language   151232
 * 958   Blood type   151034
 * 959   The game   151014
 * 960   Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe   150924
 * 961   Ciara   150872
 * 962   Manhattan   150738
 * 963   The Girls Next Door   150715
 * 964   Randy Orton   150675
 * 965   Rachel Dawes   150667
 * 966   Sun   150635
 * 967   Jack Black   150588
 * 968   Vancouver   150568
 * 969   Barack obama   150547
 * 970   Randy Pausch   150518
 * 971   Central processing unit   150350
 * 972   Mafia   150136
 * 973   Christopher Columbus   150043
 * 974   Body mass index   150036
 * 975   Hancock (film)   150024
 * 976   Guitar   150001
 * 977   Wikimedia-button.png   149866
 * 978   Puerto Rico   149727
 * 979   Tera Patrick   149677
 * 980   Billy Ray Cyrus   149524
 * 981   Intel Core 2   149385
 * 982   Franklin D. Roosevelt   149338
 * 983   Moon   149138
 * 984   Saddam Hussein   149033
 * 985   Grand Theft Auto (series)   148980
 * 986   Tuatara   148838
 * 987   The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air   148808
 * 988   Kung Fu Panda   148808
 * 989   Portal:History   148807
 * 990   Poweredby mediawiki 8x31.png   148714
 * 991   Fuwa   148713
 * 992   Cricket   148587
 * 993   Flying Spaghetti Monster   148237
 * 994   David Beckham   148194
 * 995   USB   147977
 * 996   Hedge fund   147955
 * 997   Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock   147812
 * 998   Google Maps   147469
 * 999   Pervez Musharraf   147465
 * 1000   Jake Gyllenhaal   147266

Some of top 1001–1500

 * 1005   Yahoo!   114785
 * 1024   Serbia   138873
 * 1027   Madonna
 * 1036   Ryan Reynolds   144761
 * 1040   Wales   166812
 * 1047   Swimming   144919
 * 1053   k   151806
 * 1055   Knights Templar   185272
 * 1056   Croatia   147292
 * 1091   Paul McCartney   176576
 * 1093   Christina Aguilera   276634


 * 1103   Playstation 2   148604
 * 1105   Incest   135358
 * 1109   Sparta   179938
 * 1113   Nigeria   193863
 * 1124   Suicide   169424
 * 1139   God   174100
 * 1161   Moscow   123063
 * 1167   Television   170914
 * 1169   Titanic   145285
 * 1182   Tennis   97449
 * 1183   Thomas Jefferson   393236
 * 1186   Elizabeth Taylor   135833
 * 1188   Socialism   136417
 * 1194   Religion   190082
 * 1196   Beer   135878


 * 1200   Austria   189965
 * 1203   Amanda Bynes   96892
 * 1209   Berlin   147497
 * 1220   cartoon network   105275 (Cartoon Network)
 * 1229   George Clooney   165039
 * 1230   Snake   134073
 * 1237   Aristotle   133128
 * 1250   Condom   142919
 * 1283   Hydrogen   130852


 * 1310   Benjamin Franklin   283947
 * 1314   Horse   133548
 * 1323   Meryl Streep   83862 (173439 times in 2008–12)
 * 1331   Demi Moore   103475
 * 1341   Rape   124155
 * 1366   Bruce Willis   133651
 * 1378   Brandon Lee   113215
 * 1386   Physics   128301


 * 1401   Film   127006
 * 1402   Communism   126016
 * 1406   Bollywood   109424
 * 1411   Malta   123747
 * 1431   Gene Simmons   77768
 * 1443   Death   140090
 * 1448   Tom Hanks   147461
 * 1451   Democracy   124928

Some of top 1501–2000

 * 1512   Jeffrey Dahmer   145117
 * 1513   Cher   109552
 * 1525   Athens   101808
 * 1527   Gilmore Girls   149394
 * 1539   Oprah Winfrey   120222
 * 1570   Al Capone   181495
 * 1571   Lost   135049
 * 1575   Baseball   119402
 * 1587   Halloween   2146731
 * 1591   Janet Jackson   130411
 * 1602   Alicia Keys   178466
 * 1603   Ethiopia   157530
 * 1616   BBC   120823
 * 1620   Diamond   168909
 * 1643   Steven Spielberg   134867
 * 1646   Owen Wilson   80348
 * 1660   Celine Dion   181233
 * 1674   Zeus   116914
 * 1682   Jupiter   115595
 * 1717   Planet   81551
 * 1724   Plato   115643
 * 1749   Nintendo   127581
 * 1788   Jodie Sweetin   35800
 * 1791   John Adams   281978
 * 1793   elephant   157486
 * 1809   Boxing   88054
 * 1815   Thomas Edison   207598
 * 1817   Fidel Castro   153341
 * 1820   George Lopez   108110
 * 1825   Satan   123591
 * 1827   Venice   129862
 * 1837   Technology   134761
 * 1840   Kylie Minogue   58218
 * 1851   Las Vegas, Nevada   120133
 * 1863   Tyra Banks   133137
 * 1869   Mac OS X   125031
 * 1874   Lithuania   107698
 * 1880   Lucifer   133077
 * 1882   Kenya   172275
 * 1884   Katherine Heigl   93052
 * 1895   Pluto   141019
 * 1902   Bible   129683
 * 1918   Earthquake   168113
 * 1950   New Jersey   156469
 * 1961   wicca   139264
 * 1981   j   108956
 * 1988   Julia Roberts   99734
 * 1989   Jordan   133539
 * 1991   WWE   131893
 * 1992   Toyota   111517
 * 1999   Xbox   114062

Some of top 2001–3000

 * 2001   Automobile   120580
 * 2009   Tsunami   177366
 * 2014   Borat   64425
 * 2041   Nicole Kidman   107994
 * 2057   Philadelphia   104513
 * 2060   a   70926
 * 2096   Football   106645
 * 2118   Socrates   104200
 * 2126   Wine   105164
 * 2130   Kate Winslet   114827
 * 2133   Maroon 5   77945
 * 2165   Science   115510
 * 2174   Tornado   115262
 * 2185   Unix   109446
 * 2190   Solar system   228603
 * 2198   Hurricane   48032
 * 2209   Delaware   63493
 * 2220   Google Search   104517
 * 2222   iron   194167
 * 2230   capacitor   129716
 * 2271   Janis Joplin   104599
 * 2237   Cockroach   58850
 * 2261   Vodka   99967
 * 2326   Venus   99290
 * 2329   Steel   137349
 * 2351   Beyonce   72799
 * 2357   Ghana   147318
 * 2399   Mark Twain   110654
 * 2421   Ringo Starr   142489
 * 2430   James Dean   103595
 * 2455   cougar   112209
 * 2464   Carrie Underwood   115096
 * 2468   Prostitution   97036


 * 2510   Brain   133528
 * 2550   Washington   122018
 * 2555   Rabbit   123350
 * 2613   Doris Day   61938
 * 2621   Oxygen   166545
 * 2650   Insane Clown Posse   93770
 * 2711   Superhero   101132
 * 2712   Ohio   127671
 * 2717   Nitrogen   159556
 * 2726   Ghost   132827
 * 2729   blue   101478
 * 2760   Arizona   125123
 * 2772   Art   132134
 * 2796   public nudity   94353
 * 2853   Vienna   102261
 * 2865   Sudan   122049
 * 2873   USA   180621
 * 2875   Sandra Bullock   73354
 * 2883   Uzbekistan   71542
 * 2953   buttocks   94906
 * 2967   Maria Kanellis

Some of top 3001–4000

 * 3028   Apple Computer   116604
 * 3062   Cheetah   93367
 * 3081   Saturn   144194
 * 3142   Kathy Griffin   30703
 * 3153   The Green Hornet   61495
 * 3195   Hercules   81662
 * 3218   high school   86327
 * 3220   Soccer   108843
 * 3228   New Orleans   76150
 * 3236   Syria   140840
 * 3269   Plant   108967
 * 3362   Nelly Furtado   128616
 * 3391   transistor   95476
 * 3417   Omarion   74842
 * 3471   Honda   80333
 * 3481   Brooklyn   89051
 * 3442   Devil   112783


 * 3635   Manchester   83539
 * 3786   Java   70286
 * 3820   Carbon   153415
 * 3826   Northern Ireland   101496
 * 3859   College   57020
 * 3864   Glass   93744
 * 3875   Melina Perez   67084
 * 3903   black   90093
 * 3913   Hummus   76603
 * 3927   tree   136798

Some of top 4001–5000

 * 4031   Jamie Lee Curtis   89919
 * 4041   Light   108678
 * 4046   Law   104455
 * 4188   IBM   100894
 * 4193   sex positions   75603
 * 4286   red   88925
 * 4313   Luke Wilson   43713
 * 4339   Ocean   93807
 * 4389   Caspian Sea   52754
 * 4492   Sulfur   120387
 * 4496   violin   86747
 * 4498   Pope   87922


 * 4514   Hollywood   74820
 * 4639   diode   85028
 * 4658   Delhi   72572
 * 4659   Leopard   87546
 * 4681   Galaxy   82177
 * 4696   Josh Brolin   211103
 * 4715   W   69042
 * 4740   Tina Fey   74491 (556498 times in 2008–10)
 * 4878   Chlorine   119990

Higher interest
The articles below were ranked lower than the Top 10,000 of the year, but many monthly readership counts (here for October 2008) are actually higher than for some articles ranked above 10,000. Discrepancies of rank are due to a lack of data, covering the entire year, rather than checking page-views after August, or just for October.

Lower interest
The articles below were read less than 20,000 times per month, lower than above, but many still attracted wide readership. Articles read less than 50x times, per month, are somewhat questionable. However, Wikipedia bases notability on sources: if a topic appeared in mainstream media, but is read less than 20 times per month, that is acceptable. Notability is not tied to popularity of readers.

Reminder about list inaccuracy
Again, for the revisions of this essay in March 2009, the lists of articles were thrown together within just a few days, rather than the weeks or months needed to accurately rank the more than 10,000 articles, balanced across the whole year. The Top 2000 articles are especially skewed toward data from September 2008. However, the articles below 10,000 have monthly-count figures mainly from October 2008, rather than collecting data for all 366 days (leap year) during 2008, and dividing by 12 to calculate an "average" month.

Do not rely too heavily on the rank ordering of articles as shown in this essay. Rank figures are approximate for the year.