Wikipedia Pageview Compare
Compare daily views across Wikipedia topics or language editions to find peak dates and timing gaps.
Wikipedia Pageview Compare
Compare daily views across Wikipedia topics or language editions to find peak dates and timing gaps.
About Wikipedia Pageview Compare
Compare attention on the same daily timeline
Choose 2–4 pages and a 30- or 90-day window. The tool aligns daily pageviews, then shows total views, each page's peak date and the number of days between the earliest and latest peaks. It does not infer why a spike happened.
Match language editions without guessing titles
Start from one Wikipedia page and use its interlanguage links to add the corresponding article from another language edition. If no matching page exists, that language is not offered. Different language editions are separate communities and their view counts should be read as separate page traffic.
Public counts with explicit limits
Data comes from the Wikimedia Analytics API. Recent days can be delayed, and a missing date can mean zero views or data that has not loaded yet, so the chart leaves it unavailable instead of filling zero. Search terms, page titles and language editions pass through a same-origin proxy for the lookup; the tool creates no account or saved comparison history.
FAQ
Common questions and answers about this topic.
How do I compare Wikipedia pageviews?
Search in a Wikipedia language edition, add 2–4 pages, and choose 30 or 90 days. To compare the same topic across languages, use the language button on a selected page and add an existing corresponding article.
What counts as a Wikipedia pageview?
Wikimedia counts eligible requests for a page that return content successfully. This tool requests the user traffic category across all access methods and does not include edits as pageviews.
Does a higher pageview count mean more support or popularity?
No. A page can receive visits because of news, controversy, schoolwork, links or curiosity. The count only describes traffic to that Wikipedia page in that language edition, not sentiment, support or total attention across the internet.
Why are some dates or pages missing data?
Wikimedia can delay recent data, and its API cannot always distinguish zero views from data that has not loaded. The tool therefore leaves missing dates unavailable rather than filling them with zero.
How does the tool find the same topic in another language?
It reads the selected article's published interlanguage links and offers only corresponding pages that exist. It does not translate or guess a title, so topics without a linked article in another language will not show that language.
Does the tool store what I search for?
The tool does not create an in-app search history or saved comparison record. Search terms, Wikipedia project codes and selected page titles are sent through a same-origin proxy to Wikimedia's public APIs to perform each lookup, and no account is required.