From: Matthew Roth <mroth@wikimedia.org>

Subject: [Wmfall] Wikipedia's most-searched articles

Date: January 2, 2013 10:39:29 AM PST

To: "Staff (All)" <wmfall@lists.wikimedia.org>

Hi all,

I imagine you may have seen some of this coverage already, but in case not, there have been a number of stories about the most searched Wikipedia articles on various language Wikipedias in 2012. A researcher created the lists on toolserver and it has gotten quite a bit of attention.

The lists:

http://toolserver.org/~johang/2012.html

And, I'd point you to a couple of the stories here (I think the Atlantic one is particularly interesting):

All Things D | The most popular pages on Wikipedia in 2012... (27 December 2012)

http://allthingsd.com/20121227/the-most-popular-pages-on-wikipedia-in-2012-facebook-one-direction-and-cul-de-sacs/

BBC News | Wikipedia's most-searched articles of the year revealed (28 December 2012)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20858333

The Atlantic Cities | WIkipedia's Most Popular Pages, in 35 Languages (29 December 2012)

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2012/12/wikipedias-most-popular-pages-35-languages/4281/

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