Wikipedia Pageviews API – Trending Articles
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Wikipedia Pageviews API – Trending Articles
Wikipedia pageviews and trending articles API: most-viewed pages per day in any language, plus pageviews for your topics. Official API. SEO/AEO, MCP.
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Wikipedia pageviews API for trending articles: most-viewed pages per day in any language project, plus pageviews for your own topic list. Official Wikimedia Pageviews API. Useful for SEO, AEO and AI agents.
What does it do?
- Fetch top articles by pageviews for one or more Wikipedia projects and a date.
- Optionally fetch daily pageviews for a list of article titles.
- Return rank, article title, views, project, date and URL.
Use cases
- SEO / AEO: spot trending Wikipedia topics for content briefs.
- News desks: see what readers are looking up today.
- Research: compare pageviews across languages.
- AI agents: pull trending Wikipedia signals via MCP.
Input
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
projects | Wikipedia projects, e.g. en.wikipedia, es.wikipedia |
date | YYYY-MM-DD for top charts. Leave empty for latest available. |
topN | How many top articles per project. Default 50. |
articles | Optional list of article titles for per-article pageviews. |
articlesProject | Project for the articles list. Default en.wikipedia. |
articleDays | Days of history for article pageviews. Default 30. |
Example input:
{"projects": ["en.wikipedia"],"topN": 20}
Output
Real output (sample from a prior run on 27 Oct 2026, Europe/Madrid):
[{"type": "trending","project": "en.wikipedia","date": "2026-10-25","rank": 1,"article": "2026 Brazilian general election","views": 271783,"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Brazilian_general_election"},{"type": "trending","project": "en.wikipedia","date": "2026-10-25","rank": 2,"article": "2026 Serbian parliamentary election","views": 242482,"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Serbian_parliamentary_election"}]
Export as JSON, CSV or Excel, read through the API, or send to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, n8n or webhooks. You can also run this Actor from AI agents through the Apify MCP server.
Pricing
Pay per event: $1.40 per 1,000 articles plus $0.00005 per run start. There is no extra platform usage charge beyond Apify’s normal platform fees if any apply to your plan.
FAQ
Is a login required? No. Uses the public Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Which languages? Any project id Wikimedia supports (en.wikipedia, es.wikipedia, de.wikipedia, …).
Can AI agents use it? Yes. JSON via Apify API or MCP.
Data source and license
Source: Wikimedia Pageviews API. Respect Wikimedia API etiquette. Not affiliated with Wikimedia Foundation.
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