Wikipedia Trending: Top Viewed Articles per Day & Language

Get the daily top viewed Wikipedia articles for any language edition and date (from the official Wikimedia pageviews API). Returns rank, article title, views and link. Perfect for trend research, content ideas and news monitoring. Free official data, no key needed.

What does Wikipedia Trending do?

The most viewed Wikipedia articles of any day in any language: rank, views and links.

What can you use it for?

• Spot trending topics for content and SEO ideas.
• Track what people search for in Korean, Japanese, English and 300+ languages.
• Build daily trend reports with a scheduled run.
• Enrich news monitoring with reader-interest signals.

Why use this Actor?

• Fast and cheap: lightweight HTTP-based Actor with no browser, so runs finish in seconds and cost very little.
• No API keys or accounts needed for the data source (see notes below).
• Clean, structured JSON that you can export as CSV, Excel, JSON or XML, or pull through the Apify API and integrations.
• Scheduling, webhooks and integrations: run it daily and send results to Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make, n8n or your own API.

Input

Configure the run in the Input tab (all fields have sensible defaults).

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
language	string	no	"en"	Language code: en, ko, ja, de, fr, es ...
date	string	no	-	YYYY-MM-DD. Empty = two days ago.
excludeSpecialPages	boolean	no	true	Remove Main Page and Special:/Wikipedia:/Portal:/Help:/File:/Category:/Template: pages.
maxResults	integer	no	50	How many top articles to return (up to 1000).

Example input

{
  "language": "en",
  "maxResults": 50
}

Output

Results are stored in the default dataset. Download them from the Output tab or via the API.

Example result

{
  "rank": 4,
  "article": "Lizzie Borden",
  "views": 586575,
  "date": "2026-09-23",
  "language": "en",
  "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Borden",
  "license": "Wikipedia content is CC BY-SA 4.0; pageview statistics come from the Wikimedia Foundation.",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-25T07:25:48.245Z"
}

Output fields

Field	Type	Example
rank	number	4
article	string	"Lizzie Borden"
views	number	586575
date	string	"2026-09-23"
language	string	"en"
url	string	"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Borden"
license	string	"Wikipedia content is CC BY-SA 4.0; pageview statistics c...
scrapedAt	string	"2026-09-25T07:25:48.245Z"

How much does it cost?

The Actor is billed by Apify according to the pricing shown on the Pricing tab of this page. Runs are small and fast, and the Apify Free plan includes monthly platform credits so you can try it at no cost. You can set a maximum cost per run, and the Actor stops cleanly when that limit is reached.

Notes and limitations

• Data: Wikimedia Pageviews API (human traffic, all platforms). Leave the date empty for two days ago (the latest fully published day).
• Special pages (Main Page, Special:, Wikipedia:, ...) are removed by default.

Tips

• Start with a small test run, then scale up the input.
• Use Schedules to automate recurring runs and Webhooks or Integrations to deliver the data where you need it.
• Call the Actor from your code with the Apify API or the official JavaScript and Python clients.

FAQ

Which languages work?

Any Wikipedia language code such as en, ko, ja, de, fr, es.

Feedback

Found a bug or need an extra field? Open an issue from the Issues tab of this Actor and it will be looked at quickly.

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