Wikipedia Pageviews Scraper (Top Articles)
Pricing
$1.00 / 1,000 result items
Get the most-viewed articles for any Wikipedia project and month: rank, article title, view count and page URL. Uses the free Wikimedia pageviews API. No API key required.
You can access the Wikipedia Pageviews Scraper (Top Articles) programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
$echo '{< "project": "en.wikipedia",< "access": "all-access",< "period": "latest",< "year": 2026,< "month": 8,< "maxResults": 20<}' |<apify call thriftykiwi/wikipedia-pageviews-scraper --silent --output-datasetThe Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Wikipedia Pageviews Scraper (Top Articles) locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Using installation script (macOS/Linux):
$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bashUsing installation script (Windows):
$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iexUsing Homebrew:
$brew install apify-cliUsing npm:
$npm install -g apify-cliOther API clients include: