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June 2026 · monthly · English Wikipedia and Japanese Wikipedia

The most-viewed articles of English Wikipedia and Japanese Wikipedia in the same month, matched article by article through Wikidata: what both read, and what only one of them reads.

English Wikipedia is read in English around the world; Japanese Wikipedia is read almost only in Japanese. These are pageviews of language editions, not of countries.

Pageviews of the Top 1000 in June 2026: English Wikipedia 840,302,942; Japanese Wikipedia 124,862,882.

We compare ranks, not raw pageviews. Ranks are Wikimedia's own; rows we do not show leave gaps (see the display policy).

Top 10 of each edition

Articles only: the main page and other non-article pages are left out.

English Wikipedia

RankArticlePageviews
32026 FIFA World CupJapanese #1119,145,786
5Obsession (2025 film)5,737,394
6Oliver Tree4,891,250
7FIFA World CupJapanese #174,872,624
9.xyz4,771,025
10Deaths in 20264,065,650
11Cape VerdeJapanese #73,813,327
12Backrooms (film)3,812,490
13Lionel MessiJapanese #243,696,424
14Jalen BrunsonJapanese #8063,554,288

Japanese Wikipedia

RankArticlePageviews
3Zion Suzuki鈴木彩艶English #351,315,733
4Keito Nakamura中村敬斗1,032,274
5Michael Jacksonマイケル・ジャクソンEnglish #261,008,309
6Ayase Ueda上田綺世821,838
7Cape VerdeカーボベルデEnglish #11803,970
8Araki Murashige荒木村重714,315
9Akihiro Miwa美輪明宏709,949
10Keisuke Honda本田圭佑668,808
112026 FIFA World Cup2026 FIFAワールドカップEnglish #3662,335
12Kaishū Sano佐野海舟595,969

Read in both

Articles in the Top 1000 of both editions, in order of the English rank.

ArticleEnglish WikipediaJapanese Wikipedia
2026 FIFA World Cup319,145,78611662,335
FIFA World Cup74,872,62417546,270
Cape Verde113,813,3277803,970
Lionel Messi133,696,42424493,900
Jalen Brunson143,554,28880654,821
Cristiano Ronaldo153,336,71431386,350
Curaçao172,848,72721507,978
Erling Haaland242,549,38346307,205
Kylian Mbappé252,485,39460244,931
Michael Jackson262,442,31751,008,309
2026 FIFA World Cup knockout stage272,421,747164137,684
Toy Story 5292,181,26064262,044
2022 FIFA World Cup302,175,74370220,270
2030 FIFA World Cup341,985,562130157,292
Zion Suzuki351,962,91331,315,733
Michael (2026 film)371,871,068121161,770
Lamine Yamal471,628,762178132,201
YouTube561,433,74528598,083
Elon Musk591,417,179176132,632
2018 FIFA World Cup601,415,138214119,495
Donald Trump621,394,59051669,655
Zlatan Ibrahimović651,371,186192125,930
2014 FIFA World Cup671,353,592254105,570
Anne Hathaway711,275,91640079,642
Neymar741,229,61586194,714
Harry Kane771,208,39960764,157
2010 FIFA World Cup791,186,15429694,657
Shakira831,134,71656066,794
United States851,104,56530692,506
Cape Verde national football team871,098,32439280,092
Michael Olise961,026,97936385,447
FIFA991,009,51556666,405
2002 FIFA World Cup103985,941170136,231
Instagram104981,00831091,956
Zinedine Zidane108970,502250106,284
Wikipedia109969,32243975,340
2006 FIFA World Cup110958,94445574,074
Justin Gaethje113941,67266161,093
The Mandalorian and Grogu115923,66031491,672
Brazil national football team116921,510255104,818
Vozinha117921,13978555,486
List of FIFA World Cup hosts119920,89258365,433
The Sheep Detectives121890,82272458,116
Ousmane Dembélé122889,281239109,266
Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)126883,82932191,182
1994 FIFA World Cup131857,86197549,561
The Amazing Digital Circus134848,01269459,376
Diego Maradona136843,54946673,449
Argentina national football team137841,21983153,986
Luca Zidane138840,445268101,358
Ilia Topuria141829,28155866,972
Ivory Coast144817,70733190,046
Jaafar Jackson153784,36250287,965
France national football team155779,32486752,935
Pelé158777,47671858,369
2026 FIFA World Cup qualification170748,06552169,406
Ronaldinho172743,67829196,241
Bosnia and Herzegovina181717,54173057,786
Gianni Infantino183712,64680255,055
Luka Modrić184709,279275100,132
Democratic Republic of the Congo193685,70137284,028
United Kingdom194684,58540578,941
1998 FIFA World Cup196682,64779555,218
World War II198675,90438681,293
Morocco national football team203669,65354368,272
Japan national football team209650,56837335,480
David Beckham210648,90275156,960
Ballon d'Or216633,639233110,440
Carlo Ancelotti220629,12779201,008
James Rodríguez224620,507155141,969
Romelu Lukaku227616,05553868,449
Netherlands national football team230605,11334088,431
Vinícius Júnior247574,182150145,045
Mohamed Salah259556,14386353,071
Achraf Hakimi264552,08752469,253
Real Madrid CF269548,76334188,280
Sagrada Família270546,262113172,364
Germany276528,91884453,641
Jermaine Jackson280525,65271216,707
Toy Story 4293505,39357066,070
Father's Day298501,42773357,430
Joe Jackson (talent manager)301500,48561234,678
Morocco303496,561180131,603
Katherine Jackson315488,543234110,155
Miroslav Klose324479,32685853,247
Adolf Hitler326477,16484853,518
Son Heung-min327475,541165137,573
Nicolas Cage330471,08171958,342
Lisa Marie Presley333466,94328398,240
Death of Michael Jackson344456,589183129,590
UEFA Champions League346454,54456966,103
Netherlands349452,253124159,705
Jackson family356446,13245274,530
Giorgia Meloni358444,46587452,496
Brazil367435,64899749,187
Kim Mu-yeol370435,011209120,934
South Korea national football team372432,47284353,668
Marc Cucurella393417,54198749,397
Crysencio Summerville405413,17454068,385
Toy Story417409,202174133,762
Virgil van Dijk420408,348112174,620
Paris Jackson424407,83838082,588
SpaceX433402,92863162,876
Premier League442398,00349271,111
Janet Jackson474381,14496188,606
Prince (musician)483378,15892650,775
FC Barcelona500370,36972857,843
Sweden men's national football team515366,57544075,265
Paris Saint-Germain FC524362,95170858,966
Haiti545356,64545873,999
Trial of Michael Jackson550354,68559964,512
IShowSpeed553353,55760464,292
Anthropic554353,50361363,865
2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)566347,39874157,232
Japan572345,206118164,940
Cody Gakpo577343,209273100,143
Hervé Renard614327,695107179,127
September 11 attacks622324,99668959,522
Toy Story 3641319,09142277,174
Italy national football team674309,99567560,077
Liverpool F.C.681308,33292850,763
Inter Miami CF685305,75490251,507
AT&T Stadium720297,88581054,724
The Beatles731295,75279055,263
Venezuela732295,72764761,841
Tunisia737294,68543318,091
The Jackson 5757290,523149146,964
Alexander Isak793282,583241108,670
X (social network)830274,59341777,495
Tito Jackson835273,785208121,230
Soviet Union865269,15698449,444
Denzel Dumfries879265,42395950,016
Thriller (album)905260,72787552,454
Anthony Elanga932256,65254667,696
Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You954251,06032590,609
Memphis Depay963249,75651869,548
Toy Story 2965249,19550970,090
Matheus Cunha966249,182196123,499

Read in one edition only

Articles in the top 100 of one edition that are in no other edition's Top 1000 (the first 5).

English Wikipedia

RankArticlePageviews
5Obsession (2025 film)5,737,394
6Oliver Tree4,891,250
10Deaths in 20264,065,650
12Backrooms (film)3,812,490
16Disclosure Day3,079,146

Japanese Wikipedia

RankArticlePageviews
4Keito Nakamura中村敬斗1,032,274
6Ayase Ueda上田綺世821,838
8Araki Murashige荒木村重714,315
9Akihiro Miwa美輪明宏709,949
10Keisuke Honda本田圭佑668,808

Popular in Japanese, outside the English Top 1000

Articles in the top 100 of Japanese Wikipedia whose subject is not in the English Top 1000 that month (the first 10). Some have no English article at all.

ArticleJapanese WikipediaEnglish Wikipedia
Keito Nakamura中村敬斗41,032,274Below the Top 1000
Ayase Ueda上田綺世6821,838Below the Top 1000
Araki Murashige荒木村重8714,315Below the Top 1000
Akihiro Miwa美輪明宏9709,949Below the Top 1000
Keisuke Honda本田圭佑10668,808Below the Top 1000
Kaishū Sano佐野海舟12595,969Below the Top 1000
Tamao Nakamura中村玉緒13572,578Below the Top 1000
Nijirō Murakami村上虹郎14562,112Below the Top 1000
Hajime Moriyasu森保一15562,003Below the Top 1000
Takenaka Shigeharu竹中重治16560,407Below the Top 1000

Biggest rank gaps

Articles in the Top 1000 of both editions, by the ratio of the two ranks.

Much higher in Japanese

ArticleEnglish WikipediaJapanese WikipediaRatio
Tunisia7374317.1
Zion Suzuki35311.7
Hervé Renard6141075.7
Japan national football team209375.6
Michael Jackson2655.2

Much higher in English

ArticleEnglish WikipediaJapanese WikipediaRatio
Jalen Brunson1480657.6
Toy Story 52964222.1
Donald Trump625168.3
Harry Kane776077.9
1994 FIFA World Cup1319757.4

Source

Pageviews: Wikimedia Foundation, Pageviews API, top articles of each month (user traffic).

Article matching: Wikidata sitelinks (retrieved 2026-11-14). Article names: English and Japanese Wikipedia.

The complete data: Topviews and the Wikimedia Analytics API.