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July 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 July 2026: English Wikipedia 936,710,922; Japanese Wikipedia 129,644,567.

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
4The Odyssey (2026 film)Japanese #46013,302,151
52026 FIFA World CupJapanese #5511,342,840
6Erling HaalandJapanese #57,668,087
7Lamine YamalJapanese #216,552,406
8Lionel MessiJapanese #115,851,709
9.xyz5,375,912
10Lindsey Graham5,021,609
11FIFA World CupJapanese #304,671,949
12Jude BellinghamJapanese #284,626,016
13List of FIFA World Cup finals4,433,935

Japanese Wikipedia

RankArticlePageviews
3Keigo Higashino東野圭吾1,324,684
4Ai Hashimoto橋本愛 (1996年生)1,229,298
5Erling Haalandアーリング・ハーランドEnglish #61,011,301
6Ayumu Nakajima中島歩949,595
7Vivant (TV series)VIVANT902,021
8Milk (boy band)M!LK712,108
9花乃まりあNo English article647,026
10Cape VerdeカーボベルデEnglish #21616,737
11Lionel Messiリオネル・メッシEnglish #8607,100
12三山凌輝No English article602,662

Read in both

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

ArticleEnglish WikipediaJapanese Wikipedia
The Odyssey (2026 film)413,302,15146076,957
2026 FIFA World Cup511,342,84055232,259
Erling Haaland67,668,08751,011,301
Lamine Yamal76,552,40621438,433
Lionel Messi85,851,70911607,100
FIFA World Cup114,671,94930361,280
Jude Bellingham124,626,01628373,881
Kylian Mbappé164,272,48223420,992
Spider-Man: Brand New Day174,261,22849973,591
Cristiano Ronaldo194,206,57226377,696
Sam Neill203,953,95531094,969
Cape Verde213,024,22810616,737
Harry Kane272,572,836119162,763
2030 FIFA World Cup282,551,977216119,066
Gianni Infantino302,533,93532348,749
Folarin Balogun342,287,515282101,516
Zendaya362,191,80577258,292
Shakira372,183,42376198,526
2022 FIFA World Cup382,126,667236113,308
Project Hail Mary (film)401,958,885176130,791
Spain national football team421,928,766217118,962
Tom Holland431,890,07879957,120
Neymar481,702,22898179,743
YouTube501,653,89230397,501
Diego Maradona521,632,372204122,185
2018 FIFA World Cup531,605,34443879,660
Michael Olise541,590,719101178,484
United States571,571,11431693,794
Argentina601,500,63988185,882
Zlatan Ibrahimović611,486,64143480,058
Argentina national football team621,486,26936188,230
Thomas Tuchel631,484,74232093,459
2014 FIFA World Cup651,454,88159666,840
Taylor Swift671,445,05969162,188
England national football team681,429,59553371,028
Marc Cucurella691,424,124113166,783
LeBron James731,395,09997751,532
Ferran Torres741,391,058166136,486
Conor McGregor791,333,73156368,787
Falkland Islands811,314,944160139,955
Vozinha821,311,692170134,637
FIFA841,282,31138485,099
2010 FIFA World Cup851,280,48156968,269
Ballon d'Or881,268,89893184,244
David Beckham891,268,535240111,989
Falklands War901,266,072100178,850
Leandro Paredes1011,158,481106172,357
Gerard Piqué1021,145,60974859,325
Toy Story 51031,136,676183128,309
Michael Jackson1051,118,59014542,535
Pelé1111,097,72875059,282
Zinedine Zidane1151,089,15728799,823
Donald Trump1161,088,62253570,920
Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)1171,085,27032392,948
Michael (2026 film)1211,050,27173659,718
Real Madrid CF1231,037,567162139,325
Enzo Fernández1301,012,34529199,367
France national football team1311,007,03664464,119
2002 FIFA World Cup136983,89749673,939
Mikel Oyarzabal140959,82647875,524
Mohamed Salah144952,27050573,183
Instagram145936,43531993,525
Lionel Scaloni148928,89934789,561
Wikipedia149927,36147675,682
Ousmane Dembélé152906,139220118,418
Luis de la Fuente (footballer, born 1961)153902,81630197,679
UEFA European Championship154900,43168962,288
UEFA Champions League156893,094246109,752
Ronaldinho158889,47629099,583
Romelu Lukaku167854,85241282,269
Luka Modrić181807,595266105,125
Pau Cubarsí183807,05044179,457
FC Barcelona186801,390271103,638
Norway national football team195785,20257967,691
Didier Deschamps200776,99248974,272
Morocco205752,666284100,272
Spain209741,923277102,495
Naomi Osaka220721,85238884,627
Emiliano Martínez221721,31666263,401
Cape Verde national football team225716,56996451,783
United Kingdom227712,81434889,419
Premier League229707,225202122,359
Manchester City F.C.236691,758242110,863
World War II242679,53961865,707
Brazil national football team252648,80078757,540
Inter Miami CF262628,04029698,352
Manchester United F.C.267619,81669562,005
Jobe Bellingham274606,21173260,078
IShowSpeed284598,718276102,753
Vinícius Júnior296582,59242081,460
Dani Olmo323544,93163964,309
Norway335523,724225117,665
James Rodríguez352504,87451372,804
Jürgen Klopp354504,58554669,879
Paris Saint-Germain FC356502,76043280,248
Achraf Hakimi371490,82084255,673
Arsenal F.C.377482,49382256,442
Giuliano Simeone393468,20587754,690
Adolf Hitler402460,02387354,823
La Liga411451,45256668,487
Chainsmoker Cat426439,67425391,478
Pep Guardiola430438,24370561,492
Dwayne Johnson432436,17929598,696
Liverpool F.C.452420,05591953,297
Jaafar Jackson455418,729186127,095
Borussia Dortmund457417,89168062,606
Rodrigo De Paul461416,08475659,073
FC Bayern Munich467412,78991553,334
Carlo Ancelotti495399,10831194,516
Lautaro Martínez535385,86899750,818
Portugal540380,63593153,059
BTS548375,57759466,895
England565365,88566163,482
Nicolás Otamendi580360,01369062,215
Moana (2016 film)587358,45351172,904
Fernando Torres607352,16465663,558
Alexander Sørloth644340,05391453,363
Paraguay647339,62171360,890
September 11 attacks664334,83848574,788
Japan719317,147114166,105
Martin Ødegaard727314,015150144,769
Joe Jackson (talent manager)739309,243214119,913
Lisa Marie Presley762301,38774459,408
Bruno Mars848280,51852671,707
2026887273,04199350,965
Marilyn Monroe892271,85697151,660
X (social network)925266,51048275,109
Jermaine Jackson966257,73029798,160

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
10Lindsey Graham5,021,609
13List of FIFA World Cup finals4,433,935
14Obsession (2025 film)4,404,967
15Deaths in 20264,304,209
18Odyssey4,219,213

Japanese Wikipedia

RankArticlePageviews
3Keigo Higashino東野圭吾1,324,684
4Ai Hashimoto橋本愛 (1996年生)1,229,298
6Ayumu Nakajima中島歩949,595
7Vivant (TV series)VIVANT902,021
8Milk (boy band)M!LK712,108

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
Keigo Higashino東野圭吾31,324,684Below the Top 1000
Ai Hashimoto橋本愛 (1996年生)41,229,298Below the Top 1000
Ayumu Nakajima中島歩6949,595Below the Top 1000
Vivant (TV series)VIVANT7902,021Below the Top 1000
Milk (boy band)M!LK8712,108Below the Top 1000
花乃まりあNo English article9647,026No English article
三山凌輝No English article12602,662No English article
山田五郎No English article13584,479No English article
Tsuda Nobuzumi津田信澄15531,851Below the Top 1000
The Human Vaporガス人間第一号16503,453Below 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
Chainsmoker Cat4262517.0
Michael Jackson105147.5
Japan7191146.3
Martin Ødegaard7271504.8
Joe Jackson (talent manager)7392143.5

Much higher in English

ArticleEnglish WikipediaJapanese WikipediaRatio
The Odyssey (2026 film)4460115.0
Spider-Man: Brand New Day1749929.4
Zendaya3677221.4
Tom Holland4379918.6
Sam Neill2031015.5

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.