other stats Wikipedia: Most read about albums by female artists (2015-now data)

[Feanor]

Based on the Wikipedia's Pageview tool, these are the albums by female artists with the most page visits.

The results are unfortunately not as complete as they could be, as the tool only goes back to July 2015, but it is nevertheless an interesting, more unusual stat, which is summarized below:

 

 

1. Taylor Swift, '1989' (*) - 9.38M page views

 

2. Adele, '25' - 8.93M page views

 

3. Beyoncé, 'Lemonade' - 8.71M page views

 

4. Taylor Swift, 'reputation' - 8.23M page views

 

5. Taylor Swift, 'folklore' - 6.96M page views

 

6. Taylor Swift, 'Lover' - 6.59M page views

 

7. Rihanna, 'ANTI' - 6.04M page views

 

8. Taylor Swift, 'Taylor Swift' (*) - 5.77M page views

 

9. Taylor Swift, 'RED' (*) - 5.62M page views

 

10. Taylor Swift, 'Midnights' - 5.37M page views

 

(*)  signifies album released prior to July 2015.

 

 

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Honorable mentions:

If we only included albums released in the timeframe this tool covers (July 2015 till now), then these three albums would complete the top 10:

 

 

Taylor Swift, 'evermore' - 4.64M page views

Billie Eilish, 'WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?' - 4.16M page views

Taylor Swift, 'THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT' - 4.10M page views

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Any surprises?

 

[Bloodflowers.]

Justice for Head Above Water by Avril Lavigne 

 

[The Music Industry]

9 out of the top 12 belonging to Taylor. Even Wikipedia readers cant get enough of Taylormania!

 

[theoghon]

1989 Wikipedia page has ALWAYS been a banger wbk, the WAY I'm still in awe of that era whew!

 

I still find myself binge-reading the article from time 2 time

 

[dumbsparce]

The way the wiki views more or less match their sales.. except for one

 

[PrettyHurts]

0. Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter,  35m page views

 

[Jon Snow]

McDonald's 26,5M

[tost1]

Taylor Swift stans being chronically online confirmed

 

 

[NoOneDiesFromLove]

Of course the pop Bible is number 1 

[magazine]

Reputation alone clears the whole list 

[Beyoncei]

Good to see 2 black women in the top 10! 

[Moonlight Nation]

6 minutes ago, tost1 said:

Taylor Swift stans being chronically online confirmed

 

 

Only further confirmation of what we already knew. 

 

In addition, Swifties have genuinely infiltrated the community of Wikipedia editors, so I reckon a good part of these views also come from these editors constantly reviewing and adding new things (+ the professional folks having to verify any biased or flat-out ridiculous edits). Particularly unserious how each one of her albums has a 'Legacy and Impact' subsection. It would be fair game if it wasn't so stan-driven, nearly exclusive to Taylor, and for the most part based on fluff pieces (because it's become extremely profitable to rave about Taylor Swift for easy engagement, let's not forget). Not to mention the embarrassing 'Post-review commentary' section of "THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT", though to be fair, it's merely reflecting the embarrassing real-life coddling from institutions, so can't really blame the editors for reporting it.

[By the Water]

Here come the conspiracy theories

 

[ONOPKA]

the wikipedia page refresher farms are in full force i see

 

[The Music Industry]

22 minutes ago, Moonlight Nation said:

Only further confirmation of what we already knew. 

 

In addition, Swifties have genuinely infiltrated the community of Wikipedia editors, so I reckon a good part of these views also come from these editors constantly reviewing and adding new things (+ the professional folks having to verify any biased or flat-out ridiculous edits). Particularly unserious how each one of her albums has a 'Legacy and Impact' subsection. It would be fair game if it wasn't so stan-driven, nearly exclusive to Taylor, and for the most part based on fluff pieces (because it's become extremely profitable to rave about Taylor Swift for easy engagement, let's not forget). Not to mention the embarrassing 'Post-review commentary' section of "THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT", though to be fair, it's merely reflecting the embarrassing real-life coddling from institutions, so can't really blame the editors for reporting it.

"It's because Swifties are chronically online!!!!"

"It's because Swifties infiltrated the community of Wikipedia editors!!!!!"

 

Or could it be... hear me out... because there's just significantly more interest and demand for Taylor Swift?

 

Wild idea, I know!

 

Edited Friday at 11:32 PM by The Music Industry

[Devin]

questionable entries and interesting how wikipedia "allegedly" starting this in 2015. 

 

[The Music Industry]

2 minutes ago, Devin said:

questionable entries and interesting how wikipedia "allegedly" starting this in 2015. 

 

ugh I know. I wish this started in 2014 so the first full year of 1989's massive success wouldn't be missing from the data

 

[Doctor Dick]

Do you have any info on pre-2015? I'd like to know how The Fame compares to them 

[family.guy123]

The spats that go on in the edit history section are so funny 

[Moonlight Nation]

29 minutes ago, The Music Industry said:

"It's because Swifties are chronically online!!!!"

"It's because Swifties infiltrated the community of Wikipedia editors!!!!!"

 

Or could it be... hear me out... because there's just significantly more interest and demand for Taylor Swift?

 

Wild idea, I know!

 

Or maybe it's a genuine combination of all these factors? 

 

I know Swifties don't do nuance, but it should be fair to acknowledge how the longtime intensity and hardcore obsession of the massive fanbase undeniably contributes to inflating her numbers to some extent. There's no such thing as 100% organic 'interest and demand', particularly one of this magnitude. People who grew up with her music and remained passionate fans went on to work for prestigious writing institutions and have the platform to influence public opinion as well as make their takes credible sources to be cited on Wikipedia. And from the 'Talk' pages for each of her albums it's clear there are Swifties among the editing team - which is fair enough, mind you.

 

This isn't discrediting her placements here, but just offering a reasonable additional explanation behind her having so many albums here.

[ericcartman]

At this point, these lists should be accompanied by taylorless version (TV) so we can get a sense of how other artists are stacking up.

[JoeAg]

justice for Hounds of Love tbh I wonder if it got as many hits as my optimist stan ass hopes it did considering Stranger Thingies

[dumbsparce]

I'm not even a Swiftie but how are you gonna accuse them of being online 24/7 when the wiki views : sales ratio reaches astronomical numbers only for that one album

 

 

 

[LesFleur]

Unexpected by Michelle Williams deserves

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unexpected_(Michelle_Williams_album)

 

[qegqeg]

No one knows Taylor's albums so they have to read about them on Wikipedia, which is why the numbers are so high