An article dedicated to the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra suddenly became the most popular
What is known
Google Virtual Assistantdemonstrated a master class to all specialists who teach how to attract visitors to the site. Google Assistant is now installed on about 1 billion devices worldwide. One of the hints that appears during the setup of the helper is Try saying: Show Cleopatra on Wikipedia. This led to the fact that the total number of views of the article about Cleopatra exceeded 55 million.
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Viewing material about the Egyptian queen begangrow in 2020, but peaked in 2022. At the same time, until 2020, an average of 2.5 million people were interested in the history of Cleopatra every year. But in those days, Google Assistant is not so popular, I guess.
Usually the most viewed content inThe English version of Wikipedia are articles related to global events. In addition to Cleopatra, at the end of 2022, the top included texts about Elon Musk, Johnny Depp, the World Cup in Qatar, the death of Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth II) and, of course, about the war in Ukraine.
The year before, people read the most about the show"The Squid Game" (Squid Game), the European Football Championship and the death of Prince Philip (Philip). In 2020, the list of the most popular materials on the English Wikipedia included basketball player Kobe Bryant, the US presidential election and, of course, COVID-19.