Most Popular Sciences
Ranked by Wikipedia monthly pageviews — the real-world attention signal across 8 languages.
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Ranked
941,956
Total Monthly Views
1
COVID-19
contagious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2
112,666
views / year
views / year
2
tabby cat
domestic cat with a distinctive coat marked by stripes, dots, lines, or other patterns
99,088
views / year
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3
human evolution
evolutionary process leading up to the appearance of anatomically modern humans
77,587
views / year
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4
Gregorian calendar
internationally accepted civil calendar
76,701
views / year
views / year
5
physics
study of matter and its motion, along with related concepts such as energy and force
74,177
views / year
views / year
6
misanthropy
general dislike of humanity
62,806
views / year
views / year
7
feminism
group of movements that come about defining, and defending women liberation and gender equity
55,578
views / year
views / year
8
vibe coding
software development practice with AI assistance
51,714
views / year
views / year
9
Julian calendar
calendar introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 BC
51,497
views / year
views / year
10
demographics of India
Aspect of human geography in India
51,489
views / year
views / year
11
geography of the United States
overview of the geography of the United States of America
46,491
views / year
views / year
12
tricolour cat
coat pattern in domestic cats
43,045
views / year
views / year
13
demographics of Germany
demographics of country
42,746
views / year
views / year
14
Eiichiro Oda
Japanese manga artist
41,464
views / year
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15
Hellenistic period
period of Mediterranean history from 323 to 31 BC
40,916
views / year
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16
application programming interface
software interface between computers and/or programs
40,536
views / year
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17
homeopathy
system of pseudoscientific alternative medicine based on the doctrine of "like cures like"
37,909
views / year
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18
Ayurveda
Pseudoscientific alternative medicine originating from India
34,988
views / year
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19
Critical Role
American TTRPG web series
34,824
views / year
views / year
20
logic
study of correct reasoning
33,934
views / year
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21
tortoiseshell
two-color coat coloring found almost exclusively in female cats
32,795
views / year
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22
Chinese calendar
lunisolar calendar
30,955
views / year
views / year
23
demographics of Ukraine
demographics of country
29,882
views / year
views / year
24
Islamic calendar
lunar calendar used by Muslims to determine religious observances
29,588
views / year
views / year
25
demographics of Israel
national demographics
28,569
views / year
views / year
26
Slack
web-based instant messaging service
28,539
views / year
views / year
27
French Republican calendar
calendar
28,343
views / year
views / year
28
timeline of human evolution
chronological outline of major events in the development of the human species
27,478
views / year
views / year
29
self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell
self-immolation of a 25-year-old U.S. serviceman
27,427
views / year
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30
dispensationalism
Christian theology
27,128
views / year
views / year
31
Lebensraum
German "living space" ideas of settler colonialism (1890s–1940s)
26,854
views / year
views / year
32
chronology of the universe
history and future of the universe according to Big Bang cosmology
26,055
views / year
views / year
33
Socratic method
type of dialog or debate
25,705
views / year
views / year
34
semantics
study of meaning in language
25,637
views / year
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35
Scale AI
American multinational data annotation company
24,373
views / year
views / year
36
Kinsey scale
social distribution of sexual orientation
24,197
views / year
views / year
37
Alcoholics Anonymous
self-help organization
23,571
views / year
views / year
38
critical sociology
philosophy that sociological understanding's primarily use should be social reform
22,384
views / year
views / year
39
Roman calendar
calendar
21,819
views / year
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40
biotechnology
technologies directly involving biology; formerly or more narrowly the use of living systems and organisms to develop or
20,758
views / year
views / year
41
wheel of the year
annual cycle of seasonal festivals observed by many modern Pagans
20,284
views / year
views / year
42
cosmology
scientific study of the origin, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe
19,589
views / year
views / year
43
genetics
science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms
19,133
views / year
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44
natural language processing
field of computer science and linguistics
19,113
views / year
views / year
45
Apple Intelligence
artificial intelligence platform developed by Apple
18,679
views / year
views / year
46
AlphaFold
software by DeepMind
18,186
views / year
views / year
47
Today
American morning television program broadcast on NBC
17,653
views / year
views / year
48
gradient descent
optimization algorithm
17,543
views / year
views / year
49
Altai Mountains
mountains in Russia, Kazakhstan, China, and Mongolia
17,387
views / year
views / year
50
de-extinction
process of creating an organism, which is either a member of, or resembles an extinct species, or breeding population of
16,955
views / year
views / year
51
Jihadism
Belief in one's internal struggle against one's own evil inclinations
16,758
views / year
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52
entomology
scientific study of insects
16,630
views / year
views / year
53
Three Sisters
main agricultural crops of various Native American groups in North America
15,821
views / year
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54
physiotherapy
is a medical specialty that aims to address the illnesses or injuries that limit a person's abilities to function in eve
15,798
views / year
views / year
55
etymology science
study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time
15,723
views / year
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56
demographics of the Netherlands
demographics of country
15,589
views / year
views / year
57
sleep deprivation
condition of not having enough sleep
15,535
views / year
views / year
58
Geography of India
Overview of the geography of India
15,471
views / year
views / year
59
astrophysics
science that employs the methods and principles of physics and chemistry in the study of astronomical objects and phenom
15,402
views / year
views / year
60
Pauli exclusion principle
quantum mechanical principle that two identical fermions cannot occupy the same quantum state simultaneously
15,234
views / year
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61
backpropagation
optimization algorithm for artificial neural networks
15,160
views / year
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62
Egyptians
Ethnic group native to Egypt
15,127
views / year
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63
Robin Hobb bibliography
14,692
views / year
views / year
64
positron
subatomic particle with positive charge
14,609
views / year
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65
biochemistry
study of chemical processes in living organisms
14,514
views / year
views / year
66
greenhouse effect
atmospheric heat retention
14,450
views / year
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67
syntax
inner structure of sentences and the linguistic field that studies it
14,313
views / year
views / year
68
creationism
religious belief that nature, and aspects such as the universe, Earth, life, and humans, originated with supernatural ac
14,047
views / year
views / year
69
Synanon
Religious cult of the 1970s
13,813
views / year
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70
PowerShell
cross-platform command-line interface and scripting language for system and network administration
13,517
views / year
views / year
71
Nixon Shock
1971 decoupling of the US dollar from gold
13,506
views / year
views / year
72
engineered materials arrestor system
bed of engineered materials built at the end of a runway
13,454
views / year
views / year
73
Geography of Chile
Overview of the geography of Chile
13,428
views / year
views / year
74
five-year plans of India
economic policies of India
13,363
views / year
views / year
75
Geography of Nepal
Overview of the geography of Nepal
13,113
views / year
views / year
76
limnic eruption
very rare type of natural disaster in which dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2) suddenly erupts from deep lake waters, formin
12,991
views / year
views / year
77
demographics of Iran
demographics of a country
12,665
views / year
views / year
78
sexology
scientific study of human sexuality
12,647
views / year
views / year
79
history of Rome
history of city of Rome and Roman civilization
12,548
views / year
views / year
80
geography of Taiwan
overview of the geography of Taiwan
12,478
views / year
views / year
81
AlphaGo versus Lee Sedol
Go match between AlphaGo and Lee Sedol
12,423
views / year
views / year
82
morphology
identification, analysis and description of the structure of a given language's morphemes and other linguistic units
12,377
views / year
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83
Bantu expansion
name for a postulated millennia-long series of migrations of speakers of the original proto-Bantu language group
12,307
views / year
views / year
84
ornithology
study of birds
12,294
views / year
views / year
85
Strava
fitness tracking app for iOS and Android
12,123
views / year
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86
shape of the universe
subject of cosmology
11,791
views / year
views / year
87
Generations of Noah
genealogy of the sons of Noah and their dispersion into many lands after the Flood found in Genesis
11,657
views / year
views / year
88
population history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas
11,204
views / year
views / year
89
Maya calendar
system of calendars used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
11,184
views / year
views / year
90
phonetics
branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech
11,183
views / year
views / year
91
Zersetzung
technique for the fight against political opponents by destroying them on a psychological, economical and personal life
11,173
views / year
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92
Western philosophy
philosophical tradition of Western civilization
11,066
views / year
views / year
93
hydroelectricity
electricity generated by hydropower
10,859
views / year
views / year
94
S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897
S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897
10,826
views / year
views / year
95
fiqh
process by means of which jurists derive sets of guidelines, rules and regulations from the rulings laid down in the Qur
10,687
views / year
views / year
96
demographics of Switzerland
demographics of country
10,677
views / year
views / year
97
demographics of Finland
aspect of human geography in Finland
10,638
views / year
views / year
98
hybrid warfare
type of war, warfare and a theory of military strategy
10,619
views / year
views / year
99
rule of law
doctrine that advocates that every citizen, including those in government, is subject to the law
10,583
views / year
views / year
100
Mesoamerican Long Count calendar
non-repeating base-20 and base-18 calendar used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, including the Maya
10,496
views / year
views / year