Trending Scientific Theories in China — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed scientific theories on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (Chinese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Data as of 29 October 2026.
- Source
- Wikipedia pageviews — complete hourly data from Wikimedia (CC0)
- Window
- the 12 months to October 2026 · Data as of 29 October 2026
- Showing
- 100 scientific theories — drawn from 1,261,344 articles Wikipedia recorded views for in this window
This counts a Wikipedia language edition, not a country's residents — Measured from the Chinese-language Wikipedia edition — readers worldwide, not residents of China. Nothing here is capped or sampled: it is every view Wikipedia published for these articles in the window. Rows carrying a 📰 badge add news coverage from GDELT; entity names and types come from Wikidata. Looking for what one country read? That is what the world reads — a different, capped measurement.
Where this data comes from ›100
Ranked
6,588
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era
a political theory attributed to Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
2,119
views
views
2
Fermi paradox
apparent contradiction between the lack of evidence and high probability estimates for the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations
286
views
views
3
theory of relativity
two interrelated physics theories by Albert Einstein
209
views
views
4
Big Bang
hypothetical begin of the Universe through expansion out of an infinitely small and infinitely dense state
205
views
views
5
anarchism
a philosophy, movement, and political ideology that holds that any government, like the state, is undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful
184
views
views
6
general relativity
standard and classical physics theory of gravity and space
178
views
views
7
race
nonscientific human classification system primarily based on physical appearance
149
views
views
8
Two-state theory
notion in Taiwan-China relations
144
views
views
9
special relativity
physical theory of measurement in an inertial frame of reference proposed in 1905 by Albert Einstein
143
views
views
10
flat Earth
archaic conception of the Earth's shape
125
views
views
11
uncertainty principle
fundamental principle in quantum physics
117
views
views
12
Dyson sphere
hypothetical megastructure, originally described by Freeman Dyson
110
views
views
13
infrared radiation
electromagnetic radiation with longer wavelengths than those of visible light
101
views
views
14
accelerationism
political philosophy that the prevailing system of capitalism should be expanded in order to generate radical social change
97
views
views
15
Coriolis force
apparent or fictitious force on objects moving within a reference frame that rotates with respect to an inertial frame
96
views
views
16
heliocentrism
astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around a relatively stationary Sun at the center of the Solar System
90
views
views
17
high-functioning autism
outdated term for types of autism without intellectual or verbal disability and cognitively "higher functioning" (with an IQ of ≥70); term that medical and autistic communities calling to stop using because it is simplistic and offensive
84
views
views
18
Three Worlds Theory
Maoist interpretation and formulation of international relations
82
views
views
19
Einstein field equations
field equations in general relativity
78
views
views
20
mutual non-recognition of sovereignty and mutual non-denial of authority to govern
characterization of the relationship across the Taiwan Strait
77
views
views
21
miasma theory
obsolete medical theory about the transmission of disease through bad air
65
views
views
22
meritocracy
political system in which capital is assigned on the basis of competence
62
views
views
23
boson
quantum system invariant by exchange of two identical instances
58
views
views
24
band theory
model of electronic structure in solids
53
views
views
25
continental drift
movement of Earth's continents relative to each other
52
views
views
26
constitutionalism
political and legal thought holding that government authority derives from and is limited by fundamental law, emphasizing the protection of rights
52
views
views
27
party-state capitalism
capitalist economy where the government, under a sole ruling party, acts as a corporation
51
views
views
28
Lamarckism
hypothesis that an organism can pass on characteristics that it has acquired through use or disuse during its lifetime to its offspring
46
views
views
29
Dirac sea
ground state of a fermionic field; thought of as a "sea" of negative-energy states that have been all filled in, thus rendering the vaccum stable
44
views
views
30
Bloodline theory
political theory among Old Red Guards
43
views
views
31
Bose–Einstein condensate
state of matter of a dilute gas of bosons cooled to temperatures very near absolute zero
40
views
views
32
Darwinism
theory of biological evolution driven by natural selection
39
views
views
33
spherical Earth
assertion that the Earth is (at least approximately) spherical
37
views
views
34
trickle-down economics
economic theory
37
views
views
35
Interactions Between Heaven and Mankind
Concept for choosing a monarch
37
views
views
36
principal–agent problem
conflict of interest when one agent makes decisions on another's behalf
35
views
views
37
Socialism in One Country
political theory by Joseph Stalin
35
views
views
38
axial tilt
angle between the rotational axis and orbital axis of a body
33
views
views
39
Realism
international relations theory
31
views
views
40
Jahn–Teller effect
mechanism of spontaneous symmetry breaking in molecular and solid-state systems
30
views
views
41
Fresnel diffraction
diffraction
29
views
views
42
triarchic theory of intelligence
theory of human intelligence formulated by Robert Sternberg
29
views
views
43
phlogiston theory
superseded scientific theory about combustion
29
views
views
44
Peaceful Evolution
alleged US attempt to peacefully effect a political transformation of the Chinese socialist system
28
views
views
45
Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory
chemical theory defining acids and bases by transfer of protons (hydrons)
27
views
views
46
Theory of the Undetermined Status of Ryukyu Islands
legal theory about the Ryukyu Islands
27
views
views
47
emperor organ theory
constitutional theory that was the prevailing interpretation of the Constitution of the Empire of Japan until it became the subject of political attacks in 1935
26
views
views
48
Sino-Babylonianism
discredited theory that in the 3rd millennium BCE Mesopotamia provided essential elements of material civilization and language to China
25
views
views
49
Fermi–Dirac statistics
behaviour of many identical fermions, particles with half-integer spin
24
views
views
50
History of atomic theory
history of scientific theory that views matter as made up of atoms of chemical elements
24
views
views
51
democratic peace theory
theory which posits that democracies are hesitant to engage in armed conflict with other identified democracies
24
views
views
52
biogenesis
biological term that shows the view that living beings can develop only from other living beings
23
views
views
53
domino theory
theory concerning the influence of Communism
23
views
views
54
Neo-Darwinism
the current paradigm in evolutionary biology
23
views
views
55
modern evolutionary synthesis
early-20th-century scientific theory combining Darwinian evolution and Mendelian inheritance
22
views
views
56
kinetic theory
mathematical model explaining macroscopic properties of gases in microscopic terms
22
views
views
57
Kurgan hypothesis
theory of Indo-European origin
20
views
views
58
voting paradox (Condorcet)
Marquis de Condorcet's observation regarding times when voters' collective preferences are cyclic, even when voters' individual preferences are not
20
views
views
59
neorealism
concept in international relations
20
views
views
60
tidal acceleration
cause of tidal locking
20
views
views
61
big lie
gross distortion or misrepresentation of the truth
19
views
views
62
pangenesis
Darwin's hypothetical mechanism for heredity
18
views
views
63
rotating black hole
black hole with angular momentum
18
views
views
64
Bose-Einstein statistics
statistical description for the behaviour of bosons
18
views
views
65
cell theory
scientific theory that living organisms are made up of cells, that they are the basic structural/organizational unit of all organisms, and that all cells come from pre-existing cells
18
views
views
66
Ainu Revolution Theory
theory in Japanese left-wing thought
17
views
views
67
race and intelligence
discussions and claims of differences in intelligence along racial lines
17
views
views
68
perturbation theory
quantum mechanics
17
views
views
69
vitalism
discredited scientific hypothesis
17
views
views
70
Stokes shift
difference between positions of the band maxima of the absorption and emission spectra of the same electronic transition
16
views
views
71
spontaneous generation
disproven theory of life arising from nonliving matter
16
views
views
72
iron law of oligarchy
Political theory claiming that all organizations will eventually become oligarchic
16
views
views
73
Kelvin–Helmholtz instability
fluid instability that occurs when there is velocity shear in a single continuous fluid or a velocity difference across the interface between two fluids
16
views
views
74
germ theory of disease
prevailing theory about the cause of infectious diseases
15
views
views
75
Minkowski diagram
graph of space and time in special relativity
15
views
views
76
insanity
abnormal mental or behavioral patterns
15
views
views
77
attention schema theory
theory of consciousness and subjective awareness
14
views
views
78
Stokes flow
fluid flow where advective inertial forces are small compared with viscous forces
14
views
views
79
transition state theory
scientific theory
14
views
views
80
Third International Theory
theory of governance proposed by Muammar Gaddafi
13
views
views
81
Frenkel defect
13
views
views
82
nutation
type of motion in astronomy. A component of the rotating motion of a planet under the influence of gravitational pull by moons, other planets or the central star
12
views
views
83
elliptic filter
signal processing filter
12
views
views
84
contractualism
moral theory
12
views
views
85
Maxwell–Boltzmann statistics
statistical distribution used in many-particle mechanics
12
views
views
86
Flory–Huggins solution theory
Lattice model of polymer solutions
12
views
views
87
insular biogeography
field within biogeography that examines the factors that affect the species richness and diversification of isolated natural communities
12
views
views
88
thorium-230
isotope of thorium
12
views
views
89
bricolage
construction or creation of a work from a diverse range of things that happen to be available, or a work created by such a process.
11
views
views
90
probability axioms
axioms that are relevant to the probability theory
11
views
views
91
didymium
chemical compound
11
views
views
92
Hoyle's fallacy
the argument against abiogenesis of chance
11
views
views
93
von Neumann entropy
type of entropy in quantum statistical mechanics
11
views
views
94
orthogenesis
obsolete biological hypothesis that organisms have an innate tendency to evolve towards some goal
11
views
views
95
post-Marxism
trend in political philosophy and social theory
11
views
views
96
Diwa theory
11
views
views
97
withering away of the state
concept coined by Engels that, with the realization of socialism, the state will become obsolete and disappear as the society will govern itself without coercive enforcement of the law
11
views
views
98
Bell state
quantum state of two qubits that exhibits maximal quantum entanglement
10
views
views
99
Duverger's law
principle in political science
10
views
views
100
Penrose diagram
two-dimensional diagram that captures the causal relations between different points in spacetime
10
views
views