The following list is the most popular pages for October, 2001. This is based on a fairly ad hoc method of adjusting for unique visitors.
It is perhaps noteworthy that such a large percentage of the most popular pages have something to do with the terrorist attacks and aftermath, including the war. SEE BELOW -- I have also produced a hand-edited list, omitting the war-related topics.
- 30249 Main_Page
- 6327 Recent Changes
- 6245 September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack
- 5285 September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Casualties
- 5007 World Trade Center
- 2867 September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Missing Persons
- 1884 September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/City of New York casualties
- 1501 Mathematics
- 1396 Wikipedia FAQ
- 1355 September 11
- 1203 Wikipedia
- 1116 September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Plane casualties
- 1086 September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Timeline
- 1057 World Trade Center/North Tower
- 999 History
- 977 Philosophy
- 970 September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Survivors
- 934 New York City
- 902 Computer science
- 860 Biology
- 855 Astronomy and Astrophysics
- 772 sep11:Personal experiences (later moved from wikipedia)
- 770 Physics
- 720 Music
- 676 RecentChanges
- 671 Cantor Fitzgerald
- 646 2001 U.S. Attack on Afghanistan
- 636 Welcome, newcomers
- 631 Complete list of encyclopedia topics
- 629 September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Hijackers
- 623 Religion
- 596 sep11:In Memoriam (later moved off wikipedia)
- 592 Terrorist incidents
- 579 American Airlines flight 11
- 579 American Airlines flight 11
- 573 World War II
- 568 Geography
- 565 Chemistry
- 562 Cooking
- 557 World Trade Center/South Tower
- 518 Language
- 509 How does one edit a page
- 503 Film
- 502 Brilliant prose
- 500 Periodic table
- 497 Osama bin Laden
- 490 Osama Bin Laden
- 488 2001 anthrax attack
- 482 Sport
- 476 Mercury (element)
- 475 GNU Free Documentation License
- 472 Wikipedia Announcements
- 470 Game
- 468 Free
- 464 Programming language
- 464 Current events
- 455 Open content
- 454 Economics
- 449 Sex
- 444 Playboy
- 443 ARY Digital
- 442 Most common Wikipedia faux pas
- 430 Requested articles
- 429 Architecture
- 427 2001 Coalition Attack on Afghanistan
- 424 Linguistics
- 423 Engineering
- 420 WikiWiki
- 415 Earth Sciences
- 413 Psychology
- 413 Psychology
- 413 Larry Sanger
- 411 September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Pentagon casualties
- 411 Literature
- 410 Wikipedians
- 405 Incest
- 402 Taliban
- 399 Technology
- 398 Afghanistan
- 394 History of Science and Technology
- 391 United States
- 391 Discovery of the chemical elements
- 376 Model
- 374 talk:Main_Page
- 372 Anthropology
- 371 September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Back history
- 368 Public Domain Resources
- 365 Big O
- 364 Islam
- 362 Friends of Wikipedia
- 361 Statistics
- 361 Napoleonic Code
- 360 International Wikipedia
- 357 What is a wiki
- 357 September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Foreign casualties
- 356 September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Misinformation and rumors
- 354 Famous French People
- 351 CIAWorldFactbook
- 347 Visual Arts and Design
- 343 Gulf War
- 342 Video
- 342 Television
- 341 United Airlines flight 93
- 337 Health Sciences
- 336 Pentagon (now at The Pentagon)
- 335 2001
Hand edited to remove terrorist attack and war related pages.
I suppose my judgment could be questioned on some of the choices I've made, but I just wanted to give the gist of it. (For example,
New York City might have been a popular topic anyway, but I removed it. And perhaps the interest in
Religion and
World War II is related to the attacks, but I left them in.)
- 30249 Main_Page
- 6327 Recent Changes
- 1501 Mathematics
- 1396 Wikipedia FAQ
- 1203 Wikipedia
- 999 History
- 977 Philosophy
- 902 Computer science
- 860 Biology
- 855 Astronomy and Astrophysics
- 770 Physics
- 720 Music
- 676 RecentChanges
- 636 Welcome, newcomers
- 631 Complete list of encyclopedia topics
- 623 Religion
- 573 World War II
- 568 Geography
- 565 Chemistry
- 562 Cooking
- 518 Language
- 509 How does one edit a page
- 503 Film
- 502 brilliant prose
- 500 Periodic table
- 482 Sport
- 476 Mercury (element)
- 475 GNU Free Documentation License
- 472 Wikipedia Announcements
- 470 Game
- 468 Free
- 464 Programming language
- 464 Current events
- 455 Open content
- 454 Economics
- 449 Sex
- 444 Playboy
- 443 ARY Digital
- 442 Most common Wikipedia faux pas
- 430 Requested articles
- 429 Architecture
- 424 Linguistics
- 423 Engineering
- 420 WikiWiki
- 415 Earth Sciences
- 413 Psychology
- 413 Larry Sanger
- 411 Literature
- 410 Wikipedians
- 405 Incest
- 399 Technology
- 394 History of Science and Technology
- 391 United States
- 391 Discovery of the chemical elements
- 376 Model
- 374 talk:Main_Page
- 372 Anthropology
- 368 Public Domain Resources
- 365 Big O
- 362 Friends of Wikipedia
- 361 Statistics
- 361 Napoleonic Code
- 360 International Wikipedia
- 357 What is a wiki
- 354 Famous French People
- 351 CIAWorldFactbook
- 347 Visual Arts and Design
- 342 Video
- 342 Television
- 337 Health Sciences
- 335 2001
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