Page views
The page views signal indicates how often a Wikimedia project page has been visited over a defined period of time, helping reusers communicate the relative popularity and relevance of a source.
We recommend consistently displaying monthly page views to ensure relevance and comparability across resources. For a more time-sensitive indication of popularity (particularly for Wikipedia content), we recommend adopting the Trending indicator signal instead.
Data sources
This section identifies where and how the data behind this signal can be obtained. It lists the relevant Wikimedia APIs, datasets, or metadata fields that reusers can rely on to implement the signal accurately and consistently.
Wikimedia Attribution API Beta Recommended
The Wikimedia Attribution API returns the number of views that a page received in the last 30 days through a page_views property. To receive this signal, include trust_and_relevance in the expand parameter. This signal is updated every 24 hours and will not reflect real time changes to page view counts. The value may be null when pageview data is unavailable.
Reference documentation can be found in any wiki's REST API sandbox, such as the REST API sandbox on English Wikipedia →
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Wikimedia Analytics API
The Wikimedia Analytics API offers an endpoint for fetching the number of views per page of any Wikimedia project.
See the Wikimedia Analytics API documentation →
Wikimedia Dumps
The Wikimedia page view dumps are downloadable, hourly-aggregated datasets that list how many times each Wikimedia page is viewed across projects and languages. This option allows obtaining page view data in the form of bulk, historical, or independently processed traffic information, rather than querying an API in real time.
See Wikimedia Dumps documentation →
Implementation guidance
Minimum requirements
Always accompany page view amounts with the time window during which they were measured (e.g., last 24 hours, last 30 days).
Use neutral labeling (e.g., “10K views in 24h”) and avoid framing popularity as quality or correctness (e.g., “Highly accurate due to 1M views”).
Keep page views signals secondary to essential attribution (such as Source, Link, and Title), and avoid replacing or obscuring these signals.
Reuse scenarios
The page views signal provides a simple, familiar cue about audience attention that can help end users gauge relevance at a glance. This attribute can be especially useful to express the relevance of resources in the following contexts:
Search
Recommended
Displaying recent page view data signals public interest and helps users gauge the relevance of a source.
AI assistants
Recommended
Including page views as part of article context reassures users that the topic is widely consulted.