Most Popular Sciences
Ranked by Wikipedia monthly pageviews — the real-world attention signal across 8 languages.
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Ranked
760,172
Total Monthly Views
1
COVID-19
contagious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2
251,697
views / year
views / year
2
Gregorian calendar
internationally accepted civil calendar
191,017
views / year
views / year
3
tabby cat
domestic cat with a distinctive coat marked by stripes, dots, lines, or other patterns
187,671
views / year
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4
human evolution
evolutionary process leading up to the appearance of anatomically modern humans
185,102
views / year
views / year
5
physics
study of matter and its motion, along with related concepts such as energy and force
178,935
views / year
views / year
6
misanthropy
general dislike of humanity
150,573
views / year
views / year
7
feminism
group of movements that come about defining, and defending women liberation and gender equity
124,861
views / year
views / year
8
Julian calendar
calendar introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 BC
114,136
views / year
views / year
9
geography of the United States
overview of the geography of the United States of America
108,812
views / year
views / year
10
vibe coding
software development practice with AI assistance
103,063
views / year
views / year
11
tricolour cat
coat pattern in domestic cats
99,520
views / year
views / year
12
Eiichiro Oda
Japanese manga artist
99,240
views / year
views / year
13
demographics of India
Aspect of human geography in India
95,187
views / year
views / year
14
Hellenistic period
period of Mediterranean history from 323 to 31 BC
89,953
views / year
views / year
15
homeopathy
system of pseudoscientific alternative medicine based on the doctrine of "like cures like"
88,386
views / year
views / year
16
demographics of Germany
demographics of country
82,692
views / year
views / year
17
French Republican calendar
calendar
80,168
views / year
views / year
18
Ayurveda
pseudoscientific alternative medicine originating from India
77,256
views / year
views / year
19
logic
study of correct reasoning
75,673
views / year
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20
tortoiseshell
two-color coat coloring found almost exclusively in female cats
72,160
views / year
views / year
21
Jihadism
Belief in one's internal struggle against one's own evil inclinations
67,414
views / year
views / year
22
Chinese calendar
lunisolar calendar
67,247
views / year
views / year
23
Islamic calendar
lunar calendar used by Muslims to determine religious observances
65,213
views / year
views / year
24
Critical Role
American TTRPG web series
65,175
views / year
views / year
25
demographics of Ukraine
demographics of country
64,251
views / year
views / year
26
semantics
study of meaning in language
59,773
views / year
views / year
27
demographics of Israel
national demographics
59,317
views / year
views / year
28
Slack
web-based instant messaging service
56,875
views / year
views / year
29
Lebensraum
German "living space" ideas of settler colonialism (1890s–1940s)
55,656
views / year
views / year
30
chronology of the universe
history and future of the universe according to Big Bang cosmology
55,028
views / year
views / year
31
Socratic method
type of dialog or debate
54,778
views / year
views / year
32
timeline of human evolution
chronological outline of major events in the development of the human species
54,587
views / year
views / year
33
dispensationalism
Christian theology
52,799
views / year
views / year
34
Apple Intelligence
artificial intelligence platform developed by Apple
52,725
views / year
views / year
35
Roman calendar
calendar
52,341
views / year
views / year
36
wheel of the year
annual cycle of seasonal festivals observed by many modern Pagans
47,678
views / year
views / year
37
critical sociology
philosophy that sociological understanding's primarily use should be social reform
47,218
views / year
views / year
38
Kinsey scale
social distribution of sexual orientation
46,958
views / year
views / year
39
Alcoholics Anonymous
self-help organization
46,765
views / year
views / year
40
cosmology
scientific study of the origin, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe
42,960
views / year
views / year
41
genetics
science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms
42,773
views / year
views / year
42
biotechnology
technologies directly involving biology; formerly or more narrowly the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make useful products
42,037
views / year
views / year
43
etymology science
study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time
41,881
views / year
views / year
44
self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell
self-immolation of a 25-year-old U.S. serviceman
41,532
views / year
views / year
45
entomology
scientific study of insects
40,422
views / year
views / year
46
Altai Mountains
mountains in Russia, Kazakhstan, China, and Mongolia
39,344
views / year
views / year
47
physiotherapy
is a medical specialty that aims to address the illnesses or injuries that limit a person's abilities to function in everyday lives
38,774
views / year
views / year
48
natural language processing
field of computer science and linguistics
37,808
views / year
views / year
49
biochemistry
study of chemical processes in living organisms
36,707
views / year
views / year
50
Pauli exclusion principle
quantum mechanical principle that two identical fermions cannot occupy the same quantum state simultaneously
36,264
views / year
views / year
51
syntax
inner structure of sentences and the linguistic field that studies it
36,184
views / year
views / year
52
backpropagation
optimization algorithm for artificial neural networks
35,914
views / year
views / year
53
gradient descent
optimization algorithm
35,801
views / year
views / year
54
Today
American morning television program broadcast on NBC
34,943
views / year
views / year
55
greenhouse effect
atmospheric heat retention
34,320
views / year
views / year
56
astrophysics
science that employs the methods and principles of physics and chemistry in the study of astronomical objects and phenomena
33,829
views / year
views / year
57
positron
subatomic particle with positive charge
33,827
views / year
views / year
58
hybrid warfare
type of war, warfare and a theory of military strategy
33,554
views / year
views / year
59
creationism
religious belief that nature, and aspects such as the universe, Earth, life, and humans, originated with supernatural acts of divine creation
33,517
views / year
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60
sleep deprivation
condition of not having enough sleep
33,339
views / year
views / year
61
AlphaFold
software by DeepMind
32,840
views / year
views / year
62
COVID-19 vaccine
vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus
32,686
views / year
views / year
63
Médecins Sans Frontières
international humanitarian medical non-governmental organisation
32,414
views / year
views / year
64
PowerShell
cross-platform command-line interface and scripting language for system and network administration
32,408
views / year
views / year
65
polio vaccine
vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis
32,360
views / year
views / year
66
Maya calendar
system of calendars used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
32,264
views / year
views / year
67
Geography of Russia
Overview of the geography of Russia
31,920
views / year
views / year
68
psychopathography of Adolf Hitler
Hypotheses about Adolf Hitler's mental state
31,819
views / year
views / year
69
de-extinction
process of creating an organism, which is either a member of, or resembles an extinct species, or breeding population of such organisms
30,602
views / year
views / year
70
Three Sisters
main agricultural crops of various Native American groups in North America
29,674
views / year
views / year
71
Geography of India
Overview of the geography of India
29,452
views / year
views / year
72
morphology
identification, analysis and description of the structure of a given language's morphemes and other linguistic units
28,899
views / year
views / year
73
Geography of Chile
Overview of the geography of Chile
28,582
views / year
views / year
74
history of Rome
history of city of Rome and Roman civilization
27,827
views / year
views / year
75
sexology
scientific study of human sexuality
27,423
views / year
views / year
76
ethology
scientific study of animal behavior
27,363
views / year
views / year
77
Robin Hobb bibliography
26,971
views / year
views / year
78
phonetics
branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech
26,889
views / year
views / year
79
demographics of the Netherlands
demographics of country
26,553
views / year
views / year
80
ornithology
study of birds
26,539
views / year
views / year
81
Strava
fitness tracking app for iOS and Android
26,504
views / year
views / year
82
Nixon Shock
1971 decoupling of the US dollar from gold
25,280
views / year
views / year
83
Generations of Noah
genealogy of the sons of Noah and their dispersion into many lands after the Flood found in Genesis
25,200
views / year
views / year
84
numismatics
study of currencies, coins and paper money
25,162
views / year
views / year
85
five-year plans of India
economic policies of India
25,124
views / year
views / year
86
hydroelectricity
electricity generated by hydropower
25,091
views / year
views / year
87
demographics of Iran
demographics of a country
24,722
views / year
views / year
88
hoodoo
tall, thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of an arid drainage basin or badland
24,313
views / year
views / year
89
Geography of Japan
Overview of the geography of Japan
24,006
views / year
views / year
90
Synanon
Religious cult of the 1970s
23,868
views / year
views / year
91
pharmacy
science that studies the chemical, pharmacological and pharmaceutical properties of drugs
23,647
views / year
views / year
92
AlphaGo versus Lee Sedol
Go match between AlphaGo and Lee Sedol
23,462
views / year
views / year
93
shape of the universe
subject of cosmology
23,428
views / year
views / year
94
rule of law
doctrine that advocates that every citizen, including those in government, is subject to the law
23,244
views / year
views / year
95
limnic eruption
very rare type of natural disaster in which dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2) suddenly erupts from deep lake waters, forming a gas cloud capable of suffocating wildlife, livestock, and humans
22,923
views / year
views / year
96
geography of Taiwan
overview of the geography of Taiwan
22,721
views / year
views / year
97
Bantu expansion
name for a postulated millennia-long series of migrations of speakers of the original proto-Bantu language group
22,343
views / year
views / year
98
clitoral hood reduction
procedure that trims the prepuce in order to further expose the clitoral glans of the clitoris
22,152
views / year
views / year
99
Japanese calendar
calendar
22,075
views / year
views / year
100
philately
study of stamps and postal history and other related items
22,043
views / year
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