Trending Science Topics this year
The 100 most-viewed science topics this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: COVID-19.
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COVID-19
contagious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2
49,097
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2
tabby cat
domestic cat with a distinctive coat marked by stripes, dots, lines, or other patterns
32,693
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3
human evolution
evolutionary process leading up to the appearance of anatomically modern humans
27,985
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4
physics
study of matter and its motion, along with related concepts such as energy and force
27,824
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5
Gregorian calendar
internationally accepted civil calendar
27,800
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6
misanthropy
general dislike of humanity
24,846
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7
demographics of India
Aspect of human geography in India
22,271
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8
vibe coding
software development practice with AI assistance
22,097
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9
self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell
self-immolation of a 25-year-old U.S. serviceman
22,030
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views
10
Hellenistic period
period of Mediterranean history from 323 to 31 BC
20,105
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11
French Republican calendar
calendar
18,237
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12
Julian calendar
calendar introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 BC
17,525
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13
demographics of Germany
demographics of country
17,037
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14
tricolour cat
coat pattern in domestic cats
16,902
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15
feminism
group of movements that come about defining, and defending women liberation and gender equity
16,697
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16
Critical Role
American TTRPG web series
15,976
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17
application programming interface
software interface between computers and/or programs
14,118
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18
homeopathy
system of pseudoscientific alternative medicine based on the doctrine of "like cures like"
14,081
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19
logic
study of correct reasoning
13,058
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20
tortoiseshell
two-color coat coloring found almost exclusively in female cats
12,279
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views
21
Ayurveda
Pseudoscientific alternative medicine originating from India
11,980
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views
22
demographics of Israel
national demographics
11,732
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23
dispensationalism
Christian theology
11,700
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24
Islamic calendar
lunar calendar used by Muslims to determine religious observances
11,319
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views
25
geography of the United States
overview of the geography of the United States of America
11,219
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26
demographics of Ukraine
demographics of country
11,177
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views
27
semantics
study of meaning in language
11,018
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views
28
timeline of human evolution
chronological outline of major events in the development of the human species
10,793
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29
Scale AI
American multinational data annotation company
10,712
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views
30
Chinese calendar
lunisolar calendar
10,515
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views
31
Lebensraum
German "living space" ideas of settler colonialism (1890sā1940s)
10,369
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32
chronology of the universe
history and future of the universe according to Big Bang cosmology
10,105
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views
33
Alcoholics Anonymous
self-help organization
9,733
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views
34
Kinsey scale
social distribution of sexual orientation
9,448
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35
Slack
web-based instant messaging service
9,433
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views
36
demographics of the Netherlands
demographics of country
8,968
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views
37
Socratic method
type of dialog or debate
8,936
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38
critical sociology
philosophy that sociological understanding's primarily use should be social reform
8,465
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39
natural language processing
field of computer science and linguistics
7,863
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40
Mesoamerican Long Count calendar
non-repeating base-20 and base-18 calendar used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, including the Maya
7,823
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views
41
AlphaFold
software by DeepMind
7,693
views
views
42
Roman calendar
calendar
7,641
views
views
43
Today
American morning television program broadcast on NBC
7,548
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views
44
genetics
science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms
7,407
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views
45
biotechnology
technologies directly involving biology; formerly or more narrowly the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make useful product
7,244
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46
gradient descent
optimization algorithm
6,872
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47
wheel of the year
annual cycle of seasonal festivals observed by many modern Pagans
6,781
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48
cosmology
scientific study of the origin, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe
6,668
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views
49
Geography of India
Overview of the geography of India
6,444
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views
50
de-extinction
process of creating an organism, which is either a member of, or resembles an extinct species, or breeding population of such organisms
6,368
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51
Apple Intelligence
artificial intelligence platform developed by Apple
6,304
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52
backpropagation
optimization algorithm for artificial neural networks
6,085
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53
Robin Hobb bibliography
6,038
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54
Egyptians
Ethnic group native to Egypt
5,995
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55
sleep deprivation
condition of not having enough sleep
5,986
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56
greenhouse effect
atmospheric heat retention
5,982
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57
entomology
scientific study of insects
5,767
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58
physiotherapy
is a medical specialty that aims to address the illnesses or injuries that limit a person's abilities to function in everyday lives
5,747
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59
five-year plans of India
economic policies of India
5,746
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60
positron
subatomic particle with positive charge
5,652
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61
demographics of Iran
demographics of a country
5,620
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62
Synanon
Religious cult of the 1970s
5,614
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63
syntax
inner structure of sentences and the linguistic field that studies it
5,583
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64
Altai Mountains
mountains in Russia, Kazakhstan, China, and Mongolia
5,456
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65
Jihadism
Belief in one's internal struggle against one's own evil inclinations
5,334
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66
etymology science
study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time
5,299
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67
ornithology
study of birds
5,240
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views
68
Three Sisters
main agricultural crops of various Native American groups in North America
5,209
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views
69
Pauli exclusion principle
quantum mechanical principle that two identical fermions cannot occupy the same quantum state simultaneously
5,154
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views
70
sexology
scientific study of human sexuality
5,080
views
views
71
astrophysics
science that employs the methods and principles of physics and chemistry in the study of astronomical objects and phenomena
5,024
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views
72
biochemistry
study of chemical processes in living organisms
4,980
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views
73
Strava
fitness tracking app for iOS and Android
4,710
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views
74
Geography of Chile
Overview of the geography of Chile
4,695
views
views
75
prospect theory
theory of behavioral economics and behavioral finance that was developed by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky in 1979
4,671
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views
76
history of Rome
history of city of Rome and Roman civilization
4,668
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views
77
Bantu expansion
name for a postulated millennia-long series of migrations of speakers of the original proto-Bantu language group
4,632
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views
78
Nixon Shock
1971 decoupling of the US dollar from gold
4,555
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views
79
morphology
identification, analysis and description of the structure of a given language's morphemes and other linguistic units
4,537
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views
80
creationism
religious belief that nature, and aspects such as the universe, Earth, life, and humans, originated with supernatural acts of divine creatio
4,485
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views
81
PowerShell
cross-platform command-line interface and scripting language for system and network administration
4,477
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views
82
demographics of Switzerland
demographics of country
4,466
views
views
83
shape of the universe
subject of cosmology
4,371
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views
84
Generations of Noah
genealogy of the sons of Noah and their dispersion into many lands after the Flood found in Genesis
4,333
views
views
85
Maya calendar
system of calendars used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
4,319
views
views
86
Western philosophy
philosophical tradition of Western civilization
4,247
views
views
87
demographics of Finland
aspect of human geography in Finland
4,164
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views
88
demographics of Portugal
demographics of the country
4,157
views
views
89
hydroelectricity
electricity generated by hydropower
4,100
views
views
90
astrobiology
study of the formation of life on Earth and elsewhere on other planets in outer space
4,092
views
views
91
limnic eruption
very rare type of natural disaster in which dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2) suddenly erupts from deep lake waters, forming a gas cloud capabl
4,064
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views
92
demographics of Belgium
demographics of country
4,060
views
views
93
population history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas
4,024
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views
94
vexillology
study of flags
3,982
views
views
95
clitoral hood reduction
procedure that trims the prepuce in order to further expose the clitoral glans of the clitoris
3,972
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views
96
numismatics
study of currencies, coins and paper money
3,970
views
views
97
Geography of Japan
Overview of the geography of Japan
3,935
views
views
98
Japanese calendar
calendar
3,811
views
views
99
hoodoo
tall, thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of an arid drainage basin or badland
3,799
views
views
100
phonetics
branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech
3,782
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