Nicholas Carr linked to Wikimedia’s list of the 30 most visited pages on Wikipedia. It’s an interesting (and possibly upsetting) snapshot of Western culture. The sex stuff is predictable, I guess, but why the hell are the irukandji jellyfish and the Volkswagen Type 2 so popular?
1. Home page
2. Wikipedia
3. United States
4. List of big-bust models and performers
5. JonBenet Ramsey
6. List of sex positions
7. Wiki
8. Hurricane Katrina
9. Pluto
10. List of female porn stars
11. Irukandji jellyfish
12. Pornography
13. Wii
14. World Wrestling Entertainment roster
15. Jeff Hardy [professional wrestler]
16. Pokemon
17. September 11, 2001 attacks
18. Celebrity sex tape
19. Neighbours [Australian soap opera]
20. Warren Jeffs [polygamist cult leader]
21. C programming language
22. Sasuke Uchiha [fictional anime character]
23. Volkswagen Type 2
24. Priyanka Chopra [Miss World 2000]
25. Morocco
26. Nicole Scherzinger [lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls]
27. United States Air Force
28. Batman
29. List of gay porn stars [a model of wikipedian comprehensiveness]
30. Tupac Shakur
i think the bigger question is “why is #26 nicole scherzinger (lead singer of the pussycat dolls) on this list?”
I had that thought too. It’s really weird that it’s there.