History Of Most Popular
Using the Wayback Machine, we can research the history of the most popular articles by examining the snapshots of the Most Popular page.
Here is an exhaustive list of snapshots as of September 2021.
The biggest lacunae are:
- 2007-10-21 to 2009-01-22 (459 days)
- 2009-08-05 to 2012-06-09 (1,039 days)
- 2017-08-01 to 2020-04-08 (981 days)
2001
April 21
June 2
August 2
December 28
2002
February 25
June 9
October 17
2003
February 7
June 4
August 10
October 8
2004
February 22
September 5
October 13
2005
January 18
February 5
April 3
August 27
November 28
2006
August
6,
11,
19 and
31
September 9
October 10
December 30
2007
February 21
October 21
2009
January 22
August 5
2012
June 9
December 13
2013
February 3
2014
April 8
July 18
2015
March
4 and
24
September 12
2016
March
13 and
21
April 4
2017
April 1
August 1
2020
April 8
September 28
2021
January 27
April 12
June 24
2022
January 23
August 14
November 26