# Wikipedia - how do you tell how many times a page has been viewed?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 3, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-how-do-you-tell-how-many-times-a-page-has-been-viewed/608235 "2012-01-03T06:28:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-how-do-you-tell-how-many-times-a-page-has-been-viewed/608235/1 "2012-01-03T06:28:57Z")

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I’ve seen a widget somewhere that allows you to see how many times a particular page on wikipedia has been viewed, but I can’t find it - has anybody seen it?

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**Author:** ![Zagalejo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Zagalejo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zagalejo)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-how-do-you-tell-how-many-times-a-page-has-been-viewed/608235/2 "2012-01-03T07:40:43Z")

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[Wikipedia article traffic statistics](http://stats.grok.se/)

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**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-how-do-you-tell-how-many-times-a-page-has-been-viewed/608235/3 "2012-01-03T09:56:11Z")

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You can do it right from the article itself.

When you’re reading any particular article, click on the “View history” tab. In blue print, and near the top of the page that then appears, you’ll see “Page view statistics”. And thar she blows.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-how-do-you-tell-how-many-times-a-page-has-been-viewed/608235/4 "2012-01-04T12:54:47Z")

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Thanks!