In 2022, for another year, the readability of the Greek version of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia marked an upward trend. Last year the entry with the most visits was about the war in Ukraine, which even exceeded 700,000 views, which is an all-time record.

In second place was the entry for Greece, which has a consistently high readership, while in third place was the entry for Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, which always had many visits but these jumped after her death on September 8. Other current affairs items that saw a spike in their readability were about NATO (#4), European Union (#8), Russia (#11), Vladimir Putin (#16), and Volodymyr Zelensky (#19).

The entries FIFA World Cup (#5) and FIFA World Cup 2022 (#6) had high and steady traffic from November until mid-December during the games in Qatar. The entry ‘ Agios Paisios’ at position #7 had a high readership during the TV series about his life, with a weekly increase each time a new episode aired. Likewise, for the entries, George Papandreou (#9) and Kyveli (actor) (#14), for whose relationship there was also a TV series and the readability of the entries increased each time a new episode was aired.

The surge in traffic at the entry for the vice-president of the European Parliament Eva Kaili (#10) is due to her arrest, while the rise of entry to Line 3 (Athens Metro) (#15) is related to the extension of the line in October.

The list of the 25 most popular entries of 2022 in detail:

No. Page/Post Pageviews

1. Ukraine 703,339

2. Greece 697,779

3. Elizabeth II 506,893

4. NATO 498,629

5. Soccer World Cup 378,621

6. Soccer World Cup 2022 370,024

7. Agios Paisios 312,788

8. European Union 290,754

9. George Papandreou 288,599

10. Eva Kaili 283,842

11. Russia 283,685

12. Anniversary of No 269,473

13. World War I 244,638

14. Kyveli (actor) 242.250

15. Line 3 (Athens Metro) 237.477

16. Vladimir Putin 235.676

17. World War II 231.795

18. Greek Revolution of 1821 229.875

19. Volodymyr Zelensky 228.344

20. Sunday Prayer 220,848

22. Giannis Antetokounmpo 216,117

23. Cristiano Ronaldo 207,331

24. Cyprus 206,341

25. Asia Minor Catastrophe 206,170

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