# Wikipedia API: Get page views > Returns human-reader view counts for a Wikipedia article by day or month, with totals, daily averages and the peak period. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikipedia. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/wikipedia.org/get-page-views - Method: `wikipedia.org/get_page_views`, version 1 - Website: wikipedia.org - Returns: article title and link, date range, total views, average views per day, peak day or month, chronological views - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1ยข with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `topic` | string | yes | `"Taylor Swift"` | The Wikipedia article name, such as Taylor Swift. | | `end_date` | string | no | | Last date to count, inclusive, such as 2026-08-31. Defaults to yesterday. | | `group_by` | string | no | | Group views by day or month, such as month. Defaults to day. One of "day", "month". Default "day". | | `language` | string | no | | Wikipedia language name or code, such as French or fr. Defaults to English. Default "English". | | `start_date` | string | no | | First date to count, inclusive, such as 2026-08-01. Defaults to 29 days before the end date. | ## Output From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened. Its input: ```json { "topic": "Taylor Swift" } ``` Its output: ```json { "peak": { "date": "2026-09-28", "views": 49080 }, "views": [ { "date": "2026-09-23", "views": 27097 }, { "date": "2026-09-24", "views": 19750 }, { "date": "2026-09-25", "views": 37056 } ], "end_date": "2026-10-22", "start_date": "2026-09-23", "total_views": 517194, "article_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift", "article_title": "Taylor Swift", "average_views_per_day": 17239.8 } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"wikipedia.org/get_page_views","input":{"topic":"Taylor Swift"}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - How many times was the Eiffel Tower Wikipedia article viewed by readers last month, broken down by day? - Show monthly reader views for the article on the Great Barrier Reef from January to June 2025 in French Wikipedia. - What was the peak day for views of the Marie Curie article over the past 30 days on Wikipedia? - I need the average daily pageviews for the Bitcoin article between 2024-03-01 and 2024-03-31, plus the total. - Give me the chronological monthly view counts for the Taylor Swift article on English Wikipedia for 2023 with the overall total. ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "topic" ], "properties": { "topic": { "type": "string", "description": "The Wikipedia article name, such as Taylor Swift." }, "end_date": { "type": "string", "format": "date", "description": "Last date to count, inclusive, such as 2026-08-31. Defaults to yesterday." }, "group_by": { "enum": [ "day", "month" ], "type": "string", "default": "day", "description": "Group views by day or month, such as month. Defaults to day." }, "language": { "type": "string", "default": "English", "description": "Wikipedia language name or code, such as French or fr. Defaults to English." }, "start_date": { "type": "string", "format": "date", "description": "First date to count, inclusive, such as 2026-08-01. Defaults to 29 days before the end date." } }, "additionalProperties": false } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "article_title", "article_link", "start_date", "end_date", "total_views", "average_views_per_day", "peak", "views" ], "properties": { "peak": { "type": [ "object", "null" ], "required": [ "date", "views" ], "properties": { "date": { "type": "string", "format": "date", "description": "Day, or first day of month." }, "views": { "type": "integer", "description": "Human-reader views." } }, "description": "Highest-view day or month in the selected period, or null if no counts are available.", "additionalProperties": false }, "views": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "date", "views" ], "properties": { "date": { "type": "string", "format": "date" }, "views": { "type": "integer" } }, "additionalProperties": false }, "description": "Chronological daily or monthly reader views; monthly dates are the first of each month." }, "end_date": { "type": "string", "format": "date", "description": "Last day counted." }, "start_date": { "type": "string", "format": "date", "description": "First day counted." }, "total_views": { "type": "integer", "description": "Human-reader views during the period." }, "article_link": { "type": "string", "description": "Link to the article." }, "article_title": { "type": "string", "description": "Wikipedia article title." }, "average_views_per_day": { "type": "number", "description": "Total views divided by calendar days in the period." } }, "additionalProperties": false } ``` ## See more - [Wikipedia API: Get article summary](https://fous.com/methods/wikipedia.org/get-article-summary.md): Returns the opening summary, short description, main image, article link and last edit time for a Wikipedia topic in the chosen language. For ambiguous names it uses the top matching article and lists up to five alternatives. - [Wikipedia API: Get full article](https://fous.com/methods/wikipedia.org/get-full-article.md): Returns the full text of a Wikipedia article in ordered sections, with its last edit time, reference count and visible categories, in any language edition. Footnotes, tables and navigation material are excluded; a topic that is not an exact title uses the best search match. - [Wikipedia API: Get key facts from an article](https://fous.com/methods/wikipedia.org/get-key-facts.md): Returns the labeled facts, in order, from the information box of a Wikipedia article in any language edition. Articles without an information box have no facts. - [Wikipedia API: Search articles](https://fous.com/methods/wikipedia.org/search-articles.md): Searches a Wikipedia language edition by keywords and returns matching articles in relevance order, with descriptions, snippets, word counts, last edit dates and links. - [Wikipedia API: Get Wikipedia On this day](https://fous.com/methods/wikipedia.org/get-on-this-day.md): Returns Wikipedia's On this day events, births, deaths and holidays for a month and day, in a chosen Wikipedia language; events, births and deaths come newest year first. - [Britannica API: Get article](https://fous.com/methods/britannica.com/get-article.md): Finds the best-matching Britannica encyclopedia article for a topic and returns its introduction, quick facts, section headings, update date and main image. - [Internet Archive API: List archived snapshots of a page](https://fous.com/methods/web.archive.org/list-snapshots.md): Lists Wayback Machine captures of a web page, oldest first, with HTTP status and whether the content changed since the previous capture. - [Fandom API: Get a wiki article](https://fous.com/methods/fandom.com/get-wiki-article.md): Finds a topic on the main English Fandom wiki for a franchise (picked from Fandom's cross-wiki search, or given as a wiki or article link) and returns the article's opening paragraphs, infobox facts, section headings, main image and links. - [All Wikipedia methods](https://fous.com/methods/wikipedia.org.md)