Wikipedia turns 20 | Covid-19 to US Presidential Election: What people read the most on Wikipedia in 2020

Wikipedia, the world's most-read online encyclopedia, turns 20 today. The previous year saw humankind deal with a pandemic and an election unlike any other it had faced in recent history and made some of the least used terms like quarantine and social distancing widely used by all. Based on data obtained from Statista, we a look at the 10 most read topics on Wikipedia in 2020.

1 | Covid-19 Pandemic. This was the most widely read page and topic on the encyclopedia as teh world grappled with a pandemic amid full-fledged lockdowns and misinformation

2 | Donald Trump

3 | Deaths in 2020

5 | Joe Biden

4 | Kamala Harris

6 | Coronavirus

7 | Kobe Bryant

8 | Covid-19 pandemic by country and territory

9 | Elizabeth II

10 | 2020 United States presidential election