# Wikipedia Popularity Meter

> See the relative popularity of pages on Wikipedia.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/wikipedia-popularity-meter](https://chrome-stats.com/d/wikipedia-popularity-meter)

## Overview

- **ID:** `wikipedia-popularity-meter`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** KDJ
- **Category:** search-tools,appearance
- **Daily users:** 8
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-03
- **First published:** 2024-02-12
- **Size:** 15 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/wikipedia-popularity-meter/)

## Description

This is a simple extension that displays a meter that shows how popular a page is on Wikipedia. 

*ATTENTION* 
For this extension to work you need to click "Always Allow on <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/948443f3b4ea035581e5e0fb6695f358fececdc3e4270a0428bf6e850f144fb0/http%3A//en.wikipedia.org" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org</a>" in extension toolbar menu settings (or the corresponding URL if you are using a different language).

I made this extension because I personally find it useful to know how popular a page is. On Wikipedia it's quite easy to suddenly realize you're studying some esoteric subfield that's probably not even worth reading about if you're not an expert. This extension is like a barometer that tells you how far down the rabbit hole you've gone, and at what point you should probably resurface. Plus, it's just kind of fun to see how popular a page is compared to others.

The popularity is measured by comparing the approximate number of page views for an article over the past 30 days to that of the 10th most popular article. The meter also has mouseover text which tells you additional information about the article's view statistics.

It supports all languages. 

The storage permission is used so that the extension doesn't have to fetch page statistics as frequently, but can instead cache them for a while.

I used a square root scale to represent the great variation in page views between pages in a way that feels natural.

You can also find the source code here:
<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/64255045db3ec1f680739bd9b1d6d2d394847be6d0c024709c822e83b7f5b1ee/https%3A//github.com/KDJDEV/wikipediaPagePopularityMeter" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/KDJDEV/wikipediaPagePopularityMeter</a>

This extension is also available on the Chrome Web Store here:
<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/dc23a9918e006e2989363d0b6e6d4992f8299d8bf623a280aee6837315581099/https%3A//chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ffepfdinnkohlngbkfnnjaocnffnaldj" rel="nofollow">https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ffepfdinnkohlngbkfnnjaocnffnaldj</a>

## Rankings

- #35,871 — Overall
- #68 — wikipedia
- #228 — variation
- #230 — relate

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `*.wikipedia.org`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: wikipedia.org
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/wikipedia-popularity-meter)