Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the most-viewed athlete Wikipedia pages in the world for the year 2021. In fact, fans have shown more interest in Ronaldo's page than that of major major sporting events like the UEFA Euro 2020 and the Summer Olympics 2020. In the cumulative list of most viewed pages of 2021, the Portuguese superstar stands fifth, ahead of Messi who has been ranked 15th.
It is noteworthy that the two major sporting events of 2021 in UEFA Euro 2020 and the Tokyo Olympics stand at the seventh and the 13th position respectively.
Ronaldo and Messi are amongst the most popular faces in the world of football. It comes as no surprise that the Portuguese and the Argentine are on top of people's list when they view a Wikipedia page.
Let us take a look at the top 20 entries.
RankPage NameNumbers1.Deaths in 202142,748,4902.Elizabeth II25,290,4063.Elon Musk24,101,5384.Squid Game21,887,0955.Cristiano Ronaldo18,771,8546.Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh18,192,0617.UEFA Euro 202017,485,8838. United States17,185,1389.Joe Biden16,82310.Donald Trump16,366,77111.WandaVision15,874,56112. Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe15,560,94513.2020 Summer Olympics14,537,44014.Spider-Man: No Way Home13,268,10215.Lionel Messi13,043,40716.Dune12,904,84217.Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings12,519,26618.Eternals12,343,63919.List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films12,117,22920.India11,982,035
*Data as of December 17, 2021*Source: Wikimedia Foundation