{"id":35661,"date":"2026-09-21T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T06:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sweary.com\/daily\/trending\/%f0%9f%93%96-the-internets-curiosity-most-read-wikipedia-articles-september-21-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T06:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T06:00:27","slug":"%f0%9f%93%96-the-internets-curiosity-most-read-wikipedia-articles-september-21-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweary.com\/daily\/trending\/%f0%9f%93%96-the-internets-curiosity-most-read-wikipedia-articles-september-21-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udcd6 The Internet&#8217;s Curiosity: Most-Read Wikipedia Articles &#8211; September 21, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wikipedia&#8217;s most-viewed pages are a fascinating mirror of our collective curiosity. From breaking news to random rabbit holes, here&#8217;s what millions of people wanted to learn about yesterday:<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:15px;padding:14px;background:#fff;border-radius:10px;margin-bottom:10px;border:1px solid #e5e7eb\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/71\/Lizzie_Borden_1890.jpg\/330px-Lizzie_Borden_1890.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&amp;utm_campaign=api&amp;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:60px;height:60px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:8px;flex-shrink:0\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex:1\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:600\">\ud83e\udd47<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lizzie_Borden\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> Lizzie Borden<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 1,022,634 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">Lizzie Andrew Borden was an American woman who was tried and acquitted of the August 4, 1892, axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. No other&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:15px;padding:14px;background:#f9fafb;border-radius:10px;margin-bottom:10px;border:1px solid #e5e7eb\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/3\/3c\/Resident_Evil_2026_film_poster.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&amp;utm_campaign=api&amp;utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:60px;height:60px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:8px;flex-shrink:0\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex:1\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:600\">\ud83e\udd48<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Resident_Evil_(2026_film)\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> Resident Evil (2026 film)<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 268,382 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">Resident Evil is a 2026 horror film directed by Zach Cregger and written by Cregger and Shay Hatten, based on the Resident Evil video game franchise by Capcom. It follows&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:15px;padding:14px;background:#fff;border-radius:10px;margin-bottom:10px;border:1px solid #e5e7eb\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/b\/b3\/Monster_The_Lizzie_Borden_Story.jpeg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&amp;utm_campaign=api&amp;utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:60px;height:60px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:8px;flex-shrink:0\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex:1\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:600\">\ud83e\udd49<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monster:_The_Lizzie_Borden_Story\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 253,570 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story is the fourth season of the American biographical crime drama anthology television series Monster, created by Ian Brennan for Netflix. The season centers on murder&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:15px;padding:14px;background:#f9fafb;border-radius:10px;margin-bottom:10px;border:1px solid #e5e7eb\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/5\/5f\/UFC_331_poster.jpeg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&amp;utm_campaign=api&amp;utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:60px;height:60px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:8px;flex-shrink:0\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex:1\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:600\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UFC_331\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> UFC 331<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 237,626 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on September 19, 2026, at Crypto.com Arena in Los&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:15px;padding:14px;background:#fff;border-radius:10px;margin-bottom:10px;border:1px solid #e5e7eb\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/55\/2018-0719-CUSAMD-LaneKiffin.jpg\/330px-2018-0719-CUSAMD-LaneKiffin.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&amp;utm_campaign=api&amp;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:60px;height:60px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:8px;flex-shrink:0\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex:1\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:600\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lane_Kiffin\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> Lane Kiffin<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 220,263 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">Lane Monte Kiffin is an American football coach who is the head coach for the LSU Tigers. He previously served as the head coach for the Oakland Raiders from 2007&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:15px;padding:14px;background:#f9fafb;border-radius:10px;margin-bottom:10px;border:1px solid #e5e7eb\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/da\/Gilbert2012.jpg\/330px-Gilbert2012.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&amp;utm_campaign=api&amp;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:60px;height:60px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:8px;flex-shrink:0\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex:1\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:600\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chad_Gilbert\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> Chad Gilbert<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 208,302 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">Chad Everett Gilbert was an American guitarist, record producer, and songwriter. He was a founding member of the punk rock band New Found Glory, for whom he played lead guitar&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:15px;padding:14px;background:#fff;border-radius:10px;margin-bottom:10px;border:1px solid #e5e7eb\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/2\/2a\/Aileen_Wuornos_%284x5_cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&amp;utm_campaign=api&amp;utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:60px;height:60px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:8px;flex-shrink:0\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex:1\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:600\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aileen_Wuornos\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> Aileen Wuornos<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 190,573 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">Aileen Carol Wuornos was an American serial killer. Between 1989 and 1990, while engaging in street prostitution along highways in Florida, Wuornos shot, killed, and robbed seven of her male&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:15px;padding:14px;background:#f9fafb;border-radius:10px;margin-bottom:10px;border:1px solid #e5e7eb\">\n<div style=\"flex:1\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:600\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trinidad_Chambliss\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> Trinidad Chambliss<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 181,840 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">Trinidad Jay Chambliss is an American college football quarterback for the Ole Miss Rebels. He previously played for the Ferris State Bulldogs, leading the 2024 Bulldogs to the Division II&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:15px;padding:14px;background:#fff;border-radius:10px;margin-bottom:10px;border:1px solid #e5e7eb\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/4\/4d\/2026_Asian_Games_logo.svg\/330px-2026_Asian_Games_logo.svg.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&amp;utm_campaign=api&amp;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:60px;height:60px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:8px;flex-shrink:0\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex:1\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:600\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2026_Asian_Games\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> 2026 Asian Games<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 174,179 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">The 2026 Asian Games , officially the XX Asian Games (\u7b2c20\u56de\u30a2\u30b8\u30a2\u7af6\u6280\u5927\u4f1a) and also known as Aichi\u2013Nagoya 2026 (\u611b\u77e5\u30fb\u540d\u53e4\u5c4b2026), is an ongoing multi-sport event which are being held in Aichi Prefecture&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:15px;padding:14px;background:#f9fafb;border-radius:10px;margin-bottom:10px;border:1px solid #e5e7eb\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/86\/Gable_Steveson_%28USA%29_2018.jpg\/330px-Gable_Steveson_%28USA%29_2018.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&amp;utm_campaign=api&amp;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:60px;height:60px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:8px;flex-shrink:0\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex:1\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:600\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gable_Steveson\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> Gable Steveson<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 169,576 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">Gable Dan Steveson is an American freestyle wrestler, professional mixed martial artist, former professional wrestler and football defensive tackle. He is currently signed to the Heavyweight divisions of both Real&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:15px;padding:14px;background:#fff;border-radius:10px;margin-bottom:10px;border:1px solid #e5e7eb\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/93\/EllaBeatty-byPhilipRomano.jpg\/330px-EllaBeatty-byPhilipRomano.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&amp;utm_campaign=api&amp;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:60px;height:60px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:8px;flex-shrink:0\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex:1\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:600\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ella_Beatty\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> Ella Beatty<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 154,077 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">Ella Beatty is an American actress and the daughter of Annette Bening and Warren Beatty.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:15px;padding:14px;background:#f9fafb;border-radius:10px;margin-bottom:10px;border:1px solid #e5e7eb\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/cd\/Joshua_Van_1.png\/330px-Joshua_Van_1.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&amp;utm_campaign=api&amp;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:60px;height:60px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:8px;flex-shrink:0\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex:1\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:600\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joshua_Van\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> Joshua Van<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 143,540 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">Joshua Van Bawi Thawng is a Burmese and American professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:15px;padding:14px;background:#fff;border-radius:10px;margin-bottom:10px;border:1px solid #e5e7eb\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/fc\/.xyz_logo.svg\/330px-.xyz_logo.svg.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&amp;utm_campaign=api&amp;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:60px;height:60px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:8px;flex-shrink:0\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex:1\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:600\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/.xyz\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> .xyz<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 141,561 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">.xyz is a top-level domain name that was proposed in ICANN&#039;s new generic top-level domain (gTLD) Program for consisting of the last three letters of the Latin-script alphabet. XYZ.com and&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:15px;padding:14px;background:#f9fafb;border-radius:10px;margin-bottom:10px;border:1px solid #e5e7eb\">\n<div style=\"flex:1\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:600\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deaths_in_2026\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> Deaths in 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 130,933 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. 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He is the younger brother of Diana, Princess&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:20px;color:#666\"><em>It&#8217;s amazing how Wikipedia can take you from a casual question to an hour-long learning journey. What will you discover today?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wikipedia&#8217;s most-viewed pages are a fascinating mirror of our collective curiosity. 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