{"id":9284,"date":"2026-03-11T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T06:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sweary.com\/daily\/trending\/%f0%9f%93%96-the-internets-curiosity-most-read-wikipedia-articles-march-11-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T06:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T06:00:29","slug":"%f0%9f%93%96-the-internets-curiosity-most-read-wikipedia-articles-march-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweary.com\/daily\/trending\/%f0%9f%93%96-the-internets-curiosity-most-read-wikipedia-articles-march-11-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udcd6 The Internet&#8217;s Curiosity: Most-Read Wikipedia Articles &#8211; March 11, 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=\"gap:15px;padding:14px;background:#fff;border-radius:10px;margin-bottom:10px;border:1px solid #e5e7eb\">\n<div style=\"flex:1\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:600\">\ud83e\udd47<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2026_Iran_war\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> 2026 Iran war<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 332,375 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">On 28 February 2026, Israel and the United States launched joint airstrikes on multiple sites and cities across Iran, killing Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei and other Iranian officials, and&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"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\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b0\/Dotxxx.png\/330px-Dotxxx.png\" 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\/.xxx\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> .xxx<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 271,999 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">.xxx is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) intended as a voluntary option for pornographic sites on the Internet. The sponsoring organization is the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR). The&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"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\/thumb\/e\/ea\/Ayatollah_Mojtaba_Khamenei%2C_March_8%2C_2026_%28cropped%29.jpg\/330px-Ayatollah_Mojtaba_Khamenei%2C_March_8%2C_2026_%28cropped%29.jpg\" 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\/Mojtaba_Khamenei\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> Mojtaba Khamenei<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 217,871 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei is an Iranian Shia cleric who has served as the third supreme leader of Iran since March 2026. A member of the Khamenei family, he is the&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"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\/commons\/thumb\/c\/c3\/Enhypen_at_Golden_disc_awards.png\/330px-Enhypen_at_Golden_disc_awards.png\" 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\/Enhypen\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> Enhypen<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 135,661 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">Enhypen is a South Korean boy band formed by Belift Lab. Formerly a joint venture between CJ ENM and Hybe Corporation, the group was formed through the 2020 survival competition&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"gap:15px;padding:14px;background:#fff;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 133,094 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. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:Name, age, country of&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"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\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e2\/Ali_Khamenei_Nowruz_message_official_portrait_1397_02.jpg\/330px-Ali_Khamenei_Nowruz_message_official_portrait_1397_02.jpg\" 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\/Ali_Khamenei\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> Ali Khamenei<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 119,651 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">Ali Hosseini Khamenei was an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the second supreme leader of Iran from 1989 until his assassination in the 2026 Iran war. He&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"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\/2\/22\/War_Machine_poster.jpeg\" 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\/War_Machine_(2026_film)\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> War Machine (2026 film)<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 117,487 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">War Machine is a 2026 science fiction action film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Patrick Hughes. It stars Alan Ritchson, Dennis Quaid, Stephan James, Jai Courtney, Esai Morales, Keiynan Lonsdale,&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"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\/Neatsville,_Kentucky\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> Neatsville, Kentucky<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 112,036 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">Neatsville is an unincorporated community in Adair County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 206 and Kentucky Route 76. Its elevation&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"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\/thumb\/2\/2f\/Pete_Hegseth_Official_Portrait.jpg\/330px-Pete_Hegseth_Official_Portrait.jpg\" 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\/Pete_Hegseth\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> Pete Hegseth<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 110,854 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">Peter Brian Hegseth is an American government official and former television personality who has served as the 29th United States secretary of defense since 2025.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"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\/commons\/thumb\/8\/89\/Jennifer_Runyon_at_the_Chiller_Theatre_Expo_2017.jpg\/330px-Jennifer_Runyon_at_the_Chiller_Theatre_Expo_2017.jpg\" 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\/Jennifer_Runyon\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> Jennifer Runyon<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 110,324 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">Jennifer Runyon was an American actress. She made her feature-film debut in the slasher film To All a Goodnight (1980), and had supporting roles in the comedies Up the Creek&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"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\/thumb\/c\/c6\/2026_World_Baseball_Classic_logo.svg\/330px-2026_World_Baseball_Classic_logo.svg.png\" 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_World_Baseball_Classic\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> 2026 World Baseball Classic<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 96,633 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">The 2026 World Baseball Classic is an international professional baseball tournament between 20 national baseball teams, and the sixth iteration of the World Baseball Classic (WBC). It began on March&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"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\/commons\/thumb\/b\/be\/Flag_of_Iran_%28official%29.svg\/330px-Flag_of_Iran_%28official%29.svg.png\" 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\/Iran\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> Iran<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 94,006 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"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\/thumb\/2\/29\/WBC_Symbol.svg\/330px-WBC_Symbol.svg.png\" 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\/World_Baseball_Classic\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> World Baseball Classic<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 89,027 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">The World Baseball Classic (WBC), also referred to as the Classic, is an international baseball tournament sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), the sport&#039;s global governing body, and&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"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\/Anton\u00edn_Kinsk\u00fd_(footballer,_born_2003)\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> Anton\u00edn Kinsk\u00fd (footballer, born 2003)<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 88,278 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">Anton\u00edn Kinsk\u00fd is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"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\/thumb\/0\/0e\/Carolyn_Bessete_Kennedy_1999.jpg\/330px-Carolyn_Bessete_Kennedy_1999.jpg\" 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\/Carolyn_Bessette_Kennedy\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#111;text-decoration:none\"> Carolyn Bessette Kennedy<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#666;margin-top:2px\">\ud83d\udc41 87,321 views<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:0.85em;color:#555;margin-top:6px;line-height:1.4\">Carolyn Jeanne Bessette Kennedy was an American fashion publicist. 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