Most popular television series in May 2020

The international top 20 television series includes: Money Heist, Hollywood, Westworld, The Last Kingdom, Ozark, The World of the Married, The Mandalorian, Game of Thrones, Dead to Me, Peaky Blinders, The Last Dance, The King: Eternal Monarch, Normal People, Never Have I Ever, Community, Killing Eve, Upload, Breaking Bad, The 100 and Dark.

Briefly about the method

Wikipedia currently has over 53 million articles in over 300 languages. Despite the impressive number of articles, not all topics can be written in this free encyclopedia. At the same time, the community of each language version has the ability to decide which topic can be described in the encyclopedia, and which is not (for example, article must be notable). In addition, each language version can describe the same topic in its own way – it all depends on the number and experience of interested authors (Wikipedia users who edit articles).

Almost every Wikipedia article has an alignment to certain categories. Additionally, based on the content, you can specify the subject of the article – for example, using semantic relations on Wikidata or DBpedia. More details on the automatic classification process can be found in various scholarly papers (e.g. for articles or sources).

This article selected the most-developed language versions of Wikipedia with more than 1 million articles, including English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Polish and other. After the classification of articles, only those that are dedicated to individual television series. As a result for English Wikipedia 32960 articles about television series were found, for Spanish – 9086 television series, for French – 8513 television series, for Italian – 7788 television series, for Portuguese – 6924 television series, for German – 5934 television series, for Polish – 5023 television series, for Chinese – 4912 television series, for Arabic – 4384 television series, for Japanese – 4310 television series and for Russian – 4125 television series.

As mentioned earlier, every Wikipedia article can have different language versions, so we can find out different names of the same object (television series). Using open data on Wikipedia article views we can find out how many times a given article has been viewed on specific days. After collecting data for viewing all Wikipedia articles on television series in the appropriate language versions May 2020 ranking of the most viewed was made. First, the positions of television series in the ranking are shown, which were obtained by adding up the page views from different language versions for a given television series. Later, the most popular television series are shown for only one language version of Wikipedia.

Recently we observed that visitors number for some articles was “overclocked” in some periods of time. Therefore, we decide to provide additional modification of the pageview statistics for such cases and change this number (usually by reduction). Fairness of statistics for each article in selected language version in selected months can be assessed using such indicators as: number of the edits and authors, page protection, the rate of citation increasing of the article, popularity statistics of related keywords (phrases) in Google Trends and others.

1st place – Money Heist

Money Heist – Spanish television crime series, in May 2020 the television series was on the 1st place in German, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Russian, on the 2nd place in English, French, on the 5th place in Portuguese, on the 6th place in Arabic and on the 12th place in Chinese Wikipedia.

2nd place – Hollywood

Hollywood – 2020 Netflix TV series, in May 2020 the television series was on the 1st place in English, on the 15th place in French, on the 23rd place in German, on the 31st place in Italian, on the 39th place in Portuguese, on the 83rd place in Russian, on the 530th place in Chinese and on the 1424th place in Japanese Wikipedia.

3rd place – Westworld

Westworld – 2016 US science fiction thriller TV series, in May 2020 the television series was on the 3rd place in Russian, on the 9th place in English, on the 14th place in French, on the 17th place in Portuguese, on the 18th place in Italian, on the 21st place in Spanish, on the 22nd place in German, on the 36th place in Polish, on the 42nd place in Chinese, on the 97th place in Arabic and on the 125th place in Japanese Wikipedia.

4th place – The Last Kingdom

The Last Kingdom – British television series, in May 2020 the television series was on the 3rd place in German, French, on the 8th place in English, on the 11th place in Spanish, Portuguese, on the 32nd place in Russian, on the 75th place in Arabic, on the 77th place in Polish, on the 109th place in Chinese and on the 112th place in Italian Wikipedia.

5th place – Ozark

Ozark – American drama series, in May 2020 the television series was on the 3rd place in English, on the 33rd place in Spanish, on the 41st place in Italian, on the 45th place in German, on the 46th place in French, on the 61st place in Russian, on the 68th place in Portuguese, on the 91st place in Polish, on the 142nd place in Arabic, on the 524th place in Chinese and on the 710th place in Japanese Wikipedia.

6th place – The World of the Married

The World of the Married – 2020 South Korea television series, in May 2020 the television series was on the 1st place in Chinese, on the 19th place in English, on the 909th place in Spanish, on the 1221st place in Arabic, on the 1809th place in Japanese, on the 2202nd place in Polish, on the 3742nd place in German, on the 4228th place in Italian and on the 4278th place in French Wikipedia.

7th place – The Mandalorian

The Mandalorian – American space opera streaming television series, in May 2020 the television series was on the 2nd place in German, on the 9th place in French, on the 14th place in English, on the 24th place in Spanish, on the 27th place in Russian, on the 28th place in Italian, on the 58th place in Polish, on the 78th place in Portuguese, on the 185th place in Japanese, on the 257th place in Chinese and on the 1250th place in Arabic Wikipedia.

8th place – Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones – American fantasy drama television series, in May 2020 the television series was on the 2nd place in Japanese, on the 4th place in Russian, on the 6th place in German, on the 10th place in French, on the 11th place in Italian, on the 15th place in Arabic, on the 21st place in Portuguese, on the 22nd place in Spanish, on the 23rd place in Polish, on the 28th place in English and on the 59th place in Chinese Wikipedia.

9th place – Dead to Me

Dead to Me – comedy television series, in May 2020 the television series was on the 5th place in English, on the 30th place in German, on the 79th place in French, on the 129th place in Spanish, on the 130th place in Italian, on the 164th place in Polish, on the 182nd place in Portuguese, on the 283rd place in Russian, on the 1984th place in Japanese and on the 3361st place in Arabic Wikipedia.

10th place – Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders – British historical drama TV series, in May 2020 the television series was on the 1st place in Portuguese, on the 2nd place in Russian, on the 7th place in Spanish, French, on the 8th place in Italian, on the 18th place in Polish, on the 21st place in Arabic, on the 26th place in English, on the 35th place in German, on the 339th place in Chinese and on the 1118th place in Japanese Wikipedia.

11th place – The Last Dance

The Last Dance – 2020 sports documentary miniseries, in May 2020 the television series was on the 6th place in English, on the 30th place in Italian, on the 34th place in Spanish, on the 70th place in French, on the 176th place in Portuguese and on the 1074th place in Arabic Wikipedia.

12th place – The King: Eternal Monarch

The King: Eternal Monarch – 2020 South Korean TV series, in May 2020 the television series was on the 2nd place in Chinese, on the 18th place in English, on the 136th place in Spanish, on the 1986th place in Polish, on the 1990th place in Japanese, on the 2473rd place in French, on the 3855th place in Arabic and on the 4755th place in German Wikipedia.

13th place – Normal People

Normal People – Hulu and BBC Three television series, in May 2020 the television series was on the 4th place in English, on the 1895th place in French, on the 3513th place in Chinese and on the 7704th place in Spanish Wikipedia.

14th place – Never Have I Ever

Never Have I Ever – coming of age comedy television series, in May 2020 the television series was on the 7th place in English, on the 29th place in Portuguese, on the 59th place in French, on the 90th place in Spanish, on the 339th place in German, on the 612th place in Italian, on the 1074th place in Chinese and on the 3136th place in Russian Wikipedia.

15th place – Community

Community – American comedy television series created by Dan Harmon, in May 2020 the television series was on the 12th place in English, on the 14th place in German, on the 43rd place in French, on the 50th place in Spanish, on the 56th place in Portuguese, on the 86th place in Italian, on the 263rd place in Polish, on the 272nd place in Russian, on the 364th place in Chinese, on the 977th place in Arabic and on the 1311th place in Japanese Wikipedia.

16th place – Killing Eve

Killing Eve – 2018 British drama television series, in May 2020 the television series was on the 13th place in English, on the 31st place in French, on the 40th place in Russian, on the 46th place in Portuguese, on the 62nd place in Spanish, on the 82nd place in Italian, on the 103rd place in Chinese, on the 120th place in Polish, on the 172nd place in German and on the 978th place in Japanese Wikipedia.

17th place – Upload

Upload – web television series, in May 2020 the television series was on the 10th place in English, on the 33rd place in Italian, on the 44th place in German, on the 142nd place in French, on the 183rd place in Japanese, on the 351st place in Chinese, on the 816th place in Russian and on the 2072nd place in Arabic Wikipedia.

18th place – Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad – American television series (2008–2013), in May 2020 the television series was on the 12th place in Italian, on the 14th place in Spanish, on the 17th place in French, Polish, on the 18th place in Portuguese, Russian, on the 20th place in Arabic, on the 27th place in German, on the 30th place in English, on the 46th place in Chinese and on the 75th place in Japanese Wikipedia.

19th place – The 100

The 100 – 2014 American science fiction television series, in May 2020 the television series was on the 2nd place in Portuguese, on the 3rd place in Spanish, on the 10th place in Italian, on the 13th place in French, on the 29th place in Polish, on the 31st place in Arabic, on the 32nd place in English, on the 46th place in Russian, on the 82nd place in German, on the 144th place in Chinese and on the 703rd place in Japanese Wikipedia.

20th place – Dark

Dark – 2017 German television web drama series, in May 2020 the television series was on the 2nd place in Spanish, on the 10th place in German, on the 12th place in Portuguese, on the 16th place in Italian, on the 34th place in Russian, on the 35th place in English, on the 48th place in Arabic, on the 69th place in French, on the 72nd place in Polish and on the 116th place in Chinese Wikipedia.

The most popular television series in Arabic Wikipedia

  1. الاختيار (مسلسل)
  2. The End – Egyptian TV series
  3. Diriliş: Ertuğrul – Turkish television series
  4. فلانتينو (مسلسل)
  5. الفتوة (مسلسل)
  6. Money Heist – Spanish television crime series
  7. Kuruluş: Osman – Turkish television series
  8. مقابلة مع السيد آدم (مسلسل)
  9. Çukur – television series
  10. Al Ostoura – television series
  11. Omar – historical Arab television drama series
  12. حرملك (مسلسل)
  13. Prison Break – American TV series
  14. Mucize Doktor – Turkish television series
  15. Game of Thrones – American fantasy drama television series
  16. Valley of the Wolves – Turkish TV series
  17. Bab Al-Hara – Syrian television program
  18. Söz – television series
  19. سوق الحرير (مسلسل)
  20. Breaking Bad – American television series (2008–2013)

The most popular television series in Chinese Wikipedia

  1. The World of the Married – 2020 South Korea television series
  2. The King: Eternal Monarch – 2020 South Korean TV series
  3. Hospital Playlist – 2020 South Korea television series
  4. Itaewon Class – 2020 South Korean television series
  5. Running Man – South Korean variety show
  6. Crash Landing on You – 2019-2020 South Korean television series
  7. Joy of Life – China television series
  8. Mr. Playerpintoo – TV program
  9. Extracurricular – South Korean Netflix series
  10. Hotel del Luna – 2019 South Korean television series
  11. Find Me in Your Memory – 2020 South Korea televison series
  12. Money Heist – Spanish television crime series
  13. Three Meals a Day – television series
  14. Mystic Pop-up Bar – 2020 South Korean television series
  15. Story of Yanxi Palace – television series
  16. The Untamed – 2019 Chinese web series
  17. Hi Bye, Mama! – 2020 South Korean television series
  18. Knowing Bros – television series
  19. Back to Field – Chinese variety show
  20. Prison Playbook – 2017 South Korean television series

The most popular television series in English Wikipedia

  1. Hollywood – 2020 Netflix TV series
  2. Money Heist – Spanish television crime series
  3. Ozark – American drama series
  4. Normal People – Hulu and BBC Three television series
  5. Dead to Me – comedy television series
  6. The Last Dance – 2020 sports documentary miniseries
  7. Never Have I Ever – coming of age comedy television series
  8. The Last Kingdom – British television series
  9. Westworld – 2016 US science fiction thriller TV series
  10. Upload – web television series
  11. Space Force – American television series
  12. Community – American comedy television series created by Dan Harmon
  13. Killing Eve – 2018 British drama television series
  14. The Mandalorian – American space opera streaming television series
  15. Snowpiercer – American dystopian thriller television series
  16. Defending Jacob – limited television series
  17. Diriliş: Ertuğrul – Turkish television series
  18. The King: Eternal Monarch – 2020 South Korean TV series
  19. The World of the Married – 2020 South Korea television series
  20. Into the Night – 2020 TV series

The most popular television series in French Wikipedia

  1. The Bureau – French espionage and political thriller TV series
  2. Money Heist – Spanish television crime series
  3. The Last Kingdom – British television series
  4. Vikings – Canadian-Irish historical drama television series
  5. The Resident – American television series
  6. This Is Us – American television comedy-drama series
  7. Peaky Blinders – British historical drama TV series
  8. Why Women Kill – American dark comedy-drama web television series
  9. The Mandalorian – American space opera streaming television series
  10. Game of Thrones – American fantasy drama television series
  11. The Walking Dead – American post-apocalyptic drama television series
  12. Into the Night – 2020 TV series
  13. The 100 – 2014 American science fiction television series
  14. Westworld – 2016 US science fiction thriller TV series
  15. Hollywood – 2020 Netflix TV series
  16. Outlander – British-American television drama series
  17. Breaking Bad – American television series (2008–2013)
  18. Candice Renoir – television series
  19. Buffy the Vampire Slayer – 1997 American supernatural drama TV series
  20. NCIS – American military drama/police procedural fictional television series

The most popular television series in German Wikipedia

  1. Money Heist – Spanish television crime series
  2. The Mandalorian – American space opera streaming television series
  3. The Last Kingdom – British television series
  4. Vikings – Canadian-Irish historical drama television series
  5. Professor T. – German television series
  6. Game of Thrones – American fantasy drama television series
  7. Grey’s Anatomy – American television medical drama
  8. Berlin, Berlin – German TV series 2002-2005
  9. heute-show – German satirical news program
  10. Dark – 2017 German television web drama series
  11. The King of Queens – American sitcom
  12. The Big Bang Theory – American television sitcom 2007-2019
  13. Suits – American television drama series
  14. Community – American comedy television series created by Dan Harmon
  15. Into the Night – 2020 TV series
  16. Better Call Saul – American drama television series
  17. The Blacklist – American television series
  18. Tatort – long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series
  19. Modern Family – American comedy TV series
  20. Die Rosenheim-Cops – German television series

The most popular television series in Italian Wikipedia

  1. Money Heist – Spanish television crime series
  2. Devils – 2020 Italian-British-French TV Series
  3. Boris – TV series
  4. Vis a vis – Spanish tv series
  5. The O.C. – 2003 American teen drama television series
  6. How To Get Away With Murder – 2014 American legal drama television series
  7. Grey’s Anatomy – American television medical drama
  8. Peaky Blinders – British historical drama TV series
  9. Riverdale – American teen drama television series
  10. The 100 – 2014 American science fiction television series
  11. Game of Thrones – American fantasy drama television series
  12. Breaking Bad – American television series (2008–2013)
  13. The Walking Dead – American post-apocalyptic drama television series
  14. Vikings – Canadian-Irish historical drama television series
  15. Prison Break – American TV series
  16. Dark – 2017 German television web drama series
  17. The Flash – 2014 TV series
  18. Westworld – 2016 US science fiction thriller TV series
  19. Homeland – American political thriller television series
  20. Summertime – Italian drama web television series

The most popular television series in Japanese Wikipedia

  1. Kirin ga Kuru – 2020 Japanese television series
  2. Game of Thrones – American fantasy drama television series
  3. Mobile Suit Gundam – Anime television series
  4. Aibō – Nippon television detective series
  5. Keishichō Sōsaikkachō – television series
  6. Mashin Sentai Kiramager
  7. Seibu Keisatsu – television series
  8. Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam – 1985 anime series
  9. Taiheiki – 1991 Japanese TVseries, Taiga drama
  10. Haken no Hinkaku – Japanese TV drama series
  11. The Walking Dead – American post-apocalyptic drama television series
  12. Taiga drama – the name NHK gives to the annual, year-long historical fiction television series
  13. Prison Break – American TV series
  14. コンフィデンスマンJP
  15. Furuhata Ninzaburō – Japanese television drama
  16. Columbo – American detective television film series (1968-1978, 1989-2003)
  17. Shinya Shokudō – manga
  18. Code Geass – 2006 Anime television series directed by Gorō Taniguchi
  19. Choujuu Sentai Liveman – television series
  20. Aishiteiru to Itte Kure – television series

The most popular television series in Polish Wikipedia

  1. Money Heist – Spanish television crime series
  2. Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo
  3. Stulecie Winnych (serial telewizyjny)
  4. Ojciec Mateusz – television series
  5. Świat według Kiepskich – television series
  6. Trailer Park Boys – Canadian mockumentary television series
  7. M jak miłość – Polish soap opera
  8. Czterej pancerni i pies – Polish television series
  9. Friends – American sitcom (1994–2004)
  10. Ranczo – Polish television comedy series
  11. Rodzinka.pl
  12. Plebania – television series
  13. 07 zgłoś się – television series
  14. Stranger Things – American science fiction horror web television series
  15. The Crown of the Kings – Polish historical fiction television series
  16. More Than Life at Stake – Polish television series
  17. Breaking Bad – American television series (2008–2013)
  18. Peaky Blinders – British historical drama TV series
  19. Miodowe lata – television series
  20. Una grande famiglia – television series

The most popular television series in Portuguese Wikipedia

  1. Peaky Blinders – British historical drama TV series
  2. The 100 – 2014 American science fiction television series
  3. Fina Estampa – television series
  4. Outlander – British-American television drama series
  5. Money Heist – Spanish television crime series
  6. Anne – Canadian drama television series
  7. Vikings – Canadian-Irish historical drama television series
  8. The Walking Dead – American post-apocalyptic drama television series
  9. Brooklyn Nine-Nine – American police sitcom
  10. Grey’s Anatomy – American television medical drama
  11. The Last Kingdom – British television series
  12. Dark – 2017 German television web drama series
  13. Êta Mundo Bom! – Brazilian telenovela
  14. Modern Family – American comedy TV series
  15. Totalmente Demais – Brazilian telenovela
  16. The Office – American sitcom broadcast on NBC
  17. Westworld – 2016 US science fiction thriller TV series
  18. Breaking Bad – American television series (2008–2013)
  19. Stranger Things – American science fiction horror web television series
  20. American Horror Story – American anthology horror television series

The most popular television series in Russian Wikipedia

  1. Money Heist – Spanish television crime series
  2. Peaky Blinders – British historical drama TV series
  3. Westworld – 2016 US science fiction thriller TV series
  4. Game of Thrones – American fantasy drama television series
  5. Диверсант 3: Крым
  6. Диверсант (телесериал)
  7. Élite – Spanish web series
  8. American Horror Story – American anthology horror television series
  9. The Walking Dead – American post-apocalyptic drama television series
  10. Black Mirror – British TV series
  11. Supernatural – American dark fantasy television series
  12. Stranger Things – American science fiction horror web television series
  13. Реальные пацаны
  14. Muhteşem Yüzyıl – Turkish TV-series
  15. Riverdale – American teen drama television series
  16. Vikings – Canadian-Irish historical drama television series
  17. Seventeen Moments of Spring – 1973 Soviet twelve-part television miniseries
  18. Breaking Bad – American television series (2008–2013)
  19. Lucifer – American television series
  20. How To Get Away With Murder – 2014 American legal drama television series

The most popular television series in Spanish Wikipedia

  1. Money Heist – Spanish television crime series
  2. Dark – 2017 German television web drama series
  3. The 100 – 2014 American science fiction television series
  4. Valeria – TV series
  5. Control Z – Mexican web television teen drama series
  6. Vis a vis – Spanish tv series
  7. Peaky Blinders – British historical drama TV series
  8. The Walking Dead – American post-apocalyptic drama television series
  9. El Ministerio del Tiempo – Spanish television series
  10. Élite – Spanish web series
  11. The Last Kingdom – British television series
  12. Vikings – Canadian-Irish historical drama television series
  13. Anne – Canadian drama television series
  14. Breaking Bad – American television series (2008–2013)
  15. The Good Doctor – American television series
  16. Stranger Things – American science fiction horror web television series
  17. Riverdale – American teen drama television series
  18. Modern Family – American comedy TV series
  19. Outlander – British-American television drama series
  20. Grey’s Anatomy – American television medical drama

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