Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements/Elements report

Page views were gathered for the month of June 2010 using this listing, and though activity may vary from month to month, these numbers are meant to give a good idea of which articles are currently being viewed the most. The quality/importance ratings are accurate as of July 1, 2010. Importances marked with ♦ indicate a Vital article. Importances marked with † indicate a Supplementary Core article. Importances marked with ‡ indicate a Core article. Percentages in parentheses indicate a statistical outlier, which may indicate an abnormal level of activity in either this or the previous month.

Rank	Article	Page Views	Spike	Ambiguities	Quality	Importance
1	Gold	342637 ↑60%		Gold (color) 14863	B	Top ♦
2	Periodic table	326347 ↑33%			C	Top ♦
3	Hydrogen	302431 ↑1%			FA	Top ♦†
4	Iron	257519 ↑42%		Iron (golf) 5056	C	Top ♦
5	Copper	242472 ↑25%			B	Top ♦
6	Oxygen	235033 ↑46%			FA	Top ♦
7	Aluminium	228364 ↑44%			B	Top ♦
8	Nitrogen	185155 ↑14%			B	Top ♦
9	Silver	184927 ↑48%		Silver (color) 7340	B	Top ♦
10	Carbon	175762 ↓24%			B	Top ♦
11	Mercury (element)	171570 ↑34%			GA	Top
12	Lead	158917 ↑42%		Sales lead 4523	B	Top
13	Cadmium	155978 ↑408%	June 4,5 +24700 +13100		B	High
14	Lithium	155882 ↑69%		Lithium (Nirvana song) 5736	B	Top
15	Potassium	146169 ↑35%			B	Top
16	Chlorine	141366 ↑40%			GA	Top
17	Platinum	139195 ↑50%		Platinum album 2355	B	Top
18	Magnesium	129610 ↑34%			B	Top
19	Phosphorus	124277 ↑36%		Hesperus 2560	B	Top
20	Palladium	124118 ↑66%		Palladium (mythology) 2050	B	Top
21	Calcium	123347 ↑34%			B	Top
22	Silicon	121668 ↑43%		Silicone 26371	B	Top ♦
23	Helium	117626 ↑31%		Helium (band) 877	FA	Top ♦
24	Chemical element	116256 ↑75%			B	Top ♦‡
25	Chromium	110736 ↓31%			GA	Top
26	Iodine	108976 ↑31%			B	Top
27	Nickel	95345 ↑36%		Nickel (United States coin) 23213	GA	Top
28	Arsenic	86063 ↑45%			B	Top
29	Sulfur	80246 ↓24%			B	Top ♦
30	Zinc	80227 ↓27%			FA	Top
31	Cobalt	77295 ↑31%		Chevrolet Cobalt 12639	B	Top
32	Manganese	76323 ↑37%			GA	Top
33	Selenium	72557 ↑45%		Selenium (software) 8217	B	Top
34	Titanium	72421 ↓22%			FA	Top
35	Sodium	70355 ↑32%			B	Top
36	Antimony	66153 ↑91%	June 10,11; 8300	Antinomy 3029	C	High
37	Plutonium	66153 ↑32%			FA	Top
38	Halogen	63323 ↑38%			B	Top
39	Uranium	62910 ↓33%			FA	Top ♦
40	Argon	62057 ↑31%			GA	Top
41	Bromine	60829 ↑18%			B	Top
42	Boron	60803 ↑25%		Boron, California 1475	GA	Top
43	Beryllium	60475 ↑40%			B	High
44	Radon	57825 ↑34%		Radon transform 3316	GA	Top
45	Tungsten	57756 ↓19%		Tungsten (handheld) 278	GA	Top
46	Fluorine	57266 ↑36%		Fluorene 2961	B	Top
47	Neon	57067 ↑30%			GA	Top
48	Molybdenum	57044 ↑43%			GA	Top
49	Polonium	52744 ↑133%			B	High
50	Rhodium	52563 ↑55%			GA	Top
51	Iridium	51507 ↑54%		Iridium (satellite) 1151	FA	High
52	Noble gas	51264 ↑39%			FA	High
53	Tin	49619 ↓30%		Tin can 8062	B	Top
54	Bismuth	47288 ↑45%			B	High
55	Alkali metal	43807 ↑48%			C	Mid
56	Radium	43413 ↑56%			B	High
57	Caesium	42182 ↑38%			GA	High
58	Krypton	37096 ↑24%		Krypton (comics) 9445	GA	High
59	Barium	35629 ↑31%			B	High
60	Niobium	35543 ↑98%			FA	High
61	Osmium	33950 ↑40%		Osmium (album) 1519	GA	High
62	Germanium	33516 ↑39%			FA	High
63	Gallium	31985 ↑43%			B	High
64	Neodymium	28864 ↑19%			B	High
65	Francium	28126 ↑51%			FA	High
66	Xenon	27147 ↓37%		Xenon (processor) 6536	FA	Top
67	Rubidium	24772 ↑34%			C	High
68	Gadolinium	24127 ↑42%			B	High
69	Alkaline earth metal	23926 ↑41%			C	Mid
70	Indium	23902 ↑46%			C	High
71	Vanadium	23461 ↓21%			GA	High
72	Ruthenium	22848 ↑21%			GA	High
73	Einsteinium	22105 ↑94%			Start	Mid
74	Thorium	21935 ↓24%			B	High
75	Scandium	21286 ↑40%			GA	High
76	Astatine	19590 ↑18%			C	Mid
77	Americium	19265 ↑29%			C	Mid
78	Ununoctium	18980 ↓39%			FA	High
79	Copernicium	17922 ↓1%			B	Low
80	Tantalum	17905 ↓9%			GA	High
81	Tellurium	17656 ↓27%			GA	High
82	Rhenium	16735 ↑31%			GA	High
83	Californium	16699 ↑53%			C	Mid
84	Hafnium	16448 ↑43%			GA	High
85	Strontium	16424 ↓31%			B	High
86	Thallium	16065 ↓18%			GA	High
87	Lanthanum	15823 ↑34%			B	Mid
88	Zirconium	15715 ↓25%			GA	High
89	Cerium	15434 ↑31%			C	Mid
90	Technetium	14832 ↓24%			FA	High
91	Ununpentium	14089 ↓14%			B	Low
92	Promethium	12938 ↑33%		Promethium (comics) 751	C	Mid
93	Roentgenium	12693 ↑26%			B	Mid
94	Neptunium	12629 ↑35%			C	Mid
95	Europium	12555 ↑43%			C	Mid
96	Yttrium	11476 ↓24%			FA	High
97	Dysprosium	11441 ↑32%			GA	Mid
98	Lutetium	11315 ↑43%			B	Mid
99	Samarium	10734 ↑29%			C	Mid
100	Actinium	10416 ↑22%			Start	Mid
101	Erbium	10134 ↑46%			C	Mid
102	Lawrencium	10069 ↑28%			Start	Mid
103	Praseodymium	9749 ↑40%			Start	Mid
104	Curium	9615 ↑36%			C	Mid
105	Darmstadtium	9488 ↑31%			B	Mid
106	Chalcogen	9216 ↑69%			C	Mid
107	Seaborgium	9034 ↑34%			B	Mid
108	Rutherfordium	8935 ↑24%			B	Mid
109	Hassium	8748 ↑24%			B	Mid
110	Protactinium	8542 ↑35%			Start	Mid
111	Holmium	8341 ↑37%			C	Mid
112	Nobelium	8171 ↑42%			Start	Mid
113	Berkelium	8159 ↓5%			Start	Mid
114	Mendelevium	8155 ↑35%			Start	Mid
115	Dubnium	8131 ↑29%			B	Mid
116	Meitnerium	8049 ↑20%			B	Mid
117	Fermium	7602 ↑21%			Start	Mid
118	Ununseptium	7421 ↓90%			C	Low
119	Bohrium	7353 ↑35%			B	Mid
120	Ununquadium	6206 ↓36%			B	Low
121	Ytterbium	6029 ↓29%			B	Mid
122	Ununtrium	5816 ↓40%			B	Low
123	Ununhexium	5318 ↓43%			B	Low
124	Terbium	4789 ↓27%			C	Mid
125	Thulium	4538 ↓22%			Start	Mid
126	Group 11 element	4447 ↑47%			C	Low
127	Group 3 element	4055 ↑45%			C	Low
128	Carbon group	3869 ↑33%			C	Mid
129	Boron group	3630 ↑25%			Stub	Mid
130	Nitrogen group	3609 ↑16%			C	Low
131	Group 7 element	3551 ↑75%			Stub	Low
132	Group 4 element	3480 ↑23%			GA	Low
133	Lanthanoid	3399 ↓1%			C	Low
134	Group 8 element	2846 ↑49%			Stub	Low
135	Group 12 element	2512 ↑39%			Start	Low
136	Group 6 element	2472 ↑51%			Start	Low
137	Group 5 element	2462 ↑57%			Stub	Low
138	Actinoid	2272 ↓19%			C	Mid
139	Period 2 element	2145 ↑9%			C	Low
140	Group 10 element	2056 ↑39%			Start	Low
141	Period 4 element	1971 ↑1%			Stub	Low
142	Period 3 element	1822 ↓2%			Start	Low
143	Period 1 element	1649 ↑8%			GA	Low
144	Period 6 element	1612 ↑14%			Stub	Low
145	Group 9 element	1530 ↑33%			Stub	Low
146	Period 7 element	1288 ↓9%			Stub	Low
147	Period 5 element	739 ↓51%			Stub	Low

The first table is color-coded by page views using the same category scheme as above. The second table employs a new scale which combines both quality and page views. They can be used to help identify trends in article traffic and quality.

† Whereas previous issues had only analyzed the 118 elements, issues after and including February 2009 also include the periods, groups, and various other supporting articles.

‡ Issues after and including August 2009 issue use a pageview tool which tabulates redirected views, whereas previous editions did not.

• These articles tend to be viewed more frequently during the weekdays (Monday through Friday) than on the weekends. Silicon, for example, averaged about 2500 hits per weekday, but only 1400 hits per weekend day in June. If you are preparing for a major edit, such as one that would require the {{in use}} template, consider waiting until the weekend to minimize the possibility of an edit conflict.
• The same is also true for the winter holidays. Silicon averaged 2900 hits per day from December 1 through December 19, but only 1200 hits per day from December 20 through December 31.
• News articles, even those contained within Wikipedia itself, can cause spikes in page traffic for the elements mentioned within the article, even if the news source is specialized or obscure. If you happen to notice a news story that focuses on an element, consider adding that page to your watchlist for a day or two.