Wikimedia Commons Page Views Scraper

parseforge/wikimedia-commons-pageviews-scraper

Retrieve daily page view statistics for any Wikimedia Commons media file. Pulls the file name, date, and view count from the official Wikimedia REST API. Ideal for tracking popularity trends of images, videos, and audio files over custom date ranges.

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Total runs: 56
Bookmarked: 0
Last modified: 2 days ago

This scraper was last updated on September 30, 2026.

What does the Wikimedia Commons Page Views Scraper return?

Wikimedia Commons Page Views Scraper

See the Input and Output tabs for the available options and the fields returned.

What input does the Wikimedia Commons Page Views Scraper accept?

Field	Type	What it does	Default
fileNames	array	List of Wikimedia Commons file names to get page view statistics for, e.g. File:Example.jpg	not set
startDate	string	Start date for the page view data in YYYYMMDD format, e.g. 20250101	20250101
endDate	string	End date for the page view data in YYYYMMDD format, e.g. 20250131	20250131
maxItems	integer	Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000	10

How much does the Wikimedia Commons Page Views Scraper cost?

from $3.62 per 1,000 results

Charged for	What it is	Price each
result	Single result in the default dataset.	$0.00362 to $0.004

Tiered: the lower figure is the price on a higher Apify plan. Billing and the free credit live on Apify.

How do I call the Wikimedia Commons Page Views Scraper API?

One POST returns the dataset directly. Same shape for every scraper in the library, so swapping the slug is the only change.

POST · run and get results

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/parseforge~wikimedia-commons-pageviews-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "startDate": "20250101",
    "endDate": "20250131",
    "maxItems": 10
  }'

What example inputs can I use?

Use these inputs to see how a run is configured.

input.json

{
  "startDate": "20250101",
  "endDate": "20250131",
  "maxItems": 10
}

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How do I report an issue with the Wikimedia Commons Page Views Scraper?

We build and maintain this scraper, so a problem with it comes to us. Report it on the Apify listing and the thread stays attached to the scraper where the next person can find it: open an issue.

Broken and urgent, or you would rather not post in public? Write to parseforge@protonmail.com and it reaches the people who wrote it.

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