Wikimedia Italy has unveiled the most searched topics on Italian Wikipedia in 2024, offering a cross-section of users' curiosities and interests. Sports, news, entertainment, and culture are this year's stars, with entries ranging from Jannik Sinner to the film "Poor Creatures!" by Yorgos Lanthimos. With an impressive 5,023,355 hits, Jannik Sinner takes the top spot, thanks to the extraordinary sports performances that kept tennis fans in suspense. He is followed by Napoli Calcio (2,863,957 visits), the focus of attention for the 2023-2024 soccer season. On the third step of the podium is RAI (2,400,763 visits), which in 2024 celebrated 70 years of its TV broadcasts, which began on January 3, 1954. In fourth place is Facebook (2,280,076 visits), the protagonist of its 20th anniversary celebration. "Italy" (2,018,285 visits) is fifth, aided by interest in European and regional elections and participation in the Paris Olympics and Paralympics. In sixth is singer Mango (1,941,212 visits), who attracted attention in February, the month his daughter Angelina won the Sanremo Festival. Angelina Mango herself follows in seventh place with 1,870,711 visits. In eighth place is the European Soccer Championship 2024 (1,781,970 visits), while in ninth place is the murder of Elisa Claps (1,696,558 visits), brought to attention by Pablo Trincia's documentary "Dove nessuno guarda" (“Where no one looks”) and the miniseries "Per Elisa - Il caso Claps" (“For Elisa - The Claps Case”) by Marco Pontecorvo. Closing out the top ten is the film "Poor Creatures!" (1,694,016 hits), directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, winner of the Golden Lion at Venice and four Oscars, including one to Emma Stone for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
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