Wikipedia Trends API — Claude Code MCP server: how to install
Supplies Wikipedia page-view analytics directly to your coding assistant, covering historical attention indexes, growth rates, and live trending topics.
claude mcp add --transport http wikipedia-trends-api https://wikipedia.api.trendsapi.ai/mcpWhat Wikipedia Trends API does
This server connects to the HTTP endpoint at https://wikipedia.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp to expose Wikipedia readership data. The tools report interest levels scaled from 0 to 100 over custom date ranges. It also calculates growth across intervals such as 3M, 12M, or YTD, and retrieves current leaderboards of viral articles.
Article headings must match Wikipedia titles strictly. Submitting Java instead of Java (programming language) returns an entirely different dataset, while invalid names yield a 404 status. An API key from trendsapi.ai is required to authenticate requests.
What it helps with
- track article interest history on a 0-100 index scale
- calculate percentage view growth over quarterly or yearly spans
- inspect currently trending pages on Wikipedia in real time
- detect readership spikes for research and content planning
Example prompts for the agent
- Pull the 12-month page-view trend for Artificial intelligence on Wikipedia
- Show the top ten trending Wikipedia articles right now
- Compare readership growth for Rust (programming language) between 3M and 12M windows
How to install Wikipedia Trends API
Platform CLI: remote server
claude mcp add --transport http wikipedia-trends-api https://wikipedia.api.trendsapi.ai/mcpPlatform CLI: remote server
codex mcp add wikipedia-trends-api --url https://wikipedia.api.trendsapi.ai/mcpConfig file
{
"mcpServers": {
"wikipedia-trends-api": {
"url": "https://wikipedia.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}Config file
{
"servers": {
"wikipedia-trends-api": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://wikipedia.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}Platform CLI: remote server
gemini mcp add -t http wikipedia-trends-api https://wikipedia.api.trendsapi.ai/mcpStep by step, with commands for each platform: How to add an MCP server to Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI and more
Questions about Wikipedia Trends API
How do I install Wikipedia Trends API in Claude Code?
Run claude mcp add --transport http wikipedia-trends-api https://wikipedia.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp in your console. You also need an API key from trendsapi.ai to authenticate.
What data does the Wikipedia Trends API MCP server provide?
It returns relative attention metrics normalized between 0 and 100, percentage growth across selected time windows, and live ranking tables.
Why do Wikipedia topic queries need exact naming?
Wikipedia distinguishes topics strictly by page title. For example, querying Java instead of Java (programming language) yields a completely separate topic series, and missing pages return a 404 error.
