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Most read entries on Wikipedia daily during 2014 have been revealed For 8 days in May, the page for 'Indigenous Australian' was most read On May 24 alone, it received a peak of 4.7million hits on the site Other well-read entries last year included World Cup and Robin Williams More unusual popular pages included Malware, triceratops and alliteration

By Jennifer Newton for MailOnline

Published: 02:26 EST, 13 January 2015 | Updated: 04:38 EST, 13 January 2015

The entry for Indigenous Australian on Wikipedia was one of the most viewed pages during 2014 gaining 4.7million hits on May 24 alone

Popular pages on Wikipedia during 2014 have been revealed with one of the most read entries being 'Indigenous Australian'.

For eight days running starting on May 18, the entry was the most viewed page reaching a peak of 4.7million hits on May 24.

But despite being one of the most read pages on the encyclopedia site last year, it is unclear why so many people worldwide were searching for the term.

The list of last year's most viewed Wikipedia pages has been compiled by website Quartz, who analysed the top viewed page every day of last year.

During the study, they found that most of the top results followed big news events, with the profile of actor Robin Williams being viewed more than 5.1million times on August 12, the day after his death.

The profile for fellow actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was also the top viewed page with 1.7million hits on February 2, the day of his death.

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'Indigenous Australian' was one of Wikipedia's top pages last year