Wikipedia · Lists of deaths by year compiling…

A Ledger of
Notable Deaths

Every entry counted, live, from the “Deaths in …” lists on English Wikipedia — parsed in your browser, month by month, year by year, and re-checked against the source once a day. Click any cell to open the list it was counted from.

—entries recorded
—years on record
—heaviest year
—busiest month
source index ↗
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contacting wikipedia…

01the ledger

 entry volume  month’s record † year in progress · – no list yet
year JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC TOTAL

The row pinned to the bottom is each month’s record within the chosen range — the same figure stamped in oxblood above. Months still being written are not eligible; shared records are shared.

02the curve

entries per year — the sum of twelve months. The ceiling hugs the record. Hover to read; click to pin the year in the loupe below.
the curve draws itself as the ledger compiles…
solid — complete years  ·  dashed — a year still being written  ·  oxblood dot — the peak

03the loupe

one year, month by month — pick a year on the curve or in the ledger.
pick a year — on the curve, in the ledger, or with the arrows once one is chosen — and its twelve months open here.
a single html file · no libraries · set in Fraunces & IBM Plex Mono counts are made in your browser