Internet error message In HTTP, the 404 HTTP status code indicates that a web client was able to communicate with a server, but the server could not provide the requested resource. The server may not have the resource or it may not wish to disclose whether it has the resource. The code is often associated with response reason Not Found and is often referred to as page not found or file not found. Wikipedia's most-read article for 11 days in a row: 11,292,112 views in all, peaking at 2,012,414 on February 22, 2017. Wed, Feb 15: 1,896,489 views Thu, Feb 16: 1,242,655 views Fri, Feb 17: 776,658 views Sat, Feb 18: 651,148 views Sun, Feb 19: 612,874 views Mon, Feb 20: 626,132 views Tue, Feb 21: 741,473 views Wed, Feb 22: 2,012,414 views Thu, Feb 23: 952,888 views Fri, Feb 24: 929,397 views Sat, Feb 25: 849,984 views Wiki link