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 10 days in a row: 13,525,617 views in all, peaking at 6,190,956 on January 10, 2017. Sun, Jan 8: 504,370 views Mon, Jan 9: 1,734,123 views Tue, Jan 10: 6,190,956 views Wed, Jan 11: 1,235,004 views Thu, Jan 12: 694,862 views Fri, Jan 13: 531,289 views Sat, Jan 14: 492,731 views Sun, Jan 15: 727,788 views Mon, Jan 16: 753,373 views Tue, Jan 17: 661,121 views Wiki link