Rarest British Dish — All 20 Answers Ranked by Rarity
20 answers are accepted for “Name a British dish”. Yorkshire Christmas pie is the rarest British dish in this ranking, with 2,084 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Stonner kebab is the second-rarest with 3,121 monthly Wikipedia views, 1.50× the figure for Yorkshire Christmas pie. Chicken tikka masala is the most common British dish in this ranking, with 449,432 monthly Wikipedia views, 215.7× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 20 answers: 2,217,598. Yorkshire Christmas pie is under 0.1% of that total. 4 answers are Epic or Legendary: Yorkshire Christmas pie (Legendary), Stonner kebab (Legendary), Boiled beef (Epic), and 1 more.
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Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).
Ranked answers
| Rank | Answer | Tier | Rarity | Monthly Wikipedia views |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yorkshire Christmas pie on Wikipedia | Legendary | 1.000 | 2,084 |
| 2 | Stonner kebab on Wikipedia | Legendary | 0.947 | 3,121 |
| 3 | Boiled beef on Wikipedia | Epic | 0.895 | 9,106 |
| 4 | Banbury cake on Wikipedia | Epic | 0.842 | 12,644 |
| 5 | Black peas on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.789 | 17,228 |
| 6 | Cauliflower cheese on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.737 | 19,245 |
| 7 | Cheese on toast on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.684 | 21,169 |
| 8 | Crumble on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.632 | 31,940 |
| 9 | Lardy cake on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.579 | 33,813 |
| 10 | Melba toast on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.526 | 42,077 |
| 11 | Egg tart on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.474 | 70,750 |
| 12 | Coronation chicken on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.421 | 80,775 |
| 13 | Baked potato on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.368 | 98,630 |
| 14 | Jellied eels on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.316 | 134,247 |
| 15 | Ploughman's lunch on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.263 | 142,386 |
| 16 | Toad in the hole on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.211 | 172,549 |
| 17 | Welsh rarebit on Wikipedia | Common | 0.158 | 218,258 |
| 18 | Cookie on Wikipedia | Common | 0.105 | 257,985 |
| 19 | Faggot on Wikipedia | Common | 0.053 | 400,159 |
| 20 | Chicken tikka masala on Wikipedia | Common | 0.000 | 449,432 |
FAQ
What is the rarest British dish?
Yorkshire Christmas pie is the rarest British dish in this ranking, with 2,084 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).
How many British dishes are there?
There are 20 British dishes in this ranking, from Yorkshire Christmas pie (rarest) to Chicken tikka masala (most common).
What is the most common British dish?
Chicken tikka masala is the most common British dish in this ranking, with 449,432 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).
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Sources
Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.