Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/August 12 to 18, 2018
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Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (August 12 to 18, 2018)
- Prepared with commentary by Igordebraga (with help from some useful anonymous users)
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When a famous musician dies, it's to be expected that the commotion will be enough for its Wikipedia article to be the most seen of the week. And when it's someone with a storied career like Aretha Franklin, numbers will be huge (narrowly missing the 5 million mark!) and relatives might even appear too - in her case, ex-husband Glynn Turman (#22). And our #2, former Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, shows two of the week's most present topics, death and India: the former has four deceased (#1, #2, #13, #14) and the yearly list (#6), the latter has one death (#2), one engagement (#12 - the American fiancé is #8), one holiday (#11) and two movies (#17, #23), and are also contestants in the 2018 Asian Games (#7). Hollywood has four movies (#9, #10, #15, #25) and an actor (#21), Google (#5) and Reddit (#19) bring one article each, and otherwise things are scattered: Trump's former friends worsening his reputation (#3), golf champions (#4), a controversial Netflix series (#16), new music by a pop star (#18), the FIFA World Cup still strong a month after ending (#20), and a collapsing bridge (#24).
For the week of August 12 to 18, 2018, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the WP:5000 report were:
Rank Article Class Views Image About 1 Aretha Franklin 4,997,992 The "Queen of Soul", responsible for immortal songs such as " (You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman", died at 76 of a pancreatic cancer that had prevented her from public concerts since November. And to think now all the "musical guests" out of The Blues Brothers (where Aretha has a memorable performance singing "Think") are no longer with us.2 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 3,371,692 Atal Bihari Vajpayee, three-time Prime Minister of India from 1996 to 2004, passed away on 16 August (the same day as Franklin) at the elder age of 93. A chief leader in Asia, Vajpayee was responsible for making India a major nuclear power with the Pokhran-II tests, and eased tensions in South Asia after arranging peace talks with Pakistan. (Does it count that these talks happened to be held right after fighting a war with them?) 3 Omarosa Manigault Newman 901,876[1] After the controversial release of her novel Unhinged (2018), Omarosa, former political aide to Godfather Drumpf, released four secret tapes, the first of which was recorded in the Situation Room, regarded as a major security breach. She also claimed, among others, that the Big Boss would deport his trouble and strife if she dare breach their relationship. Seems like those are enough reasons to justify her appearance on this report. 4 Brooks Koepka 873,589 Koepka won the 2018 PGA Championship, which combined with the U.S. Open back in June makes him the first golfer to win this double since Tiger Woods. 5 Ebenezer Cobb Morley 827,500 Ebenezer Cobb Morley was an English soccer playerfootballer who was aFootball Association (FA) and modern football, Morley was the first secretary and second president of the FA. To commemorate his great contribution to the world (IMO, of course) he was honoured with a Google Doodleon what would have been his 187th birthday.6 Deaths in 2018782,780 Views raised, as a few prominent figures (#1, #2, #13, #14) died. Yet the page fell from #2, as this time people had more things to look for than just deaths. 7 2018 Asian Games 763,073 The eSports are possibly on its way to be recognised as an official sport next time, as the competition, along with canoe polo, is being contested as a demonstration sport. (Hmm... Seems like I could try a hand.) Which country are you rooting for?8 Nick Jonas 709,154 The youngest of the Jonas Brothers publicly announced his engagement to our #12. 9 Crazy Rich Asians (film) 618,889 Representativity is good for business: after what Black Panther did for African Americans, it's time for Asian Americans in this novel adaptation where Constance Wu (pictured) plays a woman who travels to meet her boyfriend's family, only to find them to be among the richest in Singapore. Crazy Rich Asians got glowing reviews and also opened atop the box office, beating our next entry. 10 The Meg 611,490 high-concept. Don't know if it's any good (shark movies aside from Jawsusually aren't, and reviews are mixed to bad), but it has made some money, opening atop the US box office (before our #9 pushed it down to second) and having so far grossed $300 million worldwide.11 Independence Day (India) 584,400 Another year with India taking August 15 to remember the Bollywood's latest.12 Priyanka Chopra 554,836 Still on India, this Bollywood superstar announced her engagement to #8. And given her musical career, maybe the couple can collaborate sometime. 13 Jim Neidhart 466,848 Former WWF champion and father of a current WWE diva\champion, "The Anvil" died at the age of 63. 14 Kofi Annan 460,934 Former UN Secretary General and Ghanese diplomat Kofi Annan died at the age of 80. Annan played a major role in reforming the UN's bureaucratic structure and was co-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 along with the organisation. After retiring from the UN in 2006, he continued to work for international development with his foundation. 15 Avengers: Infinity War 440,283 With such staying power for the most ambitious Marvel movie, it might not surprise you that Infinity War is also the most seen article of 2018 so far, with more than 29 million views. It's up in the air on whether last yearwill repeat or Thanos will conquer death.16 Insatiable (TV series) 420,007 " to warrant some reviews claiming it's the worst Netflix show ever. 17 Gold (2018 film) 383,183 Ice hockey has produced some well-known movies, such as Slap Shot. Well, this might be the first film based on field hockey, a fictional take on India's gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympicsin former colonizer Britain - just one year after the country had become independent (#11).18 Ariana Grande 379,506 This short but vocally powerful pop singer released her latest album, Sweetener. 19 Potato paradox 369,976 Reddit learned about the calculation where dehydrating potatoes by a seemingly minuscule amount leads to a huge change of mass. 20 2018 FIFA World Cup 368,882 It's been a month, but readers still want to remember all the football that happened in Russia. For some people, the Cup probably isn't over until they complete the sticker album! 21 Ryan Reynolds 362,496 Reynolds has more than the digital release of Michael Bay's next movie and prepping up another Deadpool flick, and while visiting The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Reynolds drank some disgusting stuff.22 Glynn Turman 360,905 The death of Aretha Franklin (#1) brought to proeminence her best known ex-husband, an actor with a long career in TV (House of Lies, The Wire) and film (Gremlins, Super 8). 23 Satyameva Jayate (2018 film) 351,139 John Abraham (pictured) stars in this action movie named after the national motto of India, released on the holiday at #11 and still making some big crorein spite of having to dispute audiences with #17.24 Ponte Morandi 350,934 Ponte Morandi (literally Morandi bridge), named after its creator ₤3.8 billion to build in the period of 1963-1967, which seems like a huge amount.25 Mission: Impossible – Fallout 347,951 The sixth installment in the HALO jump, drives a motorcycle helmetless against traffic, jumps between rooftops, and climbs a rope dangling from a helicopter, all without doubles. Unsurprisingly, the movie is so adrenaline-filled critics loved it and it has already broken $500 million in the worldwide box office.
- ^ Combined views; during the week, the article was moved from "Omarosa Manigault" (196,516) to "Omarosa Manigault Newman"(705,360)
Exclusions
- This list excludes the Wikipedia main page, non-article pages (such as redlinks), and anomalous entries (such as DDoS attacks or likely automated views). Since mobile view data became available to the Report in October 2014, we exclude articles that have almost no mobile views (5–6% or less) or almost all mobile views (94–95% or more) because they are very likely to be automated views based on our experience and research of the issue. Please feel free to discuss any removal on the talk page if you wish.
- BTS (band), artificial boosts- we are onto you, and you will not make the report if you perpetuate this malevolent gaming of the system. Perhaps heed this quote from your band - "Live your life. It’s yours anyway. Don’t try too hard. It’s okay to lose."
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