Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/January 20 to 26, 2013

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For the week of January 20–26, 2013, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined by the report of the 5,000 most trafficked pages* were:

Rank	Last	Weeks	Article	Views	Notes
1	16	2	Martin Luther King, Jr.	1,464,212	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was observed on Monday January 21, in the United States, the same day as the second inauguration of Barack Obama
2	18	3	Ray Lewis	1,428,492	American football linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League, whose team has now advanced to Super Bowl XLVII.
3	2	2	Colin Kaepernick	842,314	American football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League, who also advanced to the Super Bowl.
4	_	-	Jim Harbaugh	749,041	Head coach of the San Francisco 49ers
5	7	3	Facebook	658,361	A perennially favorite page on Wikipedia, only 6,000 more views than last week.
6	-	-	John Harbaugh	631,571	Head coach of the Baltimore Ravens, and brother of #4
7	8	3	Django Unchained	590,195	American movie was released in the U.S. on December 25, 2012, and in the U.K. on January 18.
8	13	3	G-force	534,388	The popularity of this article is a bit mystifying, possibly could be influenced by non-human views. Its popularity increased in June 2012 and has stayed that way.
9	-	-	Barack Obama	486,032	The second inauguration of Barack Obama occurred on January 21.
10	-	-	List of Super Bowl champions	465,508	With the participants in this year's Super Bowl decided on January 20, the past championship records of these teams was no doubt of interest.
11	11	2	Nicki Minaj	437,999	American singer and rapper, views are down from 601,806 last week.
12	6	3	Les Misérables	432,897	Though this article is about the novel, its likely most of its views are being generated by the film adaptation released in the U.S. on December 25, 2012, and in the U.K. on January 11, 2013.
13	-	-	Abraham Lincoln	425,415	The subject of a major recent movie ( Lincoln (2012 film) ), the article returns to the Top 25 after a one-week absence.
14	12	3	Les Misérables (2012 film)	408,120	U.S. film, see also #12
15	23	2	Mama (2013 film)	403,718	Spanish-Canadian horror film that was released on January 18.
16	24	3	The Big Bang Theory	400,189	The popular science geek television show of the week, another regularly popular article.
17	-	-	Super Bowl XLVII	396,338	This is the sixth American football related entry this week.
18	25	3	Deaths in 2013	396,312	Deaths of the year is usually a popular article. Deaths in 2012 was reported to be the third most popular article in 2012.
19	9	3	Zero Dark Thirty	391,565	This film debuted in the U.S. on December 19, 2012, down from 612,032 views last week.
20	-	-	YouTube	391,171	Another perennially popular article, for the highly popular video-sharing website.
21	-	-	Movie 43	376,393	American comedy film released on January 25. A jump from 240,654 views in the prior week.
22	-	-	How I Met Your Mother	368,981	The popular U.S. television show.
23	-	-	List of Presidents of the United States	362,462	An odd parallel to #10 this week? The list of Super Bowl champions is of greater interest than the list of U.S. presidents.
24	-	-	Tom Brady	361,637	American football quarterback for the New England Patriots, whose team was eliminated from the playoffs when they were beaten by Baltimore Ravens. The 7th American football article this week.
25	-	-	Republic Day (India)	359,838	WP:5000 .

• Almosts: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations was #26 with 356,141 views. New Bollywood film Race 2 was #37 with 310,493 views.
• This list is derived from the
  WP:5000 report. It excludes the Wikipedia main page (and "wiki"), non-article pages, and anomalous entries (such as DDoS attacks or likely automated views). Notable removals this week: Darksiders, a 2010 video game, which had almost 1 million views on January 23, but only a few thousand the day before and after, and cat anatomy
  .
• The revision of
  WP:5000 containing the data used to create list: [1]