Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-04-14/Traffic report

A welcome return to pop culture and death

As predicted last week, we have another breather from American politics; even

For the week of March 27 to April 2, 2016, the ten most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the most viewed pages, were:

Rank	Article	Class	Views	Image	Notes
1	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice		2,984,071		A second week at #1, and only down slightly from last week's 3.1 million views. DC's cinematic universe has gone down a storm, with the studio's highest ever domestic opening weekend. But, having cost an estimated $400 million to make and market, this movie will have to make $800 million worldwide just to break even.
2	Patty Duke		1,465,032		Duke was a child star of the 1960s, an Oscar-winning actress in her teens, and went on to a long acting career as an adult. She was also a well-known advocate for mental health issues. She died at age 69 on March 29 from sepsis caused by a ruptured intestine.
3	Donald Trump		1,222,793		Trump is essentially a perpetual motion machine of views at this point. The slightest news or latest squabble spreads throughout the internet immediately. But this has now been going on for so long that there is some anecdotal evidence of "Trump fatigue". This week's primary in Wisconsin, where loads of resources are being expended to defeat Trump, will no doubt be heralded as a watershed event though Trump lost to Ted Cruz.
4	April Fools' Day		956,900		The first day of April, perennial party for practical jokers and pranksters, continues to amuse the cynical and infuriate the gullible. Stories about the best historical pranks tend to proliferate around this date, which randomly led this editor to the Taco Liberty Bell, a prank which just celebrated its 20th anniversary.
5	Pratyusha Banerjee		762,706		The popular Indian television actress was found dead on April 1, an apparent suicide at age 24. She first found popularity in India on the show Balika Vadhu.
6	Deaths in 2016		681,175		The annual list of deaths has always been a fairly consistent visitor to this list, averaging about 500,000 views a week. Since the death of David Bowie, this article's average number of views have jumped.
7	WrestleMania 32		662,845		Up from #18 and 482K views last week. Wrestlemania 31 placed for three straight weeks last year. By the way, if you've never read one of these wrestling-event articles in detail, you should check it out just to see the incredible level of detail and sourcing provided.
8	Easter		643,213		It's hard to remember these days, under the onslaught of computus. Easter falls on the first Sunday after the vernal equinox for most of the Christian world, but a number of articles appeared this year about trying to fix and consolidate the date.
9	Virat Kohli		602,522		The finals of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 (#20, see also #12) cricket championship were held in India on April 3. Kohli was the captain of the Indian squad and the subject of much press attention for his performances.
10	Gal Gadot		513,404		Up from #21 and 442K views last week. The Israeli actress and former combat instructor has grown in popularity since being announced as DC Cinematic Universe's anointed Wonder Woman (#19), and the first official live-action Wonder Woman since Lynda Carter in the 70s.