Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/September 20 to 26, 2015

Top 25 Report: Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (September 20 to 26, 2015)

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Rank	Article	Class	Views	Image	Notes
1	Pope Francis		1,299,584		The Pope visited the United States, a week after becoming the first pontifex in Cuba.
2	Pablo Escobar		941,721		Down from #1 after a three week lead, as those seeing Wagner Moura (pictured) playing the famed Colombian drug lord on Narcos keep on researching him.
3	Whitey Bulger		876,879		This American criminal got a biopic about his life, Black Mass, where he's played by Johnny Depp.
4	Yogi Berra		861,806		The Hall of Famer baseball player died at the age of 90.
5	Martin Shkreli		859,883		The founder of Turing Pharmaceuticals is now a widely hated person for medicine price hiking.
6	Night of Champions (2015)		800,143		The latest WWE pantomime, featuring among others Sting.
7	Scream Queens (2015 TV series)		760,169		Fox has released this comedy horror series that is the latest endeavor by Ryan Murphy of Glee and American Horror Story fame.
8	Everest (2015 film)		610,990		Universal Pictures took the unusual step of releasing this historical disaster pic (loosely based on the true-life account Into Thin Air) in premium widescreen and IMAX theatres only, before going wide next week. The strategy seems to have paid off, at least mildly, with a $7.5 million opening weekend.
9	Rockbitch		609,064		Reddit learned about this all-female metal British band which was pagan and overtly sexual.
10	Yom Kippur		597,048		The Jewish "Day of Atonement" occurs 10 days after Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah), and involves fasting, repentance and prayer.
11	Jackie Collins		586,769		Best-selling romance novelist Jacqueline Collins died two weeks before her 78th birthday.
12	Eid al-Adha		560,644		The arrival of the other major Muslim holiday, after Eid al-Fitr, was marked by a sharp rise in interest. The "Feast of the Sacrifice" honours Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael (Muslims read that story a bit differently) by sacrificing animals and dividing the portions among family, friends and the poor. If that seems a bit old-fashioned to you, ask yourself how much sympathy you've ever felt for your Christmas turkey.
13	Deaths in 2015		545,309		The viewing figures for this article have been remarkably constant; fluctuating week to week between 450 and 550 thousand on average, apparently heedless of who actually died.
14	George Hotz		478,362		Reddit remembered the 17 year old that unlocked the original iPhone back in 2007.
15	Robert Black (serial killer)		450,255		The most disturbing of those Reddit-propelled articles.
16	2015 Rugby World Cup		421,973		The latest edition of rugby union's quadrennial tournament kicked off in England.
17	Carly Fiorina		403,701		The Republican potential presidential candidate continues to hold her own, even with the fierce competition of our next entry...
18	Donald Trump		401,070		The Donald's presidential campaign continues to stir the media, as shown by a New York article, Trump's appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and an episode of South Park where he is murdered.
19	List of Bollywood films of 2015		396,409		Not an unusual visitor to the Top 25.
20	Gotham (TV series)		380,498		The second season of the televisual reboot of the Batman franchise premiered on September 21.
21	How to Get Away with Murder		354,620		One of the new shows that hit the airwaves was this drama where a teacher is caught in a murder plot.
22	John Boehner		350,810		One day after the Pope (#1) visited Washington, the Speaker of the House of Representatives announced his resignation. His sucessor will be elected in October.
23	Narcos		349,481		The TV series about the rise of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar (see #2) premiered in its entirety on Netflix on August 28.
24	List of superheroines		345,207		For some reason, this got a popularity bump, with legitimate views. Go figure.
25	Fear the Walking Dead		339,370		The first season of AMC's spin-off to their hit series The Walking Dead is about to end.