Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/January 13 to 19, 2019

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Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (January 13 to 19, 2019) edit

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For the week of January 13 to 19, 2019, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the WP:5000 report were:

Rank Article Class Views Image About
1 List of most-liked Instagram posts   2,508,060
 
The world order is scrambled as memesters poach prized perch from Puerto Rican.
2 Glass (2019 film)   1,194,041
 
The latest twist in the career of M. Night Shyamalan is that his films are terrible again.
3 Mysterio   1,118,746
 
Rachel Dawes' brother dons a fishbowl and takes up special effects work in the beautiful future Atlantis.
4 Sake Dean Mahomed   1,090,799
 
Google celebrate an Indian entrepreneur who brought shampoo to Europe.
5 Katherine Schwarzenegger   803,954
 
Hasta la Vista's baby finds love with a lord of the stars.
6 Sex Education (TV series)   797,371
 
Netflix makes shows, people use Wikipedia to research them.
7 You (TV series)   796,050
8 Freddie Mercury   792,056
 
Guaranteed to blow your mind, anytime.
9 2019 AFC Asian Cup   766,232
 
Association football in Asia, where Southampton starlet leads a rampant rising sun.
10 Chris Pratt   709,968
 
Johnny Karate chops his way into the heart of #5.
11 Titans (2018 TV series)   703,306
 
Robin and his pubescent pals battle crime sans Bats.
12 Deaths in 2019   692,073
 
People died, other people looked to see who died.
13 Spider-Man: Far From Home   678,320
 
Dead character inexplicably spends first days in the afterlife on European vacation.
14 R. Kelly   627,683
 
Grown man who knowingly married a fifteen year old is accused of sexual abuse.
15 Katelyn Ohashi   624,986
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Gymnast scores perfect 10, vaults onto the report.
16 Government shutdowns in the United States   622,060
 
Top 25 authors are classified as non-essential personnel, so no entry here, just an unrelated photograph of a Big Mac.
17 Aaliyah   616,204
 
Tragic victim of plane crash may also have been tragic victim of other flying scourges.
18 Carol Channing   596,898
 
Nonagenarian comedienne and Broadway icon dies, sends droves to article.
19 Uri: The Surgical Strike   585,900
 
India makes a film about conflict - no prizes for guessing the belligerents.
20 Aquaman (film)   558,549
 
Muscular man makes marine movie, many millions make way to multiplexes.
21 True Detective (season 3)   511,625
 
Impending double Oscar winner clears space in trophy cabinet for Emmy.
22 Bird Box (film)   498,496
 
Debbie Ocean cons a copious number of people into watching a mindless, meandering, and mediocre horror film.
23 Patrick Mahomes   482,366
 
Sophomore superstar stripped and sacked of date with rams by a goat.
24 Unbreakable (film)   481,919
 
Audiences catch up on the Shyamalan cinematic universe, and watch Nick Fury's malevolent schemes post-Avengers - he has had it with those monkey-fighting brittle bones in his Monday-to-Friday body.
25 Fyre Festival   462,903
 
Streaming wars are fought to tell the tale of the ineffably fraudulent festival concept that went up in flames.
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Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (January 13 to 19, 2019)

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