Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/March 28 to April 3, 2021

The Top 25 Report

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Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (March 28 to April 3, 2021) edit

Prepared with commentary by Benmite, FunksBrother, igordebraga

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April starts, with emphasis on big things, whether giant monsters, superhero projects by massive media conglomerates, big men fighting each other, or great problems in the world - most notably, a big ship that got stranded.

Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	Godzilla vs. Kong	2,857,080	What sad days we're living when one of those destruction-heavy blockbusters that should be watched on a big screen has to settle in for what little theaters are open plus homes of HBO Max subscribers. (and too bad for those living in countries where either option isn't possible!) Anyways, the huge radioactive lizard from Japan and the giant gorilla from the US (who has a thing for blondes, though sadly there are none in this movie) end up duking against other in a movie that reviewers noted that for all its narrative shortcomings delivered on the flashy, fun monster fights.
2	Suez Canal	1,700,993	The canal connecting the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea has been an important shipping route since its construction in the 19th century. Also, somebody got a really big boat stuck in the middle of it, costing the world economy billions of dollars for every day it was there.
3	Matt Gaetz	1,325,750	This congressman from Florida is having an interesting year. He defended the former President from his impeachment while criticizing Congresswoman and colleague Liz Cheney–going so far to holding a rally in her home state of Wyoming demanding that she must be primaried. Now the representative is under investigation by the Justice Department as to whether or not he misused campaign funds and engaged in sex trafficking according to a news article published by The New York Times on March 30th. His bizarre interview with Fox News television host Tucker Carlson that same night placed the blame on an extortionist, but also made Carlson look he was involved in his scandal too. Yikes...
4	Ever Given	1,044,559	One of the largest ships in the world, a behemoth capable of carrying over 20,000 containers, and that despite not being too big for the Suez (#2), still got trapped in it for 6 days.
5	Lil Nas X	936,561	Speak of the devil! Cowboy by day and glitchy Roblox avatar by night, the smaller Nas (X) took the world by storm this week with the release of his song "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)", the subtitle of which references a movie about two guys who become really good friends after enjoying a fun, family friendly summer together. If the song's lyrics, which make a compelling case for Adam and Steve, weren’t enough to have internet denizens in a fiery rage, then the video, which starts with a love scene between Lil Nas X X Himself and ends with him throwing that Beelzebutt all over Beelzebub after some FKA twigs-inspired pole dancing, might have brought their blood to a boiling point. And just to fan the flames a bit more, the handsome devil put out a pair of custom Nike shoes called "Satan Shoes" designed by streetwear company MSCHF, each adorned with a pentagram and filled with a single drop of human blood. Of course, the outrage machine kicked into overdrive like clockwork, and since idle hands are the devil's playthings, a bunch of people with nothing better to do developed a bad case of Twitter fingers as they called Lil Nas X out of his name and screamed "What about the children?!", a question that they answered themselves with the film Jesus Camp. Running a Nicki Minaj fanpage equipped Nas X with the proper trolling skills to fend them off for a bit, but it wasn’t long before he apologized for all of it. Meanwhile, Nike filed and won a lawsuit against MSCHF to ban the further selling of Satan Shoes.
6	Deaths in 2021	862,838	So, what do we do with our lives? We leave only a mark Will our story shine like a light Or end in the dark
7	Zack Snyder's Justice League	791,426	Fans are now griping #RestoreTheSnyderverse given the extended cut of Justice League was released, but Warner Bros. won't continue it. Well, they should focus on how the studio makes worse decisions regarding the DC Extended Universe than that - just because Darkseid appears in a half a dozen scenes of this 4 hour movie, Warner cancelled a promising New Gods movie that would feature the famed DC villain.
8	Tina Turner	756,766	HBO premiered Tina, a documentary about the career of the musical legend once known as Anna Mae Bullock.
9	The Falcon and the Winter Soldier	714,705	Marvel's spy thriller continues, bringing back many characters that barely appeared from the movies: the guy who triggered the Avengers Civil War, the niece of Captain America's one true love, one of those Wakandan bald warriors...
10	April Fools' Day	655,869	Unlike last year, the day where people like to lie earned an entry, as people try to slowly remember old joys. One of the jokes this year was The Guardian announcing a "Suez II" (#2) would be built.
11	Francis Ngannou	636,851	If people know anything about Cameroon, it's probably sports-related, such as the many footballers and NBA star Joel Embiid. The latest standout athlete from the French colony is this mixed martial artist who just became the UFC Heavyweight Champion (#14).
12	Invincible (TV series)	615,792	Another comic book adaptation, only from Image Comics instead of the big two, animated, and without an attempt to be family-friendly - not surprisingly, Invincible airs on the same Prime Video of The Boys.
13	Good Friday	543,753	Also known as "Holy Friday", as how 'good' is a day that is supposed to celebrate the Savior being horribly scourged and executed?
14	UFC 260	497,214	Wow. Another UFC fight in the Top 25. Who would've guessed it...
15	Elizabeth II	475,824	Pushed back onto our list ever since Oprah with Meghan and Harry, Her Majesty has also started to go out for the first time since the lockdowns begun, visiting the Air Forces Memorial to celebrate the Royal Australian Air Force's 100th anniversary.
16	DMX (rapper)	468,299	Dark Man X, born Earl Simmons, made some questionable choices in life, that led to arrests, drug addiction, having to pay for 15 (!) child supports and an attempt at a bankruptcy filing. The latest disgrace for the rapper responsible for "Party Up (Up in Here)" was a hospitalization caused by possible overdose that left him in a vegetative state.
17	The Suicide Squad (film)	446,176	Next for DC Comics is a second stab at the supervillains turned black ops team, done by a filmmaker "borrowed" from Marvel, due for release in August.
18	2021 Suez Canal obstruction	435,830	A combination of a dust storm and high winds made #4 run aground and be stuck horizontally on #2, creating a "boat traffic jam" as over 300 ships had to wait to pass through. As if the goddamned pandemic wasn't ruining the economy enough, this delay of shipped goods also caused great damage.
19	Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)	426,932	Right before our #1, there was a sequel that tried to compensate the first film being criticized for not having enough Godzilla, but went too far in how many monsters would appear, specially when the whole thing is dragged to two hours by a meandering plot. At least Kong's movie was better.
20	Derek Chauvin	419,191	Joe Biden announced he will be watching closely the trial of this disgraced policeman who somehow denied the charges of murder and manslaughter that resulted from him kneeling a man in the neck until he asphyxiated.
21	WrestleMania 37	418,165	WWE will have spectators for the first time since March 2020 once this event happens in Miami on April 10 and 11.
22	Easter	404,851	On the Sunday following #13, the executed man turned out to have resurrected. Celebrations of that mostly revolve around a rabbit, eggs, and chocolate.
23	The Irregulars	386,922	Netflix released this British show adapting Arthur Conan Doyle's trio of street urchins who become intelligence agents, only this time instead of helping Sherlock Holmes, this time he's taking credit for their work.
24	George Floyd	354,480	The victim of #20. The protests have re-ignited with the trial, of course.
25	YouTube	353,667	The perenially popular website remains on the list one more week, keeping off #26 Invincible (comics) - source material of #12, adequate given both YouTube and Prime Video are how the two omnipresent Internet giants make their hold on video services.

Exclusions edit

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.