Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/November 10 to 16, 2019

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (November 10 to 16, 2019) edit

Prepared with commentary by Igordebraga

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Even if late due to a delay with the WP:5000, the Report is actually early with a topic: Star Wars got a #1 one month before it is supposed to with the Disney+ (#16) series The Mandalorian (#1, #11), and is also present in a new video game (#20). Aside from eight pages that remained from last week, there's politics (#7), television (#8), a holiday (#14), YouTubers punching each other (#12, #15), Hollywood (#17, #21, #23) and Bollywood movies (#24), football of the American (#19) and English variants (#25),

Rank Article Class Views Image About
1 The Mandalorian   1,570,155
 
Proving that in spite of a divisive Episode VIII and an underwhelming spin-off Star Wars still moves the masses, a Disney+ (#16) series by Jon Favreau starring a bounty hunter managed to top our list.
2 Joker (2019 film)   1,029,042
 
The list of movies which have grossed $1 billion in 2019 finally has a non-Disney production with this take on the clown supervillain. Readers must also be curious about the "Future" section, given rarely studios decide not to follow such acclaim and popularity with sequels.
3 Death Stranding   803,135
 
Hideo Kojima doesn't need Konami to make successful video games, as this PlayStation 4 action game set in a post-apocalyptic USA, whose cinematic values go down to having actors such as Norman Reedus, Mads Mikkelsen and Léa Seydoux, got great reviews and good sales.
4 Deaths in 2019   723,908
 
I never thought I'd die alone
I laughed the loudest, who'd have known...
5 Henry V of England   669,639
 
Henry the Fifth at fifth place, how adequate. The high views are due to the Netflix movie The King.
6 John Demjanjuk   587,622 Still on Netflix, documentary series The Devil Next Door tells the story about a Ukrainian-American autoworker who allegedly worked as a guard at Nazi extermination camps during World War II.
7 Marie Yovanovitch   585,578
 
Yovanovitch was the United States Ambassador to Ukraine, and given Trump's involvement with said country's government are having terrible repercussions for him, she was ousted after a smear campaign. She's now testifying in the impeachment inquiries.
8 Rick and Morty (season 4)   547,199
 
Adult Swim has debuted the newest episodes of this time-and-space-hopping cartoon starring a mad scientist and his grandson.
9 Doctor Sleep (2019 film)   544,211
 
Decades after The Shining, a traumatized Danny Torrance (now played by Ewan McGregor) tries to save a girl with similar powers from people who literally feed on said "Shining" kids. Doctor Sleep got good reviews for being atmospheric, well-acted and spooky (even if, on this writer's opinion, a bit long and slow), but has struggled on the box office, having barely recouped its $55 million budget worldwide.
10 Jeffrey Epstein   523,050
 
This sex offender died in his jail cell back in August, but the possibility that it wasn't suicide has even become a meme.
11 Mandalorian   520,679
 
The warrior race from Star Wars whose best known representatives along with the protagonist of our #1 are Boba Fett and his "father" Jango.
12 YouTube   481,673
 
Been five years since the second most popular site in the world (after the one that owns YouTube) entered our report. New actions to prevent children from accessing inappropriate videos and a few YouTubers deciding to punch each other (#15) possibly had something to do with it
13 Dwayne Johnson   478,064
 
In between Hobbs & Shaw and Jumanji: The Next Level, The Rock spiked interest by announcing that his first proper superherovillain movie, Black Adam, will hit theaters in 2021. Maybe then he'll be the villain in the Shazam! sequel?
14 Veterans Day   468,312
 
On November 11, there is a holiday in honor of the American soldiers. Not surprisingly, said day had at #1 on the box office war movie Midway.
15 KSI vs. Logan Paul   455,632
 
One year after this boxing match between YouTubers, a rematch happened at the Staples Center, this time as a certified professional match. In contrast to the majority draw from the original, this time KSIOlajideBT won by a split decision.
16 Disney+   450,552
 
Back in the day, a cable subscription seemed enough. Now, every media conglomerate expects viewers to get their streaming services too, no matter how costly it gets. And Disney already hit the ground running with their attempt, if only because one of its exclusive shows is at #1.
17 Ken Miles   423,443
 
A British sports car racer who won many endurance races, and is now portrayed by Christian Bale in our #21.
18 Terminator: Dark Fate   413,857
 
Falling on our report just like on the worldwide box office. Here's to the possibly terminated franchise.
19 Joe Burrow   408,743
 
The LSU Tigers quarterback had a great game against Alabama, passing for 393 yards and three touchdowns.
20 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order   405,339
 
As if our #1 wasn't enough Star Wars, an acclaimed video game set in the galaxy far, far away was also released.
21 Ford v. Ferrari   396,451
 
In 1966, the Ford Motor Company decided that the best way to recover its "cool" was to beat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. How said dream was pursued is told in James Mangold's Ford v. Ferrari, starring Matt Damon as car designer Carroll Shelby and Christian Bale as pilot Ken Miles (#17). Along with good reviews (with whom this writer agrees), the film also debuted at #1 at the box office.
22 His Dark Materials   394,797
 
Twelve years after The Golden Compass couldn't get sequels, HBO is deciding to go all the way in adapting Philip Pullman's trilogy. Haven't caught up with it yet, but hope the armored polar bears appear soon!
23 Fred Rogers   390,520
 
Mister Rogers is about to hit theaters with A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, where he is portrayed by Tom Hanks.
24 List of Bollywood films of 2019   389,904
 
The yearly releases from India's biggest film industry, since our South Asian friends usually ensure at least one entry.
25 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying   385,250
 
Only five spots left for the European football tournament, with the qualified squads including a debut from Finland.

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.
    • Facebook - most views on two days with high mobile percentage