Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/September 18 to 24, 2022

The Top 25 Report

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Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (September 18 to 24, 2022) edit

Prepared with commentary by YttriumShrew and SSSB

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It wouldn't be a year in the Top 25 Report without at least one list being topped by a serial killer boosted by a Netflix series. This year it's Jeffrey Dahmer, who managed to upstage Elizabeth II in the week of her funeral due to being the subject of the week's biggest Netflix show. Other that that, this week's report is largely the same as the last two; in fact, 22 of this week's articles were here last week. I won't pretend it's particularly interesting, but it is at least quick.

Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	Jeffrey Dahmer	8,365,786	An infamous serial killer who haunted the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin for years, during which time he killed and desecrated seventeen people. I'd go into more detail, but I don't really need to; for one, it's awful; for two, you could just watch the Netflix series about him (or read his Wikipedia article, as eight million people did this week). Neither are for the faint-hearted.
2	Elizabeth II	4,177,027	After 10 days of mourning, the erstwhile Queen was laid to rest in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, marking a definitive end to the second Elizabethan era. I'm not so keen on the services, but the synchronised marching and music was nice to watch (in a respectful way, of course)
3	Charles III	1,992,713	So I guess this is it. Charles is now the King. That's really weird, isn't it?
4	George VI	1,989,940	#2's father and sister.
5	Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon	1,732,233	#2's father and sister.
6	Christopher Scarver	1,684,441	#1 isn't alive anymore, not because he was executed, but because this fellow convicted murderer beat him to death with a metal bar in prison, allegedly motivated by racial grievances.
7	Edward VIII	1,378,696	#2's uncle, daughter and ex-daughter-in-law.
8	Anne, Princess Royal	1,356,536
9	Diana, Princess of Wales	1,306,363
10	House of the Dragon	1,257,174	<checks data> Yeah, it's still here.
11	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	1,222,002	#2's husband and grandfather.
12	George V	1,170,107	#2's husband and grandfather.
13	Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva	1,096,318	One of the few bright spots in a year of flops for Bollywood, it's also still here in its third week.
14	Don't Worry Darling	1,091,702	A rare new entry this week, namely an OK movie that caused a lot of "scandals" before it was released, involving both its stars and director.
15	Queen Victoria	1,033,532	#2's great-great-grandmother and grandson.
16	William, Prince of Wales	1,015,960	#2's great-great-grandmother and grandson.
17	Deaths in 2022	868,343	I can let myself pretend you're still around I turned 28 last night If you were still alive you you'd be just short of 33 If only you could see your home town now...
18	Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex	846,341	#2's other grandson, daughter-in-law, other son, mother and great-grandfather.
19	Camilla, Queen Consort	844,361
20	Prince Andrew, Duke of York	835,634
21	Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother	814,564
22	Edward VII	791,456
23	2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine	734,443	Another repeat entry, courtesy of Putin beginning a "partial mobilisation" and military draft, because the war is going so great for him. He is also trying to justify the war with rigged "referendums" on whether certain regions want to become part of Russia - in a similar strategy to the one employed in Crimea.
24	Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex	714,186	#2's last child. A particularly poignant moment for me was when the Earl spent about a minute or two wiping tears from his eyes.
25	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power	711,035	And just to round out the pattern of things still being here, The Rings of Power is in 25th spot again.

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.