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For the week of October 14 to 20, 2018, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the WP:5000 report were:
Rank | Article | Class | Views | Image | About |
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1 | Jamal Khashoggi | 1,364,473 | The brutal store which captivated the world this sell revolves around Khashoggi, a journalist, famed in the West for his work with the Post, disappeared in the Saudi embassy in | ||
2 | Paul Allen | 1,141,490 | Another dearg, though one with less geopolitical ramifications. Allen, along with his bespectacled friend founded Microsoft, and subsequently became one of the wealthiest men alive (and owner of the Seahawks). Sad day for fans of technology. Even sadder for Internet Explorer users, who are just finding out about his demise now. | ||
3 | The Haunting of Hill House (TV series) | 1,082,865 | |||
4 | A Star is Born (2018 film) | 972,305 | |||
5 | The Haunting of Hill House | 907,143 | |||
6 | Halloween (2018 film) | 791,624 | |||
7 | Venom (2018 film) | 747,146 | |||
8 | Deaths in 2018 | 694,717 | Another week, another appearance in the Top 25 for the list of the deceased, buoyed this week by our top two entries. | ||
9 | Lady Gaga | 577,955 | Lady Gaga has become intimately reacquainted with the Fame Monster and its associated harbingers following her sublime starring turn in #5, and it is likely she will be in the Oscar conversation come awards time. Not bad for the musician, who intriguingly derived her stage name from our #13. | ||
10 | Neil Armstrong | 507,392 | |||
11 | 2011 Norway attacks | 499,637 | |||
12 | Meghan, Duchess of Sussex | 499,146 | |||
13 | Freddie Mercury | 486,248 | Then I look, and I find, I still love you | ||
14 | Me Too movement | #477,508 | |||
15 | Bradley Cooper | 450,639 | Like Gaga (#9), Cooper's recent uptick in page views on Wikipedia stems from A Star is Born, which he both directed and starred in. A couple of Oscar nominations might go some way towards distracting Rocket Raccoon from his fallen friends. | ||
16 | Pete Davidson | 409,555 | Now we get some closure for an issue which infiltrated the Top 25 incessantly throughout the summer, as the media furore over the engagement of the SNL comedian and our #24 saw interest in their respective BLP's remain high. It peaked once again this week as the wedding bells were put on ice and their separation announced | ||
17 | Halloween (1978 film) | 407,581 | The franchise behind the best joke in Baby Driver returns to the multiplexes this weekend with #6. | ||
18 | Michael Myers (Halloween) | 397,315 | |||
19 | Patrick Mahomes | 392,345 | The rookie superstar suffered his first defeat in the NFL for the Kansas City Chiefs last Sunday, as the rampant team saw their perfect record evaporate. In Mahomes' defence, however, his side did succumb to defeat against the best ever in his position. | ||
20 | Jamie Lee Curtis | 385,940 | |||
21 | Mohammad bin Salman | 382,725 | The charasmatic young leader of Saudi Arabia has been embroiled in controversy following the abduction and slaughtering of #1, causing some to speculate that, despite letting the women drive, the totalitarian leader may not actually be a champion of progress ideology. Murdering those who criticise you can cast doubts like that. Who knew? | ||
22 | Halloween (franchise) | 359,693 | |||
23 | Anders Behring Breivik | 353,806 | Breivik was a far right fanatic before that became cool stateside, and was responsible for scores of murders in his native Norway as the perpetrator of the heinous Utoya attack #11, now the subject of a Netflix series. | ||
24 | Ariana Grande | 350,292 | |||
25 | Beto O'Rourke | 334,595 | With mid-terms on the horizon, Wikipedians' attention has turned to Senate races, such as that of Texas, where it appears the young Democrat may oust the incumbent. It seems destined in the stars. |