Wikipedia:2022 Top 50 Report

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The five topics up top exert the most influence over this list. First up it's Jeffrey Dahmer, which at least one of us is very angry about, who also brought in the man who killed him. Then it's the war in Ukraine, which not only came in second, but also brought in the two countries (#9, #40), their leaders (#7, #29) and two other related articles; the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which brought in FIFA World Cup and the stars of the final (#11 and #39); the ever-present Deaths in [year], accompanied by two individuals who died, including Queen Elizabeth II, who brought in her son, father and daughter-in-law.

Other than those, this list is mostly populated by the usual serving of film and TV. Nine films made it on this year, including all three Marvel films, the Dark Knight's latest outing, Tom Cruise's latest vehicle (and Tom Cruise), the big one from last year, two Indian action films, and the biggest film of the year in multiple senses. There's also the returns of Stranger Things, Westeros, Middle-Earth and debaucherous teens. Three biopics other than #1's also brought their subjects onto here. Outside of the world of entertainment, there's also a man who loves to entertain, two people far too many saw as entertainment, and a man whose fall was very entertaining. Modern British politics also brought in Elizabeth's last prime minister and her successor. This report was slightly later than usual (largely my fault), but we hope you enjoy!

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And while it may not be on English Wikipedia, and so we don't care, our congratulations to the French article on web cookies, a globally very popular article. I assume this is because GDPR warnings (for the EU, which operates in French) now include a link for information. So it's as meaningful a success as Google devices telling everyone to ask for Cleopatra during set-up, but, hey, it did it, something endless K-Pop fanclubs didn't.

Exclusions
Toolforge's list, along with not including redirect views (for instance, Avatar has more than a million views originating from Avatar 2), has many pages we eliminate for suspicious numbers or activities:
 * Cleopatra (55,112,879) - As mentioned above, Google Assistant suggests people to visit this page. Well, even if people go there out of their own volition, it's not a good enough reason for inclusion.
 * Pages with over 90% (Bible, Skathi (moon)) or under 10% (Ansel Adams and everything with "XXX" or "XXXX") of mobile views.
 * Websites such as YouTube, Google, Facebook, Instagram and even Wikipedia (plus Microsoft Office) tend to have a high number of automated views.

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