Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/December 13 to 19, 2020

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (December 13 to 19, 2020)
Prepared with commentary by and 

As the year that seemingly wouldn't end approaches its conclusion, views continue to lower, as nothing groundbreaking happens and readers are seemingly exhausted. How else to explain a #1 with less than a million views, related to the prevalent form of entertainment of the year (streaming shows), and only 10 entries that weren't here last week?


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! Rank ! Article ! Class ! Views ! Image ! Notes/about
 * 1
 * The Mandalorian
 * 978,727
 * Master Yoda - origami.jpg
 * The Baby Yoda show premiered its season finale on December 18. A trio of sibling series were announced on December 10: The Acolyte, Ahsoka, and Rangers of the New Republic - which will culminate in some sort of "climactic story event."
 * 2
 * Cyberpunk 2077
 * 958,425
 * Keanu Reeves Star.jpg
 * Cyberpunk 2077 has been pulled from the PlayStation Store, and Sony is issuing refunds. Last-gen console versions of the game were not sent out to reviewers prior to release, and it turned out there was a simple reason for it: they weren't done.
 * 3
 * Deaths in 2020
 * 829,478
 * Greding-0025.JPG
 * On my deathbed, I will pray to the gods and the angels Like a pagan, to anyone who will take me to heaven...
 * 4
 * Elizabeth II
 * 784,571
 * Stamp of Negri Sembilan - 1953 - Colnect 398969 - 1 - Queen Elizabeth II.jpeg
 * Season four of The Crown premiered over a month ago, but its characters continue to chart. Next week, she'll have another reason to be on here - the Royal Christmas Message.
 * 5
 * Timothée Chalamet
 * 781,296
 * Timothée Chalamet at Berlinale 2017.jpg
 * Chalamet hosted Saturday Night Live on December 12. He and Pete Davidson appeared in a sketch as white rappers singing a song called "Yeet," which has apparently gone viral on TikTok.
 * 6
 * The Queen's Gambit (miniseries)
 * 721,020
 * Chess piece - White queen.jpg
 * It's sort of like a sports biopic, except the sport is moving pieces on a board and the subject never existed. This one actually premiered two months ago and is still in the top 10, which is especially impressive when compared to the dozen or so original series that premiered in that time period.
 * 7
 * Peter Sutcliffe
 * 712,482
 * Кровь на игле 01.jpg
 * The Yorkshire Ripper passed away from COVID-19 complications on November 13, but it seems like most of the readers came from a Netflix docuseries released this week.
 * 8
 * Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
 * 690,541
 * [[File:Prinses Margaret en Lord Snowdon op de tentoonstelling Museumplein, Prinses Marg, Bestanddeelnr 917-7707.jpg|100px]]
 * Elizabeth II's late sister is still getting that Crown bump.
 * 9
 * Richard Jewell
 * 683,943
 * rowspan=2|Atlanta_Olympic_Park_Bomb_Aftermath.png
 * rowspan=2| Manhunt: Deadly Games made its way onto Netflix this past week, telling the story of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing. Jewell was a security guard at the park, alerted authorities about the bomb, and was soon labelled as the FBI's top suspect - despite the bombings actually being carried out by Rudolph.
 * 10
 * Eric Rudolph
 * 660,290
 * 11
 * 2020 United States presidential election
 * 648,094
 * Biden choose buttons.png
 * rowspan=2|Donald Trump is still the president of the United States, and Joe Biden is still the president-elect. The electoral college voted on Monday, and not a single elector was faithless, which means Trump's next bet to stay in is majorities of both houses of Congress refusing to certify some state's votes (i.e. not likely to happen.)
 * 12
 * Donald Trump
 * 621,948
 * Donald Trump - Caricature (48909740218).jpg
 * 13
 * Tenet (film)
 * 549,639
 * Logo del film Tenet.jpg
 * Christopher Nolan's Tenet was supposed to be the film that would save movie theatres suffering during COVID - but it underperformed and now Warner Bros.'s 2021 slate of films will be simultaneously released on HBO Max. Anyways, Tenet is now available on DVD.
 * 14
 * Selena
 * 534,640
 * Selena_una_Leyenda.jpg
 * The subject of a Netflix bio-drama released December 4. Inspired by the series, Houston's KTWL has changed its format to all Selena, all the time.
 * 15
 * Jill Biden
 * 526,945
 * Jill Biden (48537868461).jpg
 * The future First Lady of the United States received a Doctorate in Education from the University of Delaware in 2007. According to an op-ed from the Wall Street Journal's Joseph Epstein, she shouldn't be called a doctor; you can probably imagine the discourse surrounding it already.
 * 16
 * Charley Pride
 * 519,300
 * Charley Pride 11-26-16 IMG 5565 (30478456743).jpg
 * Pride, member of the Grand Ole Opry and Country Music Hall of Fame, passed away from COVID-19 complications on December 12.
 * 17
 * The Mandalorian (season 2)
 * 518,632
 * SWC4 - Mr. Momdalorian (514033094).jpg
 * See #1
 * 18
 * Diana, Princess of Wales
 * 480,049
 * Lady Di (111435431).jpg
 * rowspan=4|We will never escape The Crown.
 * 19
 * Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
 * 478,341
 * Duke of Edinburgh 26 Allan Warren.jpg
 * 20
 * Margaret Thatcher
 * 462,278
 * [[File:EEG-top in Den Haag vergadering ministers van Buitenlandse Zaken vergadering, Bestanddeelnr 933-6980.jpg|100px]]
 * 21
 * Charles, Prince of Wales
 * 461,121
 * The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall 2005.jpg
 * 22
 * Anya Taylor-Joy
 * 454,956
 * Anya Taylor-Joy (29787633788).jpg
 * I (by which I mean, the disembodied voice of the Report) really enjoyed Taylor-Joy's performance in Thoroughbreds - but thousands of readers aren't coming to read about a 2017 bottle drama, are they?
 * 23
 * Alice in Borderland
 * 453,699
 * Anime Eye Crayon.png
 * Netflix again, this time a manga about deadly games that has been adapted as a live-action show.
 * 24
 * Wonder Woman 1984
 * 450,510
 * WonderCon 2019 - Wonder Woman Cosplay 02.jpg
 * Expect big views next week for one of the few 2020 blockbusters that didn't end pushed until next year or relegated to streaming. Critics have approved of the return of Diana Prince (and given it already arrived in this here writer's country, he agrees that the movie delivers what we need in such depressing times).
 * 25
 * John le Carré
 * 444,408
 * Ambassador Ammon and John le Carré (35239849876) (headshot).jpg
 * Closing off this list, a British author of spy fiction - his works include The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Tailor of Panama and The Constant Gardener, all of whom had film adaptations - who died at 89.
 * }
 * 480,049
 * Lady Di (111435431).jpg
 * rowspan=4|We will never escape The Crown.
 * 19
 * Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
 * 478,341
 * Duke of Edinburgh 26 Allan Warren.jpg
 * 20
 * Margaret Thatcher
 * 462,278
 * [[File:EEG-top in Den Haag vergadering ministers van Buitenlandse Zaken vergadering, Bestanddeelnr 933-6980.jpg|100px]]
 * 21
 * Charles, Prince of Wales
 * 461,121
 * The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall 2005.jpg
 * 22
 * Anya Taylor-Joy
 * 454,956
 * Anya Taylor-Joy (29787633788).jpg
 * I (by which I mean, the disembodied voice of the Report) really enjoyed Taylor-Joy's performance in Thoroughbreds - but thousands of readers aren't coming to read about a 2017 bottle drama, are they?
 * 23
 * Alice in Borderland
 * 453,699
 * Anime Eye Crayon.png
 * Netflix again, this time a manga about deadly games that has been adapted as a live-action show.
 * 24
 * Wonder Woman 1984
 * 450,510
 * WonderCon 2019 - Wonder Woman Cosplay 02.jpg
 * Expect big views next week for one of the few 2020 blockbusters that didn't end pushed until next year or relegated to streaming. Critics have approved of the return of Diana Prince (and given it already arrived in this here writer's country, he agrees that the movie delivers what we need in such depressing times).
 * 25
 * John le Carré
 * 444,408
 * Ambassador Ammon and John le Carré (35239849876) (headshot).jpg
 * Closing off this list, a British author of spy fiction - his works include The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Tailor of Panama and The Constant Gardener, all of whom had film adaptations - who died at 89.
 * }
 * 24
 * Wonder Woman 1984
 * 450,510
 * WonderCon 2019 - Wonder Woman Cosplay 02.jpg
 * Expect big views next week for one of the few 2020 blockbusters that didn't end pushed until next year or relegated to streaming. Critics have approved of the return of Diana Prince (and given it already arrived in this here writer's country, he agrees that the movie delivers what we need in such depressing times).
 * 25
 * John le Carré
 * 444,408
 * Ambassador Ammon and John le Carré (35239849876) (headshot).jpg
 * Closing off this list, a British author of spy fiction - his works include The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Tailor of Panama and The Constant Gardener, all of whom had film adaptations - who died at 89.
 * }
 * Ambassador Ammon and John le Carré (35239849876) (headshot).jpg
 * Closing off this list, a British author of spy fiction - his works include The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Tailor of Panama and The Constant Gardener, all of whom had film adaptations - who died at 89.
 * }



Exclusions

 * 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.