Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/December 6 to 12, 2020

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (December 6 to 12, 2020)
Prepared with commentary by, and 

Nothing big happened this week; Cyberpunk 2077 is the lowest-pageviews #1 since October 18-24, Taylor Swift's second surprise album didn't even break through, Bush v. Gore Redux fell apart before it even started... maybe people are just tired of it all.


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! Rank ! Article ! Class ! Views ! Image ! Notes/about
 * 1
 * Cyberpunk 2077
 * 1,596,154
 * Reunião com o ator norte-americano Keanu Reeves (46806576944) (cropped).jpg
 * [TRIPLE A GAME] was released this week, and it was the topic on everyone's mind. While there was plenty of hype - partially based on [ HOLLYWOOD ACTOR ]'s (pictured) appearance - players found that the game didn't reach their expectations. There've been plenty of reports of [ DEVELOPER ] forcing its workers "crunch," which might've caused a few bugs to make their way through.
 * 2
 * Selena
 * 1,230,925
 * Selena Quintanilla-Perez's grave.jpg
 * Netflix, powering through the pandemic, made a biopic of this iconic Texicana singer. It hasn't been received well, but at least the family think actress Christian Serratos (she played the quirky friend that wasn't Anna Kendrick in Twilight) did a good job.
 * 3
 * Tom Lister Jr.
 * 1,225,322
 * Tom Lister (headshot).jpg
 * "Tiny" Lister, an actor (Friday, The Fifth Element) and wrestler ("Zeus," "Z-Gangsta") passed away on December 10. He'd recovered from a bought of COVID-19 earlier in the year, but he may have contracted it a second time.
 * 4
 * Elizabeth II
 * 1,137,458
 * Elizabeth_II_enamel.jpg
 * She had a lovely phone conversation with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern this week. Hey, one Commonwealth leader is competent. There's also The Crown.
 * 5
 * Donald Trump
 * 1,089,816
 * [[File:Thanksgiving Video Conference Call with Military Service Personnel (50665324342).jpg|100px]]
 * Donald Trump did a very good job as president of the United States - such a good job that he lost re-election a month ago. While the Electoral College is set to vote on December 14, Republicans had a plan: just get Texas to sue Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, and Michigan, invalidating their electoral votes. Texas v. Pennsylvania was rejected for lack of standing, but Trump still refuses to concede.
 * 6
 * Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
 * 1,014,231
 * Helena Bonham Carter (Berlin Film Festival 2011) 5.jpg
 * Seeing Helena Bonham Carter portray #4's late sister in The Crown is still a reason to bring viewers to her page.
 * 7
 * The Queen's Gambit (miniseries)
 * 884,099
 * Reykjavik - Flickr - Robert Whitehead.jpg
 * Unfortunately not a ploy to replace Johnson.
 * 8
 * Deaths in 2020
 * 828,311
 * Halloween 1 (5127208473).jpg
 * This is the end My only friend, the end Of our elaborate plans, the end Of everything that stands, the end
 * 9
 * Barbara Windsor
 * 751,841
 * Barbara Windsor Maryebone Tree (cropped).JPG
 * One of the preeminent stage actresses of the 1960s, she won a Tony in her only U.S. role. Despite having the name Windsor she's not part of the Royal Family, and is best known for her roles as an East End girl. Gritty social realism plays by Joan Littlewood and television soap EastEnders were her stomping ground for many years, split apart by a long-running gig in the classic British comedy Carry On films and affairs with two of the Krays before she knew they were running the London mafia. She died on December 10, shortly after being moved to a care home. Go on, Babs, wot a life.
 * 10
 * Chuck Yeager
 * 734,641
 * Chuck_Yeager_X-1_(color).jpg
 * Thanks to The Right Stuff, I know he's first man to break the speed of sound. And 73 years after that flight, Yeager died at the age of 97.
 * 11
 * The Mandalorian
 * 676,784
 * Montreal Mini-Comiccon 2014- Mandalorian (15785732337).jpg
 * People are still watching this on Disney+. I am not one of them, but apparently Baby Yoda now has an actual name.
 * 12
 * W. Arthur Lewis
 * 670,090
 * Alfred Nobel x okänd konstnär gips.jpg
 * Lewis, who died in 1991, received a Google Doodle on December 10 to celebrate the anniversary of his Nobel Prize win.
 * 13
 * Diana, Princess of Wales
 * 633,390
 * Madame Tussaud - London (2326696275).jpg
 * rowspan=4 | The Crown. You could watch it or pick up a history book to learn about the reign of Elizabeth II and all the people caught up in it. Here are four of those.
 * 14
 * Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
 * 625,751
 * [[File:Wereldkampioenschap vierspannen in Apeldoorn Prins Phillip (Engeland), close, Bestanddeelnr 932-2785.jpg|100px]]
 * 15
 * Margaret Thatcher
 * 611,695
 * Margaret Thatcher 1984.jpg
 * 16
 * Charles, Prince of Wales
 * 607,478
 * Prionnsadh Tearlach aig SMO 2004.jpg
 * 17
 * Kelly Loeffler
 * 607,042
 * Dan Sullivan and Kelly Loeffler 02.jpg
 * U.S. politics is back at it. This week saw some registration deadlines for the run-off election for the 2020 Georgia Senate election, in which Loeffler is the Republican candidate and incumbent. She has never won a Senate election. Over the next month you'll all learn which of your favorite celebrities hail from the state of Georgia.
 * 18
 * Tenet (film)
 * 588,650
 * Christopher Nolan at WonderCon 2010 3.JPG
 * Christopher Nolan's complex time-shifting film has hit HBO Max (where Warner Bros. plans to simultaneously release its theatrical films, something that Nolan did not approve).
 * 19
 * 2020 United States presidential election
 * 578,215
 * Trump_tweet_-_I_won_this_election.png
 * Go figure why views haven't fallen. Maybe waiting for the electoral college's confirmation or #5 to stop being a hardhead and concede?
 * 20
 * Lloyd Austin
 * 575,859
 * Austin 2013 2.jpg
 * On December 8, Pres-elect Joe Biden provisionally announced that Austin will serve in the next administration's cabinet as Secretary of Defense.
 * 21
 * Zodiac Killer
 * 565,121
 * Zodiac-logo crop.jpg
 * An unsolved series of homicides like 50 years ago or something, people (mostly those in the U.S.) are still pondering who the Zodiac Killer could be. The FBI are still investigating, as are plenty of random citizens: recently, some amateur cryptographers cracked one of the ciphers left by the Zodiac Killer.
 * 22
 * Anya Taylor-Joy
 * 548,504
 * Anya Taylor-Joy (29787630588).jpg
 * The star of The Queen's Gambit, as well as four movies in 2020, one before the pandemic, one during it, and another two that were supposed to come out but didn't. Maybe streaming can save the day with those, too?
 * 23
 * Google
 * 524,049
 * Google "G" logo.svg
 * Google released their year in search this week, which is like our annual list but with less Trump, and also fired data analyst and AI ethics specialist Timnit Gebru. The top 5 most-searched terms globally were "Coronavirus", "Election results", "Kobe Bryant", "Zoom", and "IPL". That last one is Indian cricket, showing that the United States and India really do use the Internet the most. According to Gebru, that's not reflected in their business structure, though; she claims she was fired after sending an email to a colleague about racism at Google, and also mentioned being asked to retract a research paper revealing flaws in Google AI language. Google's response, which some interpreted to say that Black women will always complain and it's not their fault, really did not go down well.
 * 24
 * Hanukkah
 * 474,646
 * Chanukkaleuchter.jpg
 * The Jewish festival of light began on December 10, and lasts to December 18.
 * 25
 * V. J. Chitra
 * 468,794
 * San Sebastián - Cementerio de Polloe 121.jpg
 * Cleopatra had more views (560,342) but we couldn't find a reason for why the Egyptian queen gathered those (thus excluded from the list for likely being automated views). Instead let's head to India, where this actress killed herself at just 28, leading to her husband's arrest for allegedly abetting the suicide.
 * }
 * 19
 * 2020 United States presidential election
 * 578,215
 * Trump_tweet_-_I_won_this_election.png
 * Go figure why views haven't fallen. Maybe waiting for the electoral college's confirmation or #5 to stop being a hardhead and concede?
 * 20
 * Lloyd Austin
 * 575,859
 * Austin 2013 2.jpg
 * On December 8, Pres-elect Joe Biden provisionally announced that Austin will serve in the next administration's cabinet as Secretary of Defense.
 * 21
 * Zodiac Killer
 * 565,121
 * Zodiac-logo crop.jpg
 * An unsolved series of homicides like 50 years ago or something, people (mostly those in the U.S.) are still pondering who the Zodiac Killer could be. The FBI are still investigating, as are plenty of random citizens: recently, some amateur cryptographers cracked one of the ciphers left by the Zodiac Killer.
 * 22
 * Anya Taylor-Joy
 * 548,504
 * Anya Taylor-Joy (29787630588).jpg
 * The star of The Queen's Gambit, as well as four movies in 2020, one before the pandemic, one during it, and another two that were supposed to come out but didn't. Maybe streaming can save the day with those, too?
 * 23
 * Google
 * 524,049
 * Google "G" logo.svg
 * Google released their year in search this week, which is like our annual list but with less Trump, and also fired data analyst and AI ethics specialist Timnit Gebru. The top 5 most-searched terms globally were "Coronavirus", "Election results", "Kobe Bryant", "Zoom", and "IPL". That last one is Indian cricket, showing that the United States and India really do use the Internet the most. According to Gebru, that's not reflected in their business structure, though; she claims she was fired after sending an email to a colleague about racism at Google, and also mentioned being asked to retract a research paper revealing flaws in Google AI language. Google's response, which some interpreted to say that Black women will always complain and it's not their fault, really did not go down well.
 * 24
 * Hanukkah
 * 474,646
 * Chanukkaleuchter.jpg
 * The Jewish festival of light began on December 10, and lasts to December 18.
 * 25
 * V. J. Chitra
 * 468,794
 * San Sebastián - Cementerio de Polloe 121.jpg
 * Cleopatra had more views (560,342) but we couldn't find a reason for why the Egyptian queen gathered those (thus excluded from the list for likely being automated views). Instead let's head to India, where this actress killed herself at just 28, leading to her husband's arrest for allegedly abetting the suicide.
 * }
 * 24
 * Hanukkah
 * 474,646
 * Chanukkaleuchter.jpg
 * The Jewish festival of light began on December 10, and lasts to December 18.
 * 25
 * V. J. Chitra
 * 468,794
 * San Sebastián - Cementerio de Polloe 121.jpg
 * Cleopatra had more views (560,342) but we couldn't find a reason for why the Egyptian queen gathered those (thus excluded from the list for likely being automated views). Instead let's head to India, where this actress killed herself at just 28, leading to her husband's arrest for allegedly abetting the suicide.
 * }
 * San Sebastián - Cementerio de Polloe 121.jpg
 * Cleopatra had more views (560,342) but we couldn't find a reason for why the Egyptian queen gathered those (thus excluded from the list for likely being automated views). Instead let's head to India, where this actress killed herself at just 28, leading to her husband's arrest for allegedly abetting the suicide.
 * }



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.