Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/February 13 to 19, 2022

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (February 13 to 19, 2022)
Prepared with commentary by and 

A rather full report this week, largely due to one particular event.


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! Rank ! Article ! Class ! Views ! Image ! Notes/about
 * 1
 * Anna Sorokin
 * 3,759,292
 * Germania_Life_Insurance_Company_Building.jpg
 * However, the article topping the list has no connection to the Super Bowl. Instead we have Anna Sorokin, a German fraudster convicted of grand larceny and theft of services. Sorokin spent 4 years in New York pretending to be a wealthy heiress, and trying to establish herself as a socialite despite not having the money to maintain the lavish lifestyle she was trying to lead. She was eventually arrested after people started to notice she wasn't paying any of the bills she had accumulated, and ended up in prison. She's on the list because of #3, a dramatisation of this period which is one of several ways she's attempted to profit off her story.
 * 2
 * Dr. Dre
 * 1,305,834
 * Dr. Dre at Coachella 2012 cropped.jpg
 * The first of many Super Bowl-related topics on the list, Dr. Dre was one of several performers at this event's halftime show. The show, described as a nostalgia-inducing performance of old-school West Coast hip-hop, received critical acclaim and a higher viewership than the game.
 * 3
 * Inventing Anna
 * 1,193,019
 * Shonda_Rhimes_(27491953981).jpg
 * #1 owes her views to this, a Netflix series about her activity that became the service's top-watched program, despite generally mixed reviews.
 * 4
 * Eminem
 * 1,083,853
 * Eminem_1_-_Lollapalooza_2011_(6027569403)_(cropped).jpg
 * Another performer at the Super Bowl halftime show, a track this artist performed reached the Top 10 in the Spotify streaming chart.
 * 5
 * Matthew Stafford
 * 1,082,400
 * Matthew_Stafford_2020.jpg
 * The winning quarterback... at the Super Bowl. After 12 seasons with the Detroit Lions, Stafford switched to #21 this year, which proved a good move as the Los Angeles Rams won the championship after being seeded fourth in the NFC.
 * 6
 * Justin Trudeau
 * 1,015,060
 * Justin_Trudeau_2021_(cropped).jpg
 * Well, my commentary from last week aged well. On February 14, the Canadian prime minister controversially invoked the Emergencies Act in response to the Canada convoy protest, the first time this had been done since the act was passed in 1988.
 * 7
 * Mary J. Blige
 * 1,004,235
 * rowspan=2|Super_bowl_half_time_show_(3976043265).jpg
 * rowspan=2|Two more performers at the Super Bowl halftime show.
 * 8
 * Snoop Dogg
 * 991,505
 * 9
 * Joe Burrow
 * 978,747
 * Joe_Burrow_Bengals.jpg
 * The losing quarterback... at the Super Bowl. Burrow made the championship game in his second season as an NFL player, leading the Cincinnati Bengals into the Super Bowl for the first time since 1988.
 * 10
 * 2022 Winter Olympics
 * 973,268
 * Olympic-flag-Victoria.jpg
 * In other news, the Olympics are still going on.
 * 11
 * Bappi Lahiri
 * 932,243
 * Bappi_Lahiri_at_the_recording.jpg
 * India has lost another big name in film music. Lahiri, a songwriter known for his blingy dress style, made a name for himself as a soundtrack composer during the later part of the 20th century. He was noted for popularising disco music in Indian cinema, and he sang in many of his films as well.
 * 12
 * Julia Garner
 * 919,737
 * Julia_Garner-6708.jpg
 * The star of #3, where she plays #1.
 * 13
 * Euphoria (American TV series)
 * 911,888
 * Sam_Levinson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg
 * The HBO teen drama continued to continue this week, with the release of another episode. Sorry, can't think of anything else to say.
 * 14
 * Ukraine
 * 910,412
 * Lesser_Coat_of_Arms_of_Ukraine.svg
 * Eight years after taking Crimea and the Donbass, Russia appears to be threatening to invade the rest of Ukraine, although they've denied such intentions (wow, really?!). With large Russian troop deployments in Russia and Belarus, and sharply increasing tensions between Russia and NATO, the world is watching the crisis unfold, and many seem to want to find out more about the country at the centre of it.
 * 11
 * Bappi Lahiri
 * 932,243
 * Bappi_Lahiri_at_the_recording.jpg
 * India has lost another big name in film music. Lahiri, a songwriter known for his blingy dress style, made a name for himself as a soundtrack composer during the later part of the 20th century. He was noted for popularising disco music in Indian cinema, and he sang in many of his films as well.
 * 12
 * Julia Garner
 * 919,737
 * Julia_Garner-6708.jpg
 * The star of #3, where she plays #1.
 * 13
 * Euphoria (American TV series)
 * 911,888
 * Sam_Levinson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg
 * The HBO teen drama continued to continue this week, with the release of another episode. Sorry, can't think of anything else to say.
 * 14
 * Ukraine
 * 910,412
 * Lesser_Coat_of_Arms_of_Ukraine.svg
 * Eight years after taking Crimea and the Donbass, Russia appears to be threatening to invade the rest of Ukraine, although they've denied such intentions (wow, really?!). With large Russian troop deployments in Russia and Belarus, and sharply increasing tensions between Russia and NATO, the world is watching the crisis unfold, and many seem to want to find out more about the country at the centre of it.
 * The HBO teen drama continued to continue this week, with the release of another episode. Sorry, can't think of anything else to say.
 * 14
 * Ukraine
 * 910,412
 * Lesser_Coat_of_Arms_of_Ukraine.svg
 * Eight years after taking Crimea and the Donbass, Russia appears to be threatening to invade the rest of Ukraine, although they've denied such intentions (wow, really?!). With large Russian troop deployments in Russia and Belarus, and sharply increasing tensions between Russia and NATO, the world is watching the crisis unfold, and many seem to want to find out more about the country at the centre of it.
 * Lesser_Coat_of_Arms_of_Ukraine.svg
 * Eight years after taking Crimea and the Donbass, Russia appears to be threatening to invade the rest of Ukraine, although they've denied such intentions (wow, really?!). With large Russian troop deployments in Russia and Belarus, and sharply increasing tensions between Russia and NATO, the world is watching the crisis unfold, and many seem to want to find out more about the country at the centre of it.

This Report was published before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. And the team that won the game.
 * 15
 * Valentine's Day
 * 888,993
 * Elmer_Valentine_boxed_chocolates.jpg
 * This week also saw the annual day that, depending on who you ask, is either a catalyst for heartfelt displays of romantic affection, or a festival of people embarrassing themselves while attempting to start a relationship.
 * 16
 * List of Super Bowl halftime shows
 * 878,258
 * rowspan=2|Super_bowl_half_time_show_(3976708854).jpg
 * rowspan=3|Aaand... we're back to the Super Bowl, with the list of halftime shows, the event itself, and the Rams wide receiver who was named MVP all making it onto the list.
 * 17
 * Super Bowl LVI
 * 877,648
 * 18
 * Cooper Kupp
 * 869,037
 * Cooper_Kupp.jpg
 * 19
 * Deaths in 2022
 * 862,196
 * Human_skull1.jpg
 * You can bury me in some deep valley For many years where I may lay Then you may learn to love another While I am sleeping in my grave...
 * 20
 * Aaron Donald
 * 860,983
 * Aaron_donald_2019_(cropped).jpg
 * rowspan=2|Right, I'm getting tired of this. We now have a Rams defensive tackle who apparently intercepted the last attempt at scoring.
 * Deaths in 2022
 * 862,196
 * Human_skull1.jpg
 * You can bury me in some deep valley For many years where I may lay Then you may learn to love another While I am sleeping in my grave...
 * 20
 * Aaron Donald
 * 860,983
 * Aaron_donald_2019_(cropped).jpg
 * rowspan=2|Right, I'm getting tired of this. We now have a Rams defensive tackle who apparently intercepted the last attempt at scoring.
 * 860,983
 * Aaron_donald_2019_(cropped).jpg
 * rowspan=2|Right, I'm getting tired of this. We now have a Rams defensive tackle who apparently intercepted the last attempt at scoring.
 * 21
 * Los Angeles Rams
 * 833,842
 * Los_Angeles_Rams_at_Washington_Football_Team_2020.jpg
 * 22
 * Simon Leviev
 * 791,393
 * Charles_Ponzi.jpg
 * Along the same lines as #1, we have another con artist who ended up in prison and is now the subject of a Netflix documentary. This one established a Ponzi scheme via online dating, using what he'd conned from previous victims to lure new ones, all while pretending to be the son of an Israeli businessman. His documentary is apparently a bit better, and seems to have done quite well, but is still far from a home run.
 * 23
 * Odell Beckham Jr.
 * 711,688
 * Odell_Beckham_Jr._2020.jpg
 * rowspan=3|Rounding things out, we have the other Rams wide receiver, another halftime show performer, and the head coach of the winning team.
 * 24
 * Kendrick Lamar
 * 700,897
 * Kendrick_Lamar-_The_DAMN._Tour_@_TD_Garden_(Boston,_MA)_(36059988466).jpg
 * 25
 * Sean McVay
 * 689,041
 * Sean_McVay_2014_(cropped).jpg
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 * 700,897
 * Kendrick_Lamar-_The_DAMN._Tour_@_TD_Garden_(Boston,_MA)_(36059988466).jpg
 * 25
 * Sean McVay
 * 689,041
 * Sean_McVay_2014_(cropped).jpg
 * }
 * 689,041
 * Sean_McVay_2014_(cropped).jpg
 * }