Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/July 22 to 28, 2018

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (July 22 to 28, 2018)
Prepared with commentary by JFG

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Sad khans say so much
Mamma Mia! Nostalgia!! Here we go again!!!

For the week of July 22 to 28, 2018, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the WP:5000 report were:
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! Rank ! Article ! Class ! Views ! Image ! Notes (Extension courtesy of )
 * 1
 * Demi Lovato
 * style=text-align:right;|2,433,262
 * Demi Lovato 7 (40988738890).jpg
 * What's up with all these singers on drugs? More proof that being a top Twitter luminary doesn't buy happiness or mental stability. Sad!
 * 2
 * July 2018 lunar eclipse
 * style=text-align:right;|1,382,648
 * Lunar Total Eclipse on July 27, 2018 (100 2006) (43696968392) (cropped).jpg
 * The Moon turned bloody, and dancing zombies took over the world. Sad!
 * 3
 * Imran Khan
 * style=text-align:right;|783,758
 * Imran Khan - portrait (cropped).jpg
 * Twitter strikes again. Oops, neither this Khan, nor that one. Imran merely won an election (#8). Sad!
 * 4
 * Deaths in 2018
 * style=text-align:right;|759,269
 * 3d CT scan animation.gif
 * Obituaries are still the most popular article each and every year. Sad!
 * 5
 * Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again!
 * style=text-align:right;|738,092
 * Mamma mia!.svg
 * Sad!!! Exclamation mark!
 * 6
 * Mission: Impossible – Fallout
 * style=text-align:right;|618,233
 * Mi-logo.svg
 * A boring, tired franchise. Very Sad! (forget #12, worship #13 precursors)
 * 7
 * 6ix9ine
 * style=text-align:right;|611,674
 * 6ix9ine June 2018 side (cropped) (face).jpg
 * Some rich thug on drugs got beaten up by some poor thugs on drugs. Or for drugs. Or both. Color me surprised. Sad!
 * 8
 * Pakistani general election, 2018
 * style=text-align:right;|585,838
 * Flag_of_Pakistan.svg
 * In Pakistan, a Khan (#3) became the khan. Sad!
 * 9
 * Rowan Atkinson
 * style=text-align:right;|524,722
 * Rowan Atkinson 2011 2 cropped.jpg
 * Rumors of his death were temporarily exaggerated. Same for us all, really. Sad!
 * 10
 * Shazam! (film)
 * style=text-align:right;|515,579
 * Captain Marvel cosplay.jpg
 * rowspan=2 | Why not call them Shadak and Dhazam!&thinsp;? I for one wouldn't see the difference. Sad!
 * 11
 * Dhadak
 * style=text-align:right;|504,613
 * Ishaan Khatter and Janhvi Kapoor in 2018.jpg
 * 12
 * Tom Cruise
 * style=text-align:right;|501,980
 * Tom Cruise (34797273596).jpg
 * Dude, are you still a scientologist? This is so 20th century. Sad!
 * 13
 * Mission: Impossible (film series)
 * style=text-align:right;|497,040
 * Fuse burning.jpg
 * I want my 1970s back, with Martin Landau and Barbara Bain. All we have left is their daughter and Tom Cruise (#12). Sad!
 * 14
 * Priyanka Chopra
 * style=text-align:right;|470,797
 * Priyanka Chopra graces the red carpet of Zee Cine Awards 2018 (07).jpg
 * Actress got engaged (#16). Millions of broken hearts. Sad!
 * 15
 * 2018 FIFA World Cup
 * style=text-align:right;|436,403
 * France_champion_of_the_Football_World_Cup_Russia_2018.jpg
 * Guys, it's over, you may turn off the TV now. France will brag on and on for 20 years. Sad!
 * 16
 * Nick Jonas
 * style=text-align:right;|433,403
 * Nick Jonas - 2012 Drama League Benefit Gala-2.jpg
 * British bookmakers will take your bets on the divorce (#14). Sad!
 * 17
 * Captain Marvel (DC Comics)
 * style=text-align:right;|404,083
 * SpecialEditionComicsNo1.jpg
 * Captain Marvel, a.k.a. Shazam! (born 1939, #10 on Wikipedia) is older than Donald Trump, a.k.a. Big Rocket Man (born 1946, #18 on Twitter). Sad!
 * 18
 * Sacred Games (TV series)
 * style=text-align:right;|393,572
 * Saif_Ali_Khan_snapped_at_Imperial_Hotel,_New_Delhi_05.jpg
 * Yet another Khan stars in there. Don't you have more names? Sad!
 * 19
 * List of Steven Universe episodes
 * style=text-align:right;|392,829
 * Wondercon 2016-4357.jpg
 * Can't conjure up anything sad to say about this one. Sad!
 * 20
 * Mesut Özil
 * style=text-align:right;|389,570
 * 20180602 FIFA Friendly Match Austria vs. Germany Mesut Özil 850 0704.jpg
 * When a Turkish player starring in England resigns from the German team over a political selfie, you know the world is about to end (#2). Sad!
 * 21
 * Lunar eclipse
 * style=text-align:right;|378,596
 * Lunareclipse-ue.png
 * This diagram is so wrong it's not even wrong. We call ourselves an encyclopedia? Sad! Made by a Khan! It's a conspiracy!! We live in a simulation!!!
 * 22
 * Lily James
 * style=text-align:right;|377,301
 * Lilly James (35036323024).jpg
 * She's young, she's pretty, she's smart. She stars in Mamma Mia (#5). SAD!!!
 * 23
 * Sergio Marchionne
 * style=text-align:right;|375,084
 * Fiat Sergio Marchionne.jpg
 * This buoyant Italian manager became an expert at reviving the fortunes of century-old industrial giants: Alusuisse for aluminum, Lonza for chemicals, and Fiat for aluminum boxes burning chemicals. Over a 15-year tenure, he snatched this moribund European automobile company and a terminally-ill American cousin from the claws of death (#4). Fiat lived, Sergio died. Sad!
 * 24
 * Castle Rock (TV series)
 * style=text-align:right;|361,073
 * Stephen King - 2011.jpg
 * Why is the King of horror not a khan? (#3, #8, #18, #21) Sad!
 * 25
 * Mamma Mia! (film)
 * style=text-align:right;|342,729
 * ABBA 2008 Av Daniel Åhs.jpg
 * Mamma mia!, exclaimed Marchionne (#23) when he first glanced at the books of Fiat. Sad!
 * }
 * Almost made it. Sad!
 * 19
 * List of Steven Universe episodes
 * style=text-align:right;|392,829
 * Wondercon 2016-4357.jpg
 * Can't conjure up anything sad to say about this one. Sad!
 * 20
 * Mesut Özil
 * style=text-align:right;|389,570
 * 20180602 FIFA Friendly Match Austria vs. Germany Mesut Özil 850 0704.jpg
 * When a Turkish player starring in England resigns from the German team over a political selfie, you know the world is about to end (#2). Sad!
 * 21
 * Lunar eclipse
 * style=text-align:right;|378,596
 * Lunareclipse-ue.png
 * This diagram is so wrong it's not even wrong. We call ourselves an encyclopedia? Sad! Made by a Khan! It's a conspiracy!! We live in a simulation!!!
 * 22
 * Lily James
 * style=text-align:right;|377,301
 * Lilly James (35036323024).jpg
 * She's young, she's pretty, she's smart. She stars in Mamma Mia (#5). SAD!!!
 * 23
 * Sergio Marchionne
 * style=text-align:right;|375,084
 * Fiat Sergio Marchionne.jpg
 * This buoyant Italian manager became an expert at reviving the fortunes of century-old industrial giants: Alusuisse for aluminum, Lonza for chemicals, and Fiat for aluminum boxes burning chemicals. Over a 15-year tenure, he snatched this moribund European automobile company and a terminally-ill American cousin from the claws of death (#4). Fiat lived, Sergio died. Sad!
 * 24
 * Castle Rock (TV series)
 * style=text-align:right;|361,073
 * Stephen King - 2011.jpg
 * Why is the King of horror not a khan? (#3, #8, #18, #21) Sad!
 * 25
 * Mamma Mia! (film)
 * style=text-align:right;|342,729
 * ABBA 2008 Av Daniel Åhs.jpg
 * Mamma mia!, exclaimed Marchionne (#23) when he first glanced at the books of Fiat. Sad!
 * }
 * Almost made it. Sad!
 * style=text-align:right;|361,073
 * Stephen King - 2011.jpg
 * Why is the King of horror not a khan? (#3, #8, #18, #21) Sad!
 * 25
 * Mamma Mia! (film)
 * style=text-align:right;|342,729
 * ABBA 2008 Av Daniel Åhs.jpg
 * Mamma mia!, exclaimed Marchionne (#23) when he first glanced at the books of Fiat. Sad!
 * }
 * Almost made it. Sad!
 * Mamma mia!, exclaimed Marchionne (#23) when he first glanced at the books of Fiat. Sad!
 * }
 * Almost made it. Sad!
 * 26 - Ant-Man and the Wasp 	(335,477): Marvel follows $2 billion movie featuring everyone with two insect people in barely $400m one! Sad!
 * 27 - List of Bollywood films of 2018 (332,685): More Khans! Sad!
 * 28 - Jason Momoa (331,203): Man who talks to fish! Sad!
 * 33 - Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film) (312,317): Destroys cities inhabited by good people! Sad!
 * 37 - Donald Trump (286,707): The only person that matters and Wikipedia barely cares? Sad!!!!



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. Except if you're EXO, then read WP:DENY and weep. Sad!
 * YOU PATHETIC EXO TROLLS, DON'T YOU EVER EVER TRY AGAIN TO SUPPRESS INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DISGUSTING MISDEEDS, OR YOU WILL BE MET WITH FIRE AND FURY THE LIKES OF WHICH THE WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN!!!!


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