Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/May 3 to 9, 2020

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (May 3 to 9, 2020)
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This week, almost all of the articles on the list had something to do with COVID-19, Elon Musk had a baby with Grimes, multiple Netflix series graced the top 25, and VE Day patriotism held firm, even though it’s been multiple days since the celebration.


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! Rank ! Article ! Class ! Views ! Image ! Notes/about
 * 1
 * Elon Musk
 * 2,799,218
 * Elon Musk in Mission Control at SpaceX.jpg
 * On a negative note, the entrepreneur responsible for Tesla, Inc., SpaceX, etc. has been endorsing nonsense about the pandemic (#4). On a positive one, he had a child with #3.
 * 2
 * Judy Mikovits
 * 2,253,234
 * Glasgow. COVID-19 Graffiti.JPG
 * If someone's Wikipedia article starts with "discredited American ex-research scientist who is known for her anti-vaccination activism", you know it's the most unreliable person possible. But some people have decided otherwise in having spread Mikovits' video Plandemic where she rattles misinformation about COVID-19 (#4).
 * 3
 * Grimes (musician)
 * 1,984,469
 * Grimes at SxSW 2012.jpg
 * Canadian musician Claire Elise Boucher has been with #1 since 2018, and welcomed their first son to the world. The couple wanted to call the kid... "X Æ A-12"! Apparently given California law (thankfully) forbids names with numbers, Grimes and Musk have decided to change it to "Glen", which saves the child a trip to deed poll when he's older.
 * 4
 * COVID-19 pandemic
 * 1,855,828
 * COVID-19_Outbreak_World_Map_per_Capita.svg
 * The current pandemic's total infection count now stands in excess of four million. This is a number that's starting to match some national populations. However, recoveries are also starting to climb (as expected); we're talking about 1 and a half million of them.
 * 5
 * Michael Jordan
 * 1,828,984
 * Jordan Lipofsky.jpg
 * Basketball fans have lost their beloved sport once all leagues suspended operations due to the pandemic. By May, the NBA playoffs should have been on full force, so instead ESPN and Netflix have been filling the void with The Last Dance, recalling the greatest basketballer to ever hit the paint in his final season with the Chicago Bulls (along with a story of his career leading to that point).
 * 6
 * Little Richard
 * 1,321,138
 * Little Richard 1957.JPG
 * "A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-wop-bam-boom!" The rock pioneer who created classic songs such as "Tutti Frutti" and "Long Tall Sally" died on the 9th of May at the age of 87 of bone cancer complications.
 * 7
 * Victory in Europe Day
 * 992,346
 * Musée de la reddition Cleveland News.JPG
 * May the eighth, 1945: A great day for the Allies. Of course, we're talking about 'Victory in Europe Day' (or 'V-E Day'), the day when the Allies in question accepted Nazi Germany's offer of unconditional surrender (that is, 'We're surrendering. That's it. We don't want anything else because of it.') V-E Day meant that all war in Europe evaporated. V-J Day (Victory in Japan Day) was to come.
 * 8
 * Asian giant hornet
 * 980,798
 * Asian giant hornet.png
 * The authorities of Washington state have asked locals to be on the lookout for these deadly hornets, which could result in a "full-scale hunt".
 * 9
 * Rock Hudson
 * 963,965
 * Rock Hudson in Giant trailer.jpg
 * The late American actor who won 3 Golden Globe Awards has been portrayed in the recent mini-series Hollywood (#13).
 * 10
 * Deaths in 2020
 * 940,360
 * Skullclose.jpg
 * With the current rise of deaths due to COVID-19, many more people than usual are ending up on this list, which is tragic.
 * 11
 * Waco siege
 * 745,712
 * Mountcarmelfire04-19-93-n.jpg
 * A very complicated siege of Mount Carmel Center, because the ATF believed the people inside had illegal firearms and practiced polygamy. Eventually the FBI got involved and Mount Carmel burned down. Netflix has released a miniseries on it.
 * 12
 * Siegfried & Roy
 * 744,818
 * Siegfried_&_Roy_by_Carol_M._Highsmith_(cropped).jpg
 * Another famous death from COVID-19 occurred in Uwe Ludwig "Roy" Horn, half of this group of magicians\entertainers who famously presented with lions and tigers.
 * 13
 * Hollywood (miniseries)
 * 731,009
 * Hollywood Sign (Zuschnitt).jpg
 * The Netflix show that premiered on May 1 focuses on a post-WWII Hollywood with a group of actors and filmmakers who want to make it big in Tinseltown.
 * Deaths in 2020
 * 940,360
 * Skullclose.jpg
 * With the current rise of deaths due to COVID-19, many more people than usual are ending up on this list, which is tragic.
 * 11
 * Waco siege
 * 745,712
 * Mountcarmelfire04-19-93-n.jpg
 * A very complicated siege of Mount Carmel Center, because the ATF believed the people inside had illegal firearms and practiced polygamy. Eventually the FBI got involved and Mount Carmel burned down. Netflix has released a miniseries on it.
 * 12
 * Siegfried & Roy
 * 744,818
 * Siegfried_&_Roy_by_Carol_M._Highsmith_(cropped).jpg
 * Another famous death from COVID-19 occurred in Uwe Ludwig "Roy" Horn, half of this group of magicians\entertainers who famously presented with lions and tigers.
 * 13
 * Hollywood (miniseries)
 * 731,009
 * Hollywood Sign (Zuschnitt).jpg
 * The Netflix show that premiered on May 1 focuses on a post-WWII Hollywood with a group of actors and filmmakers who want to make it big in Tinseltown.
 * 13
 * Hollywood (miniseries)
 * 731,009
 * Hollywood Sign (Zuschnitt).jpg
 * The Netflix show that premiered on May 1 focuses on a post-WWII Hollywood with a group of actors and filmmakers who want to make it big in Tinseltown.
 * Hollywood Sign (Zuschnitt).jpg
 * The Netflix show that premiered on May 1 focuses on a post-WWII Hollywood with a group of actors and filmmakers who want to make it big in Tinseltown.


 * 14
 * Cinco de Mayo
 * 680,157
 * Cinco de Mayo, 1901 poster.jpg
 * Literally translating to the “Fifth of May” in Spanish, Cinco De Mayo celebrates the Mexicans triumphing over the French in 1862.
 * 15
 * Extraction (2020 film)
 * 629,272
 * Chris_Hemsworth_by_Gage_Skidmore_2_(cropped).jpg
 * Basically a film about a black-market soldier hired by an another black-market soldier to rescue a drug lord's child from another drug lord. Confusing...
 * 16
 * Talulah Riley
 * 618,455
 * TalulahRileyAug09 (cropped).jpg
 * rowspan=2|Before our #3, Elon Musk (#1) was married twice: a British actress, who spent two seasons on Westworld; and a Canadian author, mother of five children (a set of twins, and another of triplets, both generated in vitro) and who has shared bad words about the relationship.
 * 17
 * Justine Musk
 * 584,399
 * 18
 * UFC 249
 * 580,719
 * Justin_Gaethje.jpg
 * Mixed martial arts returned, with Justin Gaethje becoming interim UFC Lightweight Champion... because the same pandemic (#4) that forced the event to have no audience also prevented incumbent champion Khabib Nurmagomedov from travelling to fight.
 * 19
 * Dennis Rodman
 * 564,896
 * Dennis Rodman 01 (34679281591).jpg
 * The Last Dance also features this outrageous player who at first was an obstacle for #5 as part of the Detroit Pistons who won two titles while beating the hell out of Jordan in the way, and then a teammate as Jordan's Bulls "three-peated" between 1996 and 1998.
 * 20
 * Anthony Fauci
 * 523,143
 * Anthony_Fauci.jpg
 * Fauci is a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force and a leading expert in infectious diseases.
 * 21
 * Don Shula
 * 521,256
 * Don-Shula_USO-Tour-USS-Reagan-Address_July-13-2009_(cropped).jpg
 * A retired American football coach who led the Miami Dolphins for 25 years and two Super Bowl titles (one of them undefeated) and died at the age of 90.
 * 22
 * Never Have I Ever (TV series)
 * 520,345
 * Mindy_Kaling_(46863597125)_(cropped).jpg
 * A comedy-drama show that premiered on Netflix on April 27, 2020 to positive reviews. Pictured is Mindy Kaling, a producer and the creator of the show.
 * 23
 * Spanish flu
 * 504,855
 * [[File:Emergency_hospital_during_Influenza_epidemic,_Camp_Funston,_Kansas_-_NCP_1603.jpg|100px]]
 * The 1918 flu pandemic infected 500 million people (a third of the world’s population at the time); both were/are pandemics and have similarities, but will COVID-19 infect a third of the world? We’ll just have to see...
 * 24
 * Scottie Pippen
 * 503,004
 * Lipofsky_Pippen.jpg
 * One final The Last Dance entry, a basketballer known as the best "second banana" of all time, given #5 owes his six titles to Pippen helping him.
 * 25
 * ''Money Heist
 * 494,244
 * Money Heist Berlin character.jpg
 * Closing off, the Spanish heist show, known originally as The Paper House - which, as another user noted, completes a Netflix trilogy of homes made of fragile material, alongside The House of Flowers and House of Cards.
 * }
 * 520,345
 * Mindy_Kaling_(46863597125)_(cropped).jpg
 * A comedy-drama show that premiered on Netflix on April 27, 2020 to positive reviews. Pictured is Mindy Kaling, a producer and the creator of the show.
 * 23
 * Spanish flu
 * 504,855
 * [[File:Emergency_hospital_during_Influenza_epidemic,_Camp_Funston,_Kansas_-_NCP_1603.jpg|100px]]
 * The 1918 flu pandemic infected 500 million people (a third of the world’s population at the time); both were/are pandemics and have similarities, but will COVID-19 infect a third of the world? We’ll just have to see...
 * 24
 * Scottie Pippen
 * 503,004
 * Lipofsky_Pippen.jpg
 * One final The Last Dance entry, a basketballer known as the best "second banana" of all time, given #5 owes his six titles to Pippen helping him.
 * 25
 * ''Money Heist
 * 494,244
 * Money Heist Berlin character.jpg
 * Closing off, the Spanish heist show, known originally as The Paper House - which, as another user noted, completes a Netflix trilogy of homes made of fragile material, alongside The House of Flowers and House of Cards.
 * }
 * ''Money Heist
 * 494,244
 * Money Heist Berlin character.jpg
 * Closing off, the Spanish heist show, known originally as The Paper House - which, as another user noted, completes a Netflix trilogy of homes made of fragile material, alongside The House of Flowers and House of Cards.
 * }
 * }



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.