Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/November 10 to 16, 2019

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (November 10 to 16, 2019)
Prepared with commentary by Igordebraga

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 * The Force is strong with this Report

Even if late due to a delay with the WP:5000, the Report is actually early with a topic: Star Wars got a #1 one month before it is supposed to with the Disney+ (#16) series The Mandalorian (#1, #11), and is also present in a new video game (#20). Aside from eight pages that remained from last week, there's politics (#7), television (#8), a holiday (#14), YouTubers punching each other (#12, #15), Hollywood (#17, #21, #23) and Bollywood movies (#24), football of the American (#19) and English variants (#25),


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! Rank ! Article ! Class ! Views ! Image ! About
 * 1
 * The Mandalorian
 * style=text-align:right;|1,570,155
 * The Mandalorian.svg
 * Proving that in spite of a divisive Episode VIII and an underwhelming spin-off Star Wars still moves the masses, a Disney+ (#16) series by Jon Favreau starring a bounty hunter managed to top our list.
 * 2
 * Joker (2019 film)
 * style=text-align:right;|1,029,042
 * Anthony Misiano as the Joker (7574253870).jpg
 * The list of movies which have grossed $1 billion in 2019 finally has a non-Disney production with this take on the clown supervillain. Readers must also be curious about the "Future" section, given rarely studios decide not to follow such acclaim and popularity with sequels.
 * 3
 * Death Stranding
 * style=text-align:right;|803,135
 * DSC 8778 (43068233730).jpg
 * Hideo Kojima doesn't need Konami to make successful video games, as this PlayStation 4 action game set in a post-apocalyptic USA, whose cinematic values go down to having actors such as Norman Reedus, Mads Mikkelsen and Léa Seydoux, got great reviews and good sales.
 * 4
 * Deaths in 2019
 * style=text-align:right;|723,908
 * Monuments funéraires de Denis-Benjamin Papineau et famille.jpg
 * I never thought I'd die alone I laughed the loudest, who'd have known...
 * 5
 * Henry V of England
 * style=text-align:right;|669,639
 * British - Henry V - Google Art Project.jpg
 * Henry the Fifth at fifth place, how adequate. The high views are due to the Netflix movie The King.
 * 6
 * John Demjanjuk
 * style=text-align:right;|587,622
 * Still on Netflix, documentary series The Devil Next Door tells the story about a Ukrainian-American autoworker who allegedly worked as a guard at Nazi extermination camps during World War II.
 * 7
 * Marie Yovanovitch
 * style=text-align:right;|585,578
 * Командування ЗС США в Європі опікується школярами Львівщини (30686179975).jpg
 * Yovanovitch was the United States Ambassador to Ukraine, and given Trump's involvement with said country's government are having terrible repercussions for him, she was ousted after a smear campaign. She's now testifying in the impeachment inquiries.
 * 8
 * Rick and Morty (season 4)
 * style=text-align:right;|547,199
 * Wondercon 2016 - Rick and Morty Cosplay (25988428002).jpg
 * Adult Swim has debuted the newest episodes of this time-and-space-hopping cartoon starring a mad scientist and his grandson.
 * 9
 * Doctor Sleep (2019 film)
 * style=text-align:right;|544,211
 * Stanley Kubrick The Exhibition - TIFF - Shinning (16215970687).jpg
 * Decades after The Shining, a traumatized Danny Torrance (now played by Ewan McGregor) tries to save a girl with similar powers from people who literally feed on said "Shining" kids. Doctor Sleep got good reviews for being atmospheric, well-acted and spooky (even if, on this writer's opinion, a bit long and slow), but has struggled on the box office, having barely recouped its $55 million budget worldwide.
 * 10
 * Jeffrey Epstein
 * style=text-align:right;|523,050
 * Epstein Final Mugshot.png
 * This sex offender died in his jail cell back in August, but the possibility that it wasn't suicide has even become a meme.
 * 11
 * Mandalorian
 * style=text-align:right;|520,679
 * SWC4 - Pair of Fetts (512823048).jpg
 * The warrior race from Star Wars whose best known representatives along with the protagonist of our #1 are Boba Fett and his "father" Jango.
 * 12
 * YouTube
 * style=text-align:right;|481,673
 * 20 105 Youtube (143897803).jpeg
 * Been five years since the second most popular site in the world (after the one that owns YouTube) entered our report. New actions to prevent children from accessing inappropriate videos and a few YouTubers deciding to punch each other (#15) possibly had something to do with it
 * 13
 * Dwayne Johnson
 * style=text-align:right;|478,064
 * Dwayne Johnson in China 20180702.jpg
 * In between Hobbs & Shaw and Jumanji: The Next Level, The Rock spiked interest by announcing that his first proper super hero villain movie, Black Adam, will hit theaters in 2021. Maybe then he'll be the villain in the Shazam! sequel?
 * 14
 * Veterans Day
 * style=text-align:right;|	468,312
 * Veterans_Day_poster_2018.jpg
 * On November 11, there is a holiday in honor of the American soldiers. Not surprisingly, said day had at #1 on the box office war movie Midway.
 * 15
 * KSI vs. Logan Paul
 * style=text-align:right;|	455,632
 * Ksi Vs Logan Paul Face off.png
 * One year after this boxing match between YouTubers, a rematch happened at the Staples Center, this time as a certified professional match. In contrast to the majority draw from the original, this time KSIOlajideBT won by a split decision.
 * 16
 * Disney+
 * style=text-align:right;|450,552
 * Walt Disney Studios Alameda Entrance.jpg
 * Back in the day, a cable subscription seemed enough. Now, every media conglomerate expects viewers to get their streaming services too, no matter how costly it gets. And Disney already hit the ground running with their attempt, if only because one of its exclusive shows is at #1.
 * 17
 * Ken Miles
 * style=text-align:right;|423,443
 * Christian Bale-7838.jpg
 * A British sports car racer who won many endurance races, and is now portrayed by Christian Bale in our #21.
 * 18
 * Terminator: Dark Fate
 * style=text-align:right;|413,857
 * Arnold Schwarzenegger T-800 (Madame Tussauds).jpg
 * Falling on our report just like on the worldwide box office. Here's to the possibly terminated franchise.
 * 19
 * Joe Burrow
 * style=text-align:right;|408,743
 * SELU_LSU_9718_065.jpg
 * The LSU Tigers quarterback had a great game against Alabama, passing for 393 yards and three touchdowns.
 * 20
 * Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
 * style=text-align:right;|405,339
 * Jedi Fallen Order logo.png
 * As if our #1 wasn't enough Star Wars, an acclaimed video game set in the galaxy far, far away was also released.
 * 21
 * Ford v. Ferrari
 * style=text-align:right;|396,451
 * Ford GT40 (front).jpg
 * In 1966, the Ford Motor Company decided that the best way to recover its "cool" was to beat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. How said dream was pursued is told in James Mangold's Ford v. Ferrari, starring Matt Damon as car designer Carroll Shelby and Christian Bale as pilot Ken Miles (#17). Along with good reviews (with whom this writer agrees), the film also debuted at #1 at the box office.
 * 22
 * His Dark Materials 
 * style=text-align:right;|394,797
 * [[File:Polar bear by Christian Wilhelm Kehrer, 1820, oil on canvas - Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmstadt, Germany - DSC00082.jpg|left|100px]]
 * Twelve years after The Golden Compass couldn't get sequels, HBO is deciding to go all the way in adapting Philip Pullman's trilogy. Haven't caught up with it yet, but hope the armored polar bears appear soon!
 * 23
 * Fred Rogers
 * style=text-align:right;|390,520
 * Mister-Rogers-Congress.jpg
 * Mister Rogers is about to hit theaters with A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, where he is portrayed by Tom Hanks.
 * 24
 * List of Bollywood films of 2019
 * style=text-align:right;|389,904
 * [[File:Tara Sutaria walks the ramp for Manish Malhotra at the Wedding Junction Festive Show (04).jpg|left|100px]]
 * The yearly releases from India's biggest film industry, since our South Asian friends usually ensure at least one entry.
 * 25
 * UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
 * style=text-align:right;|385,250
 * UEFA_Euro_2020_Qualifiers_Map.png
 * Only five spots left for the European football tournament, with the qualified squads including a debut from Finland.
 * }
 * Falling on our report just like on the worldwide box office. Here's to the possibly terminated franchise.
 * 19
 * Joe Burrow
 * style=text-align:right;|408,743
 * SELU_LSU_9718_065.jpg
 * The LSU Tigers quarterback had a great game against Alabama, passing for 393 yards and three touchdowns.
 * 20
 * Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
 * style=text-align:right;|405,339
 * Jedi Fallen Order logo.png
 * As if our #1 wasn't enough Star Wars, an acclaimed video game set in the galaxy far, far away was also released.
 * 21
 * Ford v. Ferrari
 * style=text-align:right;|396,451
 * Ford GT40 (front).jpg
 * In 1966, the Ford Motor Company decided that the best way to recover its "cool" was to beat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. How said dream was pursued is told in James Mangold's Ford v. Ferrari, starring Matt Damon as car designer Carroll Shelby and Christian Bale as pilot Ken Miles (#17). Along with good reviews (with whom this writer agrees), the film also debuted at #1 at the box office.
 * 22
 * His Dark Materials 
 * style=text-align:right;|394,797
 * [[File:Polar bear by Christian Wilhelm Kehrer, 1820, oil on canvas - Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmstadt, Germany - DSC00082.jpg|left|100px]]
 * Twelve years after The Golden Compass couldn't get sequels, HBO is deciding to go all the way in adapting Philip Pullman's trilogy. Haven't caught up with it yet, but hope the armored polar bears appear soon!
 * 23
 * Fred Rogers
 * style=text-align:right;|390,520
 * Mister-Rogers-Congress.jpg
 * Mister Rogers is about to hit theaters with A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, where he is portrayed by Tom Hanks.
 * 24
 * List of Bollywood films of 2019
 * style=text-align:right;|389,904
 * [[File:Tara Sutaria walks the ramp for Manish Malhotra at the Wedding Junction Festive Show (04).jpg|left|100px]]
 * The yearly releases from India's biggest film industry, since our South Asian friends usually ensure at least one entry.
 * 25
 * UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
 * style=text-align:right;|385,250
 * UEFA_Euro_2020_Qualifiers_Map.png
 * Only five spots left for the European football tournament, with the qualified squads including a debut from Finland.
 * }
 * 24
 * List of Bollywood films of 2019
 * style=text-align:right;|389,904
 * [[File:Tara Sutaria walks the ramp for Manish Malhotra at the Wedding Junction Festive Show (04).jpg|left|100px]]
 * The yearly releases from India's biggest film industry, since our South Asian friends usually ensure at least one entry.
 * 25
 * UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
 * style=text-align:right;|385,250
 * UEFA_Euro_2020_Qualifiers_Map.png
 * Only five spots left for the European football tournament, with the qualified squads including a debut from Finland.
 * }
 * UEFA_Euro_2020_Qualifiers_Map.png
 * Only five spots left for the European football tournament, with the qualified squads including a debut from Finland.
 * }

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.
 * Facebook - most views on two days with high mobile percentage