Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/October 11 to 17, 2020

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (October 11 to 17, 2020)
Prepared with commentary by, , and  

I've found through my short time here that people really like online streaming services. And that a lot of popular articles tend to stay here over annoyingly long periods.


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! Rank ! Article ! Class ! Views ! Image ! Notes/about
 * 1
 * The Haunting of Bly Manor
 * 2,838,889
 * The second installment (after #11) of the Haunting TV shows was released on Netflix - everyone's best friend this year - on October 8. It's a horror-lite show based on some of Henry James's works, and has made #13 something of an internet darling.
 * 2
 * Amy Coney Barrett
 * 1,919,067
 * Judge Barrett at the US Capitol.jpg
 * Trump's longest lasting effect on the American government will be his choices for Supreme Court justices. For those not familiar with the institution, it's a small group of unelected judges that decide on most of America's social issues. Trump's third placement on the Court, Amy Coney Barrett, would mean that Republican appointments will control 2/3 of seats. At hearings this week, Barrett refused to give her opinions on abortion, LGBT rights, and whether Trump would have to recognize the results of the upcoming Presidential election.
 * 3
 * LeBron James
 * 1,102,173
 * LeBronJamesDunkingHeat.jpg
 * LeBron James did great in this year's NBA Finals, helping his team, the Los Angeles Lakers, to the championship with a 4-2 win (the Lakers played James' old team, the Miami Heat), and was named Finals MVP for the fourth time. That's him as a Heat player sorry, I just had to use that one as it was of him dunking. Honestly, I actually like the old NBA Finals logo. More glitzy.
 * 4
 * QAnon
 * 1,077,338
 * Pence_posing_with_QAnon_police_detail.jpg
 * This wide-reaching conspiracy theory has its ideas on everything from how incumbent US President Donald Trump is being attacked by a deep-state cabal and paedophiles to how the 2020 Western United States wildfire season started. QAnon kicked off in 2017 with posts, or 'Q drops', by an author called 'Q' (hence the name). It has since spread from shady social media platforms like 4chan to mainstream social media platforms like Twitter. Facebook doesn't like it, and has promised to essentially ban QAnon from existence there, and YouTube is also targeting it. Hardships experienced by all sorts of things caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have made things worse.
 * 5
 * Harshad Mehta
 * 848,833
 * Harshad-Mehta.png
 * Everyone loves a good scam! This here was the principal actor of the 1992 Indian stock market scam. This week a movie / web series Scam 1992 ended up drawing a new generation to his story and to his wikipage.
 * 6
 * Deaths in 2020
 * 794,250
 * Visitação ao cemitério Campo da Boa Esperança (30435947320).jpg
 * Hear me grieving, I'm lying on the floor. Whether I'm drunk or dead I really ain't too sure.
 * 7
 * Conchata Ferrell
 * 762,663
 * Conchata Ferrell.JPG
 * The beloved character actress best known for Two and a Half Men died on October 12.
 * 8
 * The Boys (2019 TV series)
 * 740,646
 * Karl_Urban_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg
 * The spin-off Supe-Porn was informally announced on October 3 and took a while to register on peoples' radar. It is exactly what it sounds like.
 * 9
 * Rafael Nadal
 * 738,487
 * Rafael_Nadal_at_the_2011_Australian_Open14.jpg
 * The Spanish clay court specialist just won the French Open, again.
 * 10
 * Watts family murders
 * 676,359
 * With_Drops_of_Blood_splatter_illustration_1.png
 * People are still fascinated with the documentary about this, released in September.
 * 11
 * The Haunting of Hill House (TV series)
 * 673,622
 * Michielhuisman2015.jpg
 * Handsome. (for context, that's Michiel Huisman, star of this 2018 series based on a Shirley Jackson book, reasonably popular back then, and become bigger thanks to the success of its number two, our #1)
 * 12
 * Joe Biden
 * 641,967
 * Joe_Biden_official_portrait_2013.jpg
 * Also handsome. that's because he's younger in the photo He's been pretty funny on Twitter recently. He also held a town hall in lieu of a second debate with #16, and stayed to answer citizens' questions for about an hour after it ended.
 * 13
 * Victoria Pedretti
 * 622,512
 * Star of #1 and #11, the young actress has only had a few roles, but all successful. She's become quite popular online for this most recent role, a young lesbian governess.
 * 14
 * Lily Collins
 * 618,331
 * Lily Collins May 2019.jpg
 * The daughter of Phil Collins has had a fruitful acting career, and is now starring in a hit Netflix show (#17).
 * 15
 * Kamala Harris
 * 542,818
 * Kamala Harris - 2020-08-16.jpg
 * Regarding vice presidents on a major party ticket: the first African American. The first Asian American. The third female. But... how in the world is her name pronounced, asks a Republican who I won't name because I've forgotten his name? According to herself, it's 'Comma'-la, and 'Comma' with the American accent. Won't work with a British accent at all.
 * 16
 * Donald Trump
 * 538,742
 * President Trump Travels to NC (50493471553).jpg
 * He had a parallel town hall to #12's, where the moderator was live fact-checking him. And that's all we will say about that.
 * 17
 * Emily in Paris
 * 537,674
 * 7th arrondissement, Paris, France - panoramio (4).jpg
 * Another new Netflix show, this one has been less successful among critics, but it's light entertainment and so the masses are gorging.
 * 18
 * Cleopatra
 * 498,329
 * Gal Gadot 2018 cropped retouched.jpg
 * People in 2020 like to talk about racial things. Apparently, Israeli actress Gal Gadot has been asked to perform in Cleopatra's name for a film rather inventively named Cleopatra, by Paramount Pictures. A ruckus online was raised regarding whether such casting is whitewashing, even if Israel is near the famed queen's Egypt, and Cleopatra descended from Greeks, but that's race discussion on the Internet for you.
 * 19
 * Hubie Halloween
 * 493,640
 * Adam_Sandler_2018_(Lc9jYc07e54).jpg
 * It's an Adam Sandler film, you know what you're getting yourself into. I read a review that said if COVID-19 didn't kill Halloween then this film would, but, again, light entertainment is a premium right now.
 * 20
 * Chicago Seven
 * 484,096
 * Sacha Baron Cohen 2011.jpg
 * In another movie screwed by the pandemic that has become available on Netflix, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Aaron Sorkin and a huge cast including Sacha Baron Cohen tells the story of seven people involved in a protest against the Democractic complacency prior to the 1968 election who were sent to a trial that went through very unconventional moments.
 * 21
 * Eddie Van Halen
 * 470,541
 * EVH_frankenstrat.jpg
 * The legendary rock guitarist died last week. I love this guy.
 * 22
 * 2016 United States presidential election
 * 463,823
 * Hillary Clinton in February 2019.png
 * Some people seem to be forgetting which year it is, what with renewed calls to look into Hillary Clinton's emails.
 * 23
 * Dustin Diamond
 * 437,762
 * Dustin_Diamond_2012.jpg
 * This actor still best known for Saved by the Bell is the latest person prematurely killed by the internet, so of course people went to his page to check the veracity of the rumours.
 * 24
 * Fool's errand
 * 421,383
 * Frosted_light_globe_screw_fitting.jpg
 * Been a while since a topic propelled by Reddit. This time, it was about a case of a dupe quest, like for instance sending someone to get elbow grease or headlight fluid, being fulfilled, namely an engineer who managed to frost lightbulbs from the inside.
 * 25
 * Hunter Biden
 * 420,284
 * R._Hunter_Biden_at_Center_for_Strategic_&_International_Studies_(1).jpg
 * Joked to be Hillary's running mate for how much his emails are also coming under scrutiny. It's distraction tactics at its finest... or worst.
 * }
 * Gal Gadot 2018 cropped retouched.jpg
 * People in 2020 like to talk about racial things. Apparently, Israeli actress Gal Gadot has been asked to perform in Cleopatra's name for a film rather inventively named Cleopatra, by Paramount Pictures. A ruckus online was raised regarding whether such casting is whitewashing, even if Israel is near the famed queen's Egypt, and Cleopatra descended from Greeks, but that's race discussion on the Internet for you.
 * 19
 * Hubie Halloween
 * 493,640
 * Adam_Sandler_2018_(Lc9jYc07e54).jpg
 * It's an Adam Sandler film, you know what you're getting yourself into. I read a review that said if COVID-19 didn't kill Halloween then this film would, but, again, light entertainment is a premium right now.
 * 20
 * Chicago Seven
 * 484,096
 * Sacha Baron Cohen 2011.jpg
 * In another movie screwed by the pandemic that has become available on Netflix, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Aaron Sorkin and a huge cast including Sacha Baron Cohen tells the story of seven people involved in a protest against the Democractic complacency prior to the 1968 election who were sent to a trial that went through very unconventional moments.
 * 21
 * Eddie Van Halen
 * 470,541
 * EVH_frankenstrat.jpg
 * The legendary rock guitarist died last week. I love this guy.
 * 22
 * 2016 United States presidential election
 * 463,823
 * Hillary Clinton in February 2019.png
 * Some people seem to be forgetting which year it is, what with renewed calls to look into Hillary Clinton's emails.
 * 23
 * Dustin Diamond
 * 437,762
 * Dustin_Diamond_2012.jpg
 * This actor still best known for Saved by the Bell is the latest person prematurely killed by the internet, so of course people went to his page to check the veracity of the rumours.
 * 24
 * Fool's errand
 * 421,383
 * Frosted_light_globe_screw_fitting.jpg
 * Been a while since a topic propelled by Reddit. This time, it was about a case of a dupe quest, like for instance sending someone to get elbow grease or headlight fluid, being fulfilled, namely an engineer who managed to frost lightbulbs from the inside.
 * 25
 * Hunter Biden
 * 420,284
 * R._Hunter_Biden_at_Center_for_Strategic_&_International_Studies_(1).jpg
 * Joked to be Hillary's running mate for how much his emails are also coming under scrutiny. It's distraction tactics at its finest... or worst.
 * }
 * 24
 * Fool's errand
 * 421,383
 * Frosted_light_globe_screw_fitting.jpg
 * Been a while since a topic propelled by Reddit. This time, it was about a case of a dupe quest, like for instance sending someone to get elbow grease or headlight fluid, being fulfilled, namely an engineer who managed to frost lightbulbs from the inside.
 * 25
 * Hunter Biden
 * 420,284
 * R._Hunter_Biden_at_Center_for_Strategic_&_International_Studies_(1).jpg
 * Joked to be Hillary's running mate for how much his emails are also coming under scrutiny. It's distraction tactics at its finest... or worst.
 * }
 * R._Hunter_Biden_at_Center_for_Strategic_&_International_Studies_(1).jpg
 * Joked to be Hillary's running mate for how much his emails are also coming under scrutiny. It's distraction tactics at its finest... or worst.
 * }



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.