Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/October 2012

As collected on October 22, 2012.


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! Rank ! Article ! Views ! Notes
 * 1
 * Winsor McCay
 * 3,806,738
 * Creator of Little Nemo, received an elaborate Google Doodle for his best work's 107th anniversary.
 * 2
 * Niels Bohr
 * 2,323,043
 * Physicist, also received a Doodle.
 * 3
 * Felix Baumgartner
 * 1,708,325
 * An Austrian who broke skydiving world records by jumping from a height of 39 km (24 mi).
 * 4
 * Gangnam Style
 * 1,304,906
 * Song whose viral video is rising up to becoming YouTube's most viewed ever. Its performer, PSY, narrowly misses the cut at #26.
 * 5
 * Suicide of Amanda Todd
 * 1,089,110
 * Cyberbullying-caused death in Canada.
 * 6
 * Facebook
 * 1,064,086
 * The most popular site on the Internet, Facebook is a perennially favorite page on Wikipedia.
 * 7
 * The Walking Dead (TV series)
 * 940,909
 * Season 3 of the zombie series had just begun.
 * 8
 * Deaths in 2012
 * 702,723
 * People are always interested in the recent departed.
 * 9
 * Prometheus (film)
 * 657,922
 * The Alien prequel that split opinions everywhere had just hit home video.
 * 10
 * Joseph Kittinger
 * 650,145
 * This army colonel held many of the skydiving records broken by Felix Baumgartner.
 * 11
 * Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
 * 638,916
 * Controversial show about a child beauty pageant.
 * 12
 * Mila Kunis
 * 619,888
 * Famous movie star. Perhaps Lisa Frank helped the page get popular that week?
 * 13
 * Argo (2012 film)
 * 613,468
 * The eventual Best Picture winner had just been released in theaters.
 * 14
 * Speed of sound
 * 589,990
 * Probably related to Felix Baumgartner, as he became the first person to break the sound barrier without vehicular power.
 * 15
 * Dishonored (video game)
 * 587,866
 * Stealth video game with an all-star cast.
 * 16
 * Mitt Romney
 * 585,490
 * Republican candidate for the 2012 presidential election.
 * 17
 * YouTube
 * 577,006
 * Another really popular website.
 * 18
 * The Walking Dead (season 3)
 * 540,803
 * See #7.
 * 19
 * One Direction
 * 527,027
 * The British band would release their second album in November.
 * 20
 * Alex Karras
 * 508,472
 * The former football player best known for playing Mongo in Blazing Saddles had just died.
 * 21
 * Jimmy Savile
 * 506,939
 * One year after the death of this English DJ and television personality, it has been revealed that he had sexually abused hundreds of people throughout his career.
 * 22
 * Skyfall
 * 503,410
 * The 23rd James Bond movie was about to be released, celebrating the franchise's 50th anniversary.
 * 23
 * Halloween
 * 499,162
 * Page is always popular in October.
 * 24
 * UFC 153
 * 494,638
 * Anderson Silva fought to retain his championship belt in his native Brazil.
 * 25
 * Arrow (TV series)
 * 490,877
 * DC Comics hero Green Arrow gets a television adaptation.
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 * 21
 * Jimmy Savile
 * 506,939
 * One year after the death of this English DJ and television personality, it has been revealed that he had sexually abused hundreds of people throughout his career.
 * 22
 * Skyfall
 * 503,410
 * The 23rd James Bond movie was about to be released, celebrating the franchise's 50th anniversary.
 * 23
 * Halloween
 * 499,162
 * Page is always popular in October.
 * 24
 * UFC 153
 * 494,638
 * Anderson Silva fought to retain his championship belt in his native Brazil.
 * 25
 * Arrow (TV series)
 * 490,877
 * DC Comics hero Green Arrow gets a television adaptation.
 * }
 * Arrow (TV series)
 * 490,877
 * DC Comics hero Green Arrow gets a television adaptation.
 * }

Main Page 	83,941,628
 * Exclusions:

Wsearch.php 	5,014,995

Elocution 	3,659,751

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Main Page/ 	2,003,492

Undefined 	1,835,955

500.shtml 	1,695,148

D (programming language) 	1,384,751

index.html 	1,295,551

404 error 	937,954

[object Object] 	919,630

The Stand In 	896,790

Wiki 	742,079

Com/fluendo/plugin/KateDec.class 	641,560

com/fluendo/plugin/KateDec.class 	638,557