Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/October 25 to 31, 2015

=Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (October 25 to 31, 2015)=

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Summary: It's Halloween again, and Wikipedia viewers are certainly in the, ahem, spirit. Not only has the holiday topped the list as it does every year, but three articles with the words "dead" or "death" appear in the top 10, alongside a movie called Spectre. In addition, Ryan Murphy's serialised spookfests American Horror Story: Hotel and Scream Queens appear in the top 25, while, in keeping with the theme of honouring the dead, film star Maureen O'Hara and basketball coach Flip Saunders get decent send-offs.

As prepared by Serendipodous, for the week of October 25 to 31, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the most viewed pages, were:


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! Rank ! Article ! Class ! Views ! Image ! Notes
 * 1
 * Halloween
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|1,775,219
 * Jack-o'-Lantern_2003-10-31.jpg
 * My personal favourite holiday tops the list again with almost exactly the same numbers as last year.
 * 2
 * Black hole
 * Symbol support vote.svg
 * align="right"|965,751
 * BlackHole Lensing.gif
 * This article's inclusion is becoming increasingly problematic, as it is likely a cuckoo's egg. We should have a definitive answer from the analytics people by next week, where it could well be shunted to the exclusions list.
 * 3
 * Spectre (2015 film)
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"|794,056
 * Logo spectre int.svg
 * The British are not known as titans of the filmmaking world, but they have staked their claim with this latest in their defining James Bond series. The budget, topping $300 million, makes this the most expensive film ever made without the words "Pirates of the Caribbean" in front of it. After the last Bond film made over a billion dollars, it seems the proudly British producers have confidence enough to stand apart from Hollywood, releasing the film in six national territories- but not the US. The strategy has worked; the film has made over $80 million so far, including a record-breaking $64 million in its native country.
 * 4
 * Adele
 * Symbol c class.svg
 * align="right"|757,752
 * Adele_-_Live_2009_(4)_cropped.jpg
 * The popular singer's new album 25 will be released on November 20. The first single, "Hello", debuted on October 23.  As of this writing, the video for "Hello" already has nearly 200 million views. The surge in Wikipedia views was also likely from Spectre hype, as audiences remembered how much better her Bond theme was.
 * 5
 * Hell in a Cell (2015)
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"|746,518
 * 2015 WWE logo.svg
 * WWE's latest pay-per-view pantomime took place on October 25, 2015 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
 * 6
 * The Walking Dead (TV series)
 * Symbol support vote.svg
 * align="right"| 547,272
 * The Walking Dead 2010 logo.svg
 * Likely back on the list thanks to what happened to a major character, which took the Internet by storm.
 * 7
 * Deaths in 2015
 * Symbol list class.svg
 * align="right"|542,895
 * Skullclose.jpg
 * The viewing figures for this article have been remarkably constant; fluctuating week to week between 450 and 550 thousand on average, apparently heedless of who actually died. As such, it seldom makes the top ten except in low-traffic weeks, like this one.
 * 8
 * Maureen O'Hara
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|497,163
 * Maureen O'Hara 1947 2.jpg
 * One of the last stars of Hollywood's golden age, the flame-haired "Queen of Technicolor" and frequent leading lady of John Wayne died this week at the age of 95.
 * 9
 * Day of the Dead
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|480,680
 * Catrinas 2.jpg
 * Mexico's carnival of the cadaverous is the living dream of any kid who ever wished Halloween could last three days.
 * 10
 * The Walking Dead (season 6)
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"|460,509
 * The Walking Dead 2010 logo.svg
 * See #6.
 * 11
 * Ben Carson
 * Symbol c class.svg
 * align="right"|447,916
 * Ben_Carson_at_CPAC_2015.jpg
 * The soft-spoken neurosurgeon and Republican Presidential candidate (much like Trump and Fiorina, he has yet to hold political office, which appears to be a boon in this race) has reappeared on the list after the last debate, as polls suggest he may be slowly overtaking his only rival, Donald Trump, thanks largely to his appeal to his party's religious conservative base.
 * 12
 * American Horror Story: Hotel
 * Symbol c class.svg
 * align="right"|434,638
 * American Horror Story.svg
 * The fifth season of American Horror Story premiered on October 7.
 * 13
 * Pablo Escobar
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|416,630
 * Cocaine hidden in machinery (4967397264).jpg
 * Fascination with the Netflix series Narcos continues to keep the Capone of cocaine on the Top 25.
 * 14
 * Geeta Basra
 * Symbol stub class.svg
 * align="right"|415,341
 * This week the Bollywood actress became the wife of cricketer Harbhajan Singh.
 * 15
 * Flip Saunders
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"|407,004
 * Flip Saunders.jpg
 * The basketball coach died this week at the age of 60.
 * 16
 * Star Wars
 * Symbol support vote.svg
 * align="right"|396,961
 * Star Wars The Force Awakens.jpg
 * And so the hype awakens. Whether apotheotic Star Wars fanboy J. J. Abrams will prove a better custodian of the series' legacy than its creator remains to be seen.
 * 17
 * Bob Ross
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"|393,217
 * NYCC_2016_-_Bob_Ross_(29928309850).jpg
 * Until this week, Twitch.tv was mostly noted as a means for psychopathic tweens to swat hapless gamers. But now, with the launch of the new stream "Twitch Creative", the jaded generation is being introduced to one of my childhood's most serene influences: art instructor Bob Ross, who, in his lilting whisper, urged my parents to paint "happy little trees". An eight-hour stream of Ross's program aired on Twitch this week, leading to typically polarised reactions from a perplexed wired community, most of whom have never heard of him.
 * 18
 * "Hello" (Adele song)
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"|386,240
 * Adele_-_Live_2009_(4)_cropped.jpg
 * Power-balladeer Adele's latest single has become the first to sell more than 1 million downloads in a week.
 * 19
 * List of Bollywood films of 2015
 * Symbol list class.svg
 * align="right"|362,322
 * Priyanka_Chopra Promoting 7 khoon Maaf.jpg
 * Not an unusual visitor to the Top 25.
 * 20
 * Star Wars: The Force Awakens
 * Symbol c class.svg
 * align="right"|1,271,270
 * Star Wars The Force Awakens.jpg
 * If you've caught the press coverage about this upcoming movie here and there, you may be asking yourself, is this thing ever coming out? A poster and new trailer was released two weeks ago, which apparently caused a frenzy on the part of the internet.  And for those us not that closely involved, the answer is that it rolls out in parts of Europe on December 16, the U.K. on December 17, and North America on December 18.
 * 21
 * Halo 5: Guardians
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"|345,651
 * Halo (series) logo.svg
 * The fifth instalment in what was supposed to be the Halo trilogy justified its extension into limbo with good reviews and a number 1 sales position.
 * 22
 * Seventh-day Adventist Church
 * Symbol c class.svg
 * align="right"| 340,144
 * Loma Linda University Church 01.jpg
 * The Evangelical Protestant denomination adhered to by Ben Carson got into the news this week after he effused about how his faith had affected his life.
 * 23
 * Supergirl (U.S. TV series)
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"|334,694
 * Superman S symbol.svg
 * Against all expectations, and the curses of Marvel fans, the cuddly CBS series about Superman's plucky cousin has proven a critical and ratings success, with a current RT rating of 97% and a 12.0 Nielsen rating for the pilot, which aired on 26 October.
 * 24
 * Jeffrey Dahmer
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|322,826
 * Jeffrey_Dahmer_HS_Yearbook.jpg
 * The most disturbing serial killer since Ed Gein popped up, in ghost form, during this week's episode of American Horror Story: Hotel, played by former Nip/Tuck star Seth Gabel.
 * 25
 * Scream Queens (2015 TV series)
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"|319,301
 * Scream Queens logo.png
 * Ryan Murphy's comedic companion piece to American Horror Story premiered on the Fox Network on September 22.
 * }
 * Symbol c class.svg
 * align="right"| 340,144
 * Loma Linda University Church 01.jpg
 * The Evangelical Protestant denomination adhered to by Ben Carson got into the news this week after he effused about how his faith had affected his life.
 * 23
 * Supergirl (U.S. TV series)
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"|334,694
 * Superman S symbol.svg
 * Against all expectations, and the curses of Marvel fans, the cuddly CBS series about Superman's plucky cousin has proven a critical and ratings success, with a current RT rating of 97% and a 12.0 Nielsen rating for the pilot, which aired on 26 October.
 * 24
 * Jeffrey Dahmer
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|322,826
 * Jeffrey_Dahmer_HS_Yearbook.jpg
 * The most disturbing serial killer since Ed Gein popped up, in ghost form, during this week's episode of American Horror Story: Hotel, played by former Nip/Tuck star Seth Gabel.
 * 25
 * Scream Queens (2015 TV series)
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"|319,301
 * Scream Queens logo.png
 * Ryan Murphy's comedic companion piece to American Horror Story premiered on the Fox Network on September 22.
 * }
 * Scream Queens logo.png
 * Ryan Murphy's comedic companion piece to American Horror Story premiered on the Fox Network on September 22.
 * }

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 also exclude articles that have almost no mobile views (~2% or less) or almost all mobile views (~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.


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