Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-04-29/Traffic report

After the special report on article popularity published in February, the WP:TOP25 and WP:5000 reports have continued to chronicle the most popular Wikipedia articles on a weekly basis. For the most recently reviewed week (22–28 April), we see that it was generally a slow week, dominated by pop culture, previous entries to the list, as well as Google Doodles and Reddit threads.

For the week of 22 to 28 April, the ten most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the 5,000 most trafficked pages* were:


 * {| class="wikitable"

! Rank ! Article ! Views ! Notes
 * 1
 * Ella Fitzgerald
 * align="right"|1,902,708
 * Ella_Fitzgerald_(1940).jpg The First Lady of Song, the Queen of Jazz; she of the 3-octave range and 13 Grammy wins received a Google Doodle in honour of what would have been her 96th birthday on April 25.
 * 2
 * Iron Man 3
 * align="right"|	652,309
 * As per usual in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the third installment in the Iron Man series was released internationally a week early, triggering interest before its release in its home country on May 3.
 * 3
 * Game of Thrones
 * align="right"|543,047
 * This epic fantasy TV series launched its third season on March 31, and has seen its ratings almost double on its premiere episode.
 * 4
 * Munich massacre
 * align="right"|503,257
 * An attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany on the Israeli Olympic team by the Palestinian group Black September. Most views came on April 25, cause is not certain.
 * 5
 * Facebook
 * align="right"| 488,397
 * A perennially popular article, it always appears in the WP:TOP25
 * 6
 * Hemlock Grove (TV series)
 * align="right"|474,142
 * Produced by schlockmeister Eli Roth, who also directed the pilot, this predictably gory werewolf series, based on a novel, was released in its entirety via Netflix on April 19.
 * 7
 * Oblivion (2013 film)
 * align="right"| 466,461
 * Despite narrowly losing the weekend top spot to Michael Bay's sociopathon Pain & Gain, this Tom Cruise star vehicle still handily beat it in the Wikipedia stakes, garnering more than twice its views.
 * 8
 * Deaths in 2013
 * align="right"|426,855
 * The list of deaths in the current year is always a quite popular article.
 * 9
 * Socotra
 * align="right"| 407,165
 * Socotra dragon tree.JPG This biodiversity hotspot in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Yemen received a massive amount of attention thanks to a TIL (Today I Learned) thread on Reddit.
 * 10
 * George Jones
 * align="right"| 404,786
 * George Jones.jpg Country music singer and onetime Mr. Tammy Wynette who died on April 26
 * }
 * 9
 * Socotra
 * align="right"| 407,165
 * Socotra dragon tree.JPG This biodiversity hotspot in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Yemen received a massive amount of attention thanks to a TIL (Today I Learned) thread on Reddit.
 * 10
 * George Jones
 * align="right"| 404,786
 * George Jones.jpg Country music singer and onetime Mr. Tammy Wynette who died on April 26
 * }
 * }
 * }

Notes:
 * This list is derived from the WP:5000 report. It excludes the Wikipedia main page (and "wiki"), non-article pages, and anomalous entries (such as DDoS attacks or likely automated views).
 * Standard removals this week include G-force (continuing popularity of this article, which jumped in June 2012, has been without explanation) and Cat anatomy (explanation still unknown for its continuing high view counts)
 * Specific removals this week (those articles for which no reason for any sudden popularity could be located):
 * Daniel Luke Barth (likely automated views of a vanity BLP, as judged by subjects excitement about his accomplishment on Twitter.)
 * Centrality
 * Hoisin sauce
 * Harlan County, Kentucky