Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-06-26/Traffic report

Summary: With most TV shows on hiatus for the northern summer, attention has turned to movies, celebrity and sports. The dramatic events at the 2013 Confederations Cup drew massive attention, as did summer blockbusters like Man of Steel and World War Z. But the most searched event of the week was the tragic and unexpected death of popular actor James Gandolfini on June 19.

For the complete Top 25 report with analysis, see here.

For the week of June 16 to 22, the 10 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
 * James Gandolfini
 * align="right"|	1,692,389
 * JamesGandolfiniSept11TIFF.jpg The sudden, unexpected death from a heart attack of this hugely popular actor on June 19 sent many shocked fans to his Wikipedia page for confirmation.
 * 2
 * Yahoo!
 * align="right"|	1,670,003
 * The corporation finalised its $1.1 billion purchase of the popular microblogging site Tumblr on June 20, increasing speculation on the implications for both it and the site. Yahoo! promises however, that Tumblr will remain independent.
 * 3
 * Man of Steel (film)
 * align="right"|1,218,396
 * The second attempt to rework the Superman mythos for modern cinema (after Bryan Singer's Superman Returns) has earned $255 million worldwide in its first week.
 * 4
 * Yeezus
 * align="right"|878,466
 * Kanye West SWU Music & Arts Festival 2011 (crop).jpg Kanye West's new album was released on June 18.
 * 5
 * Jeanne Calment
 * align="right"|711,319
 * The oldest woman in history, who famously said, "I’ve never had but one wrinkle, and I'm sitting on it", was the topic of a popular TIL thread on Reddit.
 * 6
 * Facebook
 * align="right"|684,298
 * Ad-tech London 2010 (5).JPG A perennially popular article.
 * 7
 * The Last of Us
 * align="right"|676,691
 * This eagerly awaited and critically adored post-apocalyptic video game was released on June 13.
 * 8
 * 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
 * align="right"| 630,147
 * Maracana internal view april 2013.jpg FIFA's warmup to the Football World Cup in 2014 (which pits the winners of the various continental football confederation championships against each other) runs from 15 to 30 June 2013.
 * 9
 * World War Z (film)
 * align="right"| 613,702
 * Brad Pitt's loose adaptation of Max Brooks's zombie apocalypse novel follows a now-well-worn precedent of the less-popular opening film generating many more hits on Wikipedia. Monsters University, despite winning the weekend, barely broke the top 100.
 * 10
 * Father's Day
 * align="right"|579,315
 * USMC-120617-M-3042W-958.jpg The annual holiday fell on June 16.
 * }
 * 9
 * World War Z (film)
 * align="right"| 613,702
 * Brad Pitt's loose adaptation of Max Brooks's zombie apocalypse novel follows a now-well-worn precedent of the less-popular opening film generating many more hits on Wikipedia. Monsters University, despite winning the weekend, barely broke the top 100.
 * 10
 * Father's Day
 * align="right"|579,315
 * USMC-120617-M-3042W-958.jpg The annual holiday fell on June 16.
 * }
 * }