Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-07-31/Traffic report

Summary: Somewhat predictably, the birth of a new heir to the House of Windsor on 22 July led the English-speaking world to suddenly embrace Monarchism. In honour of this occasion, the Traffic report will be assiduously employing British spelling and dating conventions. Cheers.

For the complete top 25 report, see WP:TOP25

For the week of 20 to 27 July, the 10 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the 5,000 most trafficked pages* were:


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! Rank ! Last ! Wks ! Article ! Class ! Views ! Image ! Notes
 * 1
 * Rosalind Franklin
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"| 2,314,478
 * DNA double helix 45.PNG
 * The co-discoverer of DNA alongside Watson and Crick got a Google Doodle to celebrate her 93rd birthday on 25 July.
 * 2
 * Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"| 790,630
 * The Duke of Cambridge.jpg
 * The baby-daddy of the day got the highest view count of his extended family, though nearly everyone got a look-in.
 * 3
 * Elizabeth II
 * Featured article star.svg
 * align="right"| 694,842
 * Elizabeth II greets NASA GSFC employees, May 8, 2007 edit.jpg
 * Still going strong after 61 years on the throne, no one can deny that the great-grandmother of the newly minted bundle of joy (her third great-grandkid so far) has done an excellent job of symbolising her country for all that time.
 * 4
 * Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|	655,249
 * Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.JPG
 * That's Kate Middleton to the rest of us. You'd think she'd be higher, given that she did most of the work to bring about this situation.
 * 5
 * Charles, Prince of Wales
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"| 527,043
 * Prince Charles 2012.jpg
 * The heir to the British throne got some attention in accordance with his newly established granddad status.
 * 6
 * Diana, Princess of Wales
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|523,396
 * Diana, Princess of Wales.jpg
 * The baby's late and still much-lamented granny (the word just doesn't fit, does it?) may also have drawn attention due to a biopic coming out this year.
 * 7
 * 7
 * 29
 * Facebook
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|515,653
 * Ad-tech London 2010 (5).JPG
 * A perennially popular article.
 * 8
 * 14
 * 2
 * The Conjuring (film)
 * Symbol c class.svg
 * align="right"| 506,204
 * James Wan's latest ghost story (reportedly based on true events, take that as you will) stormed the US, taking $70 million in its first week.
 * 9
 * The Wolverine (film)
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|477,296
 * The second attempt to give X-Men fan-favourite Wolverine his own franchise appears to be doing far better than the first, taking $21 million in its first day.
 * 10
 * Dennis Farina
 * Symbol c class.svg
 * align="right"| 453,466
 * Dennis Farina 2011 Shankbone.JPG
 * Likable actor of Manhunter, Get Shorty and Midnight Run fame got a decent sendoff from Wikipedians after his death on 22 July.
 * }
 * 8
 * 14
 * 2
 * The Conjuring (film)
 * Symbol c class.svg
 * align="right"| 506,204
 * James Wan's latest ghost story (reportedly based on true events, take that as you will) stormed the US, taking $70 million in its first week.
 * 9
 * The Wolverine (film)
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|477,296
 * The second attempt to give X-Men fan-favourite Wolverine his own franchise appears to be doing far better than the first, taking $21 million in its first day.
 * 10
 * Dennis Farina
 * Symbol c class.svg
 * align="right"| 453,466
 * Dennis Farina 2011 Shankbone.JPG
 * Likable actor of Manhunter, Get Shorty and Midnight Run fame got a decent sendoff from Wikipedians after his death on 22 July.
 * }
 * 10
 * Dennis Farina
 * Symbol c class.svg
 * align="right"| 453,466
 * Dennis Farina 2011 Shankbone.JPG
 * Likable actor of Manhunter, Get Shorty and Midnight Run fame got a decent sendoff from Wikipedians after his death on 22 July.
 * }
 * Likable actor of Manhunter, Get Shorty and Midnight Run fame got a decent sendoff from Wikipedians after his death on 22 July.
 * }