Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-09-18/Traffic report

Summary: The top 10 is bookended by unlucky dates, as Friday the 13th fell just after the anniversary of 9/11. Breaking Bad's final season continued to draw attention, while interest in Miley Cyrus's youthful exuberance is fading only slowly.

For the full top 25 report, plus exclusions, see WP:TOP25

For the week of September 8–14, the 10 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the 5,000 most accessed pages* were:


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! Rank ! Article ! Class ! Views ! Image ! Notes
 * 1
 * September 11 attacks
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"| 991,522
 * WTC-Wreckage-exterior shell of south tower.jpg
 * Unsurprisingly, the devastating attack's anniversary dominated the conversation in the English-speaking world this week.
 * 2
 * Facebook
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"| 645,950
 * Ad-tech London 2010 (5).JPG
 * A perennially popular article
 * 3
 * Twerking
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"| 627,941
 * The new term for waggling your bottom onstage continues to be a point of interest.
 * 4
 * Breaking Bad
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"| 625,600
 * Breaking Bad logo.svg
 * The final season of this acclaimed chemistry teacher-turned-Scarface TV series began on August 11.
 * 5
 * Miley Cyrus
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"| 435,952
 * Miley_Cyrus_38th_People's_Choice_Awards_(cropped).jpg
 * The release of her risqué "Wrecking Ball" music video brought the song huge online viewership and her article renewed interest.
 * 6
 * List of Breaking Bad episodes
 * List
 * align="right"|420,340
 * Breaking Bad logo.svg
 * People will turn to this page to keep up with the show.
 * 7
 * Breaking Bad  (season 5)
 * List
 * align="right"| 414,055
 * Breaking Bad logo.svg
 * As above, people want to keep up with this show.
 * 8
 * Now You See Me (film)
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"| 383,179
 * Despite becoming a surprise hit at the box office, and dominating its weekend, this film never had a substantial Wikipedia presence, until now; 14 weeks after its initial release. The reasons why are not entirely clear, but it seems to be a combination of the film's strong release on Blu-ray, together with the announcement of an impending sequel.
 * 9
 * Deaths in 2013
 * List
 * align="right"| 361,208
 * Skullclose.jpg
 * The list of deaths in the current year is always quite a popular article.
 * 10
 * Friday the 13th
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"|  357,661
 * Freitag der 13. im Kalender.jpg
 * The supposedly inauspicious date (which apparently has only been inauspicious for about 150 years) probably remains high in the public's awareness because each month has roughly one chance in seven of having one. The fact that one occurred two days after 9/11 this year arguably only worsened its negative auspice.
 * }
 * List
 * align="right"| 361,208
 * Skullclose.jpg
 * The list of deaths in the current year is always quite a popular article.
 * 10
 * Friday the 13th
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"|  357,661
 * Freitag der 13. im Kalender.jpg
 * The supposedly inauspicious date (which apparently has only been inauspicious for about 150 years) probably remains high in the public's awareness because each month has roughly one chance in seven of having one. The fact that one occurred two days after 9/11 this year arguably only worsened its negative auspice.
 * }
 * }