Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2014-04-30/Traffic report

Not much to report this week. The same post-Easter celebrations (4/20, Earth Day) were popular again this year, except last year we were still reeling from the Boston Marathon bombing.

'''For the full top 25 list, see WP:TOP25. See this section for an explanation for any exclusions.'''

For the week of 20 to 26 April, the ten most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the 5,000 most viewed pages, were:


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! Rank ! Article ! Class ! Views ! Image ! Notes
 * 1
 * Snoop Dogg
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"| 752,512
 * Snoop Dogg 2012.jpg
 * This year Easter Sunday coincided with 4/20, the potheads' celebration, and ubertoker Snoop Dogg marked the date both with a sell-out concert at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre and a video of a "real Easter bunny" posted on Instagram. Those two together, may be enough to explain his massive one-day surge a day later, or may not, but I'm not about to diss Snoop Dogg.
 * 2
 * Game of Thrones
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"| 586,972
 * Game of Thrones 2011 logo.svg
 * New seasons of this immensely popular show always draw people to Wikipedia.
 * 3
 * Easter
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|501,976
 * Victory over the Grave.jpg
 * It's hard to remember these days, under the onslaught of bunnies, chocolate eggs and marshmallow peeps, that Easter, not Christmas, is the most sacred date of the Christian calendar. Doubtless a lot of people learned that this week, along with some fairly eye-raising information about the events it actually celebrates.
 * 4
 * Amazon.com
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|419,848
 * Amazon.com-Logo.svg
 * This article has been veering wildly (and suspiciously) around the view graph for several weeks, but at least now its presence on the list has a reason: Amazon Fire TV is a digital streaming device to watch online content on a HDTV. How it distinguishes itself from the three or four other such devices currently on the market is a matter of some dispute.
 * 5
 * 420 (cannabis culture)
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"|647,578
 * UCSC 420 celebration.jpg
 * This curious "holiday", which falls on April 20 (for obvious reasons) refers to the mysterious number 420 and its long link to marijuana usage. While it may not quite be to cannabis what Oktoberfest is to beer, it no doubt aspires to be.
 * 6
 * Deaths in 2014
 * Symbol list class.svg
 * align="right"|402,005
 * Skullclose.jpg
 * The list of deaths in the current year is always a popular article.
 * 7
 * Game of Thrones (season 4)
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"| 384,436
 * Game of Thrones 2011 logo.svg
 * As usual, people will be using this page to look up air dates.
 * 8
 * The Amazing Spider-Man 2
 * Symbol c class.svg
 * align="right"|379,966
 * The Amazing Spider-Man 2 2014-04-05 18-17.png
 * It's not surprising that this was released in foreign markets before its home territory; the original Spider-Man made $822 million worldwide, with the domestic and international grosses split roughly 50/50. The rebooted Amazing Spider-Man (this film's predecessor) made $752 million worldwide, but with international grosses now comprising 2/3 the total. This radical shift in Hollywood's biosphere has taken place in just a decade, and it is already altering hunting strategies, for good or ill; even after just two weeks overseas, this movie has already made $132 million.
 * 9
 * List of Game of Thrones episodes
 * Symbol list class.svg
 * align="right"|364,019
 * Game of Thrones 2011 logo.svg
 * Most likely air dates again.
 * 10
 * Earth Day
 * Symbol c class.svg
 * align="right"|347,924
 * Earth Day Flag.png
 * The annual eco-celebration got roughly the same views as last year.
 * }
 * Game of Thrones 2011 logo.svg
 * Most likely air dates again.
 * 10
 * Earth Day
 * Symbol c class.svg
 * align="right"|347,924
 * Earth Day Flag.png
 * The annual eco-celebration got roughly the same views as last year.
 * }
 * }