Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2015-09-16/Traffic report

No particular trends to spot in this week's top article traffic. Pablo Escobar maintains the top spot for a second week due to the new Netflix series on his life, followed by the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The Queen of England is #6 by virtue of now being the longest-reigning British monarch in history. This was dutifully noted by the press in the same way that same event was noted in September 1896 when Queen Victoria took that title. Thus does time march on.

For a list of the most edited articles of the week, see here.

For the week of September 6 to 12, 2015, the ten most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the most viewed pages (and culled from the Top 25 Report), were:


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! Rank ! Article ! Class ! Views ! Image ! Notes Just missing the Top 25 this week: EuroBasket 2015 (#26), Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (#27), Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (#28, dropping from #11 last week), Until Dawn (#29, dropping from #5), and Stephen Colbert (#30, new host of the American Late Show).
 * 1
 * Pablo Escobar
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 * align="right"|1,454,312
 * Pablo Escobar graffitti.jpg
 * Holding steady in the top spot for a second week (down by about 130,000 views). The Capone of cocaine shot from the bottom to the top of this list last week, thanks to the Netflix series Narcos, which charts his rise, brutal rule, and bloody end.  It is odd that the Colombian drug lords haven't been romanticised as their Italian Chicago predecessors were.  Perhaps it's simple xenophobia, or more likely, because we are so much more aware of how barbaric they were.
 * 2
 * September 11 attacks
 * Symbol support vote.svg
 * align="right"|1,245,665
 * WTC-Wreckage-exterior_shell_of_south_tower.jpg
 * The 14th anniversary of these terrorist attacks repeats its second place showing from last year, when it was eclipsed by a Google Doodle on Leo Tolstoy. It topped the chart in 2013.
 * 3
 * Serena Williams
 * Symbol b class.svg
 * align="right"|806,091
 * Serena_Williams_winning_Wimbledon_Ladies'_Singles_2012.jpg
 * Serena's no stranger to this list, and she returned this week as she played in the 2015 US Open, ultimately losing to Roberta Vinci (#19) in the semifinals.
 * 4
 * Eazy-E
 * Symbol support vote.svg
 * align="right"|709,350
 * Eazy-E.jpg
 * Down one spot and about 120,000 views from last week, for a fifth straight week in the Top 10 is the article about the founding member of N.W.A, whose death from AIDS at the age of just 31 forms the emotional climax of the film Straight Outta Compton.
 * 5
 * The Visit (2015 film)
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"|692,721
 * M._Night_Shyamalan_2008_-_still_40580_crop.jpg
 * The latest film from director M. Night Shyamalan is this comedy horror movie, released in North America on September 11. It finished second at the box office, just edged out by The Perfect Guy (which is somewhat oddly all the way down at #205 in the raw WP:5000).  The film has received mixed reviews from critics, though some have praised it as a return to form for Shyamalan.
 * 6
 * Elizabeth II
 * Featured article star.svg
 * align="right"|627,601
 * Queen Elizabeth II March 2015.jpg
 * The Queen returns to the top 25 for the first time since May, when she welcomed a new grandchild. On September 9, she surpassed her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria to become the longest-reigning British monarch in history, at 63 years, 217 days, and counting.  Victoria took her title on September 23, 1896, which the press similarly noted back then.
 * 7
 * Deaths in 2015
 * Symbol list class.svg
 * align="right"|575,096
 * Skullclose.jpg
 * The viewing figures for this article have been remarkably constant; fluctuating week to week between 450 and 550 thousand on average, apparently heedless of who actually died. Views were slightly higher this week at 575K. Deaths noted on the list this week include Russian water polo player Vladislav Timakov (age 24, September 6, heart attack); Spanish woman's right activist Elena Arnedo (age 74, September 7); Azerbaijani musician Habil Aliyev (age 88, September 8); American businessman Charles Hallac (age 50, September 9, cancer); Italian actor Franco Interlenghi (age 83, September 10); Georgian writer Rezo Cheishvili (age 82, September 11); and The Damned bassist Bryn Merrick (age 56, September 12, cancer)
 * 8
 * Syrian Civil War
 * Symbol c class.svg
 * align="right"|567,289
 * Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg
 * The ongoing refugee crisis, now more directly impacting Europe than before, is getting increased attention.
 * 9
 * Labor Day
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"| 550,603
 * Labor Day New York 1882.jpg
 * An annual appearance, the first Monday in September is the traditional end of the United States summer season, and, for some people, the last time of the year it is in any way excusable to wear white.
 * 10
 * Narcos
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"|528,389
 * No a los «narcos».png
 * Down from #4 last week. The TV series about the rise of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar (see #1) premiered in its entirety on Netflix on August 28.
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 * Labor Day New York 1882.jpg
 * An annual appearance, the first Monday in September is the traditional end of the United States summer season, and, for some people, the last time of the year it is in any way excusable to wear white.
 * 10
 * Narcos
 * Symbol start class.svg
 * align="right"|528,389
 * No a los «narcos».png
 * Down from #4 last week. The TV series about the rise of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar (see #1) premiered in its entirety on Netflix on August 28.
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