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The Wikipedia:Top 25 Report is a list that presents the 25 most viewed articles on the English Wikipedia for a given week, derived from the WP:5000, an automated report of the most viewed 5000 Wikipedia pages. For more information, see here. For achievements/records related to these number-one articles, click here.

This page lists all #1 articles on the Top 25 Report.

2013

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Note: The June 30–July 6, 2013 report was the first to document the class-assessment of articles.

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! Week/Report

! Article

! Class

! Views

! Notes

1

| January 6–12, 2013

| Ray Lewis

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 706,095

| Won an NFL Wild Card round playoff game during his final season

2

| January 13–19, 2013

| Jodie Foster

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 1,457,706

| Received the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globe Awards

3

| January 20–26, 2013

| Martin Luther King Jr.

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 1,464,212

| Holiday observed (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) in the U.S. on January 21

4

| Jan 27–Feb 2, 2013

| Royal Rumble (2013)

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 698,156

| Occurred on January 27

5

| February 3–9, 2013

| Mary Leakey

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 2,723,265

| Google Doodle on February 6

6

| February 10–16, 2013

| Valentine's Day

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 3,097,508

| Holiday observed on February 14

7

| February 17–23, 2013

| Nicolaus Copernicus

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 2,984,775

| Google Doodle on February 19

8

| Feb 24–Mar 2, 2013

| Jennifer Lawrence

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 1,852,911

| Won the Academy Award for Best Actress on February 24

9

| March 3–9, 2013

| Miriam Makeba

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 1,586,203

| Google Doodle on March 4

10

| March 10–16, 2013

| Douglas Adams

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 2,405,520

| Google Doodle on March 11

11

| March 17–23, 2013

| Saint Patrick's Day

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 2,786,414

| Google Doodle + holiday observed on March 17

12

| March 24–30, 2013

| Easter

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 972,419

| Holiday observed on March 31

13

| Mar 31–Apr 6, 2013

| Maria Sibylla Merian

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 1,915,875

| Google Doodle on April 2

14

| April 7–13, 2013{{efn|Calvinism {{URL|1=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:West.andrew.g/Popular_pages&oldid=550274208/|2=was at the top of the WP:5000}} with 4,151,121 page views, however, there seemed to be no historical or cultural occurrence—whether a Google Doodle, a popular Reddit "Today I Learned" thread, or a good, old-fashioned news story that would propel that article to that height. {{URL|1=http://stats.grok.se/en/201304/Calvinism/|2=Further analysis}} shows page views spiked for Calvinism and quickly died down to normal levels.}}

| Margaret Thatcher

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 2,429,904

| Died on April 8

15

| April 14–20, 2013

| Chechnya

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 1,816,643

| Of interest due to 2013 Boston Marathon bombing

16

| April 21–27, 2013

| Ella Fitzgerald

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 1,902,708

| Google Doodle on April 25

17

| Apr 28–May 4, 2013

| Jeff Hanneman

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 1,000,226

| Died on May 2

18

| May 5–11, 2013

| Saul Bass

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 2,043,324

| Google Doodle on May 8

19

| May 12–18, 2013

| The Great Gatsby

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 1,031,771

| Attracted attention due to 2013 film adaptation

20

| May 19–25, 2013

| Facebook

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 718,144

| Perennially popular article in 2013

21

| May 26–June 1, 2013

| Julius Richard Petri

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 1,195,103

| Google Doodle on May 31

22

| June 2–8, 2013

| Game of Thrones

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 1,314,024

| Penultimate episode of season 3, "The Rains of Castamere", aired on June 2

23

| June 9–15, 2013

| Maurice Sendak

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 1,717,368

| Google Doodle on June 10

24

| June 16–22, 2013

| James Gandolfini

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 1,692,389

| Died on June 19

25

| June 23–29, 2013

| Yahoo!

| N/A

| style=text-align:right;| 2,901,780{{efn|Speculated to have artificial inflation of page views ([http://stats.grok.se/en/201306/Yahoo!/ see June 2013 page views for Yahoo!]); Antoni Gaudí was #2 for the week with 1,154,577 page views, due to a Google Doodle on June 25.}}

| May purchase of Tumblr + June 28 announcement that AltaVista would shut down

26

| June 30–July 6, 2013

| Yahoo!

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 3,087,818{{efn|Blurb in the Report speculated that perhaps the article's page views received artificial inflation ([http://stats.grok.se/en/201306/Yahoo!/ see June 2013] and [http://stats.grok.se/en/201307/Yahoo!/ July 2013 page views for Yahoo!]); Independence Day (United States) ranked #2 for the week with 1,169,967 page views, due to the holiday being observed on July 4.}}

| May purchase of Tumblr + June 28 announcement that AltaVista would shut down

27

| July 7–13, 2013

| Yahoo!

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,663,622{{efn|Blurb in the Report again speculated that perhaps the article's page views received artificial inflation ([http://stats.grok.se/en/201307/Yahoo!/ see July 2013 page views for Yahoo!]); Roswell UFO incident ranked #2 for the week with 1,127,165 page views, due to a Google Doodle on July 8.}}

| May purchase of Tumblr + July 8 shutting down of AltaVista

28

| July 14–20, 2013

| Cory Monteith

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,678,320

| Died on July 13

29

| July 21–27, 2013

| Rosalind Franklin

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,314,478

| Google Doodle on July 25

30

| July 28–August 3, 2013

| Facebook

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 693,172

| Perennially popular article in 2013

31

| August 4–10, 2013

| Peter Capaldi

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 811,664

| Announced as the twelfth incarnation of The Doctor on August 4

32

| August 11–17, 2013

| Draw (chess)

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 950,240

| Chess Grandmasters Baskaran Adhiban and Parimarjan Negi both drew during Chess World Cup 2013{{efn|Blurb in the Top 25 Report for this week elaborated that this was a topic of discussion in India, where the Grandmasters are from.}}

33

| August 18–24, 2013

| Lee Thompson Young

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 709,809

| Died on August 19

34

| August 25–31, 2013

| Twerking

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,264,178

| Miley Cyrus notably twerked on August 25 during the 2013 VMAs;
Added to Oxford Dictionaries Online on August 28

35

| September 1–7, 2013

| Lil Wayne

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 662,661

| Released mixtape Dedication 5 On September 1{{efn|Blurb in the Report attributed #1 ranking to Wayne apologizing to his fans on Twitter for his lack of VMA or BET award nominations, but that tweet was posted on August 25 (compare [http://stats.grok.se/en/201308/Lil%20Wayne/ 12,114 page views on August 25] to [http://stats.grok.se/en/201309/Lil%20Wayne/ 129,930 page views on September 1]). The following week's Report mentioned the mixtape.}}

36

| September 8–14, 2013

| September 11 attacks

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 991,522

| 12th anniversary of 9/11

37

| September 15–21, 2013

| Léon Foucault

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,540,620

| Google Doodle on September 18

38

| September 22–28, 2013

| Breaking Bad

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,094,844

| Penultimate episode of the series' final season, "Granite State", aired on September 22

39

| Sep 29–Oct 5, 2013

| Breaking Bad

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,479,907

| Series finale, "Felina", aired on September 29

40

| October 6–12, 2013

| Gravity (film)

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 638,019

| Released on October 4 in the U.S.

bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| 41

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| October 13–19, 2013

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| Facebook

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right; bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| 500,402

| Perennially popular article in 2013

42

| October 20–26, 2013

| Parachute

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 892,746

| Google Doodle on October 22

43

| Oct 27–Nov 2, 2013

| Edith Head

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,837,065

| Google Doodle on October 28

44

| November 3–9, 2013

| Shakuntala Devi

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 9,135,919

| Google Doodle on November 4

45

| November 10–16, 2013

| Climatic Research Unit email controversy

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,119,177{{efn|Speculated to have artificial page view inflation; Sachin Tendulkar ranked #2 for the week with 873,040 page views due to retiring from cricket on November 16.}}

| Of interest due to Typhoon Haiyan

46

| November 17–23, 2013

| Climatic Research Unit email controversy

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,148,412{{efn|Blurb in the Report speculated artificial page view inflation; Doctor Who ranked #2 for the week with 1,435,415 page views due to the show's 50th anniversary celebrations including special episode, "The Day of the Doctor", airing on November 23.}}

| Of interest due to Typhoon Haiyan

47

| November 24–30, 2013

| Thanksgiving

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,080,561

| Holiday observed on November 28

48

| December 1–7, 2013

| Paul Walker

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 7,406,813

| Died on November 30

bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| 49

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| December 8–14, 2013

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| Grace Hopper

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right; bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| 9,412,775

| Google Doodle on December 9

50

| December 15–21, 2013

| Peter O'Toole

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 827,820

| Died on December 15

51

| December 22–28, 2013

| Boxing Day

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 797,270

| Holiday observed on December 26

52

| Dec 29, 2013–Jan 4, 2014

| James Avery (actor)

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 624,917

| Died on December 31

2014

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! Week/Report

! Article

! Class

! Views

! Notes

bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| 1 (53)

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| January 5–11, 2014

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| Jordan Belfort

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right; bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| 526,424

| Of interest due to December 25, 2013 release of The Wolf of Wall Street

2 (54)

| January 12–18, 2014

| Dian Fossey

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,807,879

| Google Doodle on January 16

3 (55)

| January 19–25, 2014

| Jordan Belfort

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 799,235

| Of interest due to December 25, 2013 release of The Wolf of Wall Street

4 (56)

| Jan 26–Feb 1, 2014

| Daft Punk

| File: Symbol support vote.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,257,049

| Won five Grammys on January 26

5 (57)

| February 2–February 8, 2014

| Philip Seymour Hoffman

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 4,755,765

| Died on February 2

6 (58)

| February 9–15, 2014

| Valentine's Day

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,862,945

| Holiday observed on February 14

7 (59)

| February 16–22, 2014

| 2014 Winter Olympics

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 819,448

| Closing ceremony held on February 16

8 (60)

| February 23–March 1, 2014

| Harold Ramis

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,158,070

| Died on February 24

9 (61)

| March 2–8, 2014

| Crimea

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,381,295

| Pro-Russian efforts to annex Crimea began with the declaration of Crimea's independence from Ukraine on February 27

10 (62)

| March 9–15, 2014

| Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,664,252

| Disappeared on March 8

11 (63)

| March 16–22, 2014

| Saint Patrick's Day

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,604,355

| Holiday observed on March 17

12 (64)

| March 23–29, 2014

| Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 978,855

| Disappeared on March 8

13 (65)

| March 30–April 5, 2014

| How I Met Your Mother

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 931,180

| Series finale, "Last Forever", aired on March 31

14 (66)

| April 6–12, 2014

| Peaches Geldof

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,433,706

| Died on April 7

15 (67)

| April 13–19, 2014

| Game of Thrones

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 775,534

| Second episode of season 4, "The Lion and the Rose", aired on April 13

16 (68)

| April 20–26, 2014

| Snoop Dogg

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 752,512

| Sold out a concert at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre on April 20 (4/20)

17 (69)

| April 27–May 3, 2014

| Donald Sterling

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,155,108

| Controversy arose around Sterling on April 25

18 (70)

| May 4–10, 2014

| Audrey Hepburn

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,617,064

| Google Doodle on May 4

19 (71)

| May 11–17, 2014

| Dorothy Hodgkin

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,818,292

| Google Doodle on May 12

20 (72)

| May 18–24, 2014

| Mary Anning

| File: Featured article star.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,750,729

| Google Doodle on May 21

21 (73)

| May 25–31, 2014

| Maya Angelou

| File: Featured article star.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,227,753

| Died on May 28

22 (74)

| June 1–7, 2014

| Slender Man

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 817,896

| Moral panic arose over the Slender Man because of the May 31 Slender Man stabbing

23 (75)

| June 8–14, 2014

| 2014 FIFA World Cup

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,846,098

| Kicked off on June 12

24 (76)

| June 15–21, 2014

| 2014 FIFA World Cup

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,506,641

| Continued interest after kicking off on June 12

25 (77)

| June 22–28, 2014

| 2014 FIFA World Cup

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,526,115

| Knockout stage began on June 28

26 (78)

| June 29–July 5, 2014

| 2014 FIFA World Cup

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,604,100

| Quarter-finals took place on July 4 and 5

27 (79)

| July 6–12, 2014

| Amazon.com

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,234,236{{efn|Long-speculated to have bot-influenced or inflated page views, but included in list this week; #2 was the 2014 FIFA World Cup with 1,179,986 page views, due to its semi-finals taking place on July 8 and 9, as well as its third place match taking place on July 12. Amazon.com was excluded from appearing on the list on following Reports.}}

| The Federal Trade Commission launched a lawsuit against Amazon on July 10;
Amazon reported on July 11 to seek FAA permission to fly Prime Air delivery drones

28 (80)

| July 13–19, 2014

| 2014 FIFA World Cup

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 916,405

| Tournament concluded on July 13 with its final

29 (81)

| July 20–26, 2014

| James Garner

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,160,042

| Died on July 19

30 (82)

| July 27–August 2, 2014

| Ebola virus disease

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,031,341

| Many events related to the West African Ebola virus epidemic;
By the end of July, WHO statistics showed 1,603 cases and 887 deaths overall

31 (83)

| August 3–9, 2014

| Ebola virus disease

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,418,063{{efn|The blurb on the Report detailed that page views included those from the redirect Ebola.}}

| Many events related to the West African Ebola virus epidemic;
On August 5, a second infected American missionary, was medically evacuated to Emory University Hospital

bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| 32 (84)

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| August 10–16, 2014

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| Robin Williams

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right; bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| 9,164,280

| Died on August 11

33 (85)

| August 17–23, 2014

| Ice Bucket Challenge

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,902,018

| Virality for the popular summer Internet challenge [http://stats.grok.se/en/201408/Ice%20Bucket%20Challenge/ peaked on August 21]

34 (86)

| August 24–30, 2014

| Ice Bucket Challenge

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,773,522

| Popular Internet challenge during summer of 2014

35 (87)

| Aug 31–Sep 6, 2014

| Joan Rivers

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,024,356

| Died on September 4

36 (88)

| September 7–13, 2014

| Leo Tolstoy

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 755,226

| Google Doodle on September 9

37 (89)

| September 14–20, 2014

| Scottish independence referendum, 2014

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 921,412

| Held on September 18

38 (90)

| September 21–27, 2014

| Rosh Hashanah

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 581,893

| Holiday observed from September 24 to 26

39 (91)

| Sep 28–Oct 4, 2014

| Ebola virus disease

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,153,294

| First American case of Ebola identified on September 30

40 (92)

| October 5–11, 2014

| Ebola virus disease

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 4,298,499

| Thomas Eric Duncan died on October 8, after becoming the first American patient diagnosed with Ebola

41 (93)

| October 12–18, 2014

| Ebola virus disease

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 8,267,784

| Continued outbreak in West Africa,
as well as two confirmed cases of transmission on U.S. soil on October 12 and 15

42 (94)

| October 19–25, 2014

| Ebola virus disease

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,695,567

| WHO announced Nigeria clear of Ebola on October 20;
Fourth U.S case confirmed on October 23

43 (95)

| Oct 26–Nov 1, 2014

| Halloween

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,780,144

| Holiday observed on October 31

44 (96)

| November 2–8, 2014

| Interstellar (film)

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,513,535

| Released on November 7 in the U.S.

45 (97)

| November 9–15, 2014

| Interstellar (film)

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,567,100

| Released on November 7 in the U.S.

46 (98)

| November 16–22, 2014

| Interstellar (film)

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,409,615

| Released on November 7 in the U.S.

47 (99)

| November 23–29, 2014

| Shooting of Michael Brown

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,514,532

| Grand jury decided, on November 24, not to indict the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown

48 (100)

| Nov 30–Dec 6, 2014

| Death of Eric Garner

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,328,750

| Grand jury decided, on December 3, not to indict the police officer who killed Eric Garner

49 (101)

| December 7–13, 2014

| Death of Eric Garner

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 686,408

| Grand jury decided, on December 3, not to indict the police officer who killed Eric Garner

50 (102)

| December 14–20, 2014

| The Interview (2014 film)

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,274,526

| Wide theatrical release canceled by Sony on December 17, after hackings and terrorist threats were made in response to the film

51 (103)

| December 21–27, 2014

| The Interview (2014 film)

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,179,404

| Released online on December 24, and in the U.S. through a limited release on December 25

52 (104)

| December 28, 2014–January 3, 2015

| PK (film)

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,007,428

| Released in India on December 19, 2013, and became the highest-grossing Indian film on January 1, 2014.

2015

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! Week/Report

! Article

! Class

! Views

! Notes

1 (105)

| January 4–10, 2015

| Charlie Hebdo

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,744,884

| Charlie Hebdo shooting occurred on January 7

2 (106)

| January 11–17, 2015

| Chris Kyle

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,959,672

| Subject of American Sniper, which was widely released on January 16 in the U.S.

3 (107)

| January 18–24, 2015

| Chris Kyle

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 5,275,697

| Subject of American Sniper, which was widely released on January 16 in the U.S.

4 (108)

| January 25–31, 2015

| Chris Kyle

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,653,157

| Subject of American Sniper, which was widely released on January 16 in the U.S.

5 (109)

| February 1–7, 2015

| Tom Brady

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,144,681

| Won Super Bowl XLIX and named Super Bowl MVP

6 (110)

| February 8–14, 2015

| Valentine's Day

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,215,877

| Holiday observed on February 14

7 (111)

| February 15–21, 2015

| Fifty Shades of Grey

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,921,638

| Film adaptation released on February 13 in the U.S.

bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| 8 (112)

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| February 22–28, 2015

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| 87th Academy Awards

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| File: Symbol list class.svg{{efn|Report did not list class for this article, but it was rated List-class at the time}}

| style=text-align:right; bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| 6,123,378

| Held on February 22

9 (113)

| March 1–7, 2015

| Kanye West

| File: Symbol support vote.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 4,291,451

| After making comments about Beck's Grammy win, owner of the domain "Loser.com" redirected the URL to West's Wikipedia article

10 (114)

| March 8–14, 2015

| Kanye West

| File: Symbol support vote.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,519,364

| Continued media interest in Loser.com redirecting to West's Wikipedia article

11 (115)

| March 15–21, 2015

| Saint Patrick's Day

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,783,603

| Holiday observed on March 17

12 (116)

| March 22–28, 2015

| Bhutanese passport

| File: Symbol stub class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,771,673

| Article itself became an Internet meme in [http://stats.grok.se/en/201503/Bhutanese%20passport/ mid-March] after an audio file on the article was found to be a joke

13 (117)

| March 29–April 4, 2015

| Furious 7

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,832,224

| Released on April 3 the U.S.

14 (118)

| April 5–11, 2015

| Furious 7

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,617,928

| Released on April 3 the U.S.

15 (119)

| April 12–18, 2015

| Daredevil (TV series)

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,492,776

| First season was released on April 10 for streaming on Netflix

16 (120)

| April 19–25, 2015

| Avengers: Age of Ultron

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,725,099

| Released in many international markets during week, starting April 22

17 (121)

| April 26–May 2, 2015

| Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,631,206

| Match held on May 2

18 (122)

| May 3–9, 2015

| Floyd Mayweather Jr.

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 3,224,988

| Won match against Manny Pacquiao on May 2

19 (123)

| May 10–16, 2015

| Inge Lehmann

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,922,118

| Google Doodle on May 13

20 (124)

| May 17–23, 2015

| Mad Max: Fury Road

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,515,128

| Released on May 14 in Australia and on May 15 in the U.S.

21 (125)

| May 24–30, 2015

| Sally Ride

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,007,493

| Google Doodle on May 26

22 (126)

| May 31–June 6, 2015

| Bruce Jenner / Caitlyn Jenner{{efn|name=Jenner|Due to Jenner's announcement of her completed gender transition, Wikipedia moved the Bruce Jenner article to Caitlyn Jenner. The Bruce Jenner article was more visited during the week with 2,874,874 page views, although the Caitlyn Jenner article's 1,249,139 page views would have ranked #1 on its own. This listing combines the two's page views. {{URL|1=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:West.andrew.g/Popular_pages&oldid=665863648/|2=See page view stats here.}}}}

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 4,124,013{{efn|name=Jenner}}

| Announced her completed gender transition on June 1

23 (127)

| June 7–13, 2015

| Christopher Lee

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,870,432

| Died on June 7

24 (128)

| June 14–20, 2015

| Jurassic World

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,575,845

| Released in the U.S. on June 12; set U.S. and Worldwide opening weekend records

25 (129)

| June 21–27, 2015

| Flags of the Confederate States of America

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,997,063

| Highlighted in U.S. political discourse after Charleston church shooting on June 17

26 (130)

| June 28–July 4, 2015

| Terminator Genisys

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,043,888

| Released on July 1 in the U.S.

27 (131)

| July 5–11, 2015

| Serena Williams

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,002,160

| Won Women's Singles at Wimbledon on July 11

28 (132)

| July 12–18, 2015

| Suicide Squad

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,817,973

| Trailer for film adaptation released during 2015 San Diego Comic-Con

29 (133)

| July 19–25, 2015

| Bajrangi Bhaijaan

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,510,842

| Released in India on July 17

30 (134)

| July 26–August 1, 2015

| A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

| File: Symbol support vote.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 3,589,713

| Died on July 27

31 (135)

| August 2–8, 2015

| Ronda Rousey

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,049,053

| Won UFC 190 vs. Bethe Correia on August 1

32 (136)

| August 9–15, 2015

| Frank Gifford

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,526,838

| Died on August 9

33 (137)

| August 16–22, 2015

| Eazy-E

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,610,383

| The death of Eazy-E formed the emotional climax in the biopic, Straight Outta Compton, released on August 14

34 (138)

| August 23–29, 2015

| Duke Kahanamoku

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,445,269

| Google Doodle on August 24

35 (139)

| Aug 30–Sep 5, 2015

| Pablo Escobar

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,573,813

| Portrayed in Narcos, which had its first season released on August 28 for streaming on Netflix

36 (140)

| September 6–12, 2015

| Pablo Escobar

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,454,313

| Portrayed in Narcos, which had its first season released on August 28 for streaming on Netflix

37 (141)

| September 13–19, 2015

| Pablo Escobar

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,111,040

| Portrayed in Narcos, which had its first season released on August 28 for streaming on Netflix

38 (142)

| September 20–26, 2015

| Pope Francis

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,299,584

| Visited Cuba and the United States from September 19 to 27

bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| 39 (143)

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| Sep 27–Oct 3, 2015

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| Pablo Escobar

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right; bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| 804,426

| Portrayed in Narcos, which had its first season released on August 28 for streaming on Netflix

40 (144)

| October 4–10, 2015

| American Horror Story: Hotel

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 883,185

| Season 5 premiere of American Horror Story, "Checking In", aired on October 7

41 (145)

| October 11–17, 2015

| Lamar Odom

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,067,704

| Hospitalized after being found unconscious on October 13

42 (146)

| October 18–24, 2015

| Justin Trudeau

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,709,956

| Became Prime Minister-Elect of Canada on October 19 after the Liberal Party formed a majority government as per results of the 2015 Canadian federal election

43 (147)

| October 25–31, 2015

| Halloween

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,775,219

| Holiday observed on October 31

44 (148)

| November 1–7, 2015

| George Boole

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,462,428

| Google Doodle on November 2

45 (149)

| November 8–14, 2015

| Hedy Lamarr

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,744,601

| Google Doodle on November 9

46 (150)

| November 15–21, 2015

| Lady Colin Campbell

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,969,403

| Appeared in series 15 of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, which premiered on November 15

47 (151)

| November 22–28, 2015

| Jessica Jones

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,918,186

| Main character of Jessica Jones, which had its first season released on November 20 for streaming on Netflix

48 (152)

| Nov 29–Dec 5, 2015

| Scott Weiland

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,149,112

| Died on December 3

49 (153)

| December 6–12, 2015

| Donald Trump

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 914,072

| Controversy arose around Trump beginning on December 7, after his comments related to a proposal for a temporary Muslim ban

50 (154)

| December 13–19, 2015

| Star Wars: The Force Awakens

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 5,164,168

| Released on December 15 in the U.S.; set opening weekend records in the U.S.

51 (155)

| December 20–26, 2015

| Star Wars: The Force Awakens

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 4,905,073

| Released on December 15 in the U.S.; continued to set box office records

52 (156)

| Dec 27, 2015–Jan 2, 2016

| Star Wars: The Force Awakens

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 3,232,970

| Released on December 15 in the U.S.; continued to set box office records

2016

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"

|align="center" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| Highest count of the year

align="center" bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| Lowest count of the year

:

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data-sort-type="number" | Wk#

! Week/Report

! Article

! Class

! Views

! Notes

1 (157)

| January 3–9, 2016

| Steven Avery

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,074,561

| Subject of Making a Murderer, series that was released on December 18, 2015 for streaming on Netflix

2 (158)

| January 10–16, 2016

| David Bowie

| File: Featured article star.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 11,772,266

| Died on January 10

3 (159)

| January 17–23, 2016

| Glenn Frey

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,861,483

| Died on January 18

4 (160)

| January 24–30, 2016

| Royal Rumble (2016)

| File: Symbol future class.svg{{efn|Report listed "N/A" for class, however the article was rated as a Future-Class article during the week.}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,557,865

| Occurred on January 24

5 (161)

| January 31–February 6, 2016

| Donald Trump

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 3,083,806

| Placed second in the Iowa caucuses of the 2016 U.S. Republican Party primaries, which were held on February 1

6 (162)

| February 7–13, 2016

| Peyton Manning

| File: Symbol support vote.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,454,310

| Won Super Bowl 50, which was held on February 7

7 (163)

| February 14–20, 2016

| Deadpool (film)

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,846,632

| Released on February 12 in the U.S.

8 (164)

| February 21–27, 2016

| Donald Trump

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,938,436

| Won the 2016 South Carolina Republican primary on February 20

9 (165)

| February 28–March 5, 2016

| Donald Trump

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 8,238,809

| Won seven states during Super Tuesday (March 1) and two more on March 5

10 (166)

| March 6–12, 2016

| Donald Trump

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 8,257,174

| Won more states during the Republican primaries, and had several controversies arise over his campaign

11 (167)

| March 13–19, 2016

| Donald Trump

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,412,293

| Won more states during Super Tuesday II (March 15) of the Republican primaries.

12 (168)

| March 20–26, 2016

| Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 3,152,933

| Released on March 25 in the U.S.

13 (169)

| March 27–April 2, 2016

| Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,984,071

| Released on March 25 in the U.S.

14 (170)

| April 3–9, 2016

| WrestleMania 32

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,895,563

| Occurred on April 3

15 (171)

| April 10–16, 2016

| Kobe Bryant

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,393,551

| Played final NBA career game on April 13

bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| 16 (172)

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| April 17–23, 2016

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| Prince (musician)

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right; bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| 13,064,933

| Died on April 21

17 (173)

| April 24–30, 2016

| Prince (musician)

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 3,994,635

| Died on April 21

18 (174)

| May 1–7, 2016

| Captain America: Civil War

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,303,444

| Released on May 6 in the U.S.

19 (175)

| May 8–14, 2016

| Captain America: Civil War

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 3,332,940

| Released on May 6 in the U.S.

20 (176)

| May 15–21, 2016

| Captain America: Civil War

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,284,748

| Released on May 6 in the U.S.

21 (177)

| May 22–28, 2016

| X-Men: Apocalypse

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,385,606

| Released on May 27 in the U.S.

22 (178)

| May 29–June 4, 2016

| Muhammad Ali

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 4,425,310

| Died on June 4

23 (179)

| June 5–11 2016

| Muhammad Ali

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 5,513,604

| Died on June 4

24 (180)

| June 12–18, 2016

| UEFA Euro 2016

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,332,785

| Kicked off on June 10

25 (181)

| June 19–25, 2016

| UEFA Euro 2016

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 3,406,686

| Kicked off on June 10

26 (182)

| June 26–July 2, 2016

| UEFA Euro 2016

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,590,000

| Round of 16 began on June 25, quarter-finals began on July 2

27 (183)

| July 3–9, 2016

| Pokémon Go

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,371,390

| Released on July 6 in Australia and the U.S.

28 (184)

| July 10–16, 2016

| Pokémon Go

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 4,778,652

| Released on July 14 in the U.K. and on July 16 in many European markets

29 (185)

| July 17–23, 2016

| Melania Trump

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,990,596

| Gave controversial RNC speech on July 18

30 (186)

| July 24–30, 2016

| Hillary Clinton

| File: Featured article star.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,331,698

| Formally named the Democratic Party's 2016 nominee for President of the United States on July 28 at the DNC

31 (187)

| July 31–August 6, 2016

| Suicide Squad (film)

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,889,015

| Released on August 5 in the U.S.

32 (188)

| August 7–13, 2016

| Michael Phelps

| File: Symbol support vote.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 5,428,201

| Won five gold medals and one silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics

33 (189)

| August 14–20, 2016

| Usain Bolt

| File: Symbol support vote.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 3,103,335

| Won three gold medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics

34 (190)

| August 21–27, 2016

| SummerSlam (2016)

| File: Symbol future class.svg{{efn|Report listed class as "N/A", but the article was a Future-class article at the time.}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,102,249

| Held on August 21

35 (191)

| Aug 28–Sep 3, 2016

| Gene Wilder

| File: Symbol support vote.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 3,500,029

| Died on August 29

36 (192)

| September 4–10, 2016

| Pablo Escobar

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,309,885

| Season 2 of Narcos was released on September 2 for streaming on Netflix

37 (193)

| September 11–17, 2016

| Corrupted Blood incident

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,636,405

| 13th anniversary of incident occurred on September 13;
appeared on a [https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/52jh3a/11yrs_ago_today_lest_ye_forget/ popular thread from the r/gaming subreddit] on September 13

38 (194)

| September 18–24, 2016

| Murder of JonBenét Ramsey

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,155,334

| Subject of the 2-part miniseries documentary The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey, which aired on September 18 and 19

39 (195)

| September 25–October 1, 2016

| José Fernández (pitcher)

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,762,983

| Died on September 25

40 (196)

| October 2–8, 2016

| Luke Cage

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,486,560

| Main character of eponymous series that had its first season released on September 30

41 (197)

| October 9–15, 2016

| Donald Trump

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,951,789

| Participated in the second U.S. Presidential debate against Hillary Clinton on October 9

42 (198)

| October 16–22, 2016

| Donald Trump

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,140,830

| Participated in the third U.S. Presidential debate against Hillary Clinton on October 19

bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| 43 (199)

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| October 23–29, 2016

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right; bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| 970,522

| Google Doodle on October 24

44 (200)

| October 30–November 5, 2016

| Day of the Dead

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,889,902

| Holiday observed from October 31 to November 2

45 (201)

| November 6–12, 2016

| Donald Trump

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 12,331,880

| Elected President of the United States on November 8

46 (202)

| November 13–19, 2016

| Donald Trump

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 3,321,262

| Undergoing Presidential transition after being elected on November 8

47 (203)

| November 20–26, 2016

| Fidel Castro

| File: Symbol support vote.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,760,389

| Died on November 25

48 (204)

| November 27–December 3, 2016

| Fidel Castro

| File: Symbol support vote.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,401,418

| Died on November 25

49 (205)

| December 4–10, 2016

| Jayalalithaa

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 4,067,619

| Died on December 5

50 (206)

| December 11–17, 2016

| Alan Thicke

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,734,867

| Died on December 13

51 (207)

| December 18–December 24, 2016

| Zsa Zsa Gabor

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,248,668

| Died on December 18

52 (208)

| December 25–31, 2016

| Carrie Fisher

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 9,202,699

| Died on December 27

2017

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"

|align="center" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| Highest count of the year

align="center" bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| Lowest count of the year

:

class="wikitable sortable"
data-sort-type="number" | Wk#

! Week/Report

! Article

! Class

! Views

! Notes

1 (209)

| January 1–7, 2017

| Dangal (film)

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,182,405

| Released on December 21 and 23, 2016 in the U.S. and India, respectively

2 (210)

| January 8–14, 2017

| La La Land (film)

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,101,692

| Won all seven of its Golden Globe nominations on January 8

3 (211)

| January 15–21, 2017

| Donald Trump

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 4,487,438

| Inaugurated as President of the United States on January 20

4 (212)

| January 22–28, 2017

| Donald Trump

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,893,734

| First full Sunday to Saturday week of his U.S. Presidency

5 (213)

| January 29–February 4, 2017

| Neil Gorsuch

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,453,582

| Formally nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court on February 1

6 (214)

| February 5–11, 2017

| Tom Brady

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 3,748,813

| Won Super Bowl LI and named Super Bowl MVP on February 5

7 (215)

| February 12–18, 2017

| Valentine's Day

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,519,240

| Holiday observed on February 14

8 (216)

| February 19–25, 2017

| Milo Yiannopoulos

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,392,332

| Controversy arose around Yiannopoulos, beginning February 20

9 (217)

| February 26–March 4, 2017

| Bill Paxton

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 4,823,745

| Died on February 25

10 (218)

| March 5–11, 2017

| Logan (film)

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,390,878

| Released on March 3 in the U.S.

11 (219)

| March 12–18, 2017

| Saint Patrick's Day

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,486,468

| Holiday observed on March 17

12 (220)

| March 19–25, 2017

| Chuck Berry

| File: Symbol support vote.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,675,896

| Died on March 18

bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| 13 (221)

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| March 26–April 1, 2017

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| WrestleMania 33

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| File: Symbol future class.svg

| style=text-align:right; bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| 887,566

| Occurred following week on April 2

14 (222)

| April 2–8, 2017

| WrestleMania 33

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,332,911

| Occurred on April 2

15 (223)

| April 9–15, 2017

| 13 Reasons Why

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,695,853

| First season was released on March 31 for streaming on Netflix

16 (224)

| April 16–22, 2017

| Aaron Hernandez

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 3,427,392

| Died on April 19

17 (225)

| April 23–29, 2017

| Erin Moran

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,809,738

| Died on April 22

18 (226)

| April 30–May 6, 2017

| Baahubali 2: The Conclusion

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 3,087,414

| Released on April 28 in India; became highest-grossing Indian film on May 5

19 (227)

| May 7–13, 2017

| Baahubali 2: The Conclusion

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,388,864

| Released on April 28 in India; became highest-grossing Indian film on May 5

20 (228)

| May 14–20, 2017

| Chris Cornell

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 3,867,811

| Died on May 18

21 (229)

| May 21–27, 2017

| Ariana Grande

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,839,382

| Suicide bombing occurred at her Manchester concert on May 22

22 (230)

| May 28–June 3, 2017

| Paris Agreement

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,822,662

| The U.S. announced its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on June 1

23 (231)

| June 4–10, 2017

| Gal Gadot

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,281,837

| Starred in Wonder Woman, released on June 2 in the U.S.

24 (232)

| June 11–17, 2017

| Gal Gadot

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,233,820

| Starred in Wonder Woman, released on June 2 in the U.S.

25 (233)

| June 18–24, 2017

| Otto Warmbier

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,532,703

| Died on June 19

26 (234)

| June 25–July 1, 2017

| Transformers: The Last Knight

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 924,583

| Released on June 21 in the U.S.

27 (235)

| July 2−8, 2017

| Spider-Man: Homecoming

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,286,802

| Released on July 7 in the U.S.

28 (236)

| July 9−15, 2017

| Eva Ekeblad

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,588,785

| Google Doodle on July 10

29 (237)

| July 16−22, 2017

| Chester Bennington

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 5,524,961

| Died on July 20

30 (238)

| July 23−29, 2017

| Dunkirk (2017 film)

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,651,836

| Released on July 21 in the U.S; was completing two weeks atop the box office

31 (239)

| July 30–August 5, 2017

| Sam Shepard

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,882,338

| Died on July 27

32 (240)

| August 6–12, 2017

| Guam

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,285,582

| North Korea threatened to attack this U.S. territory

33 (241)

| August 13–19, 2017

| Game of Thrones (season 7)

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,920,254

| The fifth episode of the season (Eastwatch) was leaked by a foreign HBO branch; aired on August 13

34 (242)

| August 20–26, 2017

| Game of Thrones

| File: Symbol support vote.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,962,313

| Sixth episode of the season (Beyond the Wall) leaked on August 16; aired on August 20
finale aired on August 27

35 (243)

| August 27–September 2, 2017

| Floyd Mayweather Jr.

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,576,869

| Won highly publicized boxing match against UFC champion Connor McGregor, retired afterwards

36 (244)

| September 3–9, 2017

| It (2017 film)

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,889,679

| Released on September 8 in the U.S.

37 (245)

|September 10–16, 2017

| It (2017 film)

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,912,637

| Released on September 8 in the U.S., completed two weeks atop the box office

38 (246)

|September 17–23, 2017

| It (2017 film)

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,700,815

| Released on September 8 in the U.S.

39 (247)

|September 24–30, 2017

| Hugh Hefner

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 4,399,770

| Died on September 27

40 (248)

|October 1–7, 2017

| Tom Petty

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 5,495,706

| Died on October 2

41 (249)

|October 8–14, 2017

| Harvey Weinstein

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 4,241,968

| Denounced for various sexual misconduct incidents; (first reported on October 5)

42 (250)

|October 15–21, 2017

| Harvey Weinstein

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,587,141

| Denounced for various sexual misconduct incidents; (first reported on October 5)

43 (251)

|October 22–28, 2017

| Stranger Things

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,212,932

| Second season was released on October 27 for streaming on Netflix

44 (252)

|October 29–November 4, 2017

| Kevin Spacey

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,962,876

| Denounced for various sexual misconduct incidents against men; (first reported on October 29)

45 (253)

|November 5–11, 2017

| Stranger Things

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,619,424

| Second season was released on October 27 for streaming on Netflix

46 (254)

| November 12–18, 2017

| Justice League (film)

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,295,725

| Released on November 17 in the U.S.

47 (255)

| November 19–25, 2017

| Charles Manson

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 3,258,765

| Died on November 19

bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| 48 (256)

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| November 26–December 2, 2017

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| Meghan Markle

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right; bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| 8,747,196

| Engagement to Prince Harry announced on November 27

49 (257)

| December 3–9, 2017

| Shashi Kapoor

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,578,905

| Died on December 4.

50 (258)

| December 10–16, 2017

| Star Wars: The Last Jedi

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 3,070,637

| Released on December 15 in the U.S.

51 (259)

| December 17–23, 2017

| Star Wars: The Last Jedi

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,379,767

| Released on December 15 in the U.S.

52 (260)

| December 24–30, 2017

|Star Wars: The Last Jedi

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,354,406

| Released on December 15 in the U.S.; three straight weeks atop the box office

53 (261)

| December 31, 2017–January 6, 2018

| List of Black Mirror episodes

| File: Symbol list class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 1,140,937

| Series 4 released December 29 on Netflix

2018

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"

|align="center" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| Highest count of the year

align="center" bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| Lowest count of the year

:

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data-sort-type="number" | Wk#

! Week/Report

! Article

! Class

! Views

! Notes

1 (262)

| January 7–13, 2018

| Har Gobind Khorana

| {{icon|Start}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,038,725

| Google Doodle on January 9

2 (263)

| January 14–20, 2018

| Dolores O'Riordan

| {{icon|Start}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,536,032

| Died on January 15

3 (264)

| January 21–27, 2018

| Virginia Woolf

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,497,132

| Google Doodle on January 25

4 (265)

| January 28–February 3, 2018

| Royal Rumble (2018)

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,135,143

| Occurred on January 28

5 (266)

| February 4–10, 2018

| Elon Musk

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,986,094

| His company's Falcon Heavy rocket launched on February 6

6 (267)

| February 11–17, 2018

| Black Panther (film)

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,341,749

| Released on February 16 in the U.S.

7 (268)

| February 18–24, 2018

| Black Panther (film)

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 3,426,528

| Released on February 16 in the U.S.

8 (269)

| Feb. 25–Mar. 3, 2018

| Sridevi

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 6,704,872

| Died on February 24

9 (270)

| March 4–10, 2018

| The Shape of Water

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,717,892

| Won the Academy Award for Best Picture on March 4

10 (271)

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"|March 11–17, 2018

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"|Stephen Hawking

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"|{{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right; bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| 10,205,628

| Died on March 14

11 (272)

| March 18–24, 2018

| Stephen Hawking

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,295,470

| Died on March 14

12 (273)

|March 25–31, 2018

|Chipko movement

|{{icon|Start}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,293,097

| Google Doodle on March 26

13 (274)

| April 1–7, 2018

| A Quiet Place (film)

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,473,474

| Released on March 30 in the U.S.

14 (275)

| April 8–14, 2018

| Wrestlemania 34

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,254,753

| Occurred on April 8

15 (276)

| April 15–21, 2018

| Avicii

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 5,355,249

| Died on April 20

16 (277)

| April 22–28, 2018

| Avengers: Infinity War

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 5,294,829

| Released on April 27 in the U.S.

17 (278)

| April 29–May 5, 2018

| Avengers: Infinity War

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 5,683,306

| Released on April 27 in the U.S.

18 (279)

| May 6–12, 2018

| Avengers: Infinity War

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,938,663

| Released on April 27 in the U.S.

19 (280)

| May 13–19, 2018

| Meghan Markle / Meghan, Duchess of Sussex{{efn|name=Meghan|Due to Meghan Markle's and Prince Harry's wedding (which subsequently made her the Duchess of Sussex), Wikipedia editors moved the Meghan Markle article to Meghan, Duchess of Sussex during the week (hence the combination of page views). The Meghan Markle article was more visited during the week with 7,166,455 page views, although the Meghan, Duchess of Sussex article's 2,095,810 page views would have ranked #1 on its own. This listing combines the two's page views. {{URL|1=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:West.andrew.g/Popular_pages&oldid=842125465|2=See page view stats here.}}}}

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 9,262,265{{efn|name=Meghan}}

| Married Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex on May 19; became Duchess of Sussex as a result

20 (281)

| May 20–26, 2018

| Meghan, Duchess of Sussex{{efn|name=Meghan2|Again the views were high for both the current article name and the previous one: 5,464,369 for Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and 3,165,578 for Meghan Markle. Both articles would have ranked #1 on their own; combining both of the two's page views would result in a 8,629,947 page view figure. The report technically did not list the combined figure, as the page was renamed back to Meghan Markle only after said week was finished.{{URL|1=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:West.andrew.g/Popular_pages&oldid=843174972|2=See page view stats here.}}}}

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 5,464,369{{efn|name=Meghan2}}

| Married Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex on May 19; became Duchess of Sussex as a result

21 (282)

| May 27–June 2, 2018

| Valerie Jarrett

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,743,032

| Target of a controversial Roseanne Barr tweet on May 29

22 (283)

| June 3–9, 2018

| Anthony Bourdain

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 6,094,775

| Died on June 8

23 (284)

| June 10–16, 2018

| 2018 FIFA World Cup

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 3,007,166

| Tournament began on June 14

24 (285)

| June 17–23, 2018

| XXXTentacion

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 7,306,664

| Died on June 18

25 (286)

| June 24–30, 2018

| 2018 FIFA World Cup

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 4,855,112

| Continued interest after kicking off on June 14

26 (287)

| July 1–7, 2018

| 2018 FIFA World Cup

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 3,640,351

| Knockout stage began on June 30

27 (288)

| July 8–14, 2018

| 2018 FIFA World Cup

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,424,759

| Semifinals took place on July 10 and 11

28 (289)

| July 15–21, 2018

| 2018 FIFA World Cup

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,932,942

| Tournament concluded on July 15 with its final

29 (290)

| July 22–28, 2018

| Demi Lovato

| {{icon|GA}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,433,262

| Hospitalized for apparent overdose on July 24

30 (291)

| July 29–August 4, 2018

| Mission: Impossible - Fallout

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 991,997

| Released on July 27 in the U.S., completed two weeks atop the box office

31 (292)

| August 5–11, 2018

| M. Karunanidhi

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,428,209

| Died on August 7

32 (293)

| August 12–18, 2018

| Aretha Franklin

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 4,997,992

| Died on August 16

33 (294)

| August 19–25, 2018

| Nick Jonas

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,255,884

| Celebrated his engagement to Priyanka Chopra on August 18

34 (295)

| August 26–September 1, 2018

| John McCain

| {{icon|FA}}

| style=text-align:right;| 6,187,238

| Died on August 25

35 (296)

| September 2–8, 2018

| Burt Reynolds

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 4,068,946

| Died on September 6

36 (297)

| September 9–15, 2018

| Naomi Osaka

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,104,708

| Won the 2018 US Open – Women's Singles final on September 8

37 (298)

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| September 16–22, 2018

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| Hell in a Cell (2018)

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| {{icon|start}}

| style=text-align:right; bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| 754,131

| Occurred on September 16

38 (299)

| September 23–29, 2018

| Brett Kavanaugh

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,451,649

| Kavanaugh accused of sexual assault by second individual on September 23
Testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 27

39 (300)

| September 30–October 6, 2018

| Venom (2018 film)

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,721,610

| Released on October 5 in the U.S.

40 (301)

| October 7–13, 2018

| Khabib Nurmagomedov

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 3,083,061

| Won UFC 229 vs. Conor McGregor on October 6

41 (302)

| October 14–20, 2018

| Jamal Khashoggi

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,364,473

| Killed on October 2

42 (303)

| October 21–27, 2018

| The Haunting of Hill House (TV series)

| {{icon|Start}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,057,068

| Released on Netflix on October 12

43 (304)

| October 28–November 3, 2018

| Freddie Mercury

| {{icon|GA}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,090,170

| Biopic Bohemian Rhapsody released on November 1 in the U.S.

44 (305)

| November 4–10, 2018

| Freddie Mercury

| {{icon|GA}}

| style=text-align:right;| 3,495,059

| Biopic Bohemian Rhapsody released on November 1 in the U.S.

45 (306)

| November 11–17, 2018

| Stan Lee

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 5,841,113

| Died on November 12

46 (307)

| November 18–24, 2018

| Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo

| {{icon|Start}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,710,658

| Subject of Narcos: Mexico, released on Netflix on November 16

47 (308)

| November 25–December 1, 2018

| George H. W. Bush

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,644,902

| Died on November 30

48 (309)

| December 2–8, 2018

| George H. W. Bush

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 4,744,951

| Died on November 30

49 (310)

| December 9–15, 2018

| List of most-disliked YouTube videos

| {{icon|List}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,098,077

| YouTube Rewind 2018 became #1 on December 13

50 (311)

| December 16–22, 2018

| Penny Marshall

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,968,460

| Died on December 17

51 (312)

| December 23–29, 2018

| Bird Box (film)

| {{icon|Start}}

| style=text-align:right;| 3,044,258

| Released on Netflix on December 21

52 (313)

| December 30, 2018–January 5, 2019

| Bird Box (film)

| {{icon|Start}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,401,831

| Released on Netflix on December 21

2019

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"

|align="center" bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| Highest count of the year

align="center" bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| Lowest count of the year

:

class="wikitable sortable"
data-sort-type="number" | Wk#

! Week/Report

! Article

! Class

! Views

! Notes

1 (314)

| January 6–12, 2019

| R. Kelly

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,029,342

| Surviving R. Kelly six-part documentary aired from January 3−5

2 (315)

| January 14–20, 2019

| List of most-liked Instagram posts

| {{icon|List}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,508,060

| Egg picture became #1 on January 14

3 (316)

| January 20–26, 2019

| Ted Bundy

| {{icon|GA}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,514,987

| Subject of Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, released on Netflix on January 24,
and Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile, which premiered at Sundance on January 26

4 (317)

| January 27–February 2, 2019

| Ted Bundy

| {{icon|GA}}

| style=text-align:right;| 5,179,244

| Subject of Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, released on Netflix on January 24,
and Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile, which premiered at Sundance on January 26

5 (318)

| February 3–9, 2019

| 21 Savage

| {{icon|Start}}

| style=text-align:right;| 3,268,645

| Arrested by ICE on illegal immigration claims on February 3

6 (319)

| February 10–16, 2019

| Valentine's Day

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,415,624

| Holiday observed on February 14

7 (320)

| February 17–23, 2019

| Karl Lagerfeld

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,498,583

| Died on February 19

8 (321)

| February 24–March 2, 2019

| Rami Malek

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,781,135

| Won the Academy Award for Best Actor on February 24

9 (322)

| March 3–9, 2019

| Luke Perry

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 5,363,473

| Died on March 4

10 (323)

| March 10–16, 2019

| Captain Marvel (film)

| File:Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,391,725

| Released on March 8 in the U.S.

11 (324)

| March 17–23, 2019

| Us (2019 film)

| File: Symbol start class.svg

| style=text-align:right;|1,632,199

| Released on March 15 in the U.S.

12 (325)

| March 24–30, 2019

| Mötley Crüe

| File:Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,176,109

| Subject of The Dirt, released on Netflix on March 22

13 (326)

| March 31–April 6, 2019

| Nipsey Hussle

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 6,013,415

| Died on March 31

14 (327)

| April 7–13, 2019

| WrestleMania 35

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,078,000

| Held on April 7

15 (328)

| April 14–20, 2019

| Notre-Dame de Paris

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 6,716,199

| Notre-Dame de Paris fire happened on April 15

16 (329)

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| April 21–27, 2019

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| Avengers: Endgame

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| {{icon|C}}

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"; style=text-align:right;|7,473,463

| Released on April 26 in the U.S.

17 (330)

| April 28–May 4, 2019

| Avengers: Endgame

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|7,096,505

| Released on April 26 in the U.S.
Set record for highest-grossing opening weekend over April 26–28 opening weekend

18 (331)

| May 5–11, 2019

| Avengers: Endgame

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|4,400,303

| Released on April 26 in the U.S., completed three weeks atop the box office.

19 (332)

| May 12–18, 2019

| Avengers: Endgame

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,684,351

| Released on April 26 in the U.S.

20 (333)

| May 19–25, 2019

| Chernobyl disaster

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,063,994

| Subject of Chernobyl, aired by HBO and Sky Atlantic

21 (334)

| May 26–June 1, 2019

| Chernobyl disaster

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,903,001

| Subject of Chernobyl, aired by HBO and Sky Atlantic

22 (335)

| June 2–8, 2019

| Chernobyl disaster

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|3,194,812

| Subject of Chernobyl, which aired its final episode on June 3

23 (336)

| June 9–15, 2019

| Chernobyl disaster

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,623,668

| Subject of Chernobyl.

24 (337)

| June 16–22, 2019

| Chernobyl disaster

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,728,190

| Subject of Chernobyl.

25 (338)

| June 23–29, 2019

| Kabir Singh

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,470,837

| Released on June 21 in India.

26 (339)

| June 30–July 6, 2019

| Spider-Man: Far From Home

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,908,257

| Released on July 2 in the U.S.

27 (340)

| July 7–13, 2019

| Cameron Boyce

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|6,641,458

| Died on July 6

28 (341)

| July 14–20, 2019

| Area 51

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,826,689

| Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us had millions interested in attending

29 (342)

| July 21–27, 2019

| Boris Johnson

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,346,109

| Elected Prime Minister of Great Britain on July 24

30 (343)

| July 28–August 3, 2019

| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,299,670

| Released on July 26 in the U.S.

31 (344)

| August 4–10, 2019

| Article 370 of the Constitution of India

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|3,772,745

| Revoked by the Indian government on August 5

32 (345)

| August 11–17, 2019

| Jeffrey Epstein

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|3,899,509

| Died on August 10

33 (346)

| August 18–24, 2019

| Mindhunter (TV series)

| {{icon|Start}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,210,366

| Season 2 released on August 16 for streaming on Netflix

34 (347)

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|August 25–31, 2019

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Andrew Luck

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|{{icon|B}}

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"; style=text-align:right;|1,203,492

| Announced retirement from the NFL on August 24

35 (348)

| September 1–7, 2019

| Saaho

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,698,364

| Released on August 30 in India

36 (349)

| September 8–14, 2019

| September 11 attacks

| {{icon|GA}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,787,632

| 18th anniversary of disaster

37 (350)

| September 15–21, 2019

| Ric Ocasek

| {{icon|Start}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,448,669

| Died on September 15

38 (351)

| September 22–28, 2019

| Greta Thunberg

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,348,736

| Addressed the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit on September 23

39 (352)

| September 29–October 5, 2019

| Joker (2019 film)

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|3,078,817

| Released on October 4 in the U.S.

40 (353)

| October 6–12, 2019

| Joker (2019 film)

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|3,916,575

| Released on October 4 in the U.S.

41 (354)

| October 13–19, 2019

| Joker (2019 film)

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,163,336

| Released on October 4 in the U.S; completed three weeks atop the box office.

42 (355)

| October 20–26, 2019

| Joker (2019 film)

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,623,640

| Released on October 4 in the U.S.

43 (356)

| October 27–November 2, 2019

| Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,573,480

| Killed on October 27

44 (357)

| November 3–9, 2019

| Henry V of England

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,803,080

| Subject of The King, released on Netflix on November 1

45 (358)

| November 10–16, 2019

| The Mandalorian

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,570,155

| Released on November 12 on Disney+

46 (359)

| November 17–23, 2019

| The Mandalorian

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,707,701

| Second episode, "Chapter 2: The Child", aired on November 19

47 (360)

| November 24–30, 2019

| Jimmy Hoffa

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,238,665

| Subject of The Irishman, released on Netflix on November 27

48 (361)

| December 1–7, 2019

| Jimmy Hoffa

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,289,492

| Subject of The Irishman, released on Netflix on November 27

49 (362)

| December 8–14, 2019

| Juice Wrld

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|3,659,287

| Died on December 8

50 (363)

| December 15–21, 2019

| Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

|{{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|3,788,471

| Released on December 20 in the U.S.

51 (364)

| December 22–28, 2019

| The Witcher (TV series)

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,980,641

| Released on Netflix on December 20

52 (365)

| December 29, 2019–January 4, 2020

| Qasem Soleimani

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,119,435

| Died on January 3

2020

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align="center" bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| Lowest count of the year

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! Class

! Views

! Notes

1 (366)

| January 5–11, 2020

| Qasem Soleimani

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,212,042

| Died on January 3

2 (367)

| January 12–18, 2020

| Aaron Hernandez

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|3,140,504{{efn|name=estimate|Estimate, the WP:5000 tool was down;starting in late March 2020, data mostly from the WP:1000 tool}}

| Subject of Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez which released on Netflix on January 15

3 (368)

| January 19–25, 2020

| Coronavirus

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|3,447,173{{efn|name=estimate}}

| 2019–20 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak

4 (369)

|bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| January 26–February 1, 2020

|bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| Kobe Bryant

|bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| {{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right; bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| 22,840,307{{efn|name=estimate}}

| Died on January 26

5 (370)

| February 2–8, 2020

| Shakira

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|3,691,879{{efn|name=estimate}}

| Performed at the Super Bowl LIV halftime show on February 2, which was also her birthday

6 (371)

| February 9–15, 2020

| Parasite (film)

| {{icon|start}}

| style=text-align:right;|5,196,541{{efn|name=estimate}}

| Won four Academy Awards on February 9

7 (372)

|February 16–22, 2020

|Michael Bloomberg

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;| 1,865,322{{efn|name=estimate}}

| Debate performance was poorly received on February 19

8 (373)

| February 23–29, 2020

| 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,505,351{{efn|name=estimate}}

| Outbreak continued throughout the week

9 (374)

| March 1–7, 2020

| 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|3,465,955{{efn|name=estimate}}

| Outbreak continued throughout the week

10 (375)

| March 8–14, 2020

| 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak /
2019–20 coronavirus pandemic{{efn|name=covid|Due to the World Health Organization reclassifying the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic, Wikipedia editors moved the "2019–20 coronavirus outbreak" article to "2019–20 coronavirus pandemic" during the week. The latter pandemic article was more visited during the week with 3,278,583 page views, although the former outbreak article's 3,130,183 page views would have ranked #1 on its own. This listing combines the two's page views.}}

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|6,408,766{{efn|name=estimate}}

| Outbreak officially reclassified as a pandemic by the WHO on March 11

11 (376)

| March 15–21, 2020

| 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|7,645,103{{efn|name=estimate}}

| Outbreak continued throughout the week, surpassed 250,000 cases on March 21

12 (377)

| March 22–28, 2020

| 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|7,865,205{{efn|name=estimate}}

| Outbreak continued throughout the week, surpassed 500,000 cases on March 28

13 (378)

| March 29–April 4, 2020

| 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|5,593,988{{efn|name=estimate}}

| Outbreak continued throughout the week, surpassed a million cases on April 4

14 (379)

| April 5–11, 2020

| 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|4,126,190{{efn|name=estimate}}

| Outbreak continued throughout the week; 1.6 million total cases by April 11

15 (380)

| April 12–18, 2020

| 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|3,255,130{{efn|name=estimate}}

| Outbreak continued throughout the week; surpassed two million cases on April 17

16 (381)

| April 19–25, 2020

| Kim Jong-un

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,655,866{{efn|name=estimate}}

| Reports on potentially serious illness on April 21

17 (382)

| April 26–May 2, 2020

| Irrfan Khan

| {{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;| 6,304,066{{efn|name=estimate}}

| Died on April 29

18 (383)

| May 3–9, 2020

| Elon Musk

| {{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|2,799,218{{efn|name=estimate}}

| Son with Grimes born on May 4.

19 (384)

|May 10–16, 2020

|Michael Jordan

| {{icon|FA}}

|style=text-align:right|1,811,148{{efn|name=estimate}}

| Subject of the ESPN\Netflix series The Last Dance

20 (385)

|May 17–23, 2020

|Michael Jordan

|{{icon|FA}}

|style=text-align:right|2,340,978{{efn|name=estimate}}

| Subject of the ESPN\Netflix series The Last Dance, which ended on May 22

21 (386)

| May 24–30, 2020

| Death of George Floyd

| {{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right| 3,328,657{{efn|name=estimate}}

| Happened on May 25

22 (387)

| May 31–June 6, 2020

| Killing of George Floyd

| {{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right| 6,589,437{{efn|name=estimate}}{{efn|Combination of page views for "Death of George Floyd" with "Killing of George Floyd" due to a page move.}}

| Happened on May 25, protests were still happening

23 (388)

| June 7–13, 2020

| Edward Colston

| {{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right|2,159,287{{efn|name=estimate}}

| Statue toppled down during George Floyd protests

24 (389)

| June 14–20, 2020

|Sushant Singh Rajput

| File: Symbol c class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 11,538,094{{efn|name=estimate}}

| Died on June 14.

25 (390)

| June 21–27, 2020

| Bubba Wallace

| {{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;| 1,156,946 {{efn|name=estimate}}

|Noose found in his stall for NASCAR race

26 (391)

| June 28–July 4, 2020

| Alexander Hamilton

| {{icon|GA}}

|style=text-align:right;| 2,834,549 {{efn|name=estimate}}

|Subject of the musical Hamilton, released to VOD streaming on July 3.

27 (392)

| July 5–11, 2020

| Naya Rivera

| {{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;| 3,919,003{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Declared missing, presumed dead, on July 8.

28 (393)

| July 12–18, 2020

| Naya Rivera

| {{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;| 3,738,808{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Body found on July 13.

29 (394)

| July 19–25, 2020

| Dil Bechara

| {{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;| 992,310{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Released in India on July 24, starring recently-deceased actor Sushant Singh Rajput

30 (395)

| July 26–August 1, 2020

| John Lewis (civil rights leader)

| {{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;| 1,507,358{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Received a state funeral at the U.S. Capitol

31 (396)

| August 2–8, 2020

| Lebanon

| {{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;| 1,588,673{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Capital Beirut damaged in an ammonium nitrate explosion on August 4

32 (397)

|August 9–15, 2020

|Kamala Harris

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|11,843,595{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Chosen by Joe Biden to be his running mate in the presidential race in August 11

33 (398)

|August 16–22, 2020

|Kamala Harris

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|2,523,180{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Chosen by Joe Biden to be his running mate in the presidential race, appeared in the 2020 Democratic National Convention

34 (399)

|August 23–29, 2020

|Chadwick Boseman

|{{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|9,945,698{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Died on August 28

35 (400)

|August 30–September 5, 2020

|Chadwick Boseman

|{{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|3,974,415{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Died on August 28

36 (401)

|September 6–12, 2020

|Mulan (2020 film)

|{{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|1,383,212{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Released on September 4 at Disney+

37 (402)

|September 13–19, 2020

|Ruth Bader Ginsburg

|{{icon|GA}}

|style=text-align:right;|4,162,215{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Died on September 18

38 (403)

|September 20–26, 2020

|Amy Coney Barrett

|{{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|3,475,060{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Nominated for the Supreme Court on September 26

39 (404)

|September 27–October 3, 2020

|Proud Boys

|{{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|3,156,661{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Referenced by Donald Trump in the September 29 presidential debate

40 (405)

|October 4–10, 2020

|Eddie Van Halen

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|3,847,894{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Died on October 6

41 (406)

|October 11–17, 2020

|The Haunting of Bly Manor

|{{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|2,838,889{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Released on Netflix on October 9

42 (407)

|October 18–24, 2020

|Kristen Welker

|{{icon|start}}

|style=text-align:right;|1,443,494{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Moderated the final US presidential debate, which took place on October 22

43 (408)

|October 25–31, 2020

|Sean Connery

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|3,278,571{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Died on October 31

44 (409)

|November 1–7, 2020

|2016 United States presidential election

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|9,142,304{{efn|name=estimate}}

|2020 election held on November 3, vote count lasted the whole week

45 (410)

|November 8–14, 2020

|Donald Trump

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|15,162,676{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Refused to acknowledge defeat at the 2020 United States presidential election

46 (411)

|November 15–21, 2020

|Donald Trump

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|6,387,834{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Refused to acknowledge defeat at the presidential election, started lawsuits claiming fraud

47 (412)

|November 22–29, 2020

|Diego Maradona

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|5,362,266{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Died in November 25.

48 (413)

|November 30–December 5, 2020

|Elliot Page

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|5,205,375{{efn|name=estimate}}{{efn|Combination of page views for the pre- and post-transition names, Ellen Page and Elliot Page}}

|Came out as a transgender man on December 1.

49 (414)

|December 6–12, 2020

|Cyberpunk 2077

|{{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|1,596,154 {{efn|name=estimate}}

|Released on December 10.

50 (415)

|bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| December 13–19, 2020

|bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| The Mandalorian

|bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right; bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|978,727{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Season 2 finale released on December 18.

51 (416)

|December 20–26, 2020

|Wonder Woman 1984

|{{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|1,520,957{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Released in U.S. theaters and HBO Max on December 25.

52 (417)

|December 27, 2020–January 2, 2021

|Bridgerton

|{{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|2,219,456{{efn|name=estimate}}

|Released on Netflix on December 25.

2021

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! Notes

1 (418)

|January 3–9, 2021

|Tanya Roberts

|{{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,987,464

| Died on January 4.

2 (419)

| January 10–16, 2021

| Donald Trump

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,227,710

| Impeached on January 13, following the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol.

3 (420)

|January 17–23, 2021

|Joe Biden

|{{icon|B}}

|5,277,181

| Inaugurated as President of the United States on January 20.

4 (421)

| January 24–30, 2021

| Cicely Tyson

| {{icon|Start}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,180,339

| Died on January 28.

5 (422)

|January 31–February 6, 2021

|Dustin Diamond

| {{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right; |2,122,339

| Died on February 1.

6 (423)

|February 7–13, 2021

|Tom Brady

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right; |3,976,246

| Won Super Bowl LV on February 7.

7 (424)

|February 14–20, 2021

|Rush Limbaugh

|{{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right; |2,235,167

| Died on February 17.

8 (425)

| February 21–27, 2021

| Daft Punk

| {{icon|GA}}

|style=text-align:right; |1,719,463

|Announced their split on February 22.

9 (426)

|February 28–March 6, 2021

| WandaVision

| {{icon|B}}

| 1,730,441

|"The Series Finale" released on March 5.

10 (427)

|March 7–13, 2021

| Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

| {{icon|GA}}

| 3,328,817

|Oprah with Meghan and Harry broadcast on March 7.

11 (428)

|March 14–20, 2021

|Zack Snyder's Justice League

|{{Icon|C}}

|3,110,374

|Released on HBO Max on March 18.

12 (429)

|March 21–27, 2021

|Zack Snyder's Justice League

|{{Icon|C}}

|2,122,456

|Released on HBO Max on March 18.

13 (430)

|March 28–April 3, 2021

|Godzilla vs. Kong

|{{Icon|B}}

|2,857,080

|Released in U.S. theaters and HBO Max on March 31.

14 (431)

| April 4–10, 2021

| DMX (rapper)

| {{Icon|B}}

| 6,191,810

|Died on April 9.

15 (432)

|April 11–17, 2021

|Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

|{{Icon|B}}

|2,703,385

|Died on April 9, funeral held on April 17.

16 (433)

|April 18–24, 2021

|Derek Chauvin

|{{icon|C}}

|2,221,610

|Found guilty on April 20 for the murder of George Floyd.

17 (434)

|April 25–May 1, 2021

|93rd Academy Awards

|{{icon|C}}

|1,571,338

|Took place on April 25.

18 (435)

|May 2–8, 2021

|Bill Gates

|{{icon|GA}}

|1,371,353

|Announced divorce on May 3.

19 (436)

|May 9–15, 2021

|Elon Musk

|{{icon|B}}

|2,023,222

|Hosted Saturday Night Live on May 8.

20 (437)

|May 16–22, 2021

|Eurovision Song Contest 2021

|{{icon|C}}

|1,610,619

|Took place on May 22.

21 (438)

|May 23–29, 2021

|Army of the Dead

|{{icon|start}}

|1,584,244

|Released on Netflix on May 21.

22 (439)

|bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|May 30–June 5, 2021

|bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Mare of Easttown

|bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|{{icon|start}}

|bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|1,232,548

|Series finale aired May 30.

23 (440)

|June 6–12, 2021

|UEFA Euro 2020

|{{icon|C}}

|1,725,754

|Started on June 11.

24 (441)

|June 13–19, 2021

|Juneteenth

|{{icon|B}}

|2,615,582

|Holiday observed on June 19.

25 (442)

|June 20–26, 2021

|UEFA Euro 2020

|{{icon|C}}

|3,826,236

|Tournament ongoing.

26 (443)

|June 27–July 3, 2021

|UEFA Euro 2020

|{{icon|C}}

|2,920,042

|Tournament ongoing, entered knockout round.

27 (444)

|July 4–10, 2021

|Dilip Kumar

|{{icon|C}}

|2,517,717

|Died on July 7.

28 (445)

|July 11–17, 2021

|Black Widow (2021 film)

|{{icon|C}}

|1,640,488

|Released in theaters and Disney+ on July 9.

29 (446)

|July 18–24, 2021

|Giannis Antetokounmpo

|{{icon|B}}

|2,034,685

|Won the 2021 NBA Finals on July 20.

30 (447)

|July 25–31, 2021

|2020 Summer Olympics

|{{icon|C}}

|2,920,042

|Event ongoing after opening ceremony on July 23.

31 (448)

|August 1–7, 2021

|2020 Summer Olympics

|{{icon|C}}

|3,278,702

|Event ongoing.

32 (449)

|August 8–14, 2021

|The Suicide Squad (film)

|{{icon|C}}

|2,004,116

|Released in U.S. theaters and HBO Max on August 6.

33 (450)

|August 15–21, 2021

|Taliban

|{{icon|B}}

|6,195,799

|Retook Afghanistan on August 15.

34 (451)

|August 22–28, 2021

|Cristiano Ronaldo

|{{icon|B}}

|1,857,188

|Signed a return to Manchester United F.C. on August 27.

35 (452)

|August 29–September 4, 2021

|Sidharth Shukla

|{{icon|B}}

|2,897,546

|Died on September 2.

36 (453)

|September 5–11, 2021

|Emma Raducanu

|{{Icon|C}}

|3,031,991

|Won the 2021 US Open – Women's Singles on September 11.

37 (454)

|September 12–18, 2021

|Norm Macdonald

|{{Icon|Start}}

|2,793,630

|Died on September 14.

38 (455)

|September 19–25, 2021

|Squid Game

|{{Icon|Start}}

|2,508,476

|Released on Netflix on September 17.

39 (456)

|September 26–October 2, 2021

|Squid Game

|{{icon|Start}}

|4,675,856

|Released on Netflix on September 17.

40 (457)

|October 3–9, 2021

|Squid Game

|{{Icon|B}}

|5,400,927

|Released on Netflix on September 17.

41 (458)

|October 10–16, 2021

|Squid Game

|{{icon|B}}

|3,648,028

|Released on Netflix on September 17.

42 (459)

|October 17–23, 2021

|Colin Powell

|{{icon|B}}

|2,232,933

|Died on October 18.

43 (460)

|October 24–30, 2021

|Puneeth Rajkumar

|{{icon|C}}

|3,250,947

|Died on October 29.

44 (461)

|October 31–November 6, 2021

|Eternals (film)

|{{icon|C}}

|1,884,050

|Released on November 5 in the U.S.

45 (462)

|November 7–13, 2021

|Eternals (film)

|{{icon|C}}

|1,669,266

|Released on November 5 in the U.S.

46 (463)

|November 14–20, 2021

|Kenosha unrest shooting

|{{icon|C}}

|2,822,572

|Perpetrator acquitted on November 19.

47 (464)

|November 21–27, 2021

|Ralf Rangnick

|{{icon|Start}}

|1,673,772

|Speculation of a hire as Manchester United manager

48 (465)

|November 28–December 4, 2021

|Virgil Abloh

|{{icon|C}}

|1,740,726

|Died on November 28.

49 (466)

|December 5–11, 2021

|Bipin Rawat

|{{icon|C}}

|3,257,899

|Died on December 8.

50 (467)

|December 12–18, 2021

|Spider-Man: No Way Home

|{{icon|C}}

|4,812,556

|Released on December 17.

51 (468)

|December 19–25, 2021

|Spider-Man: No Way Home

|{{icon|C}}

|3,730,119

|Released on December 17, completed two weeks atop the box office and passed $1 billion.

52 (469)

|bgcolor="#D0F0C0"|Dec. 26, 2021–Jan. 1, 2022

|bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| Betty White

|bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| {{icon|B}}

|bgcolor="#D0F0C0"|6,250,441

|Died on December 31.

2022

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align="center" bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| Lowest count of the year

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! Notes

1 (470)

|January 2–8, 2022

|Betty White

|{{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,084,339

| Died on December 31, 2021.

2 (471)

|January 9–15, 2022

|Bob Saget

|{{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|5,723,931

| Died on January 9.

3 (472)

|January 16–22, 2022

|Meat Loaf

|{{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|3,032,358

| Died on January 20.

4 (473)

|bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|January 23–29, 2022

|bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Ashleigh Barty

|bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|{{icon|GA}}

| style=text-align:right; bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|942,625

| Won Australian Open on January 29.

5 (474)

|January 30–February 5, 2022

|Justin Trudeau

|{{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,338,088

| Protested against from January 29.

6 (475)

|February 6–12, 2022

|Lata Mangeshkar

|{{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|3,532,616

|Died on February 6.

7 (476)

|February 13–19, 2022

|Anna Sorokin

|{{icon|GA}}

|style=text-align:right;|3,759,292

|Subject of Inventing Anna, released on Netflix on February 11.

8 (477)

|February 20–26, 2022

| Ukraine

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|6,741,179

| rowspan="3" |Ukraine was invaded by Russia on February 24.

9 (478)

|February 27–March 5, 2022

|2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

|{{Icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|7,647,610

10 (479)

|March 6–12, 2022

| Vladimir Putin

| {{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|3,815,361

11 (480)

|March 13–19, 2022

| The Kashmir Files

| {{icon|Start}}

|style=text-align:right;|2,623,323

|Released on March 11.

12 (481)

|March 20–26, 2022

| Taylor Hawkins

| {{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|2,296,427

|Died on March 25.

13 (482)

|March 27–April 2, 2022

| Jada Pinkett Smith

| {{icon|GA}}

|style=text-align:right;|3,341,264

|Husband Will Smith slapped Chris Rock over a joke about her on March 27.

14 (483)

|April 3–9, 2022

| Wrestlemania 38

| {{icon|Start}}

|style=text-align:right;|2,205,071

|WWE's annual premier event, held on April 2 and 3.

15 (484)

|April 10–16, 2022

|K.G.F: Chapter 2

|{{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|2,505,301

|rowspan=2|Released on April 14.

16 (485)

|April 17–23, 2022

|K.G.F: Chapter 2

|{{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|3,443,321

17 (486)

|April 24–30, 2022

| Amber Heard

| {{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|3,502,940

|Defendant of Depp v. Heard, which began on April 11.

18 (487)

|May 1–7, 2022

|Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

|{{icon|Start}}

|style=text-align:right;|3,442,958

|rowspan=2|Released on May 6.

19 (488)

|May 8–14, 2022

|Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

|{{icon|Start}}

|style=text-align:right;|2,523,503

20 (489)

|May 15–21, 2022

| Amber Heard

| {{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|1,540,466

|Defendant of Depp v. Heard.

21 (490)

|May 22–28, 2022

| Ray Liotta

| {{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|3,574,274

|Died on May 26.

22 (491)

|May 29–June 4, 2022

| Sidhu Moose Wala

| {{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|3,083,071

|Died on May 29.

23 (492)

|June 5–11, 2022

|Vikram (2022 film)

|{{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|1,647,903

|Released on June 3.

24 (493)

|June 12–18, 2022

|Juneteenth

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|1,297,409

|Celebrated on June 19.

25 (494)

|June 19–25, 2022

|Roe v. Wade

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|2,554,445

|rowspan=2|Overturned on June 24.

26 (495)

|June 26–July 2, 2022

|Roe v. Wade

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|1,864,660

27 (496)

|July 3–9, 2022

|Shinzo Abe

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|3,777,595

|Assassinated on July 8.

28 (497)

|July 10–16, 2022

|Ivana Trump

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|1,894,325

|Died on July 14.

29 (498)

|July 17–23, 2022

|Droupadi Murmu

|{{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|1,763,304

|Elected president of India on July 21.

30 (499)

|July 24–30, 2022

|The Gray Man (2022 film)

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|1,180,156

|Released on Netflix on July 22.

31 (500)

|July 31–August 6, 2022

| India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

| {{icon|List}}

|style=text-align:right;|2,807,590

|Games started on July 28.

32 (501)

|August 7–13, 2022

|Anne Heche

|{{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|6,740,122

|rowspan=2|Died on August 11.

33 (502)

|August 14–20, 2022

|Anne Heche

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|2,360,311

34 (503)

|August 21–27, 2022

|House of the Dragon

|{{icon|Start}}

|style=text-align:right;|2,221,973

|Series premiere aired on HBO on August 21.

35 (504)

|August 28–September 3, 2022

|The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|1,564,791

|First two episodes released on Prime Video on September 2.

36 (505)

| September 4–10, 2022

|Elizabeth II

|{{icon|FA}}

|16,073,459

|rowspan=2|Died on September 8.

37 (506)

| September 11–17, 2022

|Elizabeth II

|{{icon|FA}}

|style=text-align:right;|6,224,957

38 (507)

|September 18–24, 2022

|Jeffrey Dahmer

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|8,365,786

|rowspan=5|Subject of Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, released on Netflix on September 21.

39 (508)

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| September 25–October 1, 2022

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| Jeffrey Dahmer

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| {{icon|B}}

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0" style=text-align:right;| 17,531,816

40 (509)

| October 2–8, 2022

|Jeffrey Dahmer

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|10,667,069

41 (510)

| October 9–15, 2022

|Jeffrey Dahmer

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|5,835,008

42 (511)

| October 16–22, 2022

|Jeffrey Dahmer

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|3,100,706

43 (512)

| October 23–29, 2022

| Rishi Sunak

| {{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|7,898,149

|Appointed prime minister of the UK on October 25.

44 (513)

|October 30–November 5, 2022

| Takeoff (rapper)

| {{icon|Start}}

|style=text-align:right;| 3,156,575

| Died on November 1.

45 (514)

|November 6–12, 2022

| Aaron Carter

| {{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;| 4,200,862

| Died on November 5.

46 (515)

|November 13–19, 2022

|2022 FIFA World Cup

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;| 2,061,296

|rowspan=5|Tournament ran from November 20 to December 18.

47 (516)

|November 20–26, 2022

|2022 FIFA World Cup

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;| 9,405,304

48 (517)

|November 27–December 3, 2022

|2022 FIFA World Cup

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;| 11,004,144

49 (518)

|December 4–10, 2022

|2022 FIFA World Cup

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;| 4,565,186

50 (519)

|December 11–17, 2022

|2022 FIFA World Cup

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;| 2,943,571

51 (520)

| December 18–24, 2022

| Lionel Messi

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 7,000,827

| Won the 2022 FIFA World Cup final on December 18.

52 (521)

|December 25–31, 2022

| Andrew Tate

| {{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;| 4,121,404

| Arrested on December 29.

2023

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1 (522)

|January 1–7, 2023

|Damar Hamlin

|{{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|3,153,050

|Suffered a cardiac arrest on January 2.

2 (523)

|January 8–14, 2023

|Lisa Marie Presley

|{{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|5,999,702

|Died on January 12.

3 (524)

|January 15–21, 2023

|The Last of Us (TV series)

|{{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,409,748

|Premiered on January 15.

4 (525)

|January 22–28, 2023

|Pathaan (film)

|{{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|3,999,949

|Released on January 25.

5 (526)

|January 29–February 4, 2023

|Pathaan (film)

|{{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|3,980,288

|Released on January 25.

6 (527)

| February 5–11, 2023

| Pathaan (film)

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,115,950

|Released on January 25.

7 (528)

| February 12–18, 2023

| Rihanna

| {{icon|GA}}

| style=text-align:right;|4,527,454

|Performed at the Super Bowl LVII halftime show on February 12.

8 (529)

| February 19–25, 2023

| The Last of Us (TV series)

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|1,650,001

|New episode aired on February 19.

9 (530)

| February 26–March 4, 2023

|Murdaugh family

|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|1,880,917

|Trial of Alex Murdaugh ended on March 2, and the family is the subject of Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal, released on February 22.

10 (531)

| March 5–11, 2023

| The Last of Us (TV series)

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,600,712

|New episode aired on March 5.

11 (532)

|March 12–18, 2023

|Everything Everywhere All at Once

|{{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|3,565,337

|Won 7 Academy Awards on March 12.

12 (533)

| March 19–25, 2023

|rowspan=2|ChatGPT

|rowspan=2|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|1,774,068

|rowspan=2|Version based on GPT-4 released on March 14.

13 (534)

| March 26–April 1, 2023

|style=text-align:right;|2,102,375

14 (535)

|April 2–8, 2023

|WrestleMania 39

|{{icon

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| style=text-align:right;|2,309,241

|WWE's annual premier event, held on April 1 and 2.

|-

| 15 (536)

|April 9–15, 2023

|rowspan=2|ChatGPT

|rowspan=2|{{icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|1,699,710

|rowspan=2|Perennially popular article in 2023.

|-

| 16 (537)

|April 16–22, 2023

|1,720,995

|-

| 17 (538)

|April 23–29, 2023

|Jerry Springer

|{{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,704,171

|Died on April 27.

|-

| 18 (539)

|April 30–May 6, 2023

|Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

|{{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,935,502

|Released on May 5.

|-

| 19 (540)

|May 7–13, 2023

|The Kerala Story

|{{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,935,502

|Released on May 5.

|-

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|20 (541)

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| May 14–20, 2023

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| ChatGPT

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| {{icon|C}}

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1" style=text-align:right;|1,575,194

|Perennially popular article in 2023.

|-

| 21 (542)

|May 21–27, 2023

|Tina Turner

|{{icon|GA}}

| style=text-align:right;|6,432,226

|Died on May 24.

|-

| 22 (543)

|May 28–June 3, 2023

|rowspan=2|Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

|rowspan=2|{{icon|Start}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,756,037

|rowspan=2|Released on June 2.

|-

|23 (544)

|June 4–10, 2023

| style=text-align:right;| 2,164,788

|-

|24 (545)

|June 11–17, 2023

|rowspan=4|The Idol (TV series)

|rowspan=4|{{icon|Start}}

|style=text-align:right;|2,392,488

|rowspan=4|Premiered on June 4, new episodes aired every Sunday until the series finale on July 2.

|-

|25 (546)

|June 18–24, 2023

|style=text-align:right;|6,517,575

|-

|26 (547)

|June 25–July 1, 2023

|style=text-align:right;|5,907,348

|-

|27 (548)

|July 2–8, 2023

|style=text-align:right;|1,999,681

|-

|28 (549)

|July 9–15, 2023

|Huw Edwards

|{{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|2,240,811

|Suspended by the BBC on July 12.

|-

|29 (550)

|July 16–22, 2023

|J. Robert Oppenheimer

|{{icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|4,921,587

|Subject of Oppenheimer, released on July 21.

|-

|30 (551)

|July 23–29, 2023

| Sinéad O'Connor

|{{Icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|8,096,961

|Died on July 26.

|-

|31 (552)

|July 30–August 5, 2023

| Paul Reubens

|{{Icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|3,376,260

|Died on July 30.

|-

|32 (553)

|August 6–12, 2023

| Oppenheimer (film)

|{{Icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|2,016,798

|Released on July 21.

|-

|33 (554)

|August 13–19, 2023

| Gadar 2

|{{Icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|2,937,682

|Released on August 11.

|-

|34 (555)

|August 20–26, 2023

|Bray Wyatt

|{{Icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|2,533,694

|Died on August 24.

|-

|35 (556)

|August 27–September 2, 2023

|Jimmy Buffett

|{{Icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|1,649,856

|Died on September 1.

|-

|36 (557)

|September 3–9, 2023

|rowspan=3|Jawan (film)

|rowspan=3|{{Icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|3,905,752

|rowspan=3|Released on September 7.

|-

|37 (558)

|September 10–16, 2023

|style=text-align:right;|4,746,356

|-

|38 (559)

|September 17–23, 2023

|style=text-align:right;|2,854,528

|-

|39 (560)

|September 24–30, 2023

|Travis Kelce

|{{Icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|2,271,124

|Rumoured girlfriend Taylor Swift attended his NFL game on September 24.

|-

|40 (561)

|October 1–7, 2023

|India at the 2022 Asian Games

|{{Icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|2,382,812

|Finished the event with its record medal haul of 107 medals.

|-

|41 (562)

|October 8–14, 2023

|Gaza Strip

|{{Icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|5,344,460

|Hamas began the 2023 Israel–Hamas war on October 7.

|-

|42 (563)

|October 15–21, 2023

|rowspan=2|2023 Cricket World Cup

|rowspan=2|{{Icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|3,937,866

|rowspan=2|Tournament ongoing.

|-

|43 (564)

|October 22–28, 2023

|style=text-align:right;|4,201,290

|-

|bgcolor="#D0F0C0"|44 (565)

|bgcolor="#D0F0C0"|October 29–November 4, 2023

|bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| Matthew Perry

|bgcolor="#D0F0C0"|{{Icon|B}}

|bgcolor="#D0F0C0" style=text-align:right;|13,203,826

|Died on October 28.

|-

|46 (566)

|November 5–11, 2023

|rowspan=2|2023 Cricket World Cup

|rowspan=2|{{Icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|5,430,721

|rowspan=2|Tournament ongoing.

|-

|46 (567)

|November 12–18, 2023

|style=text-align:right;|3,710,562

|-

|47 (568)

|November 19–25, 2023

|Cricket World Cup

|{{Icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|3,919,491

|2023 Cricket World Cup concluded on November 19 with its final.

|-

|48 (569)

|November 26–December 2, 2023

|Henry Kissinger

|{{Icon|B}}

|style=text-align:right;|3,545,119

|Died on November 29.

|-

|49 (570)

|December 3–9, 2023

|rowspan=2|Animal (2023 film)

|rowspan=2|{{Icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|5,560,820

|rowspan=2|Released on December 1.

|-

|50 (571)

|December 10–16, 2023

|style=text-align:right;|3,332,995

|-

|51 (572)

|December 17–23, 2023

|rowspan=2|Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire

|rowspan=2|{{Icon|C}}

|style=text-align:right;|2,384,892

|rowspan=2|Released on December 22.

|-

|52 (573)

|December 24–30, 2023

|style=text-align:right;|3,995,797

|-

| 53 (574)

| December 31, 2023–January 6, 2024

| Saltburn (film)

| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,471,062

| Released on Prime Video on December 22.

|}

2024

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1 (575)

| January 7–13, 2024

|rowspan=2| Saltburn (film)

|rowspan=2| File: Symbol b class.svg

| style=text-align:right;| 2,212,357

| rowspan=2|Released on Prime Video on December 22.

2 (576)

| January 14–20, 2024

| style=text-align:right;| 1,529,852

3 (577)

| January 21–27, 2024

| rowspan=2|Griselda Blanco

| rowspan=2|{{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,072,125

| rowspan=2|Subject of Griselda, released on January 25.

4 (578)

| January 28–February 3, 2024

| style=text-align:right;| 4,444,663

5 (579)

| February 4–10, 2024

| Toby Keith

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,848,834

| Died on February 5.

6 (580)

| February 11–17, 2024

| Patrick Mahomes

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,486,936

| Won Super Bowl LVIII on February 11.

7 (581)

| February 18–24, 2024

| Alexei Navalny

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,165,437

| Died on February 16.

8 (582)

| February 25–March 2, 2024

|rowspan=2|Dune: Part Two

|rowspan=2|{{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,498,715

|rowspan=2|Released on March 1 in the U.S.

9 (583)

| March 3–9, 2024

| style=text-align:right;| 2,124,244

10 (584)

| March 10–16, 2024

| Poor Things (film)

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,219,393

| Won four Academy Awards on March 10.

11 (585)

| March 17–23, 2024

| Nowruz

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,372,788

| Celebrated on March 21.

12 (586)

| March 24–30, 2024

| rowspan=2| Indian Premier League

| rowspan=2| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 4,610,878

| rowspan=2 | Tournament running from March 22 to May 26.

13 (587)

| March 31–April 6, 2024

| style=text-align:right;| 3,610,348

14 (588)

| April 7–13, 2024

| O. J. Simpson

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 4,021,730

| Died on April 10.

15 (589)

| April 14–20, 2024

| rowspan=3 | Indian Premier League

| rowspan=3 | {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 4,296,976

| rowspan=3 | Tournament ongoing.

16 (590)

| April 21–27, 2024

| style=text-align:right;| 3,049,983

17 (591)

| April 28–May 4, 2024

| style=text-align:right;| 2,061,790

18 (592)

| May 5–11, 2024

| Eurovision Song Contest 2024

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,637,212

| Took place from May 7 to 11.

bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|19 (593)

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|May 12–18, 2024

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"|{{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right; bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| 996,673

| Released on May 9 in the U.S.

20 (594)

| May 19–25, 2024

| Ebrahim Raisi

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,165,931

| Died on May 19.

21 (595)

| May 26–June 1, 2024

| Bill Walton

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,300,701

| Died on May 27.

22 (596)

| June 2–8, 2024

| 2024 Indian general election

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,958,008

| Results declared on June 4.

23 (597)

| June 9–15, 2024

| UEFA Euro 2024

| {{icon|Start}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,216,340

| Kicked off on June 14.

24 (598)

| June 16–22, 2024

| Donald Sutherland

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,630,673

| Died on June 20.

25 (599)

| June 23–29, 2024

| UEFA Euro 2024

| {{icon|Start}}

| style=text-align:right;| 3,744,974

| Tournament ongoing.

26 (600)

| June 30–July 6, 2024

| Kalki 2898 AD

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 3,059,653

| Released on June 27 in India.

27 (601)

| July 7–13, 2024

| Project 2025

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,749,345

| Perennially popular article in 2024.

bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| 28 (602)

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| July 14–20, 2024

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| JD Vance

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right; bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| 11,408,132

| Chosen by Donald Trump to be his running mate in the presidential race on July 15.

29 (603)

| July 21–27, 2024

| Kamala Harris

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 8,356,964

| Announced her presidential campaign on July 21.

30 (604)

| July 28–August 3, 2024

| Imane Khelif

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 6,746,991

| Targeted by transvestigation regarding her gender starting with her first win at the Olympics on August 1.

31 (605)

| August 4–10, 2024

| Tim Walz

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 6,659,696

| Chosen by Kamala Harris to be her running mate in the presidential race on August 6.

32 (606)

| August 11–17, 2024

| Deadpool & Wolverine

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,865,839

| Released on July 26 in the U.S., passed $1 billion at the box office.

33 (607)

| August 18–24, 2024

| Kamala Harris

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,232,813

| Addressed the Democratic National Convention on August 22.

34 (608)

| August 25–31, 2024

| Oasis (band)

| {{icon|GA}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,428,910

| Announced reunion tour on August 27.

35 (609)

| September 1–7, 2024

| Emily Armstrong (musician)

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,428,603

| Announced as the new Linkin Park vocalist on September 5.

36 (610)

| September 8–14, 2024

| James Earl Jones

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|3,034,998

| Died on September 9.

37 (611)

| September 15–21, 2024

| rowspan=3|Lyle and Erik Menendez

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|3,493,715

| rowspan=3|Subject of Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, released on September 19.

38 (612)

| September 22–28, 2024

| rowspan=2|{{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|7,386,763

39 (613)

| September 29–October 5, 2024

| style=text-align:right;|4,565,092

40 (614)

| October 6–12, 2024

| Ratan Tata

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|5,034,616

| Died on October 9.

41 (615)

| October 13–19, 2024

| Liam Payne

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|7,904,304

| Died on October 16.

42 (616)

| October 20–26, 2024

| Rodney Alcala

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,490,646

| Subject of Woman of the Hour, released on October 18.

43 (617)

| October 27–November 2, 2024

| Teri Garr

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,355,055

| Died on October 29.

44 (618)

| November 3–9, 2024

| 2024 United States presidential election

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|9,045,886

| Held on November 5, winner declared the next day.

45 (619)

| November 10–16, 2024

| Pete Hegseth

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|3,946,704

| Announced as nominee for U.S. Secretary of Defense on November 12.

46 (620)

| November 17–23, 2024

| Pam Bondi

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,256,474

| Announced as nominee for U.S. Attorney General on November 21.

47 (621)

| November 24–30, 2024

| Wicked (2024 film)

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,285,212

| Released on November 22 in the U.S.

48 (622)

| December 1–7, 2024

| Pushpa 2: The Rule

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,707,690

| Released on December 5 in India.

49 (623)

| December 8–14, 2024

| Bashar al-Assad

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;|4,026,589

| Fled Syria on December 8 after the fall of Damascus, ending a presidency of 24 years.

50 (624)

| December 15–21, 2024

| Pushpa 2: The Rule

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,383,750

| Released on December 5 in India, passed ₹1000 crore at the box office.

51 (625)

| December 22–28, 2024

| Squid Game season 2

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|2,358,629

| Released on Netflix on December 26.

52 (626)

| December 29, 2024–January 4, 2025

| Jimmy Carter

| {{icon|GA}}

| style=text-align:right;|4,177,739

| Died on December 29.

2025

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! Notes

bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| 1 (627)

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| January 5–11, 2025

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| Jimmy Carter

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| {{icon|GA}}

| style=text-align:right; bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| 1,948,654

| Funeral held on January 9.

2 (628)

| January 12–18, 2025

| David Lynch

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,785,081

| Died on January 15.

3 (629)

| January 19–25, 2025

| Donald Trump

|{{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 3,884,456

| Inaugurated as President of the United States on January 20.

4 (630)

| January 26–February 1, 2025

| DeepSeek

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,542,555

| Caused a stock market crash on January 27.

5 (631)

| February 2–8, 2025

| Bianca Censori

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;|1,997,787

| Wore a nude dress at the Grammy Awards red carpet on February 2.

6 (632)

| February 9–15, 2025

| Kendrick Lamar

| {{icon|GA}}

| style=text-align:right;| 3,301,950

| Performed at the Super Bowl LIX halftime show on February 9.

7 (633)

| February 16–22, 2025

| Chhaava

| {{icon|Start}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,438,932

| Released on February 14 in India.

8 (634)

| February 23–March 1, 2025

| Michelle Trachtenberg

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 6,388,444

| Died on February 26.

9 (635)

| March 2–8, 2025

| Anora

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 4,026,527

| Won 5 Academy Awards on March 2.

10 (636)

| March 9–15, 2025

| Mark Carney

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 1,977,660

| Succeeded Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister of Canada on March 14.

11 (637)

| March 16–22, 2025

| rowspan=2 | Adolescence (TV series)

| rowspan=2 | {{icon|Start}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,641,901

| rowspan=2 | Released on March 13 on Netflix.

12 (638)

| March 23–29, 2025

| style=text-align:right;| 2,304,762

13 (639)

| March 30–April 5, 2025

| Val Kilmer

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 5,517,198

| Died on April 1.

14 (640)

| April 6–12, 2025

| Dire wolf

| {{icon|FA}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,101,677

| Revival effort announced on April 7.

15 (641)

| April 13–19, 2025

| Rory McIlroy

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,917,887

| Completed a career Grand Slam on April 13.

16 (642)

|April 20–26, 2025

|Pope Francis

| {{icon|B}}

| style=text-align:right;| 6,826,504

| Died on April 21.

17 (643)

| April 27–May 3, 2025

| Sinners (2025 film)

| {{icon|C}}

| style=text-align:right;| 2,205,285

| Released on April 18 in theaters, surpassed $200 million at the box office.

bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| 18 (644)

|bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| May 4–10, 2025

|bgcolor="#D0F0C0"| Pope Leo XIV

|bgcolor="#D0F0C0"|{{icon|B}}

| bgcolor="#D0F0C0" style=text-align:right;|17,326,227

| Elected Pope on May 8.

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