Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/September 20 to 26, 2015
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=Top 25 Report: Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (September 20 to 26, 2015)=
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! Article ! Class ! Views ! Image ! Notes | |||||
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| 1 | Pope Francis | 20px | 1,299,584 | 100x100px | The Pope visited the United States, a week after becoming the first pontifex in Cuba. |
| 2 | Pablo Escobar | 20px | 941,721 | 100x100px | Down from #1 after a three week lead, as those seeing Wagner Moura (pictured) playing the famed Colombian drug lord on Narcos keep on researching him. |
| 3 | Whitey Bulger | 20px | 876,879 | 100x100px | This American criminal got a biopic about his life, Black Mass, where he's played by Johnny Depp. |
| 4 | Yogi Berra | 20px | 861,806 | 100x100px | The Hall of Famer baseball player died at the age of 90. |
| 5 | Martin Shkreli | 20px | 859,883 | 100x100px | The founder of Turing Pharmaceuticals is now a widely hated person for medicine price hiking. |
| 6 | Night of Champions (2015) | 20px | 800,143 | 100x100px | The latest WWE pantomime, featuring among others Sting. |
| 7 | Scream Queens (2015 TV series) | 20px | 760,169 | 100x100px | Fox has released this comedy horror series that is the latest endeavor by Ryan Murphy of Glee and American Horror Story fame. |
| 8 | Everest (2015 film) | 20px | 610,990 | |File:Everest kalapatthar.jpg
|Universal Pictures took the unusual step of releasing this historical disaster pic (loosely based on the true-life account Into Thin Air) in premium widescreen and IMAX theatres only, before going wide next week. The strategy seems to have paid off, at least mildly, with a $7.5 million opening weekend. | |
| 9 | Rockbitch | 20px | 609,064 | File:CENSORED.svg | [https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/3lmy04/til_there_was_an_all_girl_band_that_would_throw_a/ Reddit] learned about this all-female metal British band which was pagan and overtly sexual. |
| 10 | Yom Kippur | 20px | 597,048 | File:Maurycy Gottlieb - Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur.jpg
|The Jewish "Day of Atonement" occurs 10 days after Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah), and involves fasting, repentance and prayer. | |
| 11 | Jackie Collins | 20px | 586,769 | 100x100px | Best-selling romance novelist Jacqueline Collins died two weeks before her 78th birthday. |
| 12 | Eid al-Adha | 20px | 560,644 | File:Eid Prayers at Barashalghar, Debidwar, Comilla.jpg
| The arrival of the other major Muslim holiday, after Eid al-Fitr, was marked by a sharp rise in interest. The "Feast of the Sacrifice" honours Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael (Muslims read that story a bit differently) by sacrificing animals and dividing the portions among family, friends and the poor. If that seems a bit old-fashioned to you, ask yourself how much sympathy you've ever felt for your Christmas turkey. | |
| 13 | Deaths in 2015 | 545,309 | File:Skullclose.jpg
|The viewing figures for this article have been remarkably constant; fluctuating week to week between 450 and 550 thousand on average, apparently heedless of who actually died. | ||
| 14 | George Hotz | 20px | 478,362 | 100x100px | Reddit [https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/3m581q/til_that_george_hotz_then_17_years_old_was_the/ remembered] the 17 year old that unlocked the original iPhone back in 2007. |
| 15 | Robert Black (serial killer) | 20px | 450,255 | 100px | The most disturbing of those [https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/3lynnu/til_that_after_the_capture_of_a_serial_killer_of/ Reddit-propelled] articles. |
| 16 | 2015 Rugby World Cup | 20px | 421,973 | 100x100px | The latest edition of rugby union's quadrennial tournament kicked off in England. |
| 17 | Carly Fiorina | 20px | 403,701 | File:Carly_fiorina_speaking.jpg | The Republican potential presidential candidate continues to hold her own, even with the fierce competition of our next entry... |
| 18 | Donald Trump | 20px | |401,070 | File:Donald Trump announcing latest David Blaine feat.jpg | The Donald's presidential campaign continues to stir the media, as shown by a New York [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/frank-rich-in-praise-of-donald-trump.html article], Trump's appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and an episode of South Park where he is murdered. |
| 19 | List of Bollywood films of 2015 | 20px | 396,409 | File:Anushka at the trailer launch of Baahubali.jpg | Not an unusual visitor to the Top 25. |
| 20 | Gotham (TV series) | 20px | 380,498 | File:Gotham_City_backdrop_for_Gotham_TV_series.jpg | The second season of the televisual reboot of the Batman franchise premiered on September 21. |
| 21 | How to Get Away with Murder | 20px | 354,620 | 100x100px | One of the new shows that hit the airwaves was this drama where a teacher is caught in a murder plot. |
| 22 | John Boehner | 20px | 350,810 | 100x100px | One day after the Pope (#1) visited Washington, the Speaker of the House of Representatives announced his resignation. His successor will be elected in October. |
| 23 | Narcos | 20px | 349,481 | File:No a los «narcos».png | The TV series about the rise of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar (see #2) premiered in its entirety on Netflix on August 28. |
| 24 | List of superheroines | 20px | 345,207 | 100x100px | For some reason, this got a popularity bump, with legitimate views. Go figure. |
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|align="right"|339,370 |File:Fear The Walking Dead.png |The first season of AMC's spin-off to their hit series The Walking Dead is about to end. |
