User:A lad insane/top 25

hitting a (not quite) all-time low

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Top_25_Report/September_28_to_October_4,_2014 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Top_25_Report/July_26_to_August_1,_2015

Rank	Article	Class	Views	Image	Notes
1	M. Karunanidhi		1,428,209		After a hospitalization last week, this former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu passed away on 7 August after having been ill with age-related issues since October 2016.
2	Deaths in 2018		749,368		Still in the same position from last week. Wikipedians can be morbid (me included), and with the two-and-a-half-year (and counting) string of celebrity deaths that began with Lemmy in December 2015, a lot of us want to make sure no one else has kicked it since the last time we looked. The biggest peaks of views in the yearly death article occurred in 2016 with the passings of Prince and a cluster in December 2016 spanning several generations, but the views have still been, on average, climbing since 2015. A typical week of views from Deaths in 2018 (this week is pretty normal) is far above a typical week in 2015, and several spots higher in the list.
3	Chuckle Brothers		606,524		The older of the two brothers comprising this British children's comedy duo, Barry Elliott, died on Sunday at the age of 73 after having been ill for a while.
4	Mission: Impossible - Fallout		556,684		Down from #1 last week. The sixth movie in this iconic franchise was released on July 27. I would make some snarky comment about it, but all I know is the theme, and that's really only because I had to know it. Other than that, I'm not as familiar with the movies as some individuals may be.
5	Karunanidhi family		522,336		The death of a prominent individual (in this case, #1 on this list) often pushes articles related to their famous family members into the list. I think the record is 10 articles for a single (celebrity-dense) family, but that may not count as there were two family members.
6	Mary G. Ross		481,054		The first known female Native American engineer, she was honored by a Google Doodle celebrating what would have been her 110th birthday.
7	Avengers: Infinity War		477,651		Up a spot from last week despite being down nearly 100,000 views, and as far as I know, still here for the same reason, namely, that the movie is now out on digital release.
8	The Meg		464,653		This science fiction/horror movie was released on Friday. It has a 49% score on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics describing it as a solid B-movie. It probably won't stay on the list for too long, but you never know.
9	UFC 227		417,058		Wikipedians continue to love mixed martial arts. I'm not really into it, personally, but then again, my favorite sport is curling, so I'm probably not from the sports demographic that reads these articles.
10	Kepa Arrizabalaga		415,724		This footballer was just signed to play for Chelsea, and he is now the [[List of most expensive association football transfers|world's most expensive goalkeeper, at €80 million. I don't know too much about British money, but that certainly sounds like a lot.
11	Mission: Impossible (film series)		399,952		Soon to join the ranks of Fast and Furious, and having already surpassed Indiana Jones. Eventually to feature the likes of Jaws 19.
12	Tom Cruise		399,117		The star of #4. Down from #4. If this had been all #9 instead of #4 I would make a comment about Revolution 9, but alas, it is not to be.
13	2018 FIFA World Cup		375,619		Down almost 50,000 views, yet up a spot. France must be really happy about this.
14	Ruby Rose		364,064		Co-star of #8. I'm not sure why she got more views than Jason Statham, but Wikipedia works in mysterious ways sometimes.
15	List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films		338,309		Up 7 spots from last week, but down about 70,000 views. That seems be a pattern this week.
16	6ix9ine		320,285		Up 4,000 views, breaking the pattern. Apparently now he's facing jail time for child molestation charges, after having been burglarized a couple of weeks ago.
17	Deadpool 2		315,826		The extended cut was just released. There's also a sequel. And this was the sequel. Apparently no popular movies can ever escape sequels. Or TV shows, if Gilligan's Island is anything to go by.
18	Dilip Sardesai		314,693		...was honored by a Google Doodle on what would have been his 78th birthday.
19	List of Bollywood films of 2018		313,679		Same spot as last week. Vishwaroopam II opened this week. This article is pretty popular usually, even if it often misses the list. The list is unusually low-view this week, which is probably why it's here.
20	Alex Jones		309,420		A controversial (and by controversial, I mean really controversial) radio show host who has recently been removed from several media platforms including Spotify, Facebook, and YouTube for ToS violations, including claiming the Parkland (and Sandy Hook) school shooting survivors are crisis actors and encouraging his fans to harass them. His latest antics include trying to publicize the addresses of the Sandy Hook parents, who are suing him for defamation. It's also worth mentioning (in my opinion) that Twitter has said yes, he has violated their rules, but is still allowed to keep his account.
21	Kylie Jenner		305,986		Her 21st birthday was Friday and is apparently with Travis Scott, who just launched his new music festival.
22	Thibaut Courtois		296,680		As far as I can tell, he was the one that #10 replaced as goalkeeper for Chelsea. This is also the first entry since 2015 to have lower than 300,000 views.
23	Travis Scott		283,577		He's launched his new festival, Astroworld Festival, after his album (also titled Astroworld) was released last Friday.
24	Megalodon		279,248		The featured animal in The Meg. And here I was, thinking the list of random extinct creatures I had to learn about in 8th grade science would never come in handy.
25	Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again		71.54%		Down 10 spots from last week.