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Asleep at the wheel: Despite facing what could very well be the most important election since the civil rights era, Americans seem to want to think about anything but politics. Obviously the 2016 election is on people's minds, but not as much as macabre holidays, improbable wins by oft-ridiculed baseball teams, comic book sorcerers and, most tellingly of all, perhaps, a melodrama about royalty. Given the responsibility they're about to take on, it's not surprising that democracy isn't high on their totem pole at the moment. Still, get in gear guys. It's not like we're not all watching you or anything.
As prepared by Serendipodous, for the week of October 30 to November 6, 2016, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the WP:5000 report were:
RankArticleClassViewsImageNotes
1Day of the DeadB-class1,889,902
Catrinas 2.jpg
Mexico's carnival of the cadaverous, the living dream of any kid who ever wished Halloween could last three days, is the beneficiary of Wikipedia's incurable interest in those holidays not routinely celebrated in the US. It's the same reason Boxing Day always charts higher than Christmas on this list. Despite the list covering both these holidays' dates, and despite Halloween being boosted by that greatest of Wikipedia flypapers, an interactive Google Doodle, Day of the Dead's grim fandango still beat latter's monster mash. It only just loses even if Halloween's numbers from last week are added in.
2HalloweenB-class1,558,776
Jack-o'-Lantern 2003-10-31.jpg
Whatever happened to the Transylvania Twist?
3Doctor Strange(film)C-Class1,077,855
Benedict Cumberbatch SDCC 2014.jpg
Marvel Studios continue their roll. Their attempt to bring their unashamedly psychedelic superhero into the earthier realms of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has apparently paid off, with a 90% RT rating and an $84 million opening, no doubt aided by the international star power of a certain Benedict Cumberbatch (pictured).
4Chicago CubsC-Class1,030,619
Chicago Cubs Logo.svg
The American baseball team has not won a World Series since 1908, but managed it this year, beating the Cleveland Indians 8-7. Turns out Back to the Future II was only off by a year.
5Huma AbedinC-Class1,021,942
Huma Abedin DNC 2016 Pre Hillary Clinton Speech at Democratic National Convention (July 28, 2016).jpg
A top adviser to Hillary Clinton, views started to rise on October 28, and remained high for most of the week. This probably is related to Clinton-related emails allegedly being found on the laptop of her husband Anthony Weiner; a subject of little substance of which little has yet been revealed, save that Hillary was cleared at the last minute.
6Ae Dil Hai MushkilStart-Class994,767
'Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.jpg
This Indian romantic film whose cast includes Aishwarya Rai (pictured) had its debut on October 28 (Diwali weekend).
7Donald TrumpC-Class949,709
Donald Trump January 2016.jpg
For someone in significant imminent danger of becoming the next President of the United States, you'd think numbers would be higher. But they're not significantly up on last week, and significantly DOWN on two weeks ago. Is this a sign? I don't know, and I refuse to tempt fate.
8Curse of the Billy GoatStart-Class949,092
Billy Goat Tavern 060527.jpg
Apparently, legend has it that in 1945 the owner of the Billy Goat Tavern was asked to leave Wrigley Fieldbecause his pet goat's smell was bothering fans, and proclaimed that "Them Cubs, they ain't gonna win no more." And that's why the Cubs didn't win a World Series until this week. The moral of the story, children, is that people will make up any piece of boondoggle to rationalise a bad situation.
9Meghan MarkleStart-Class864,425
Meghan Markle 3441.jpg
The fact that this American mixed-race actress may be dating the third in line to the British throne has raised some fairly awkward questions in the British press, like whether the situation would be the same if she'd dated Prince William. Keep in mind this is the same Royal Family that nearly collapsed because the heir to the throne wanted to marry an American divorcee. Personally, I think the whole lot's an outdated anachronism anyway, so I couldn't care less.
10Elizabeth IIFeatured Article822,254
Queen Elizabeth II March 2015.jpg
The longest-reigning British monarch in history is bound to draw attention whenever the British Royal Family becomes a topic of interest, but this week she gets an additional boost from her appearance in The Crown, a $100 million melodrama about her early years where she is played by Claire Foy.
11United States presidential election, 2016B-Class794,951
Great Seal of the United States (obverse).svg
I wish I could say it will be over soon, but I doubt it will be.
122016 World SeriesC-Class733,202
Progressive Field, hours before Game 1 of the 2016 World Series.jpg
The day the Cubs ceased to be a joke.
13Westworld(TV series)C-Class719,149
Westworld (TV series) title logo.jpg
To be clear: this is not based on a novel by Michael Crichton: Crichton was a filmmaker as well as a novelist, and Westworld was a film he both wrote and directed back in the 1970s. But whereas that was a straightforward "monsters on the loose" movie, about a Western-themed amusement park staffed by hyperrealistic robots who go insane and start murdering the guests (sound familiar?), this series looks like it will be taking a more thoughtful, hard scifi approach, with the robots' gradual evolution from programming to quasi-consciousness forming the main plot thread. With a 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and ratings of just under 2 million (roughly what Game of Thrones received when it began), it's off to a solid start, though whether it will be the show to carry HBO past Game of Thrones's end remains to be seen.
14Doctor StrangeB-class710,306
New York Comic Con 2014 - Doctor Strange (15314229860).jpg
Marvel Comics' mystical warrior (whose name actually is Dr. Stephen Strange) has always cut a fine figure among the pantheon, even if he'd never really had an impact outside comic readers' circles. Born of the psychedelic era when the hippies were exploring inner space, he has struggled to find relevance in the modern era. Judging by the opening grosses of his new movie though, he seems to have found it.
15ShivaayStub-Class696,428
Ajay Devgn snapped at 'Action Jackson' photoshoot.jpg
The action thriller directed by Ajay Devgan (pictured) premiered on Diwali weekend, the same day as Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, but hasn't quite kept pace with it, earning ₹102.4 million ($1.53 million) in its first three days.
16Theo EpsteinStart-class660,376
Theo Epstein 2010.jpg
Despite not actually being manager, but rather "president of operations" (Does that mean he sells tee-shirts?), Wikipedians seem to have credited him with engineering the Chicago Cubs's resurrection from undeath this year. Makes more sense than a smelly goat.
17Deaths in 2016List607,839
Skullclose.jpg
The views for the annual list of deaths are remarkably consistent on a day to day basis. It is consistently higher in the first half of 2016 with a string of highly notable deaths, but things seem to be calming down a bit. Where the article appears in this chart is entirely dependent on how many subjects in a week happened to exceed this bellwether in views.
18Hillary ClintonFeatured Article580,309
Hillary Clinton official Secretary of State portrait crop.jpg
Clinton continues to be less interesting to our readers than Trump, she really needs to start saying some crazy stuff if she wants to win the Wikipedia ratings wars.
19Hell in a Cell (2016)N/A569,316
TD Garden (crop).JPG
WWE's latest pay-per-view pantomime was held on October 30 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts
20David Ross (baseball)Start-class558,821
David Ross on June 30, 2016.jpg
On November 2, 2016, during Game 7 of the World Series, Ross hit a home run in his final major league game, making him the icon of the Cubs' rise to glory.
21DiwaliB-class609,104
The Rangoli of Lights.jpg
The Hindu festival of light, which draws attention to the inner light beyond the material body, the Atman, fell on October 30 this year.
22Black MirrorStart-Class620,816
Charlie Brooker.jpg
Series 3 of the British cyber-satire, created by Charlie Brooker (pictured) debuted in its entirety on Netflix on October 21.
23George VIFeatured Article534,555
King George VI of England, formal photo portrait, circa 1940-1946.jpg
Queen Elizabeth's dad made an appearance The Crown, in which he is played by Jared Harris.
24List of Black MirrorepisodesC-class506,464
Charlie Brooker.jpg
See above
25Ben ZobristC-Class498,606
Ben Zobrist on September 9, 2015.jpg
The second baseman for the Chicago Cubs was named MVP for helping take the team to their first series win in over a century.

Exclusions[edit]

  • This list excludes the Wikipedia main page, non-article pages (such as redlinks), and anomalous entries (such as DDoS attacks or likely automated views). Since mobile view data became available to the Report in October 2014, we exclude articles that have almost no mobile views (5–6% or less) or almost all mobile views (94–95% or more) because they are very likely to be automated views based on our experience and research of the issue. Please feel free to discuss any removal on the talk page if you wish.
  • YouTube: A one-day spike on October 23, all desktop views. Although a relatively popular article on a day to day basis, it would not be in the Top 25 without that artificial spike.

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