Wikipedia Top 25 edit

For the 10 days ending January 15, 2013, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia were:

Rank Article Views Notes
1 Bryan Cranston 1,473,757 American actor and star in Breaking Bad
2 Colin Kaepernick 1,102,077 American football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League, who just advanced in the playoffs
3 Ray Lewis 1,081,113 American football linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL), who also advanced in the playoffs.
4 Jodie Foster 1,054,998 American actress, film director, and producer, who in her acceptance remarks upon receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2013 Golden Globe Awards, commented about her sexual orientation.
5 Aaron Swartz 907,988 An American computer programmer, writer, archivist, political organizer, and Internet activist who committed suicide on January 11, 2013.
6 Facebook 907,773 Perennial entry Facebook comes in at #6 this report.
7 Django Unchained 893,998 U.S. film
8 Les Misérables 884,432 About the book, but see #10.
9 Zero Dark Thirty 852,049 U.S. film
10 Les Misérables (2012 film) 761,270 If combined with #8 (about the book), Les Misérables would actually be #1 this report.
11 Downton Abbey 750,213 British television show
12 Cat anatomy 705,476 This one is weird.
13 One Direction   630,126 Most popular band in the world, apparently, continues its reign.
14 The Big Bang Theory 608,243 U.S. television show
15 Deaths in 2013 594,565
16 G-force 593,783
17 YouTube   580,977
18 Gangnam Style   567,077
19 Jennifer Lawrence 556,017
20 Silver Linings Playbook 553,184
21 Quentin Tarantino 542,951
22 Russell Wilson 531,878
23 Girls (TV series) 531,046
24 How I Met Your Mother 524,080
25 Abraham Lincoln   488,808
  • This list is derived from the WP:5000 report, and excludes the Wikipedia main page, other non-article pages, or DDoS anomalies.