Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/April 16 to 22, 2023

The Top 25 Report

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Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (April 16 to 22, 2023) edit

Prepared with commentary by Igordebraga, TheJoebro64 and SSSB

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Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	ChatGPT	1,720,995	Ten years ago, when the Top 25 Report was starting, Facebook took the top slot many times on enduring popularity alone. And this chatbot is performing a repeat on the once mighty social network's performance.
2	Moonbin	1,679,051	Four years after Sulli and Goo Hara committed suicide, again we sadly need to report another K-pop singer death, from a former member of Astro who took his life at just 25.
3	Deaths in 2023	945,034	Oh I'm in pieces, it's tearing me up, but I know A heart that's broke is a heart that's been loved
4	Atique Ahmed	928,801	India is still checking out on the gangster turned politician (who even managed to be a candidate behind bars) who was executed alongside his brother on the way to a court-mandated medical checkup, two days after his son was killed in a confrontation with the police.
5	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	867,678	Nintendo's mascot might not have won critics over with its simplistic plot, but audiences loved seeing a faithful and entertaining approach to the gaming icon and it's almost certain Mario will have the first billion dollar movie of the year.
6	2010 Northumbria Police manhunt	828,656	A killing spree which kills one person, and injures two may just be part of normal life for our American readers, but for us Brits it's a big deal. The result was the biggest man hunt in modern British history and, 13 years later, a three-part drama series which was shown on three consecutive nights from April 16.
7	Boston Marathon bombing	793,178	And for a manhunt across the pond, the Netflix miniseries American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing recalls two brothers who decided to indulge in domestic terrorism a decade ago, exploding three pressure cooker bombs close to the finish line (nearly three hours since the real athletes had finished the race, but with thousands of commoners still trying to complete the 42-kilometer race), killing three spectators and injuring hundreds, and three days later, as they were trying to drive all the way to Times Square, the police found them, killed one in the ensuing shootout, and the following evening found the other (#10) hiding in a boat.
8	Beef (TV series)	754,009	Still on Netflix, a show where what started as a near-collision between Steven Yeun and Ali Wong escalates into a petty and hostile series of confrontations.
9	Evil Dead Rise	730,090	The Deadites return (only without Ash Williams aside from a voice cameo) in a very bloody movie where a single mother is the epicenter of a demonic possession, promoted from streaming release to a theatrical one and that will certainly recoup its cheap $19 million budget given positive reception from critics and audiences alike.
10	Dzhokhar Tsarnaev	690,968	He seemed to be just a Kyrgyz immigrant attending UMassD, when he and his brother decided to cause #7, saying they were avenging the Muslims killed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Tsarnaev has been in the death row since 2015, in spite of appeals to overturn.
11	Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan	686,011	India celebrated the Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, and this year the date also had the release of a Bollywood action film.
12	Eid al-Fitr	659,721
13	Ana de Armas	593,919	This Cuban actress hosted Saturday Night Live and saw her movie Ghosted hit AppleTV+. Between last year's three movies (including Blonde, which aside from her lauded performance was criticized enough to win the Worst Picture Razzie) and the John Wick spinoff Ballerina in 2024, it's clear Miss of Weapons likes to keep herself busy.
14	Robert F. Kennedy Jr.	558,822	This 69-year-old lawyer, author, anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist announced he is running for president in 2024, as a democrat. The Kennedy family has already provided a president with Robert's uncle, John F. Kennedy, (from 1961 until his assassination in 1963). And Robert Sr. had an election campaign himself, before his own assassination. Regardless of your political affiliation, I'm sure we can all agree that we want to avoid a third assassination.
15	Elon Musk	515,728	This guy certainly loves the date April 20 for reasons, and it was a day with two bad things for him, as people complained that about removing Twitter checkmarks from those unwilling to pay for them, and one of his space endeavors went wrong (#20).
16	Ali Wong	495,494	The star of #8.
17	Climate change	492,645	Earth Day brought people in to the biggest concern of our lifetimes, as we're still not advanced enough to find another place to live outside this planet which humans mishandled and are now trying to not turn uninhabitable.
18	Keanu Reeves	489,421	John Wick: Chapter 4 left yet the one playing the "Baba Yaga" of the title is popular enough to survive another week.
19	Barry Humphries	462,513	An Australian comedian who died at 89, leaving behind a career of six decades highlighted by the characters Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson.
20	SpaceX Starship	460,355	As said before, it would be nice if like promised by many science fiction works there were off-world human colonies by 2023. Instead #17's company built a massive launch vehicle, even bigger than the ones that sent men to the Moon, and it exploded a few minutes after take-off due to engine failures.
21	Succession (TV series)	451,555	Viewers are still recovering from the latest episode for this HBO show.
22	Noah Cyrus	445,165	Hannah Montana's youngest sister entered possibly on how she's mentoring some of the remaining contestants of American Idol.
23	Ryan Garcia	439,625	This boxer saw his undefeated streak of 23 matches end while trying to take the title belts from Gervonta Davis.
24	Eid Mubarak	425,421	Splitting the two boxers is the Arabic term for “Blessed feast/festival”, frequently heard through celebrations of #12.
25	Gervonta Davis	389,953	This boxer is still undefeated after 29 matches, following a successful title defense against #23.