Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/April 8 to 14, 2018

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (April 8 to 14, 2018)

Prepared with comments by Ahecht and igordebraga

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U Can't Hear Me

Another intriguing iteration of the Report this week, one dominated once again by sports and media. There are a handful of persistent entries, while a major wrestling event (at the confluence of sports and acting) is responsible for multiple entries, and has slotted itself at the apex. However, there is diversity in the list, introduced by some Google Doodles and r/TIL entries, which help bolster the report significantly. As such, the report was entertaining to compile, and incorporated the scouring sports networks, cinemas, and social media alike. I hope it is as entertaining to peruse.

Without further ado, for the week of April 8 to 14, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the WP:5000 report were:

Rank	Article	Class	Views	Image	Notes
1	WrestleMania 34		2,254,753		As promised in last week's report, this week kicked off with WrestleMania on April 8th. Despite WrestleMania 34 having what some are calling the "worst main event in WrestleMania history", for the third year in a row, WrestleMania took the top spot during the week in which it aired. Up 4 spots from last week.
2	A Quiet Place (film)		1,995,964		In addition to barely missing out on first place in its second week on this list, this John Krasinski (#17) and Emily Blunt (#20) horror film barely missed out on taking first place in the (arguably less important) box office totals in its second week (losing to #14, Rampage (2018 film)). It may have had the best second weekend ever for a scary movie that wasn't a sequel or based on a book, but I'm still not going to see it. I like to sleep at night. Down 1 spot from last week.
3	Cardi B	(Obviously)	1,550,974		It was a good week for Vine and Instagram star-turned-rapper Cardi B. Her debut studio album Invasion of Privacy was released on April 6 and took the top spot on the Billboard 200, she became the first female artist to chart 13 entries simultaneously on Billboard Hot 100, she was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, where she announced her pregnancy, and on April 9th she became the first person to co-host The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
4	2018 Commonwealth Games medal table		1,537,519		Lots of people were searching for the 2018 Commonwealth Games this week, but most of all, the question on everyone's mind seemed to be how many medals each country had won.
5	Patrick Reed		1,282,256		In sports that are the opposite of WrestleMania, the 2018 Masters Tournament was held at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia from April 5–8. Reed won by just one stroke over #18 on this list, Rickie Fowler, earning his first major title.
6	India at the 2018 Commonwealth Games		1,259,010		Since more people live in India than in all other countries in the Commonwealth of Nations combined, it's no surprise that more people were interested in how India did than any other country in the Commonwealth Games.
7	2018 Commonwealth Games		1,222,518		As mentioned above in #4 and #6 above, the games continued this past week on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Fans of non-scripted sports will be happy to know that if you add up the pages on this list related to the Commonwealth Games, they got almost twice the views that WrestleMania 34 did. Up 2 spots from last week.
8	Mark Zuckerberg		938,727		Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg testified before the US Senate on April 10 and April 11 about the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data breach. The main conclusions of the testimony seemed to be that most senators have no idea how social media sites works.
9	Glenn Quinn		914,649		ABC successfully revived the sitcom Roseanne last month, but missing from the revival was Mark Healy, the character played by this Irish actor. Quinn died in 2002, and the episode that aired on April 10th ended with a title card dedicating the episode to the "loving memory of Glenn Quinn".
10	Omar Sharif		761,404		This Egyptian actor, known for his roles in Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, and Funny Girl, was honored with a Google doodle on April 10th, his 86th birthday.
11	Deaths in 2018		714,815		This perennial Top 25 favorite was down a few spots, and none of this week's additions were popular enough to rank in the top 25 articles. However, the week did see the deaths of conspiracy-theory radio host Art Bell, Academy Award-winning director Miloš Forman, and 10-time NBA All-Star Hal Greer. Down 4 spots from last week.
12	André the Giant		661,788		On April 10th, HBO aired the documentary André the Giant about the life of this professional wrestler and actor. Anybody want a peanut?
13	UFC 223		648,380		This event happened just as the previous week ended, but it's popularity carried it over into the following week. In the event, Khabib Nurmagomedov (pictured) defeated Al Iaquinta to win the title of UFC Lightweight Champion (although he was the only fighter eligible for the title due to Iaquinta being 0.2 lbs overweight) Up 1 spot from last week.
14	Rampage (2018 film)		547,399		It's been four months since Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle came out, so it must be time for another Dwayne Johnson movie. If you miss this one, which came out on April 13, don't worry, there are two more due out this year.
15	Lenny Montana		546,356		A Reddit thread brought attention to this mob enforcer and pro wrestler turned actor this week. Montana was present on the set of The Godfather as a bodyguard for senior members of the Colombo crime family, but Francis Ford Coppola decided to cast him in the role of Luca Brasi to replace an actor who had died. Montana was not an experienced actor and was frequently nervous on set, which Coppola wrote into the character. Despite this, we went on to star in several films before retiring over 20 years later.
16	Exo (band)		544,884		This K-pop group peaked at #3 last week as EXO-CBX, a 3-member subunit of the 9-member boy band, released details about and a teaser track from their new album Blooming Days. The album was released this week on April 10, and debuted at the top of the South-Korean Gaon Album Chart as well as in the #2 position on both the Japanese International Albums and the Billboard World Albums charts. Down 13 spots from last week.
17	John Krasinski		542,777		It makes sense that this actor would write, direct, and star in a movie in which he barely speaks (#2), as he was best known on The Office for the silent looks he'd give to the camera.
18	Rickie Fowler		523,976		Fowler may have lost to Patrick Reed (#5) by one stroke at the 2018 Masters Tournament on April 8, but he lost to him on this list by 13 places. It still represents a personal best, as his previous appearance on this list after winning the 2015 Players Championship was at number 19.
19	WWE Greatest Royal Rumble		523,067		WrestleMania 34 (#1) may be in the history books, but Wikipedia readers were already looking forward to this April 27 event that is going to be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Due to the time zone difference, it's going to air in the US at noon on a Friday, and given it's popularity on Wikipedia, I expect there will be a lot of employees calling in sick that day.
20	Emily Blunt		505,688		Blunt starred opposite her real-life husband John Krasinski (#17) in A Quiet Place (#2) which, as mentioned above, had a very good week. Expect to see her on this list again in at the end of the year when she steps into Julie Andrews' shoes in Mary Poppins Returns.
21	List of highest-grossing films		492,390		A list that since 1998 has been topped by James Cameron (pictured), who broke a billion with a sinking boat and 2 billion with tall Smurfs. Until the much belated sequel to the latter comes out in 2020, Disney has plenty of attempts to oust Cameron with animated films, Star Wars, and most importantly, Marvel - our #24 is the 10th highest-grossing, and you bet #25 is gonna make even more money.
22	María Félix		488,221		Google honored this Mexican actress and singer on the 16th anniversary of her death and supposedly the 104th of her birth... only for in the same day, people to discover the birthday of La Doña was actually on May 4, and corrections (plus a small edit war) ensued.
23	Andre Ingram		481,702		As the oft-victorious Los Angeles Lakers finished their fifth straight losing season, they at least provided an interesting story with Ingram, who became the oldest NBA rookie in decades by playing the last two games of the season at the age of 32, with some good numbers along the way (19 points in the first game, 6 assists in the second).
24	Black Panther (film)		473,174		We finish off the list with another dip into Wakandapedia, with both King T'Challa's solo adventure that continues to bring in viewers after two months in theaters, and his upcoming fight with Thanos alongside basically everyone Marvel put on the big screen in the past decade. Hope he's absent from Ant-Man and the Wasp, if only to give Chadwick Boseman a little rest.
25	Avengers: Infinity War		467,469