Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/January 1 to 7, 2023

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Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (January 1 to 7, 2023)

Prepared with commentary by ElijahPepe, Igordebraga

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The year started with some shocks already.

Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	Damar Hamlin	3,153,050	This American football safety collapsed this week, after tackling wide receiver Tee Higgins in a Monday Night Football game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Hamlin's collapse, caused by #14, ultimately led to the game being cancelled, for the first time in NFL history since 1935. Hamlin's collapse has, unfortunately, given COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theorists more ammunition.
2	Avatar: The Way of Water	2,180,294	The sequel to #24 continues to break box office records, surpassing 2022's Top Gun: Maverick to become the highest grossing film of 2022 in less than a month. Whether it can surpass its predecessor's impressive $2.9 billion box office record is in the air, even if not that probable.
3	Ken Block	1,825,738	This rally driver and the co-founder of DC Shoes died this week in a snowmobile accident (a day after #7's snow accident).
4	2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election	1,711,549	The 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election began and concluded this week, with #6 defeating #21 to become #20. Although the outcome was expected, the means were not; a far-right coalition of House Republicans prevented McCarthy from advancing as Speaker. McCarthy was able to flip several votes to his favor on Friday, although was unsuccessful in convincing several Republicans. Following an overnight vote, McCarthy was elected Speaker in the early hours of January 7.
5	Andrew Tate	1,413,650	This kickboxer-turned-misogynist was arrested last week, following a high-profile own by Greta Thunberg. The saga continues this week, as Romanian police seized several cars at his Pipera mansion. At least we now know they weren't all rented.
6	Kevin McCarthy	1,373,664	Following #4, this California Republican and apathetic Internet "savant" became #20, in a post-Gingrich and post-Trump GOP.
7	Jeremy Renner	1,315,035	Like #3, this actor—best known for his role as Hawkeye in the Avengers series of films—was involved in a snowmobile accident this week, although thankfully he survived.
8	Deaths in 2023	1,088,040	New year, new death list, old picture.
9	Pope Benedict XVI	1,023,329	The funeral for this pope emeritus occurred this week, following his death on December 31. Benedict XVI is notable for his resignation, the first since the resignation of Pope Gregory XII in 1415 to end a schism.
10	The Menu (2022 film)	1,019,380	This darkly comedic thriller film, featuring Ralph Fiennes as a chef hosting a clearly unhinged dinner party, was released this week on digital platforms.
11	Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery	942,315	This mystery film continues to appear in the Top 25 Report.
12	Barbara Walters	940,616	This prolific broadcast journalist died last week.
13	Cristiano Ronaldo	912,460	This Portuguese footballer officially signed with #15 this week, following the World Cup.
14	Commotio cordis	895,451	The Wikipedia article for this rare medical condition experienced a spike in views, following the collapse of #1.
15	Al Nassr FC	803,003	This football club signed with #13 this week, in a victory for Saudi Arabia and Ronaldo, who is reportedly being paid €200 million per year.
16	Jenna Ortega	787,152	This actress continues to make the Top 25 Report, thanks to the release of Wednesday (2022), in which she plays the titular role as Wednesday Addams.
17	John Stonehouse	769,940	The release of the docudrama Stonehouse (2023) brought attention to this British politician, who attempted to fake his death.
18	Pelé	764,899	The death of this Brazilian footballer last week continues to sadden many fans of the sport.
19	M3GAN	760,356	This horror film about a rebellious robotic doll was released last week, to a surprisingly strong critical reception.
20	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives	710,488	#6 became this position this week, following #4.
21	Hakeem Jeffries	690,184	This politician, representing New York's 8th district since 2013, was de facto nominated for #20 this week, losing to #6.
22	List of highest-grossing films	682,175	The release of #2 has brought renewed attention to this list article, which #24 tops.
23	Gianluca Vialli	677,635	This Italian footballer died this week.
24	Avatar (2009 film)	670,729	Nearly edging out the list this week is the first film in the Avatar film series, brought up by the release of #2.
25	ChatGPT	645,094	"This chat bot is an artificial intelligence trained to have conversation with humans in a way that is natural and engaging", ChatGPT writes about itself. Although its ability to generate arguments in the style of a neo-Nazi, give instructions on how to build a bomb, and provide stochastic yet confident answers are certainly worrying, the technology is impressive, and the ability to generate a Shakespeare dialogue in the style of an Italian mobster can't be undervalued.

Exclusions

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.