Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/December 20 to 26, 2020

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Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (December 20 to 26, 2020)[edit]

Prepared with commentary by Benmite, Igordebraga, Mcrsftdog

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It's the penultimate week of the year, and yet things are so weird in 2020 that some could ask "Do They Know It's Christmas?", even if a few entries related to the holidays entered, including Kevin McAllister and George Bailey (no John McClane, though). That being said, the top spot shows people are still in the mood for superhero movies, specially in those depressing and isolated times.

Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	Wonder Woman 1984	1,520,957	Most films would have you wait until at least after the opening credits to introduce who the protagonist will be and when it'll take place, but, luckily enough for those of us who are just that impatient, not this one! Amazon superheroine Diana Prince is back in this period piece that Warner Bros. decided to also release on HBO Max in the US, for everyone still too paranoid to leave their homes during this goddamned pandemic (or worse, in a region with still closed theaters). Reviews have been positive, and the film has passed $85 million worldwide, numbers that will hopefully continue to grow.
2	The Midnight Sky	1,029,448	This new sci-fi film - directed, co-written, and starring George Clooney - premiered on Netflix on December 23.
3	Peter Sutcliffe	941,448	The Yorkshire Ripper was the subject of a Netflix docuseries, which premiered a few days after his death.
4	The Mandalorian	859,566	This is the way. This the way now. This is the way.
5	Deaths in 2020	834,054	And we don't know just where our bones will rest To dust I guess Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below
6	Soul (2020 film)	825,129	Pixar had a rough year: Onward was unlucky enough to hit theaters right as the pandemic was starting to close them (in fact, was the last movie this here writer saw on the big screen until they reopened with #22), and their other movie, Soul, was relegated to Disney+. That being said, it is a great animated feature, even if concepts regarding the afterlife (and the before-life too!) might fly over young children's heads.
7	Kevin Greene (American football)	775,137	Greene was a linebacker and defensive end for several NFL teams; in his 14 seasons, he was responsible for 160 sacks, the third ranking sack leader in NFL history. He passed away on December 21.
8	Elizabeth II	719,509	The Royal Christmas Message was aired in all parts of the Queen's domain, as is tradition. The UK's Channel 4 aired a deepfake version of the Queen that TikTok danced and warned about trusting the media.
9	Ma Rainey	690,960	Viola Davis channeled the Mother of American Blues to show us her black bottom this week, and critics and audiences alike sang their praises for it.
10	Boxing Day	630,132	Boxing Day always ranks higher than Christmas itself, probably due to the relative exoticism of the holiday.
11	The Queen's Gambit (miniseries)	627,044	The Queen's Gambit has staying power; according to one Forbes article, it hasn't left the Netflix top 10 since its debut in October.
12	Gal Gadot	622,424	As a man who later went insane and rapped about the Earth being flat once said: You're my Wonder Woman (#1), call me Mr. Fantastic...
13	Stella Tennant	610,943	Tennant, a British supermodel, died suddenly on December 22. According to police, there were no suspicious circumstances.
14	Dua Lipa	599,927	Nu-disco queen Dula Peep makes her third-ever appearance on this list courtesy of her second-ever appearance on Saturday Night Live, where her vaguely fungal, vaguely Medusozoan headwear left audiences levitating, while her vaguely sensical, vaguely funny performance of "It’s Not Copyrighted So It’s Okay" with Kristen Wiig (#19) and Bowen Yang brought them crashing back down to Earth. She was also on a pretty busy press junket this week, doing one of those Wired autocorrect interviews where they avoid all of the results about feet, and some other interviews with Pitchfork, Sirius XM, and Ryan Seacrest, probably to promote her Pandora Live concert that also took place this week.
15	Narendra Modi	580,822	The Indian prime minister is probably on here because of the 2020 Indian farmers' protest, a reaction to agriculture reform bills supported by Modi.
16	Macaulay Culkin	578,516	America's favorite child star, despite not doing anything particularly noteworthy this week, most likely finds himself on this list because of two of his best-known roles: Kevin in Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, both of which definitely graced the televisions screens of stir-crazy families across the world this Christmas, and Michael Alig, a pioneering Club Kid and convicted murderer who apparently ended up on Santa's naughty list this year as he was found dead in his home on Christmas day, in Party Monster.
17	It's a Wonderful Life	571,292	This 1946 film starring James Stewart has been a holiday television staple for decades. While the film has been public domain since 1974 (due to a clerical error), stations still have to pay a license - it's an adaptation of a still-copyrighted short story, after all.
18	Sweet Home (TV series)	564,947	Sweet Home premiered on Netflix on December 18. The series is a South Korean production, based on a webcomic hosted on the South Korean service Line Webtoon.
19	Kristen Wiig	542,675	Along with returning to host the show that made her famous, Saturday Night Live (with the musical guest being #14), this former Ghostbuster can now add to her resume playing DC Comics supervillainess Cheetah in our #1.
20	Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon	535,672	We're down to only two The Crown characters on the list, with only one having no other reason for getting so many pageviews.
21	Ariana Grande	533,951	The megastar and her sentient ponytail creep their way back onto this list by way of a new Netflix concert film/semi-documentary, because we definitely needed another one of those. The flick received fine reviews, and for Grande fans, it's surely a welcome treat to see her in her element on stage. It may not be the next Homecoming, but it's something!
22	Tenet (film)	528,033	Tenet made its way onto home video on December 15. Presumably, most of the pageviews are from people who'd just seen the movie and need a synopsis to make sense of it.
23	Christmas	494,598	Plenty of people know about the Christmas truce, when soldiers fighting in World War I left their miserable foxholes and played soccer with the enemy. 2020 had something similar - people leaving their homes to see their loved ones, ignoring the global pandemic surrounding them. Of course, playing soccer in no-mans-land didn't kill anyone, but having turkey with your extended family might.
24	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2020)	481,876	Tender loving care; T-Boz, Chilli, Left Eye; The Learning Channel. TLC is the acronym that just keeps on giving, and this Christmas season we got another reason to celebrate it, as WWE held their 12th annual Tables, Ladders & Chairs event. Hopefully everyone got tested beforehand, because COVID-19 can spread through contact with all three of those!
25	Pedro Pascal	448,605	A man with two projects in our top 5, playing villain Maxwell Lord on #1 and the eponymous bounty hunter in #5.

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.