The Top 25 Report

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (November 15 to 21, 2015)[edit]

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J'en ai ras le bol: The week following the Paris attacks (#5) show those events very much on our minds, though some much less serious events are occupying other headlines. The appearance of a British socialite and current-U.K. reality show contestant Lady Colin Campbell at #1 seems a bit odd, but at least she beat out ISIL (#2). The much-touted fight between Holly Holm (#3) and Ronda Rousey (#4) at UFC 193 (#15) drew eyes away from more serious matters, as did Charlie Sheen (#6). Adele (#8), and her finally released new album (#20), maintains a place on the chart. More Paris or terrorism-related topics also appear deeper in the chart, with Anonymous (group) at #11, Mali at #14, Eagles of Death Metal at #16, ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi at #18, and Syria at #22.

As prepared by Milowent, for the week of November 15 to 21, 2015, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the most viewed pages, were:

Rank	Article	Views	Notes
1	Lady Colin Campbell	2,969,403	Campbell is a British socialite who is now appearing on the new season of Britain's I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, which debuted on November 15. If we did not have access to mobile views, this article would not top the list. But people shading their phone screens while googling Lady Campbell, counting for 86% of the views of this article, pushed it to #1 for the week. Frankly 86% is a really high mobile count, and frankly I don't understand the popularity, at least at the very high level of 2.9 million views. This reality series is one whose American version floundered, but has enjoyed great success elsewhere including in Britain, and in Germany where it is nicknamed "Das Dschungelcamp". And also, if Lady C. is needed to drop ISIS/ISIL out of the top spot, I'm fine with it.
2	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	2,600,177	Up from #6 last week, and almost triple last week's 896,501 views. If they are to be believed, the repellent non-state has finally managed to extend its war beyond its shredded borders and into the heart of the West. This is an unprecedented escalation from them, but then, if there's one thing they've proven themselves good at in the last few years, it's unprecedented escalation. Some see it as desperation; ISIL have suffered numerous substantial losses from bombing and Kurdish incursions. Others have pondered if it marks the first shot in a new generational conflict.
3	Holly Holm	1,840,198	At UFC 193 (#15) on November 15, the photogenic fighting phenomenon Ronda Rousey (#4) ended her 12-fight streak and handed her title to Holm in a shocking second-round knockout. Holm is the first person to win championships in both boxing and mixed martial arts.
4	Ronda Rousey	1,793,510	Up from #17 and 388,759 views last week, after falling to Holly Holm (#3). Last time she was on here, the former UFC women's bantamweight champion topped the list with over 2 million hits.
5	November 2015 Paris attacks	1,688,712	Often 1.6 million views is more than enough to top this chart. Of course, the appearance of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant at #2 this week is because of this tragic event.
6	Charlie Sheen	1,409,179	This is the first time that the circus of craziness that is Mr. Sheen's life appears on the Top 25, and that's only because the Top 25 started in January 2013. His "winning" meme dates from the ancient days of 2011. On November 17, 2015, Sheen publicly revealed that he was HIV positive, having been diagnosed roughly four years earlier (whether it was pre or post "winning" I cannot tell.) Sheen claims that since 2011 he has paid extortionists approximately $10 million to keep his HIV positive status secret.
7	Jessica Jones	973,228	The Netflix series (#12) based on this Marvel Comics superhero, starring Krysten Ritter (pictured), debuted on November 20, 2015.
8	Adele	903,238	Up from #16 and 378,266 views last week, as the popular singer's new album 25 (#20) was released on November 20 and set about rewriting sales records all over the world.
9	Prem Ratan Dhan Payo	877,755	Down also slightly from 920,622 views last week. Salman Khan (pictured) is having a good year. His Eid opener Bajrangi Bhaijaan is currently the second-highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time, and now this Diwali event film has beaten that film's record-breaking opening day, taking Rs 400 million ($6.1 million).
10	Spectre (2015 film)	824,240	The latest Bond film is down from three consecutive weeks at #3, but still with a very healthy 824,240 views. As of November 22, the film has now grossed over $675 million worldwide.
11	Anonymous (group)	818,519	After the Paris attacks, the shadowy internet group went after ISIS, claiming to take down thousands of pro-ISIS Twitter accounts and doxxing ISIS recruiters.
12	Jessica Jones (TV series)	796,229	See #7.
13	Jonah Lomu	745,385	This New Zealand rugby player, once described the first true global superstar of rugby union, died suddenly on November 18 at age 40.
14	Mali	681,828	The 2015 Bamako hotel attack on November 20 drew much attention to the landlocked country in West Africa.
15	UFC 193	648,679	See #3 and #4.
16	Eagles of Death Metal	624,395	This Californian band found itself at the epicentre of the worst of the Paris attacks, at Le Bataclan club. While the band members made it out alive, one of their employees was among the dead. (Yes, the band does not actually play death metal music, but their name is a joke based on the American rock band the Eagles, just like a number of artists have been dubbed the Beatles of hip-hop.)
17	Deaths in 2015	575,782	The viewing figures for this article have been remarkably constant; fluctuating week to week between 450 and 550 thousand on average, apparently heedless of who actually died. Pushed down to #17 this week due to more popular events.
18	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi	561,921	The leader of #2.
19	Jacklyn H. Lucas	524,115	This week Reddit learned that "3 years after illegally joining the Marines at the age of 14, Jacklyn Lucas snuck onto a ship bound for Iwo Jima, stormed the beach without a rifle, and threw himself on top of two grenades to protect his team. He survived, and earned the Medal of Honor at the age of 17."
20	25 (Adele album)	518,616	See #8.
21	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2	469,610	The final Hunger Games film was released on November 20. As of November 23, it has grossed over $255 million worldwide. It opened in 87 markets and came in at #1 in 81 of them. You might think a film like this would get more views, but if you're going to see the 4th movie in this franchise, you don't need Wikipedia to help tell you what its about.
22	Syria	461,783	In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, the problem of Syrian refugees is not being improved by a surge in xenophobia.
23	Fallout 4	438,257	Down from #8 last week. Bethesda Softworks' hugely anticipated continuation of their darkly humorous post-apocalyptic open world role-playing video game series sold over a million copies (to a tune of roughly $750 million) in its first 24 hours of release.
24	Vincent Margera	420,531	The American reality television personality died on November 15. He was known for his appearances in Viva La Bam, Jackass, Haggard and the CKY videos alongside his nephew Bam.
25	Survivor Series (2015)	416,855	This professional wrestling event was held on November 22, so it may return to next week's chart. Roman Reigns (pictured) won the main event.

J'en ai ras le bol is a French expression, literally translating to "I have a bowl full of it", but essentially meaning "I am sick and tired of this."

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 also exclude articles that have almost no mobile views (~2% or less) or almost all mobile views (~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.

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