Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/November 27 to December 3, 2022

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Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (November 27 to December 3, 2022)[edit]

Prepared with commentary by ElijahPepe, Igordebraga, SSSB

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Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	2022 FIFA World Cup	11,004,144	The World Cup continues this week, met by upsets and close wins. The group stage ended with several upsets - namely, the elimination of 2014 champions Germany (who also failed to progress to the knockouts in 2018) and world number 2, Belgium. The knockout stages have begun with Netherlands knocking out USA, and having Argentina disposing of Australia in the games played so far. This coming week (Sunday-Saturday) will see the remaining 6 round of 16 matches and the quarters being completed. So the next time you hear from us, we will know our 4 semi-finalists. Enjoy the football!
2	FIFA World Cup	3,032,398
3	Jenna Ortega	2,797,886	They're creepy and they're kooky Mysterious and spooky They're altogether ooky The Addams Family. This Netflix TV series centered on the eldest daughter of the Addams, played by Jenna Ortega (who had previously starred in other Netflix projects You and Yes Day), was released last week to moderate reception.
4	Wednesday (TV series)	2,374,187
5	Christine McVie	2,007,559	This English musician and songwriter died this week at 79. Her work with #15 gave her greater recognition.
6	2026 FIFA World Cup	1,457,917	The results of #1 have made some curious—and potentially hopeful—for the next World Cup. Others, not so much. But 4 years is a long time, as shown by the fact the World Cup retention rate is 10% (2/20), and only happened twice, Brazil in 1958-1962 and Italy in 1934-1938.
7	Cristiano Ronaldo	1,259,895	In spite of qualifying for round 2 of #1, this Portuguese footballer left Manchester United last week, and is in more controversy this week.
8	Lionel Messi	1,247,602	Unlike #7, this Argentine footballer is enjoying the spotlight with his 1,000th career game, securing a win for Argentina against Australia in #1.
9	2018 FIFA World Cup	1,184,865	Some are looking back to the previous World Cup, held in Russia, where France was able to defeat Croatia. Croatia are yet to perform at the level they did in Russia, but France have shown themselves to be serious contenders.
10	Nick Fuentes	1,156,982	This white supremacist met with Donald Trump and Kanye West, a grim omen for the future of American politics.
11	Deaths in 2022	965,061	In homage to #5: If your life was bad to you Just think what tomorrow will do
12	Irene Cara	889,318	This singer, best known for the theme songs of Fame and Flashdance, died this week at 63.
13	List of FIFA World Cup finals	888,920	Brazil have won the most (5), despite appearing in one less final than Germany (who have only won 4). Interestingly, no country has won exactly three, and only European or South American teams have ever appeared in the final.
14	The Addams Family	819,048	The release of #4 has brought this fictional family into the Top 25 Report.
15	Fleetwood Mac	818,229	One of the most acclaimed bands of the 1970s and 1980s, as well as one of the most turbulent, given their best-selling album Rumours is basically the members writing songs on how their relationships were going downhill. #5's contributions to the group included "Don't Stop", "Everywhere", and "Little Lies".
16	Yusra Mardini	750,215	This Syrian swimmer received renewed attention following the release of her biopic The Swimmers on Netflix this week.
17	Jerry Lawson (engineer)	721,233	This engineer, dubbed the "father of the videogame cartridge", was honored this week in a Google Doodle.
18	2022 FIFA World Cup knockout stage	719,102	The knockout stage for this year's World Cup began this week. Netherlands, Senegal, USA, England, Argentina, Poland, France, Australia, Morocco, Japan, Spain, Croatia, Brazil, Switzerland, Portugal and South Korea all made it out of their group to this stage.
19	Pelé	713,822	The "King of Football" (the only one to win #2 on three occasions) was put on end-of-life care this week, following cardiac and respiratory issues.
20	Brazil national football team	700,753	The team the above took to three titles is currently searching for its sixth. Granted, every game ends with someone injured and the reserves managed the feat of losing to Cameroon, but a favorite is still a favorite.
21	2014 FIFA World Cup	697,024	Eight years ago, Germany beat Argentina in the final (beating hosts, Brazil, 7-1 en-route). Since then, Germany have failed to progress out of the group.
22	Christian Pulisic	678,165	This soccer player suffered an injury this week, an untimely event for one of the United States men's national soccer team's best players. Pulisic was ultimately unable to advance the team, losing to the Netherlands.
23	Argentina national football team	645,894	#20's archenemy had the opposite path, starting off with a shock defeat before two close wins. Yet, they remain one of the favourites, courtesy of #8, one of the world's greatest.
24	Christina Ricci	635,622	This actress plays a botany teacher in #4, as a tribute to her having been Wednesday in The Addams Family and Addams Family Values.
25	Alexis Mac Allister	596,639	Rounding out this World Cup-themed list, this Argentine footballer helped #23 defeat Poland this week.

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.