Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/October 4 to 10, 2020

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Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (October 4 to 10, 2020)[edit]

Prepared with commentary by Igordebraga, Rebestalic and Mcrsftdog

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The usual politics and streaming content got the addition of a remembrance of Van Halen, given its eponymous guitarist unexpectedly died. Goddamnit, baby, you know I ain't lyin' to ya, I'm only gonna tell you one tiiiiime! Ahhhhhhhh yeaaah!

Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	Eddie Van Halen	3,847,894	Dutch expatriate Edward Lodewijk Van Halen was one of the most skilled guitarists ever, as demonstrated by his trademark solo "Eruption", and the music world mourned his death at the age of 65 after years fighting cancer.
2	Kamala Harris	1,943,062	After a terrible debate between the presidential candidates, the one between their running mates was held, this Democrat and her Republican adversary (#5).
3	Watts family murders	1,908,167	Netflix released American Murder: The Family Next Door, a documentary about this crime story regarding a family man who decided to kill his wife and children in Frederick, Colorado (pictured).
4	Van Halen	1,350,412	Like Santana, a rock band named for its immigrant guitarist (#1) - plus his brother (#24) - that achieved great success, to the point a teenage singer was criticized for never having heard of them.
5	Mike Pence	1,289,038	The current vice president showed many of his flaws in his debate against #2, such as repeating many of Trump's false or misleading claims, including that the administration had "always" been truthful about the COVID-19 pandemic, and refusing to commit to accepting the results of the election if the Republicans lose. Also, a fly landed in his hair.
6	The Haunting of Bly Manor	1,138,014	The Turn of the Screw had an unpopular adaptation early this year with The Turning, but seems to have gotten the right treatment in this Netflix show (which if the title seems familiar, it's because the same people from The Haunting of Hill House are involved).
7	The Boys (2019 TV series)	947,763	Season 2 has ended, blowing minds (and heads) along the way, and featuring the ever-deserving scene of a Nazi being beaten. Season 3 (of maybe 5) and a spin-off are confirmed.
8	Wolfgang Van Halen	906,967	#1's son (given Eddie has "Ludwig Van" in his name, he chose another composer for him) who eventually became Van Halen's (#4) bassist at just 15 - replacing a guy who was there for decades but had fallen out of Eddie's graces - and his first wife and "Wolfie"'s mom, an actress who currently hosts cooking shows on the Food Network.
9	Valerie Bertinelli	883,313
10	Donald Trump	837,568	Caught COVID-19, is apparently without symptoms. Though apparently he won't use his recovery to promote hydroxychloroquine, unlike some idiot who likes Trump very much.
11	Deaths in 2020	824,820	Let's honor #1 with one of his band's (#4) hits: And in the end on dreams we will depend 'Cause that's what love is made of
12	Joe Biden	741,258	The Democratic nominee for President is currently leading in the polls by quite a bit, which has never been a bad omen before.
13	Emily in Paris	740,155	A Netflix series that premiered on October 2. Lily Collins plays Emily, an American woman who moves to Paris. The French aren't very happy about it containing every hacky French stereotype possible.
14	Lily Collins	706,298
15	QAnon	648,259	One is an incoherent mish-mash of conspiracy theories and Trump worship, the other is a far-right frat with a penchant for fighting protestors. Facebook announced a crackdown on the former on October 6, while Trump told the latter to "stand back and stand by" at the first debate. One can only imagine how these groups would react to Trump losing. Alas, the Top 25 Report is not a crystal ball.
16	Proud Boys	616,508
17	Ram Vilas Paswan	581,079	Paswan, an Indian government minister, passed away on October 8.
18	Sean Conley	548,220	During #10's hospitalization, the Physician to the President gave daily briefing outside Walter Reed.
19	David Lee Roth	535,849	The best known frontman of #4 (fans can be split on whether they prefer Roth or his replacement Sammy Hagar; but everyone agrees that it's better to forget that the band ever hired a third guy), and who since 2006 was the only one in the band who wasn't a Van Halen (#1, #8, #24). "Diamond Dave" made sure to homage #1, as all the problems he had with the guitarist seemed to be in the past.
20	Kayleigh McEnany	513,395	McEnany, White House Press Secretary, announced her positive COVID-19 diagnosis on October 5.
21	David Attenborough	513,110	A new David Attenborough documentary came out on October 4, discussing climate change.
22	American Murder: The Family Next Door	503,046	A documentary covering #3. The article itself is five sentences long, meaning 500,000 people probably just clicked through to #3's page instead.
23	Louise Glück	491,757	This poet is the recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature.
24	Alex Van Halen	484,616	#1's older brother, and drummer for his band (#4), being also very skilled with his instrument.
25	Hubie Halloween	483,803	Netflix continues to give Adam Sandler room for his new comedies. The latest one, well, to quote one review, "If COVID-19 doesn't kill the Halloween season, Hubie Halloween might just do it!".

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.