Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/October 2012
As collected on October 22, 2012.
Rank Article Views Notes 1 Winsor McCay 3,806,738 Creator of Little Nemo, received an elaborate Google Doodle for his best work's 107th anniversary. 2 Niels Bohr 2,323,043 Physicist, also received a Doodle. 3 Felix Baumgartner 1,708,325 An Austrian who broke skydiving world records by jumping from a height of 39 km (24 mi). 4 Gangnam Style 1,304,906 Song whose viral video is rising up to becoming YouTube's most viewed ever. Its performer, PSY, narrowly misses the cut at #26. 5 Suicide of Amanda Todd 1,089,110 Cyberbullying-caused death in Canada. 6 Facebook 1,064,086 The most popular site on the Internet, Facebook is a perennially favorite page on Wikipedia. 7 The Walking Dead (TV series) 940,909 Season 3 of the zombie series had just begun. 8 Deaths in 2012 702,723 People are always interested in the recent departed. 9 Prometheus (film) 657,922 The Alien prequel that split opinions everywhere had just hit home video. 10 Joseph Kittinger 650,145 This army colonel held many of the skydiving records broken by Felix Baumgartner. 11 Here Comes Honey Boo Boo 638,916 Controversial show about a child beauty pageant. 12 Mila Kunis 619,888 Famous movie star. Perhaps Lisa Frank helped the page get popular that week? 13 Argo (2012 film) 613,468 The eventual Best Picture winner had just been released in theaters. 14 Speed of sound 589,990 Probably related to Felix Baumgartner, as he became the first person to break the sound barrier without vehicular power. 15 Dishonored (video game) 587,866 Stealth video game with an all-star cast. 16 Mitt Romney 585,490 Republican candidate for the 2012 presidential election. 17 YouTube 577,006 Another really popular website. 18 The Walking Dead (season 3) 540,803 See #7. 19 One Direction 527,027 The British band would release their second album in November. 20 Alex Karras 508,472 The former football player best known for playing Mongo in Blazing Saddles had just died. 21 Jimmy Savile 506,939 One year after the death of this English DJ and television personality, it has been revealed that he had sexually abused hundreds of people throughout his career. 22 Skyfall 503,410 The 23rd James Bond movie was about to be released, celebrating the franchise's 50th anniversary. 23 Halloween 499,162 Page is always popular in October. 24 UFC 153 494,638 Anderson Silva fought to retain his championship belt in his native Brazil. 25 Arrow (TV series) 490,877 DC Comics hero Green Arrow gets a television adaptation.
- Exclusions
Main Page 83,941,628
Wsearch.php 5,014,995
Elocution 3,659,751
undefined 2,967,720
Main Page/ 2,003,492
Undefined 1,835,955
500.shtml 1,695,148
D (programming language) 1,384,751
index.html 1,295,551
404 error 937,954
[[[object Object]]] 919,630
The Stand In 896,790
Wiki 742,079
Com/fluendo/plugin/KateDec.class 641,560
com/fluendo/plugin/KateDec.class 638,557