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Brevity is the soul of wit.
For the week of January 13 to 19, 2019, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the WP:5000 report were:
Rank | Article | Class | Views | Image | About |
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1 | List of most-liked Instagram posts | ![]() |
2,508,060 | ![]() |
The world order is scrambled as memesters poach prized perch from Puerto Rican. |
2 | Glass (2019 film) |
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1,194,041 | ![]() |
The latest twist in the career of M. Night Shyamalan is that his films are terrible again. |
3 | Mysterio |
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1,118,746 | ![]() |
Rachel Dawes' brother dons a fishbowl and takes up special effects work in the beautiful future Atlantis. |
4 | Sake Dean Mahomed |
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1,090,799 | ![]() |
Google celebrate an Indian entrepreneur who brought shampoo to Europe. |
5 | Katherine Schwarzenegger |
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803,954 | ![]() |
Hasta la Vista's baby finds love with a lord of the stars. |
6 | Sex Education (TV series) |
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797,371 | ![]() |
Netflix makes shows, people use Wikipedia to research them. |
7 | You (TV series) |
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796,050 | ||
8 | Freddie Mercury | ![]() |
792,056 | ![]() |
Guaranteed to blow your mind, anytime. |
9 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup |
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766,232 | ![]() |
Association football in Asia, where Southampton starlet leads a rampant rising sun. |
10 | Chris Pratt |
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709,968 | ![]() |
Johnny Karate chops his way into the heart of #5. |
11 | Titans (2018 TV series) |
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703,306 | ![]() |
Robin and his pubescent pals battle crime sans Bats. |
12 | Deaths in 2019 | ![]() |
692,073 | ![]() |
People died, other people looked to see who died. |
13 | Spider-Man: Far From Home |
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678,320 | ![]() |
Dead character inexplicably spends first days in the afterlife on European vacation. |
14 | R. Kelly |
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627,683 | ![]() |
Grown man who knowingly married a fifteen year old is accused of sexual abuse. |
15 | Katelyn Ohashi |
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10 |
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Gymnast scores perfect 10, vaults onto the report. |
16 | Government shutdowns in the United States |
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622,060 | ![]() |
Top 25 authors are classified as non-essential personnel, so no entry here, just an unrelated photograph of a Big Mac. |
17 | Aaliyah |
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616,204 | ![]() |
Tragic victim of plane crash may also have been tragic victim of other flying scourges. |
18 | Carol Channing |
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596,898 | ![]() |
Nonagenarian comedienne and Broadway icon dies, sends droves to article. |
19 | Uri: The Surgical Strike |
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585,900 | ![]() |
India makes a film about conflict - no prizes for guessing the belligerents. |
20 | Aquaman (film) |
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558,549 | ![]() |
Muscular man makes marine movie, many millions make way to multiplexes. |
21 | True Detective (season 3) |
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511,625 | ![]() |
Impending double Oscar winner clears space in trophy cabinet for Emmy. |
22 | Bird Box (film) |
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498,496 | ![]() |
Debbie Ocean cons a copious number of people into watching a mindless, meandering, and mediocre horror film. |
23 | Patrick Mahomes |
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482,366 | ![]() |
Sophomore superstar stripped and sacked of date with rams by a goat. |
24 | Unbreakable (film) | ![]() |
481,919 | ![]() |
Audiences catch up on the Shyamalan cinematic universe, and watch Nick Fury's malevolent schemes post-Avengers - he has had it with those monkey-fighting brittle bones in his Monday-to-Friday body. |
25 | Fyre Festival |
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462,903 | ![]() |
Streaming wars are fought to tell the tale of the ineffably fraudulent festival concept that went up in flames. |