Wikipedia:2014 Top 50 Report
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The Top 50 Report – 2014
Annual Top 50
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Rank Article Class Views Image About 1 Deaths in 2014 20,967,890 image commentary 2 Facebook 20,281,198 image commentary 3 Amazon.com 19,293,755 image commentary 4 Ebola virus disease 18,585,050 The ongoing outbreak of Ebola centered in Western Africa has been the most widespread outbreak of the disease in history. It has caused major loss of life and socioeconomic disruption in the region, mainly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. 5 2014 FIFA World Cup 15,659,069 image commentary 6 Game of Thrones 14,473,769 image commentary 7 Robin Williams 12,883,344 The unexpected death by suicide of this iconic comic on August 11 led to worldwide tributes. This article was viewed over 9 million times in the week of his death, which is a phenomenal number - the most viewed article of the week is more normally in the range of 1 to 2 million views. 8 United States 12,797,361 image commentary 9 List of Bollywood films of 2014 12,221,398 image commentary 10 Thanksgiving 11,195,226 image commentary 11 2014 in film 11,067,892 image commentary 12 YouTube 11,008,475 The online video sharing platform is a consistently popular article, and as such frequently features on the Top 25 Report. 13 The Walking Dead (TV series) 10,083,875 image commentary 14 Frozen (2013 film) 9,783,251 image commentary 15 Ariana Grande 9,451,283 image commentary 16 India 9,134,409 image commentary 17 Guardians of the Galaxy (film) 9,008,117 The new MCU film starring Chris Pratt as Star-Lord was released this year. He's hooked on a feeling, so come and get your love! 18 True Detective (TV series) 8,828,585 image commentary 19 Game of Thrones (season 4) 8,526,608 image commentary 20 Iggy Azalea 8,500,361 image commentary 21 FIFA World Cup 8,449,861 image commentary 22 World War I 8,402,341 image commentary 23 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 8,321,501 image commentary 24 Jordan Belfort 8,311,525 image commentary 25 List of Game of Thrones episodes 8,274,910 image commentary 26 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 7,920,343 image commentary 27 Cristiano Ronaldo 7,849,643 image commentary 28 World War II 7,723,491 image commentary 29 List of Arrow episodes 7,692,081 image commentary 30 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 7,601,345 image commentary 31 Breaking Bad 7,579,574 People just can't let this show go. The most Wikipedia'd show of the year ended for good last year; even so, with its appearance on countless "best of the year" lists, and an unexpected endorsement from US President Barack Obama, it's still drumming interest from the public. 32 Arrow (TV series) 7,542,490 image commentary 33 Jennifer Lawrence 7,374,776 image commentary 34 The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film) 7,273,498 image commentary 35 The Big Bang Theory 7,254,915 image commentary 36 United Kingdom 7,073,386 image commentary 37 Philip Seymour Hoffman 6,946,117 image commentary 38 Lionel Messi 6,861,436 image commentary 39 Orange Is the New Black 6,750,655 image commentary 40 Eminem 6,730,724 image commentary 41 House of Cards (U.S. TV series) 6,689,160 image commentary 42 Barack Obama 6,519,676 This year, Obama has dealt with the U.S. response to #4, after there were a few confirmed cases in the States. 43 Adolf Hitler 6,492,882 image commentary 44 Sherlock (TV series) 6,488,976 image commentary 45 Stephen Hawking 6,459,040 image commentary 46 Ukraine 6,171,866 image The Russo-Ukrainian War began this year. 47 List of The Big Bang Theory episodes 6,119,419 image commentary 48 Interstellar (film) 6,097,763 image commentary 49 Sunny Leone 6,020,546 image commentary 50 Leonardo DiCaprio 5,966,220 image commentary