Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/May 12 to 18, 2024

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (May 12 to 18, 2024)

Prepared with commentary by Igordebraga, Vestrian24Bio, Shuipzv3, and CAWylie.

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On a positive note, this week fully enforces the exclusion thresholds below (meaning discarding a suspicious increase for Australia while seeing Indian cricket having its pageviews dunk). On an interesting less positive note, it's the first time the most viewed article hasn't surpassed a million views since January 2022, and the first time in an even longer time the whole bottom four didn't reach 400k views.

Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes	996,673	I hate every ape that I see\From Chimpan-A to Chimpanzee... 56 years after the original, filmgoers are still willing to go to an Earth where humans lost their position as the dominant species to talking apes. The newest one (and tenth overall!) has earned great remarks from critics and audiences alike, and is close to clearing its $160 million budget in less than two weeks in theaters, making it clear the plans of director Wes Ball for a whole trilogy will soon be fulfilled.
2	Eurovision Song Contest 2024	984,621	After Sweden won the 2023 contest, it hosted the latest edition at Malmö Arena. 25 finalists out of 37 entrants made it the semifinals which began May 7. Romania opted not to participate, and Luxembourg competed for the first time since 1993. The Netherlands was disqualified before the final, but still retained its right to vote. The inclusion of Israel among the participants in the context of the Israel–Hamas war was met with controversy. Ultimately, Switzerland won the contest with a performance by #24.
3	2024 Indian general election	975,252	The largest-ever election in history to choose its 18th parliment finished off its fourth phase last Monday, and the fifth phase is scheduled for the upcoming Monday. It will continue to go on for the next two weeks.
4	Deaths in 2024	968,728	If man is five Then the devil is six Then God is seven This monkey's gone to heaven
5	Yasuke	924,347	Yasuke was a man, likely of African origin, who served under the daimyo Oda Nobunaga from 1581–1582. The video game company Ubisoft announced that a fictionalized version of Yasuke would be a primary character in the upcoming Assassin's Creed Shadows, which prompted discussions about his featuring over a Japanese character in a game set in feudal Japan.
6	Heeramandi	862,850	Despite mixed reviews following its May 1 release, this Indian period drama series was that week's second most-watched non-English show on Netflix globally. It received 4.5 million views, with 33 million viewership hours, breaking the record for the most-viewed Indian series in its first week of release. It was trending at number-one in 10 countries and was among the top ten most-watched shows in 43 countries.
7	Robert Fico	663,364	The Prime Minister of Slovakia suffered an assassination attempt, and after an emergency surgery for five bullet wounds, his condition has turned stable. It's possibly politically motivated, with the suspect having shown opposition to some of Fico's policies, like taking more control of the media and weakening anti-corruption policies.
8	Harrison Butker	654,977	Butker, a kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs and a conservative Catholic, gave a commencement speech at the private Benedictine College on May 11, in which he congratulated the women in the audience — and said most were probably eager to get married and have children. Butker also criticized Pride Month and US president Joe Biden's stance on abortion. While he received a standing ovation from the crowd, others were less impressed, with the NFL distancing itself from his comments, and it was pointed out that Butker's mother is a medical physicist with two university degrees.
9	Baby Reindeer	632,686	This critically acclaimed Netflix mini-series based on #11's real life experience has managed to make it to the Top 10, even after 5 weeks since the release.
10	Bridgerton	631,370	Shondaland's first scripted series for Netflix about regents living in the UK's social season was renewed for a third season in 2021. The first half of it premiered on May 16.
11	Richard Gadd	616,183	#9 adapts a one-man show this actor made based on his experiences being stalked.
12	Planet of the Apes	609,794	It's necessary to taste the madness, activate new possibilities, back to the Planet of the Apes!
13	Von Erich family	589,476	The "cursed" wrestling family (father Fritz, pictured), beset by tragedy, received renewed interest due to the release of the biopic The Iron Claw on the Max streaming service on May 10.
14	Nava Mau	529,995	#9 has this trans actress playing a therapist who dates #11's protagonist.
15	Oleksandr Usyk	514,033	This Ukranian boxer has beaten the former undisputed heavyweight champion (#17) to become the new Champ!
16	Megalopolis (film)	513,849	Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola (pictured) unveiled his first movie in 13 years, which he had been trying to film since the 1970s and saw its debut at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, to a polarizing critical reception.
17	Tyson Fury	512,034	This British boxer was the undisputed heavyweight champion, until he was beaten by #15 to become the new Champ!
18	Kevin Von Erich	456,077	The last surviving child of #13 currently sells real estate. He was portrayed by Zac Efron in the recently released biopic.
19	Young Sheldon	447,391	Splitting the brothers is the spinoff for The Big Bang Theory focusing on the childhood of Sheldon Cooper (young Iain Armitage pictured), that aired its series finale on May 16 to close 7 years on the air.
20	Kerry Von Erich	411,792	Tragedies aside, he was probably the most successful of #13. He felt the family curse the most and committed suicide in 1993. He was portrayed by Jeremy Allen White in The Iron Claw.
21	Cassie Ventura	400,990	CNN obtained and published CCTV footage of the rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs violently assaulting Ventura in a hotel hallway in 2016, with Diddy grabbing Ventura, punching her then throwing her to the ground, followed by kicks and stomps. Ventura previously filed a lawsuit against Diddy in November 2023 alleging a decade-long "cycle of abuse, violence and sex trafficking", which was settled out of court.
22	Amy Winehouse	392,657	In another reminder that we're getting old, in July it'll be 13 years since Amy Winehouse joined the 27 Club. To celebrate the British singer's short, sad and impactful life, the biopic Back to Black, starring Marisa Abela, has hit theaters.
23	Fallout (American TV series)	382,413	Wait, views were so slow this week that this Prime Video show returned, a whole month after its debut? OK Okey dokey!
24	Nemo (singer)	379,989	The Swiss-born singer won #2 on May 11, becoming the first openly non-binary performer to win the contest; they also finished with the fourth highest amount of points in competition history.
25	War for the Planet of the Apes	376,002	IF, a movie about imaginary friends by John Krasinski (which many compared to a certain Cartoon Network show) is expected to take the top of the box office from #1. Yet here it was the first article off the list, ironically right below the previous appearance of the apes, where Caesar (played by the guy to the left, Andy Serkis) went on a manhunt for the Colonel that killed his son.