Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/November 24 to 30, 2019

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Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (November 24 to 30, 2019)

Prepared with commentary by Igordebraga

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Kingpins and queens and alien thieves, taking lives denied

The Disney+ show that led for the past two weeks has been ousted by a release in the bigger streaming service, as Netflix got Martin Scorsese's latest crime epic The Irishman, and the historical figures there also get entries, including the top one. Netflix also brought in recent history from across the pond, with all the views for British royal family members who come along with The Crown. Movies in actual theaters also have royals (Anna and Elsa of Arendelle in #5) and re-enactments of real events (#6, #9, #22), along with a murder mystery (#16). Many entries are also in for Thanksgiving (#10, #12, #15), the recently deceased (#11, #13, #17, #23), and we close off with wrestling (#8), politics (#14) and music (#25)

For the week of November 24 to 30, 2019, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the WP:5000 are:

Rank	Article	Views	About
1	Jimmy Hoffa	2,238,665	Martin Scorsese makes yet another Mafia epic, only this time with a limited theatrical release before it hit Netflix. The movie itself is sandwiched between two of the main characters, famed labor union leader who mysteriously vanished Jimmy Hoffa (played by Al Pacino) and the protagonist, truck driver turned hitman Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro, who was a guarantee in a Scorsese movie in the old days).
2	The Irishman (2019 film)	2,139,328
3	Frank Sheeran	1,658,531
4	The Mandalorian	1,550,932	The Star Wars streaming sensation, making all of us foreigners who can't get Disney+ the more jealous that is not possible to legally watch it yet.
5	Frozen II^[1]	1,353,343	You only see what your eyes want to see / How can life be what you want it to be... Sorry. It's not like I can discuss Elsa and Anna's return, my country only gets this movie in January!
6	Richard Jewell	1,151,435	The film about how the hero of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing was then vilified by the media only comes out in December, but had its festival premiere and good reviews.
7	Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon	1,071,519	The Crown is back, and so are a lot of British royals to our report. The biggest views aren't for the show's main star, but her deceased younger sister.
8	Survivor Series (2019)	1,040,807	From crowns to belts, as the latest WWE pantomime was held and had the main card won by Shayna Baszler.
9	Elizabeth II	905,531	Back to the monarchs with the Queen of England, now played in The Crown by Oscar winner Olivia Colman.
10	Thanksgiving	855,382	The annual holiday that reunites families for feast. Hopefully there are few cases of turkeys thrown out windows.
11	Goo Hara	756,936	K-pop has a few sad stories for its idols, and one of the worst is Goo Hara: last year her boyfriend broke into her home, assaulted her, and threatened to leak a sex tape (he has since been sentenced to jail). It certainly took its toll on her, as Hara attempted suicide back in May, and managed to end her life this week at just 28.
12	Black Friday (shopping)	741,728	One day after #10 (or more specifically, #15), the Holiday shopping season starts and many people embrace their consumerism to take advantage of the huge discounts.
13	Deaths in 2019	713,942	Deja vu or what you please Follows true to all who do or die...
14	Michael Bloomberg	705,929	It's official, the former Mayor of New York City is trying to be the Democratic candidate next year.
15	Thanksgiving (United States)	680,186	In the United States, #10 happens in the fourth Thursday of November, hence why its annual inclusion happens in this month.
16	Knives Out (film)	672,828	No matter how divisive Star Wars: The Last Jedi was, Rian Johnson is a good filmmaker, and is back in theaters with a comedy murder mystery featuring a star-studded cast (James Bond! Captain America! Laurie Strode!) that earned great reviews and opened just after our #5 in the box office.
17	Gary Rhodes	648,667	Another death of the week, a British chef with a strong television presence who had a brain injury at the age of 59.
18	Anne, Princess Royal	627,157	The Crown again, namely #9's only daughter, played in the show by Erin Doherty.
19	Ken Miles	625,059	Given Ford v. Ferrari holds on at the box office even with competition of films such as #5 and #16, so does one of its main characters (a pilot whose exploits up to and including the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans are shown in the film) in our list.
20	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	623,932	More royals found in The Crown, #9's husband (now played by Tobias Menzies), and his mother (portrayed by Jane Lapotaire).
21	Princess Alice of Battenberg	617,846
22	Fred Rogers	612,939	A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood has the quintessential television nice guy played by the quintessential one from the movies, Tom Hanks. Reviews were glowing, though heavy competition made it open at just fifth in the box office.
23	Godfrey Gao	609,157	Like our #11, an East Asian entertainer (namely from Taiwan, though one who grew up in Canada) who died young at 35, of a cardiac arrest. Gao also had an acting role outside of China in the YA novel adaptation The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.
24	Russell Bufalino	598,942	Closing off the three main characters of our #2, a mobster played by another actor frequently cast by Scorsese, Joe Pesci.
25	Billie Eilish	597,881	Before she comes of age on December 18, the breakout musical sensation that just eludes the writers of this Report went to the American Music Awards of 2019, performed "All the Good Girls Go to Hell", and won both New Artist and Alternative Artist.

^ Combined views with Frozen 2, as the article got renamed

Exclusions

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.

[1] Combined views with Frozen 2, as the article got renamed

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