Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/October 10 to 16, 2021

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Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (October 10 to 16, 2021)

Prepared with commentary by Benmite, igordebraga, SSSB

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While viewers haven't stopped seeing Koreans playing the Squid Game, there's also the spy who once played the Octopussy game, boxing, India, and quite a few scary movies and shows.

Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	Squid Game	3,648,028	Despite this being the fourth week after it first dropped on Netflix, it's been all green light, no red light for this South Korean pop culture behemoth. At this rate, we'll being seeing it at the top of the report for as many weeks as there were players in the Squid Game. I'm sure I don't have to tell you what it's about, or what people have been saying about it, or why it's become so popular. All I have to offer is this Jersey club remix of that notorious song.
2	Tyson Fury	1,843,976	Tyson's Fury surely came in handy during his third and final boxing match against heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder, whom he beat with a violent knockout punch in the 11th round of the bout. Even in all of their fighting fury, Fury still tried to prove he was a gentle giant by going to give Wilder, who was bleeding profusely out of his ear, a handshake. Wilder declined, which Fury attributed to him not reciprocating his "love and respect" for him, but if I had to guess, I'd say the blood gushing out of him might have played a part as well.
3	No Time to Die	1,227,745	In spite of plenty of things against the 25th James Bond, such as a tumultuous pre-production with changes in directors and release dates, a pandemic delaying it some more, and the involvement of the person who inflicted Fleabag upon the world, No Time to Die manages to close Daniel Craig's tenure as 007 packing quite the emotional punch. Critics and audiences have responded well, although Bond still has to at least double its current $341 million worldwide gross to make a profit.
4	Burari deaths	1,027,990	In 2018, a whole family was found dead in their Delhi house, with everyone but the strangled grandmother appearing to have hanged themselves. Netflix released a docuseries based on this morbid incident, House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths.
5	David Amess	1,005,344	While holding a constituency meeting, this member of the British Parliament was stabbed to death in what is considered a terrorist incident motivated by Islamic extremism. Amess was made a Knight Bachelor in 2015 for public service, having been a MP since 1983. His death comes just over 5 years since Jo Cox was murdered by a white supremacist, and has reignited the debate about MPs' security.
6	Deaths in 2021	836,205	Try to hide your hand, forget how to feel Life is gone with just a spin of the wheel
7	Halloween Kills	815,624	Even Michael Myers, one of the most indestructible serial killers in film history, was helpless against the goddamned pandemic, which delayed the eleventh time he hit the big screen to this year. A sequel to the continuity streamlining released in 2018, Halloween Kills lives up to the name by featuring some of the most brutal deaths in the series, starting with the firemen who ensured Michael didn't burn to death in Laurie Strode's basement. It didn't win critics over, as reviews felt disappointment at how unlike its predecessor the movie did not try to stray far from slasher film convention. At least there is a chance to finish things well in next year's Halloween Ends.
8	Adele	780,670	Looks like we finally got a hello from the other side. As soon as the performer of one of James Bond's most acclaimed theme songs got divorced, jokes flew that all was set for another heartbreak album that would sweep charts and awards. And now it's officially coming, as Adele announced fourth record 30 (which again is titled after the age she was at the start of production) will be released in November, while also issuing lead single "Easy on Me", which broke plenty of single-day streaming records before the day was even over and will undoubtedly be sitting pretty atop charts across the globe.
9	Deontay Wilder	743,564	#2 had been planning to fight compatriot Anthony Joshua, but this former heavyweight champion exercised a contractual clause asking for a rematch, hoping to finally avenge what he had claimed to be a cheated fight. But instead Fury won again.
10	List of James Bond films	722,279	A guy who is supposed to be discreet, yet introduces himself with his full name and goes after every woman he sees. He also sometimes drinks on the job. Six actors have played him - as put by Alan Moore, "Jock", "Fry", "Eyebrows", "Lovey", "Posh" and "Scary" - across 25 movies, and even if the latest (#3) has a tragic ending, don't expect a retirement any time soon.
11	William Shatner	687,421	Space. The final frontier. 55 years after becoming James T. Kirk, William Shatner (who curiously is the inspiration for the mask worn by #7's villain) actually went into space, becoming the oldest person in a sub-orbital flight at the age of 90, as part of Blue Origin's 18th mission, third of the year.
12	Daniel Craig	572,930	Craig has made his final appearance as 007 in #3, and has been demoted from spy to mere detective for his next film: Knives Out 2.
13	Venom: Let There Be Carnage	563,883	The UK got this Marvel film - part of Sony's Spider-Man Universe, not the Marvel Cinematic Universe (but there are hints Spider-Man: No Way Home might unite Tom Holland's Spidey with this antiheroic counterpart) - on September 14, three weeks before it hit US cinemas and had the best opening of pandemic times. It remains to be seen if the next movie based on a Spider-Man villain, Morbius, will enjoy the same success.
14	Jon Gruden	533,640	This American football coach (as opposed to American football coach) resigned from his role at the Las Vegas Raiders after an investigation revealed emails containing racist, misogynistic, and homophobic slurs.
15	Maid (miniseries)	523,115	Viewers are still enthralled by the Margaret Qualley-starring Netflix adaptation of Stephanie Land's memoir, mostly about working maid service jobs to support her family as a single mother.
16	The Last Duel (2021 film)	522,399	In contrast to #7, the other big release of the week is a classier film, a Ridley Scott-directed medieval drama based on the real story of how a knight (Matt Damon) challenged to death a squire (Adam Driver) who allegedly raped his wife (Jodie Comer). So The Last Duel managed to get good reviews (this here writer agrees even if he found the movie slow at points), though is not expected to make as much money as Michael Myers.
17	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	520,173	The first country to join hosts (still weird to say it) Qatar are four-time champions Germany, making Die Mannschaft's fans hopeful they won't embarrass themselves like in Russia 2018 (although the successful qualifying campaign included a defeat to North Macedonia, so all bets are off for how it'll go). UEFA Euro 2020 semifinalists Denmark also punched their ticket, and more squads should get in by the next round on November 11.
18	Indian Premier League	480,095	India's most popular sport, cricket, ended its national tournament with the Chennai Super Kings beating the Kolkata Knight Riders.
19	Midnight Mass (miniseries)	479.368	Netflix is delivering some tension this month, as the already released priest bringing the supernatural to an isolated island community is now joined by the return of Penn Badgley's Joe Goldberg, who won't let a marriage and a son stop him from getting obsessed with another woman.
20	You (season 3)	477.695
21	Margaret Qualley	438.426	#15's star. And in a bit of meta casting, her character's mother is played by Qualley's own, Andie MacDowell (pictured).
22	2020 Thomas & Uber Cup	416,006	Back to sports popular in India, namely badminton, with a biennial national team tournament having the edition that should've happened last year, and victories for Indonesian men and Chinese women.
23	HoYeon Jung	404,724	Finally a close gap between those actors from #1 - their characters, as put by Honest Trailers, are "an uncomfortable reminder to Westerners that North Korea is a real place with actual people in it", and the protagonist who is "bad at killing; however, he is elite at standing next to people getting killed."
24	Lee Jung-jae	399,356
25	J. Jayalalithaa	393,827	One last trip to India with an actress turned politician whose life was told in the recently released Thalaivii.

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.