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Traffic report

Griselda, Nikki, Carl, Jannik and two types of football

By Igordebraga, Rajan51, CAWylie, Krimuk2.0, Shuipzv3, I am RedoStone, Rahcmander

This traffic report is adapted from the Top 25 Report, prepared with commentary by Igordebraga, Rajan51, CAWylie, Krimuk2.0, Shuipzv3, I am RedoStone and Rahcmander.

If you want to hang out, you've gotta take her out (January 21 to 27)

Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	Griselda Blanco	2,072,125	Sofía Vergara (pictured) portrays the Colombian drug lord in the Netflix miniseries Griselda, which premiered January 25.
2	2023 AFC Asian Cup	2,023,697	Qatar already did well with the FIFA World Cup, so more football came in the continental tournament, and already offered some surprises like traditional South Korea conceding a tie to lowly Malaysia in the 105th minute (!) - but not our friends from India performing well, as they lost all three games. The knockout rounds will start with interesting matches like the currently suffering Palestine against the hosts.
3	Nikki Haley	1,835,344	There were no presidential caucuses or debates this week, so she remains the only female candidate on the Republican ticket and the only Republican opposing former president Donald Trump, despite a senator (Tim Scott) from Haley's home state and appointed by her putting his support behind the latter.
4	Republic Day (India)	1,684,044	The first of India's three national holidays was observed on January 26, marking the country's transition from a dominion to a republic. This year's parade featured 144 members of the Egyptian Armed Forces (pictured) marching for the first time.
5	Australian Open	1,353,113	Melbourne hosts tennis' first Grand Slam of the year. The men's side will have a one-time winner while the women's kept last year's champion.
6	Ram Mandir	1,286,350	On January 22, just months ahead of the world's biggest election, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated this temple to the Hindu deity Rama in a highly publicized and politicized event that was attended by several Indian politicians, businessmen and celebrities. The temple is located at the hypothesized birthplace of Rama, and the former location of a 16th-century mosque, which was attacked and demolished in 1992 by Hindu extremists. It must also be noted that archaeologists found the ruins of what was probably an ancient temple at the site following the mosque's demolition. After several years of litigation, the Supreme Court of India delivered its verdict in 2019 giving the site to Hindus to construct a temple, and another piece of land to Muslims for building a mosque.
7	Saltburn (film)	1,171,623	Down from #1, a thriller that followed five nominations from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts with none at all from the Americans from AMPAS (who instead flocked to Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things and Barbie).
8	Palworld	1,080,585	Announced in 2021, this action-adventure / survival / monster-taming video game was released on January 19. Nicknamed early as "Pokémon with guns", it sold eight million units in its first six days and had two million players on Steam, making it the second-most played game ever (behind Counter-Strike 2).
9	Fighter (2024 film)	1,076,440	Coinciding with #4, India's first aerial action film opened on January 25. It is also the first in a planned franchise and the first collab between stars Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone.
10	Deaths in 2024	1,001,016	I heard you're goin' 'round Playing the victim now But don't even begin feeling I'm the one to blame 'Cause you dug your own grave...

If you want to get down, down on the ground (January 28 to February 3)

Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	Griselda Blanco	4,444,663	Netflix, a regular source of high Wikipedia view counts, has caused this female drug lord (lately portrayed by Sofía Vergara) to remain at number one due to its original miniseries Griselda. While it is not Dahmer views, 4.44 million is the highest weekly view count so far this year.
2	Carl Weathers	2,191,425	An actor best known for "strong Black man" roles, starting as Apollo Creed in Rocky and its sequels and later extending to Predator, Action Jackson and The Mandalorian, as well as parodic turns in Happy Gilmore, Arrested Development and Toy Story 4, Carl Weathers died at the age of 76.
3	Royal Rumble (2024)	1,926,255	The latest WWE pay-per-view event, held at Tropicana Field in Florida.
4	Poonam Pandey	1,906,337	On February 1, her manager announced that this Indian actress had died of cervical cancer at the age of 32. The next day, it was revealed that she was still alive, with the faked death being a publicity stunt to raise awareness for the disease, earning her widespread criticism.
5	Fighter (2024 film)	1,377,325	After many production delays this film, directed by Siddharth Anand (pictured), was released January 25. It has recieved mixed reviews from critics, but has grossed ₹264 crore (US$33 million) worldwide as of February 4.
6	2023 AFC Asian Cup	1,223,998	The knockout stages of the Asian football tournament rolled on in Qatar. The week covered by this report finished by defining the two semifinals, Jordan x South Korea and Iran x Qatar - and let's say right away the first was an upset where the former that never qualified for a World Cup beat the much more traditional adversary (who also surprisingly only won the Asian Cup once, a four team affair in 1960!).
7	List of Super Bowl champions	1,191,071	Super Bowl LVIII will determine if the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs will get their fourth entry on this list, or if the San Francisco 49ers will get their sixth.
8	Jannik Sinner	1,161,628	After defeating one of tennis's all-time greats Novak Djokovic in the semifinal, this young Italian expectedly won the 2024 Australian Open, coming from two sets down to defeat Daniil Medvedev in a five-set thriller to raise his first Grand Slam trophy.
9	Deaths in 2024	1,006,267	Sad to say I'm on my way Won't be back for many a day...
10	Travis Kelce	902,893	The star tight end of the Kansas City Chiefs and boyfriend of Taylor Swift helped his team win the 2023 AFC Championship Game against the Baltimore Ravens 17–10, scoring a touchdown with a pass from Patrick Mahomes. The Chiefs are now heading to the Super Bowl, hoping to add themselves to #7 for a consecutive year.

When your day is done, and you want to run (February 4 to 10)

Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	Toby Keith	2,848,834	The country music singer (and early investor into the music label which signed #4) died of stomach cancer on February 5. Pour one out in your "Red Solo Cup".
2	Griselda Blanco	2,326,674	The Cocaine Godmother of Colombia became popular in 89 countries at the end of January with another biographical miniseries topping Netflix's Global Weekly charts.
3	Tracy Chapman	2,112,767	There was hardly a dry eye in the auditorium hosting #6 when she performed her hit "Fast Car" alongside country singer Luke Combs, whose cover of the song was one of the biggest hits in the US last year.
4	Taylor Swift	1,270,246	The pop megastar became the first artist in history to win Album of the Year four times, after her win for Midnights at #6. She also won the Best Pop Vocal Album for the same album, and during her acceptance speech for the award, she announced a new album that will come out in two months. After that, she went back on tour as The Eras Tour hit Japan last week, with four shows in Tokyo. Other than that, adding to the continued fan interest about her current relationship with Travis Kelce, was the question of whether she will be able to make it to the Super Bowl in Vegas to see her boyfriend play, after wrapping up her fourth showing in Tokyo on February 10 (Spoiler alert: Yes, she had more than 30 hours for a journey that will take less than half a day on a direct flight).
5	2024 Pakistani general election	1,123,644	General elections were held in Pakistan on February 8 to seat the latest National Assembly. Imran Khan (pictured) was elected as leader. Multiple foreign media outlets accused the military of rigging the elections in favor of PML-N and efforts to reinstate Nawaz Sharif. Many international observers, including the United States, European Union and the United Kingdom have voiced their concerns about the fairness of the elections.
6	66th Annual Grammy Awards	1,026,403	The biggest night in music took place on February 4 in Los Angeles. #3 made a rare public appearance by performing her hit "Fast Car" alongside Luke Combs, whose country cover of the song was a smash hit last year. #4 made history by becoming the first artist in history to win Album of the Year four times, and in her acceptance speech for Best Pop Vocal Album she announced her upcoming album The Tortured Poets Department. #8 won the first Grammy awards of her career, taking home two: Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for "Flowers". #10 won Best Folk Album and performed for the first time at the Grammys. Billie Eilish's "What Was I Made For?" won Song of the Year, while Victoria Monét was crowned Best New Artist.
7	Deaths in 2024	994,803	Day after day it reappears Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear Ghosts appear and fade away...
8	Miley Cyrus	889,936	At #6, she performed her hit song "Flowers" and went home with two awards, including the coveted Record of the Year. Can you believe she had never won a Grammy before this?
9	Carl Weathers	879,237	The Mandalorian's Greef Karga (plus Apollo Creed, Dillon, Derick "Chubbs" Peterson, etc.) died on February 1 from cardiovascular disease.
10	Joni Mitchell	739,637	The legendary singer-songwriter, of which #4 cites as a major influence, performed at #6, a step in her return to music following a ruptured brain aneurysm in 2015.

Exclusions

These lists exclude 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 Top 25 Report talk page if you wish.

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