Rank
|
Article
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Class
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Views
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Image
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Notes
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1
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Muhammad Ali
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4,425,310
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There was no question that the death of the iconic and unique American boxer would be a huge news story. He had been in very poor health more recently, and news reports in America that he was seriously ill quickly became news of his death. For purposes of this Report, the timing of his death did raise the question of whether it occurred too late to lead the chart (which runs from 0:00 UTC Sunday to 23:59 the following Saturday each week), but it did not. Almost all of 4.4 million views this article received occurred on June 4, the last reporting day of this Report.
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2
|
X-Men: Apocalypse
|
|
1,086,685
|
|
Hopes were high for this movie after the rapturous critical and commercial reception given to
Bryan Singer
's previous
X-Men
film,
Days of Future Past
; unfortunately the reviews for the followup have been largely negative, with the film struggling to reach a 60% "Fresh" rating on
Rotten Tomatoes
. Yet, this is its third week in the top 2 (it was #1 last week), and fourth week in the top 10.
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3
|
Game of Thrones
|
|
873,355
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The latest season of this eternally popular TV series premiered on
HBO
on 24 April. And with last week's shock revelation, people turned to Wikipedia. With three episodes left in this season, we can expect it stay up on the chart.
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4
|
Game of Thrones
(season 6)
|
|
836,979
|
|
See #3
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5
|
Memorial Day
|
|
762,385
|
|
The last Monday in May (which was May 30 this year), the day that the United States chose to honour its war dead, is perhaps better known as the traditional beginning of US summer vacation, and is thus eagerly anticipated by millions of people too young to serve but old enough to stand in line for action movies.
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6
|
Stephen Curry
|
|
735,356
|
|
Curry's basketball team, the
Golden State Warriors
, are now in the
2016 NBA Finals
.
|
7
|
UEFA Euro 2016
|
|
671,655
|
|
The quadrennial international football event kicks off in France on June 10.
|
8
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Deaths in 2016
|
|
628,824
|
|
The annual list of deaths, always a fairly consistent visitor to this list, is often in the Top 10 this year. The views of this article are remarkably consistent on a day-to-day basis, with close to 100,000 views a day. Views went up slightly with the news of the death of
Muhammad Ali
(#1) on June 4, to 125,826 views for that day. When
Prince
died, views did substantially jump to 275K for one day (April 21). But substantial jumps like that are not driving the solid regular popularity of the article, which makes it a regular part of the Top 25.
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9
|
Copa America Centenario
|
|
614,036
|
|
The 45th edition of the
Copa America
football tournament is being held in the
United States
this year, the first time the competition has been held outside its
South America
territory, and began on June 3. This horde of non-Americans crossing the southern border generated an Argentinian
advertisement
lampooning
Donald Trump
.
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10
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Lotte Reiniger
|
|
591,857
|
|
A
Google Doodle/
on June 2 celebrated the birth (in 1899) of German film director Lotte Reiniger, a pioneer in animation, and best known for
silhouette animation
. Her film
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
was released in 1926, over ten years before
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
.
|
11
|
Captain America: Civil War
|
|
524,612
|
|
Down from #3.
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12
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Amber Heard
|
|
519,753
|
|
Down from #6 last week, based on continuing celebrity news of Heard's acrimonious divorce from
Johnny Depp
.
|
13
|
Bicycle Race
|
|
471,848
|
|
Reddit
learned
a fun fact about this song by
Queen
.
|
14
|
X-Men
(film series)
|
|
457,101
|
|
The ever-more convoluted film series looks safe for now, and, thanks to the rather boring but still perplexing post-credits tease, people want to know what happens next.
|
15
|
Hess triangle
|
|
450,342
|
|
This has got to be
Reddit
as well (
and it is
), as it is exactly the kind of quirky thing that doesn't seem quite as quirky when you've been doing this list for a few years and see the formula for the type of "quirky" thing that draws attention on Reddit. Someone could make a book of the 1,000 quirkiest things that will sell on Reddit, and keep recycling them over time. In fact that book may already exist but be a huge secret. A quirky secret that would do very well on Reddit.
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16
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Johnny Depp
|
|
448,368
|
|
Last week Depp trailed
Amber Heard
(#12) by only one slot. The divorce is making them grow apart.
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17
|
List of
Game of Thrones
episodes
|
|
445,027
|
|
See #3, #4. Part of the beauty of Wikipedia is the ability to either get a surface understanding of a subject, or stick around and lose entire days of your life in a quest for knowledge.
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18
|
Donald Trump
|
|
418,524
|
|
Down about 22,000 views from last week. Trump's position in this list is likely secure at least until the convention, but the numbers keep falling, despite a seemingly endless stream of controversy surrounding him.
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19
|
List of Bollywood films of 2016
|
|
416,411
|
|
Generally a popular yearly list article, often slightly below the Top 25.
|
20
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Marilyn Monroe
|
|
406,172
|
|
The American actress and model would have turned 90 on June 1 if she was still alive (and not dead for the past 53 years).
|
21
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Warcraft
(film)
|
|
392,742
|
|
This American fantasy film directed by
Duncan Jones
(pictured) is set for release in the United States on June 10.
|
22
|
Klay Thompson
|
|
735,356
|
|
A teammate of #6 on the
Golden State Warriors
.
|
23
|
Garbine Muguruza
|
|
392,289
|
|
This tennis player won the
2016 French Open ? Women's Singles
title last week.
|
24
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Emilia Clarke
|
|
388,926
|
|
Holding steady for a second week. A.k.a
Game of Thrones
'
Daenerys Targaryen
, she has always been the breakout star of the show, which might explain why she's on the list this week (again), given that the Mother of Dragons had barely a line in the actual episode. Of course, she had her new film
Me Before You
(#29) which came out on June 3.
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25
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Razak Khan
|
|
387,265
|
|
This Hindi film actor died on June 1.
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