2015 Top 50 Report

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Rank	Article	Class	Views	Image	About	Peak
1	Academy Awards		66,400,994		While a big event every year, the 2015 Oscars came off the back of a really popular year for movies and for the televised ceremony. A good number of people don't bother going directly to the numbered Oscars article (myself included), so rising viewers, rising Wikipedia readers, and a simple click-through probably led to this dominance as people began checking in for results.	N/A
2	Deaths in 2015		27,885,484		Reading up on celebrity deaths has always been a big thing, and it's on the up, it seems, as beloved old-timey famous people start aging out.	Dec. 29
3	Chris Kyle		27,765,570		commentary	N/A
4	Star Wars: The Force Awakens		23,523,985		There has been an awakening, and unless you have been living under a rock for the last few months, you have most likely felt it.	Dec. 18
5	Facebook		22,330,302	image	commentary	Dec. 4
6	Stephen Hawking		20,060,944	image	commentary	Aug. 16
7	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant		19,335,481	image	commentary	Nov. 14
8	List of Bollywood films of 2015		18,171,094	image	commentary	N/A
9	Avengers: Age of Ultron		17,409,029	image	commentary	N/A
10	United States		16,855,064	image	commentary	Nov. 10
11	Kanye West		16,478,369	image	commentary	Aug. 31
12	Game of Thrones		16,135,993	image	commentary	Sep. 21
13	Star Wars		15,580,814		The awakening this year caused people to research the franchise as a whole.	Dec. 18
14	Furious 7		14,740,823	image	commentary	Aug. 2
15	Jurassic World		14,283,010	image	commentary	July 5
16	Donald Trump		14,052,391		"So, ladies and gentlemen, I am officially running for president of the United States, and we are going to make our country great again!" Among the many political events this year, this stands out as an important one. The Donald made it official; he is running for President of the United States as a Republican. If Trump gets elected to the presidency, he'd be the only president to have not been involved in politics beforehand.	Aug. 7
17	Fifty Shades of Grey		13,362,580	image	commentary	Nov. 22
18	Pablo Escobar		13,190,232	image	commentary	Aug. 30
19	India		12,864,393	image	commentary	Aug. 15
20	2015 in film		12,542,233	image	commentary	Dec. 28
21	Floyd Mayweather Jr.		12,436,450	image	commentary	Sep. 13
22	Ronda Rousey		12,298,765	image	commentary	Aug. 2
23	Paul Walker		12,201,471	image	commentary	Sep. 13
24	World War II		12,149,875	image	commentary	Nov. 11
25	Barack Obama		11,676,171		Since becoming president in 2009, Obama has found a place among the most viewed Wikipedia articles. This year, he legalized same-sex marriage and promoted discussions that led to the Paris Agreement on global climate change. Thanks, Obama.	Dec. 7
26	87th Academy Awards		11,461,968	image	commentary	N/A
27	Bruce Jenner		11,170,477	image	commentary	July 16
28	List of Arrow episodes		10,821,627	image	commentary	Oct. 8
29	The Walking Dead (TV series)		10,686,442	image	commentary	Oct. 26
30	Taylor Swift		10,584,681	image	commentary	Aug. 31
31	Dwayne Johnson		10,567,546	image	commentary	Nov. 10
32	Mad Max: Fury Road		10,538,481	image	commentary	Sep. 6
33	Lionel Messi		10,533,223	image	commentary	Oct. 1
34	Cristiano Ronaldo		10,482,512	image	commentary	Oct. 1
35	Ariana Grande		10,249,106	image	commentary	July 9
36	World War I		10,180,089	image	commentary	Nov. 11
37	The Flash (2014 TV series)		10,169,845	image	commentary	Oct. 7
38	List of highest-grossing films		10,168,471	image	commentary	Dec. 28
39	Adolf Hitler		10,118,472	image	commentary	Dec. 7
40	YouTube		10,097,475		The online video sharing platform is a consistently popular article, and as such frequently features on the Top 25 Report.	Dec. 9
41	Spectre (2015 film)		10,072,171	image	commentary	Nov. 8
42	Alan Turing		9,892,611	image	commentary	July 19
43	Kim Kardashian		9,854,798	image	commentary	Aug. 31
44	John Cena		9,655,713	image	There's a page with over 9 million views this year, and it's name is John Cena!	Aug. 24
45	Manny Pacquiao		9,632,162	image	commentary	Sep. 13
46	Steve Jobs		9,608,393	image	commentary	Nov. 18
47	Liberland		9,580,409	image	commentary	N/A
48	Orange Is the New Black		9,482,280	image	commentary	N/A
49	List of Game of Thrones episodes		9,447,982	image	commentary	N/A
50	Sunny Leone		9,308,417	image	commentary	Sep. 3

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