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For the week of January 27–February 2, 2013, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined by the report of the 5,000 most trafficked pages* were:
Rank | Last | Weeks | Article | Views | Notes |
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1 | - | - | Royal Rumble (2013) | 698,156 | The twenty-sixth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event took place on January 27, 2013, featuring Dwayne Johnson (a.k.a The Rock) (#20 this week). 419,426 of the week's views came on January 28. |
2 | 5 | 4 | 609,629 | A perennially favorite page on Wikipedia, down from 658,361 views last week, but this is enough to be #2 in a week that had no articles (aside from the Main Page, of course) exceeding 750,000 views. | |
3 | - | - | Vishwaroopam | 555,463 | An Indian Tamil spy thriller film released on January 25, starring Kamal Haasan, and also with Pooja Kumar, Rahul Bose, Andrea Jeremiah and Jaideep Ahlawat. |
4 | 8 | 4 | G-force | 505,963 | The popularity of this article is a bit mystifying, possibly could be influenced by non-human views. Its popularity increased in June 2012 and has stayed that way. |
5 | 17 | 2 | Super Bowl XLVII | 476,406 | The game was played on February 3 (the day after the period covered by this report), so this will be back next week. |
6 | - | - | Groundhog Day | 429,281 | Celebrated on February 2. The famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring this year. 242,643 of these views came on February 2 for this popular-once-a-year article. |
7 | (37) | - | Race 2 | 401,047 | Bollywood action thriller film directed by Abbas-Mustan, released on January 25. Last week this movie bubbled under the Top 25 at #37. |
8 | 2 | 4 | Ray Lewis | 396,078 | American football linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League, whose team advanced to Super Bowl XLVII. He'll probably be back for one more week. |
9 | 7 | 4 | Django Unchained | 366,642 | American movie was released in the U.S. on December 25, 2012, and in the U.K. on January 18. |
10 | - | - | Downton Abbey | 355,543 | The popular British period drama television series returns to the Top 25 after a three week absence. |
11 | 13 | 2 | Abraham Lincoln | 353,418 | The subject of a major recent movie (Lincoln (2012 film)). |
12 | - | - | Beatrix of the Netherlands | 352,563 | The queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands announced on January 28 that she will abdicate on April 30. |
13 | - | - | Jennifer Lawrence | 350,897 | Popular actress, article is been consistently popular though not always on the Top 25. |
14 | 20 | 2 | YouTube | 342,785 | Another perennially popular article, for the highly popular video-sharing website. |
15 | 18 | 4 | Deaths in 2013 | 341,104 | Another perennially popular article, has been listed for four straight weeks, it may well always be listed. Its views are typically in the daily range of 50,000-60,000 views. |
16 | 16 | 4 | The Big Bang Theory | 340,170 | The popular science geek television show of the week, another regularly popular article. |
17 | 22 | 2 | How I Met Your Mother | 339,322 | The popular U.S. television show. |
18 | (26) | - | 2013 Africa Cup of Nations | 325,988 | The 29th Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa, runs from January 19 to February 10. It just missed the list last week at #26 with 356,141 views; it made it this week with fewer views, as there were fewer extremely popular articles. |
19 | - | - | World War II | 309,266 | A perennially popular article. |
20 | - | - | Dwayne Johnson | 305,386 | A.K.A. "The Rock", the American actor and professional wrestler, see #1. |
21 | - | - | Silver Linings Playbook | 301,068 | Popular U.S. film that has received several Oscar nominations, and stars the actress appearing at #13. |
22 | - | - | 298,469 | A perennially popular article, it has averaged about 45,000 views a day recently | |
23 | - | - | Boat | 298,098 | Typically a popular article, it appears on the Top 25 since there are fewer extremely popular transient articles this week. |
24 | - | - | Novak Djokovic | 296,283 | Popular Serbian tennis player, defeated Andy Murray in the final of the 2013 Australian Open on January 27. |
25 | - | - | How I Met Your Mother (season 8) | 285,272 | See #17, the very popular television show's current season |
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