top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014

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top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014

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Summary: This week its still more and more FIFA - 14 entries out of the top 25. Tennis and pop culture make a few cameos.

As prepared by Milowent, for the week of July 6 to 12, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the 5,000 most viewed pages, were:


      Rank Article Class Views Image Notes
      1 Amazon.com top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  1,234,236
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      The Amazon.com article suddenly reappeared in the top 25 a few months ago after a long absence; then it was No. 5 two weeks ago (466,100 views), and dropped out again last week (247,821). It had a big jump again this past week, all the way up to No. 1. It's always difficult to determine the reasons for the popularity of website articles (how many are simply misaimed clicks on the Google search list?), but another round of stories about Amazon and drones, as well as a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit complaining that Amazon is promoting in-app purchases by children contributed to this article's popularity this week.
      2 2014 FIFA World Cup top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  1,179,986
      top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014 
      Down from 1,604,100 views last week, the tournament came to a close on July 13 with Germany defeating Argentina in the final match.
      3 FIFA World Cup top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  1,049,265
      top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014 
      The broader article on the history of the World Cup competition may have been accessed by people looking for the long view, but in truth it was probably more to do with people looking for the more specific article above. Up from 758,356 views last week.
      4 Indonesian presidential election, 2014 top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  653,933
      top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014 
      The presidential election in Indonesia was held on July 9, though results are not due until July 20. The race pits Prabowo Subianto and Hatta Rajasa against Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla.
      5 Laverne Cox top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  552,258
      top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014 
      The American transgender actress became the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an Emmy award in an acting category; she was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Sophia Burset in Orange Is the New Black.
      6 Lionel Messi top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  470,138
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      The Argentine forward and captain of the national team is a contender for the title of "best footballer on the planet", though he was unable to lead his team to victory in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final on July 13. Somewhat as a consolation, he was controversially given the Golden Ball award for being the best player of the tournament.
      7 Neymar top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  465,282
      top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014 
      Brazil's star footballer retained great readership interest despite being knocked out by an injury in their July 4 match against Colombia. His absence led to Brazil's crushing loss in its next match against Germany; Neymar reportedly turned off his television to play poker after Germany scored its seventh (and final) goal.
      8 Brazil national football team top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  451,828
      top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014 
      Despite the heartbreaking loss to Germany, Brazil's fans can take solace in the fact that they have won five World Cup championships, more than any other country (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, and 2002).
      9 Novak Djokovic top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  445,169
      top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014 
      Djokovic won the men's singles title at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships on July 6, which day saw the bulk of the week's views for this entry.
      10 Transformers: Age of Extinction top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  444,905
      top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014 
      This action film, the fourth in the live-action Transformer film series, is down from #3 last week.
      11 Germany national football team top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  442,229
      top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014 
      Germany has now won four World Cups (1954, 1974, 1990, and 2014).
      12 List of FIFA World Cup finals top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  438,538
      top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014 
      This was also the featured list on July 14, the day after the week covered by this report.
      13 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  430,542
      top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014 
      This American science fiction film, the sequel to 2011's Rise of the Planet of the Apes, was released in Australia on July 9 and the United States on July 11, with largely positive reviews from critics.
      14 Miroslav Klose top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  424,905
      top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014 
      The German professional footballer is the overall top scorer in the FIFA World Cup's history with 16 goals
      15 Deaths in 2014 top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  382,650
      top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014 
      The list of deaths in the current year is always a popular article.
      16 Roger Federer top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  378,572
      top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014 
      Beat by #9.
      17 2010 FIFA World Cup top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  359,346
      top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014 
      The current World Cup continued to buoy interest in the last one for another week.
      18 Facebook top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  349,063
      top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014 
      A perennially popular article.
      19 LeBron James top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  346,144
      top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014 
      Unlike the many athletes above, this person plays a sport where one can touch the ball with his hands. But he also knows how to whip up a media frenzy, as his decision to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers was preceded by ludicrously intense levels of speculation.
      20 FIFA World Cup records top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  321,618
      top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014 
      Lots of World Cup records were broken this year in addition to Klose's goals above, thanks to Germany's almost merciless thrashing of Brazil in the semi-finals match.
      21 Netherlands national football team top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  308,342
      top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014 
      As if Brazil losing 7-1 to Germany wasn't enough, the Netherlands beat them 3-0 to reach third place in the World Cup.
      22 Argentina national football team top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  302,526
      top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014 
      Even with arguably the best footballer of the tournament in the team, the Argentines had to settle for second place in the World Cup.
      23 Orange Is the New Black top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  290,118
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      The second season of the women-in-prison TV series premièred in its entirety on Netflix on 6 June.
      24 2006 FIFA World Cup top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  284,631 Interest in this year's World Cup apparently buoyed interest in the one previous to the last one as well.
      25 Ronaldo top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014  283,705
      top 25 Report/July 6 To 12, 2014 
      Retired Brazilian footballer, just to ensure FIFA domination of the Top 25 this week, perhaps. As a football commentator this year, he had to bear the sight of his own top scoring record get beaten by the German player Miroslav Klose while his countrymen were being dominated by the German team.

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). Please keep in mind that the explanations given for these articles' popularity are, fundamentally, educated guesses. Just because one can't find a reason for an article to be included doesn't mean there isn't one; conversely, just because a plausible reason is found for a view spike, that doesn't mean it wasn't due to a bot.
  • There are a number of articles that reappear frequently in the top 25 for no determined reason, and have been excluded as likely being due to automated views. Please feel free to discuss any removal on the talk page if you wish.
    • Because the Internet: A massive view spike on July 11 and 12, apart from average daily view counts around 1100 on all other days, with no obvious human explanation. The title of this second studio album by Donald Glover could be related to the cause. By the way, the album cover is an animated gif, something you don't often see on Wiki English.
    • Alive/Alive!: Links to disambigs with no apparent reason for being.
    • Undefined. A common error message in computing, these are automated visit by a buggy computer program.
    • IPv6: We have to face facts; we allowed this into the top 25 for months as it is the kind of issue that would appeal to web denizens (ala Bitcoin) but its insane popularity is just too high explain by human interest alone. It's getting help.
    • Ddd: Hello? Spambot here. Just checking in.
    • Wright brothers: Odd spike.

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