As collected on October 22, 2012.
Rank | Article | Views | Notes |
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1 | Winsor McCay | 3,806,738 | Creator of Little Nemo, received an elaborate Google Doodle for his best work's 107th anniversary. |
2 | Niels Bohr | 2,323,043 | Physicist, also received a Doodle. |
3 | Felix Baumgartner | 1,708,325 | An Austrian who broke skydiving world records by jumping from a height of 39 km (24 mi). |
4 | Gangnam Style | 1,304,906 | Song whose viral video is rising up to becoming YouTube's most viewed ever. Its performer, PSY, narrowly misses the cut at #26. |
5 | Suicide of Amanda Todd | 1,089,110 | Cyberbullying-caused death in Canada. |
6 | 1,064,086 | The most popular site on the Internet, Facebook is a perennially favorite page on Wiki English. | |
7 | The Walking Dead (TV series) | 940,909 | Season 3 of the zombie series had just begun. |
8 | Deaths in 2012 | 702,723 | People are always interested in the recent departed. |
9 | Prometheus (film) | 657,922 | The Alien prequel that split opinions everywhere had just hit home video. |
10 | Joseph Kittinger | 650,145 | This army colonel held many of the skydiving records broken by Felix Baumgartner. |
11 | Here Comes Honey Boo Boo | 638,916 | Controversial show about a child beauty pageant. |
12 | Mila Kunis | 619,888 | Famous movie star. Perhaps Lisa Frank helped the page get popular that week? |
13 | Argo (2012 film) | 613,468 | The eventual Best Picture winner had just been released in theaters. |
14 | Speed of sound | 589,990 | Probably related to Felix Baumgartner, as he became the first person to break the sound barrier without vehicular power. |
15 | Dishonored (video game) | 587,866 | Stealth video game with an all-star cast. |
16 | Mitt Romney | 585,490 | Republican candidate for the 2012 presidential election. |
17 | YouTube | 577,006 | Another really popular website. |
18 | The Walking Dead (season 3) | 540,803 | See #7. |
19 | One Direction | 527,027 | The British band would release their second album in November. |
20 | Alex Karras | 508,472 | The former football player best known for playing Mongo in Blazing Saddles had just died. |
21 | Jimmy Savile | 506,939 | One year after the death of this English DJ and television personality, it has been revealed that he had sexually abused hundreds of people throughout his career. |
22 | Skyfall | 503,410 | The 23rd James Bond movie was about to be released, celebrating the franchise's 50th anniversary. |
23 | Halloween | 499,162 | Page is always popular in October. |
24 | UFC 153 | 494,638 | Anderson Silva fought to retain his championship belt in his native Brazil. |
25 | Arrow (TV series) | 490,877 | DC Comics hero Green Arrow gets a television adaptation. |
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