Wikipedia:Top 25 Report

The Top 25 Report

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (August 10 to 16, 2025)

Prepared with commentary by Igordebraga, Shuipzv3, and CAWylie.

This week is so slow we have not only a repeated top entry, but at least a third of the list couldn't break 400,000 views.

Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	Weapons (2025 film)	2,046,636	This year, Julia Garner already saw her husband fall into lycanthropy in Wolf Man, and she's being scared again playing a formerly alcoholic teacher who one day has all but one child in her class vanish into the night, forcing her to investigate. Weapons was considered one of the best horror movies of the year and by opening with $43 million domestically, already covered its budget and made Warner Bros. have six straight movies opening over $40 million (after A Minecraft Movie, Sinners, Final Destination Bloodlines, F1 and #8), a streak they might extend next month with The Conjuring: Last Rites. A prequel to Weapons, possibly focused on the movie's villain, is in the works.
2	Coolie (2025 film)	1,983,725	On the heels of #13 at the Indian box office, this Tamil action thriller, written and directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, has received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics and audiences, respectively; mainly equally divided with its two halves: praise for the first half, and criticism for the second.
3	War 2 (film)	1,436,072	War was one of Bollywood's biggest hits in 2019, 2023's Pathaan would estabilish it as part of the YRF Spy Universe, so now a proper sequel has hit Indian theaters, again with Hrithik Roshan wrecking havoc.
4	Deaths in 2025	1,048,572	But we're never gonna survive unless We get a little crazy...
5	ChatGPT	1,021,576	700 million people use this chatbot, many of whom disapproved the upgrade to GPT-5. A medical journal released during the week also revealed a man who asked ChatGPT to get a replacement for salt wound up hospitalized with bromism.
6	Alien: Earth	947,563	The long-standing horror sci-fi franchise gets its first television foray, where two years before the original Alien a spaceship carrying that horrifying thing also known as the Xenomorph crashes on an island.
7	Wednesday (TV series)	794,982	The first half of the second season, following the morbidly macabre at her school, released on August 6, guaranteeing its return (and possible permanence) on this list through its second-half release in three weeks.
8	Superman (2025 film)	782,958	The two biggest superhero movies of the year, even if with box office earnings not as massive as the genre's heyday. DC launched its new shared cinematic universe with its landmark character, and in spite of getting close to $600 million worldwide Superman is already on video-on-demand, apparently because director James Gunn wanted it available as lead-up to the next project that will hit HBO Max this week. Marvel did the first universally well-received adaptation of its "first family" (also featuring #1's star Julia Garner as Shalla-Bal the Silver Surfer), that will end with earnings around $500 million, and its cast is set to return in Avengers: Doomsday, featuring the F4's archenemy in the comics.
9	The Fantastic Four: First Steps	565,179
10	Danielle Spencer (American actress)	551,398	This actress was best known for her role as the sassy sister on What's Happening!! in the late-1970s and its sequel. She then went on to be a veterinarian. In 2014, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and died from stomach cancer at age 60 on August 11.
11	KPop Demon Hunters	525,482	As of August 12, this animated musical fantasy film ranks second on Netflix's all-time most-watched film list, only 50 million views shy of the 2021 film Red Notice. The soundtrack also ranks high on several Billboard charts.
12	Cristiano Ronaldo	491,044	On August 11, it was announced that the Portuguese footballer had become engaged to Georgina Rodríguez, a social media personality and model. Ronaldo and Rodríguez have two daughters, with one son sadly dying during birth; Ronaldo has three other children by other women.
13	Saiyaara	463,644	At ₹561.90 crore worldwide, this July romantic musical drama has secured second-place on the Indian and Hindi box office charts for 2025. However, it remains to be seen if it tops Chhaava, released in February.
14	Taylor Swift	453,863	Where does this woman get her energy? Having concluded her record-breaking Eras Tour in December last year, Swift announced on August 13 that her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, will be released on October 3. Produced with the Swedish hitmakers Max Martin and Shellback, the album was conceived and recorded during the tour's European leg. Swift said the album is inspired by the events behind the scenes on the tour, which she described as "exuberant and electric and vibrant". At twelve songs and with "infectious" melodies promised, The Life of a Showgirl could not be more different to its predecessor The Tortured Poets Department, the 31-track double album dominated by introspective lyrics and minimalist production. The artwork and aesthetic for The Life of a Showgirl is also some of the sultriest in Swift's career, which may or may not be a response to #19's declaration that she is "no longer hot". Sabrina Carpenter, who was an opener during the tour, is featured on the title track.
15	The Life of a Showgirl	450,009
16	Independence Day (India)	435,468	The 78th anniversary of India's declaration of independence from the UK was celebrated around the world on August 15, with numerous major cities displaying the tricolored Tiraṅgā.
17	Vladimir Putin	377,536	The Russian president traveled to Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson to attend the 2025 Russia–United States Summit, which aimed to end the Russo-Ukrainian War. Putin was given a red carpet welcome, a flyover of United States Air Force fighter jets and a Northrop B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, and given a ride in "The Beast" alongside #19. After a meeting lasting less than 3 hours, the two presidents attended a press briefing. No ceasefire was agreed on, no questions were taken, and the Russian president flew back to Russia.
18	Jenna Ortega	375,840	Splitting two controversial men is the star of #7, also seen earlier this year in Death of a Unicorn.
19	Donald Trump	363,373	In this edition of "What Did Donald Do?" (WDDD), the US president signed Executive Order 14333 on August 11, declaring a crime emergency in the heavily Democratic Party-leaning capital Washington, D.C., federalizing its police forces and deploying hundreds of National Guardsmen. On August 15, Trump met #17 in Alaska, though he left empty-handed as the ceasefire that Trump wanted so badly was far from agreed. To add insult to injury, most commentators agreed Putin outmaneuvered Trump, which can be surmised from Trump's uncharacteristically short three-and-a-half-minute speech in the press briefing.
20	Zach Cregger	350,760	One of The Whitest Kids U' Know showed he had horror credentials in Barbarian and extended them with #1 - Cregger said that movie drew inspiration from the death of his comedic partner Trevor Moore, with whom he shared a shameful directorial debut in Miss March. Cregger has also been hired to do another movie based on Resident Evil.
21	Mahavatar Narsimha	348,323	In the other MCU (AfD notwithstanding), this first of seven (planned) animated films, based on the seven avatars of Vishnu, opened theatrically on July 25. The film has topped India's highest-grossing animated films list once dominated by American films.
22	Freakier Friday	336,060	22 years later, the hit comedy telling the classic story of "mother and daughter switch bodies" gets a sequel upping the ante, as now Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis trade consciousnesses with Lohan's daughter (Julia Butters) and future stepdaughter (Sophia Hammons). Reviews were positive as the movie still delivers laughs (particularly on the two adult women acting like teenagers), and along with opening behind #1 at the box office Freakier Friday has already recouped its budget and should soon become profitable.
23	Sydney Sweeney	331,478	It seems the controversy around the "Sydney Sweeney has Great Jeans" ad campaign by American Eagle Outfitters is still drawing readers to this actress' page. For whatever it is worth, Sweeney has the support of #19, who declared that he prefers Sweeney over #14. August 15 also saw the release of Americana, in which Sweeney has a starring role. While the film has generally favorable reviews, it took more than two years for the film to be theatrically released after its world premiere, and its box office earnings is not looking good.
24	Alaska	330,719	Sold by Russia to the US in 1867, the city of Anchorage, Alaska's Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson hosted the 2025 Russia–United States Summit on August 15, attended by #17 and #19.
25	Hugo Ekitike	326,374	Keeping off Jurassic World Rebirth is a French striker who made his debut for Liverpool F.C., and has already scored a goal in his second game.

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). Since mobile view data became available to the Report in October 2014, we exclude articles that have almost no mobile views (5–6% or less) or almost all mobile views (94–95% or more) because they are very likely to be automated views based on our experience and research of the issue. Please feel free to discuss any removal on the talk page if you wish.