Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/August 4 to 10, 2024

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (August 4 to 10, 2024)

Prepared with commentary by Igordebraga, Vestrian24Bio, Ltbdl

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We have all the classics: American politics, sports, and movies. But this week, we have something new, a political crisis in Bangladesh.

Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	Tim Walz	6,659,696	Harris (#8), the vice-president and Democratic candidate for the upcoming United States election, has picked the progressive Governor of Minnesota to be her running mate.
2	2024 Summer Olympics	3,234,409	The Games of the 33rd Olympiad hosted by Paris is reaching its conclusion this Sunday, with only one question remaining, whether US or China will finish atop the medal table (#13). As much as the competitions were entertaining, the Games saw their fair share of problems, like the Olympic Village having no air conditioning and insufficient food, the Seine not being clean enough yet still serving as swimming venue for two sports, and the surfing competition held in Tahiti having an unfortunate lack of waves during its decisive semifinals and finals.
3	Deadpool & Wolverine	2,452,770	X(-Men) gon' give it to ya! The team-up of Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman as two anti-heroic Mutants fond of slashing people in their debut at the Marvel Cinematic Universe is wrecking the box office, and should soon join another comic book-based movie, Joker, in making a billion dollars in spite of an R-rating.
4	Simone Biles	1,740,385	The most decorated gymnast ever had a dominating performance at #2, winning golds with the U.S. team, the individual all-around, and the vault. Only the last day of competition had Biles being surpassed, as she first got off the podium altogether with a fifth place in the balance beam, and then getting the silver at the floor, beaten by her Brazilian friendly rival Rebeca Andrade, who Biles made sure to bow to in the medal presentation. (the other woman paying respects, Jordan Chiles, is currently threatened to lose her bronze)
5	Imane Khelif	1,726,957	#2 could simply be the pinnacle of this Algerian boxer's career, having won the gold medal. Yet Khelif earned a lot of attention for less flattering reasons, given that after quickly winning her first fight, she was accused of being a trans woman, not helped by how last year the International Boxing Association disqualified her from the World Championships for supposedly failing gender verification tests. As far as anyone is concerned, Khelif is just a woman with a manly appearance, not even having the hormonal imbalance of intersex people. Khelif said this transvestigation "harms human dignity", and downright opened a legal complaint for all the cyberbullying she received.
6	Armand Duplantis	1,622,327	Still in #2, this Swedish pole vaulter successfully defended the gold medal he earned in Tokyo 2020, breaking his own world record in the process. The record-setting jump of 6.25 m earned extra attention for its heartwarming follow-up, as Duplantis rushed to the stands to kiss his girlfriend.
7	Sheikh Hasina	1,483,799	The daughter of the "founder of Bangladesh", she was the prime minister of Bangladesh from January 2009 to August 2024. Her reign was marked by government corruption, democratic backsliding, enforced disapperances, and extrajudicial killings. Domestically, she was criticised as being too close to India. Protests and riots broke out in June. Initially, they were meant to reform the quota system, which prescribes quotas to government jobs, but evolved into anti-government protests. At least a thousand protesters died, with many more injured. The movement eventually demanded Hasina's resignation on 4 August. She resigned on 5 August, and has fled to India. #19 has taken over in the meantime.
8	Kamala Harris	1,470,024	I can't wait for this election to end.
9	Noah Lyles	1,363,713	Last year, this American sprinter earned attention as his response to winning three golds in the 2023 World Athletics Championships was complaining about a habit of the American major leagues: "You know the thing that hurts me the most? I have to watch the NBA Finals and they have 'world champion' on their head. World champion of WHAT? The United States?" #2 made Lyles become both world and Olympic champion by winning by a chin the most prestigious race, the 100m. He contracted COVID-19 in the days before the 200m race, but remained competing, and was so exhausted that after winning the bronze he left the track in a wheelchair. And the basketballers decided to remember Lyles' swipe by celebrating their gold medal by posting on social media "Are we world champs now?" (to which the response was "No, you're Olympic champions, the basketball world champions are those who win the World Cup, and you didn't.")
10	Vinesh Phogat	1,359,234	This Indian freestyle wrestler competed under the 50kg women's category at #2 and had qualified for the Final, even defeating the reigning Olympic and world champion Yui Susaki in the first round. But during the weigh-in on the morning of the finals, she was disqualified for being above the stipulated weight by 100 g (3.5 oz) and was relegated to last place in the classification. Although she had appealed against the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, she was declared as "Lost by forfeit" breaking hearts of many Indians.
11	Gabrielle Thomas	1,180,264	Like #9, an American runner who excelled at #2's sprinting competitions. Gabby won three golds, 200m and the 4x100m and 4x400m relays.
12	India at the 2024 Summer Olympics	1,163,455	#2 was another instance of India not being a sports potency like its neighbor that also has over a billion people, with six medals (China usually gets that in a single day... or sport), none golden - at most Neeraj Chopra tried to defend his Tokyo title at #24 and got the silver, with the remaining five bronzes being three in shooting, and one each in field hockey and wrestling (the last one is pictured to the left, in the chest of Aman Sehrawat). And that's not counting all the close calls (4th places at archery, badminton, shooting and weightlifting) and #10 being disqualified just when she was guaranteed at least silver. In any case, Los Angeles 2028 has a possible podium as Twenty20 cricket is one of the competitions.
13	2024 Summer Olympics medal table	1,026,860	As #2 is coming to its conclusion with 91 countries in the medal table, people are looking into whether their country has made it to the medal table and who will finish atop the table–US or China. Right afterwards is Japan, continuing the streak of the previous hosts remaining strong. A surprise in the top 15 is Uzbekistan, who by beating up lots of people (mostly by punching) earned 8 gold medals. And amidst countries earning their first golds (Botswana, Guatemala) or medals overall (Albania, Cape Verde), there is a bronze by the Refugee Olympic Team, won by boxer Cindy Ngamba.
14	All-time Olympic Games medal table	1,007,429	Unsurprisingly, the United States lead the overall count. And the "American exceptionalism" made the US media even change how they informed the above entry: in the days where China had the most golds they were instead counting total medals so the U.S. team still led.
15	Usain Bolt	980,074	#2 didn't have among its spectators the fastest man alive, but his presence was still felt, be it in the underperformance of Jamaican sprinters or how Bolt's records at the 100m and 200m races remained.
16	Deaths in 2024	952,457	Sit right here On the edge of this pier Watch the sunset disappear And drink a beer
17	House of the Dragon	905,414	The second season of this award-winning prequel series to Game of Thrones premiered about two months ago and has been releasing a new episode every Sunday on HBO, with the Season Finale premiering last Sunday. Although, the season didn't exactly feed the fans expectations; it left them with the anticipation of the third season as the finale sets way for the Westeros war in season 3.
18	JD Vance	890,543	I really just can't wait for this election to end.
19	Muhammad Yunus	875,793	After #7 resigned, Yunus was appointed by Mohammed Shahabuddin, the President of Bangladesh, to lead an interim government.
20	Sobhita Dhulipala	869,029	This Indian actress and model known for winning the Femina Miss India Earth 2013 title at Femina Miss India 2013 pageant and representing India at Miss Earth 2013, got engaged to actor Naga Chaitanya last Thursday.
21	Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone	835,669	The above wore a crown as a beauty pageant. #2 had another crown being delivered to this American sprinter by her sister-in-law once she won the 400m hurdles breaking the world record, making for a memorable victory lap image.
22	Hunter Woodhall	825,966	Tara Davis-Woodhall won the long jump (part of the below entry), yet more views came for her husband, an amputee Paralympic athlete with whom she shares a YouTube channel, and who Tara rushed to hug once her gold medal was confirmed.
23	Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics	801,422	People that excel in running, jumping and throwing. Along with athletes from the usual sports potencies (#6, #9, #11, #22), it's where we see most medals from Africans (Kenyans won most of the long-distance golds of #2, and there were also ones for Ethiopia, Uganda and Morocco) and Caribbean islands (mostly Jamaica, and Paris had golds for Dominica, Dominican Republic, and Saint-Lucia, and two bronzes for Grenada). And this year it contributed to #12 with a medal in the...
24	Javelin throw	764,343	Silver medalist Neeraj Chopra (pictured) was the first off this list at #26, but his event came in. The javelin actually was redesigned to go shorter distances with time, given no one wants to see what's basically a spear impaling someone in the audience.
25	It Ends with Us	760,985	Joining #3's star Ryan Reynolds in theaters is his wife, Blake Lively, who stars in the adaptation of this best-seller about a woman who recalls the tumultuous relationship with her recently deceased father.