Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/January 15 to 21, 2023

The Top 25 Report

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Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (January 15 to 21, 2023)

Prepared with commentary by Igordebraga, Max BuddyRoo

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A list still impacted by recent deaths, albeit with additions such as a new HBO show.

Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	The Last of Us (TV series)	2,409,748	Ten years after Naughty Dog's acclaimed post-apocalyptic game series debuted on the PlayStation 3, HBO premiered a TV adaptation of Joel and Ellie trying to traverse the continental United States while facing off against the aggressive victims of a fungal infection.
2	The Last of Us	1,469,194
3	Lisa Marie Presley	1,440,847	She died last week, causing her and other members of the Presley family (#8, #13) to still be pretty high up this week.
4	ChatGPT	1,272,362	There was already a ruckus regarding artificial intelligence art, so a chatbot that makes very articulate and legible texts rather than word salad is also a big subject of discussion.
5	Avatar: The Way of Water	1,269,079	Avatar continues to be on this list for the 6th week in a row, as it becomes one of the highest grossing movies of all time. After all, it might be overlong, it might follow the first movie in being hailed as forgettable, but it is the sort of spectacle that warrants been seen in a theater.
6	David Crosby	1,183,945	Like last week, we have both #3 and an acclaimed musician who recently passed away. Best known as a member of both The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, David Crosby died at 81, leaving behind a vast body of work of over six decades, including 8 solo albums.
7	Deaths in 2023	985,404	Let's go with a song featuring the above: A time to be born, a time to die A time to plant, a time to reap A time to kill, a time to heal A time to laugh, a time to weep...
8	Priscilla Presley	879,568	#3's mother, who along with being the love of The King of Rock n' Roll's life will also have the biggest role of her actress career, in spite of extensive TV work, be as the love of Frank Drebin in The Naked Gun trilogy.
9	Varisu	858,862	This Indian film by Vamshi Paidipally came out last week and is already the highest grossing Indian movie of this year, although judging by the reviews it likely doesn't deserve to be.
10	R'Bonney Gabriel	802,721	The latest edition of Miss Universe was won by this Texan, widening the lead of the United States' women with nine titles - and adequately, runner-up Amanda Dudamel hails from the second biggest winner, Venezuela (7), where only the oil industry is stronger than the beauty pageant one.
11	Martin Luther King Jr.	782,663	Everyone's favorite Civil Rights Activist is here because of his birthday/holiday, and because of an arguably poor taste statue made in his honor. Unfortunately, I cannot mention MLK Day without mentioning him being whitewashed by the same people who would dislike him if he was alive today.
12	The Menu (2022 film)	779,240	People continue to discover the thriller where a fancy dinner turns out to have darker intentions (no, not long pork, there's another movie for that).
13	Elvis Presley	763,684	The "King of Rock and Roll" is here because his only child (#3) died last week, and people are still checking his article.
14	Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker	722,092	An entry about a Netflix documentary? When has that ever happened! Indeed this entry is about a Netflix documentary made about this entry, with people going here to see either what it was about, or because typing the name of the documentary redirects to this article.
15	Bella Ramsey	715,519	The young actress who many might remember as Lyanna Mormont from Game of Thrones is the Ellie of #1 - original voice actress Ashley Johnson plays the character's mother in the show.
16	Miss Universe 2022	694,741	Like when the goddamned pandemic stuck, Miss Universe held its pageant after the year in its edition name. #10 won, inheriting the crown from Harnaaz Sandhu, who has now a chance to become a big name in her nation of billions.
17	Andrew Tate	671,319	Everyone's least favorite internet douchebag got detained for 30 more days this week.
18	Gina Lollobrigida	631,890	An Italian sex symbol from the Golden Age of Hollywood, who died at the age of 95. (at least Claudia Cardinale and Sophia Lauren are still alive)
19	Riley Keough	598,348	#3 had three daughters (plus a son, already deceased), and one has already became famous on her own. Even if her father is a guitarist who even played in Lisa Marie's band, Riley instead followed the shared career of grandparents #8 and #13 in acting, with her credits including Mad Max: Fury Road, Logan Lucky, The Lodge, The Terminal List and the upcoming series Daisy Jones and the Six.
20	Pedro Pascal	579,538	Ellie (#15) was from Game of Thrones, so why wouldn't HBO also bring for #1's Joel another Westeros veteran, Oberyn Martell, who had one of the most horrifying deaths in a show full of them, and has since become a star in among other things The Mandalorian. (and yes, game portrayer Troy Baker is also in the show)
21	Velma (TV series)	575,938	This show came out with the worst reviews an animated show has ever seen, and for good reason, as no one knows who this show is for. On one hand, it has lesbian representation, on the other it has jokes talking about how "you can't make any jokes anymore", so I doubt anyone leaning left or right would enjoy this show. (doesn't help that the creator is a transphobe) And that's not even mentioning them removing Scooby-Doo in a Scooby-Doo show, and completely messing up some of the character's personality. In a sentence, don't watch the show, watch the Puss in Boots sequel instead.
22	That '90s Show	558,858	Hangin' out, down the street... That '70s Show got a sequel series on Netflix, keeping Red and Kitty Forman as two decades later they deal with their granddaughter and her friends.
23	Brendan Fraser	530,127	He stepped back from the spotlight - GQ noted "He was there on the poster, year after year, and then he wasn't", with Fraser saying that health problems and being sexually assaulted made him decide to work less - but is now an awards contender playing a morbidly obese man in The Whale, and delivered an emotional speech following his Best Actor win at the Critics Choice Awards.
24	Yeti Airlines Flight 691	529,808	On 15 January 2023, this plane crashed while landing at Pokhara, killing the 72 occupants on board, becoming the deadliest accident with an ATR 72.
25	Julian Sands	526,947	Finishing off in a sad note, this veteran actor was declared missing while hiking in the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles.