Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/December 5 to 11, 2021

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Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (December 5 to 11, 2021)

Prepared with commentary by Igordebraga, InPursuitOfAMorePerfectUnion and SSSB

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Deaths, streaming releases, the same dominating themes as this year's final month goes on.

Rank Article Class Views Image Notes/about
1 Bipin Rawat 3,257,899 India's Chief of Defence Staff died in a helicopter crash.
2 Vicky Kaushal 2,161,324 Still in India, these Bollywood stars got married.
3 Katrina Kaif 2,093,227
4 Bob Dole 1,291,008 This American politician and attorney passed away after a battle with lung cancer. Dole is best known for being the Republican nominee in the 1996 United States presidential election, but lost to the man who did not have sexual relations. The aforementioned man was one of several politicians to pay tribute to Dole, alongside the other former presidents.
5 Demaryius Thomas 1,020,224 A Super Bowl champion who died at just 33 in what was deemed a medical issue, a few months after his retirement. That was a top 5 with a lot of death. Speaking of...
6 Deaths in 2021 846,643 In homage to #9:

Oh, no, no, no
Oh, no, no, no
And I don't know
If I'm ever coming home

7 The Power of the Dog (film) 598,114 Benedict Cumberbatch stars in this Netflix "gothic Western" set in 1920s Montana right before returning to Doctor Strange's robes in...
8 Spider-Man: No Way Home 595261 Amazingly Tom Holland has managed not to give away any important plot details, yet.


This film and No Time to Die were labeled as bellwethers for the film industry, would people be willing to return to cinemas? The answer is a resounding YES! The film has become the fastest selling since the highly anticipated Avengers: Endgame. In fact in Mexico it broke the record for first-day sells...

9 Michael Nesmith 585054 One of The Monkees, a wooly hat icon who also got big bucks from his mother inventing Liquid Paper, died at the age of 78.
10 David Ginola 535,853 Back onto this list is the French former footballer that was the last contestant eliminated before the final of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.
11 Jussie Smollett 514,250 Two years after that fake hate crime, this actor was convicted on five felony counts regarding disorderly conduct and false police reports.
12 Money Heist 502,855 Part five, season 3, whatever you call it, either way the series is complete.
13 Hawkeye (miniseries) 497,577 This week in Clint Barton's holiday misadventures, he fought the "sister" of his friend Natasha, Yelena (portrayer Florence Pugh to the left).
14 Allegra Stratton 467,784 Last year there was an alleged illegal party at Downing Street. A few days later at a practice press conference Stratton (who was the Downing Street Press Secretary) made some jokes in bad taste. Fast forward almost a year (to when the public learnt about these alleged parties, the video (used to analyse how well practice went) was leaked, and she was forced to resign following the public outrage.


What I don't get, is why the people who actually attended get to keep their jobs, being the ones who (allegedly) broke the law. I suspect the video was leaked so she could be scape-goated...

15 Nick Cannon 464,100 Sad news struck this comedian as he had a daughter who died at just five months old of brain cancer.
16 Jennifer Lawrence 451,255 A few weeks after #13 reminded us of Katniss Everdeen, here's the Girl on Fire herself! Her latest film is Don't Look Up with Leonardo DiCaprio, and J-Law appeared very pregnant at its premiere.
17 Larry Hoover 439,606 Kanye West (no, we won't call him Ye!) and Drake hosted Free Larry Hoover Benefit Concert, calling for the release of said Chicago criminal, founder of Gangster Disciples.
18 Elizabeth Dole 438,117 Widow of #4.
19 The Monkees 429,585 American TV's response to The Beatles now has only Micky Dolenz as a surviving member after #9's demise.
20 Josh Duggar 425,261 The eldest son from the 19 Kids and Counting family had already gotten that reality show cancelled after getting into many scandals in 2015, including charges of molestation. Now spinoff Counting On got the axe due to Duggar's behavior too, as he was convicted for possessing child pornography, facing up to 20 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for each count.
21 Chief of Defence Staff (India) 419,167 #1 was the first man to hold this job, serving as the military head and chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Indian Armed Forces.
22 Keanu Reeves 412,657 December 22 will see Reeves reprising the role of Neo in The Matrix Resurrections.
23 The Wheel of Time (TV series) 409,984 “No matter what happens, all the pain we face, the heartbreak, the wheel keeps turning. Always." And it couldn't be more true seeing Prime Video release weekly episodes of this fantasy adaptation.
24 Elon Musk 389,084 Musk spoke to the Wall Street Journal about population decline, and many people could argue that birth rates are still high in countries with GDPs lower than his net worth.
25 Succession (TV series) 386,961 Badly received Netflix movie The Unforgivable was kept off the list by this HBO show held in much better regard, which is about to close its third season.