Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/May 6 to 12, 2018

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Prepared with commentary by Igordebraga

Even if Infinity War kept the crown for a third week straight - bringing along its villain, the character who's supposed to defeat him, an actress from its cast, its sequel, the previous Marvel movie, the whole franchise twice and the list of moneymaking movies it keeps climbing - seems like the world caught up with the Avengers, leading to quite an international list: Indian performers, Malaysian elections, the Eurovision contest, an American actress about to become British royalty, a Canadian musician going with a South African billionaire to a fancy ball, and, as to be expected in the past few months, the K-Pop act EXO. The other article who broke two million views has some relation to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but Donald Glover is not on this list for being (Ultimate) Spider-Man's uncle, but for being successful rapper Childish Gambino. Finishing off, the yearly celebration of Mother's Day and the year-long mourning of whoever left us.

For the week of May 6 to 12, 2018, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the WP:5000 report were:

Rank	Article	Class	Views	Image	Notes
1	Avengers: Infinity War		2,938,663		Infinity War completes three weeks atop both the box office and the Top 25 Report. And the one that can break this streak finished just off our list at #26: Deadpool 2.
2	Donald Glover		2,309,716		Along with hosting Saturday Night Live, Glover also was the musical guest under the guise of Childish Gambino, debuting the racially charged single "This Is America", which afterwards topped the Billboard Hot 100. In the meantime, he's also in his show Atlanta and will soon appear in theaters as a young Lando Calrissian in Solo: A Star Wars Story.
3	Met Gala		1,055,444		The Metropolitan Museum of Art continues to hold an yearly fundraiser ball. And this year, the theme was Roman Catholicism, leading to weird sights such as Pope Rihanna.
4	List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films		1,038,228		The 18 movies that led into #1, and future releases as well. The twentieth, out in July, will show why Ant-Man and the Wasp weren't there to fight Thanos (#13).
5	Eurovision Song Contest 2018		989,168		It was again time to see Europe's musical offerings. Israel won its first title in twenty years with Netta Barzilai (pictured) and her song "Toy".
6	List of highest-grossing films		782,244		Infinity War (#1) continues to climb this list, and is soon to only have the $2 billion films Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Titanic and Avatar in front of it.
7	Meghan Markle		732,868		London will be busy Saturday, with both the 2018 FA Cup Final and Ms. Markle's royal wedding. Wonder who will walk Markle down the aisle given her father will skip it due to a heart surgery.
8	Deaths in 2018		724,908		"There's a time to live and a time to die When it's time to meet the maker"
9	Sonam Kapoor		695,213		This Bollywood actress brought in views due to her marriage to an Indian businessman.
10	Carol Danvers		668,581		The one character expected to do what all the heroes in Infinity War (#1) couldn't against Thanos (#13). So of course expectations are high for Captain Marvel and her portrayer Brie Larson.
11	Savitri (actress)		647,870		Bollywood again, this time a late star who's the subject of biopic Mahanati, starring Keerthy Suresh (pictured).
12	Mahathir Mohamad		640,035		Mohamad was Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003, and thanks to the election (#22) on May 9 he will be back in the post at the age of 92, the world's oldest sitting head of government.
13	Thanos		623,435		The Mad Titan who is both the villain and central character of #1. And for those who want more Josh Brolin, he's playing Cable in Deadpool 2.
14	Backlash (2018)		620,933		The latest WWE pantomime was held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey (pictured).
15	Black Panther (film)		603,318		Infinity War (#1) still has to surpass the domestic box office gotten by one of its heroes, King T'Challa of Wakanda, who's soon to break $700 million in the United States alone.
16	Angad Bedi		570,214		If an Indian actress got views for her wedding (#9), why not an actor - who married actress and former Miss India Neha Dhupia in a private ceremony - as well? Indian viewers seem to be equal opportunity ones.
17	Exo (band)		570,183		K-Pop keeps its foothold on the list. The week was sad for member Kai, who lost his father to a disease.
18	Elon Musk		551,725		The Met Gala (#2) served to introduce the world to a new couple of innovative people, the South African billionaire owner of SpaceX, and a Canadian synthpop musician who makes some interesting music to hear in one of Musk's Teslas.
19	Grimes (musician)		550,143
20	Mother's Day		521,654		In the words of Mr. T, "Mother, there is no other, like Mother, so treat her right!" The second Sunday of May is used in many countries to celebrate motherhood.
21	Marvel Cinematic Universe		519,681		Ten years ago, Marvel Studios started adapting the comics instead of waiting for other people to do so. And it's still going strong!
22	Malaysian general election, 2018		507,057		Along with returning Mahathir Mohamad (#12) as prime minister, the May 9 election also marked the first time the Barisan Nasional party stopped being the governing one for thirty years.
23	Gemini Ganesan		493,118		An Indian actor who was the widower of Savitri (#11). He's in her biopic, of course.
24	Elizabeth Olsen		468,098		The Scarlet Witch continues to be the most searched cast member of #1. Pretty clear she's broken out of Mary Kate and Ashley's shadow.
25	Untitled Avengers film		467,899		We open and close with Marvel's congregation of superheroes. Fans just can't wait to see how the downer that is #1's ending will be solved, even if Avengers 4 is still a year away.

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.
• Per agreed consensus, XXX (franchise) is excluded.

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