Prepared with commentary by Igordebraga and Vestrian24Bio.
Looks like people didn't want to spend much time reading Wikipedia this week as the 25th article is to have less than 300k views...
| Rank | Article | Class | Views | Image | Notes/about |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Walton | 
|
1,300,701 | William Theodore Walton III was one of the best basketballers ever, with two titles at both college and professional level, in the latter with the only one by the Portland Trail Blazers in 1977 - as Finals MVP, no less - and the 1986 one by the Boston Celtics - where after years struggling with knee and foot injuries Walton was a supporting player, but one good enough to be chosen as Sixth Man of the Year. He then followed it with two decades as a color commentator, and has now died at 71. | |
| 2 | Donald Trump |
|
1,046,220 | The former US president has been found guilty of his 34 charges; which raises the question over whether or not is he still eligible as a presential candidate in the Media, but SPOILER ALERT: He is. | |
| 3 | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | 
|
1,023,090 | ||
| 4 | Deaths in 2024 | 
|
992,389 | ||
| 5 | 2024 Indian general election |
|
815,293 | ||
| 6 | Grayson Murray |
|
652,962 | ||
| 7 | Memorial Day |
|
599,320 | ||
| 8 | Civil War (film) |
|
560,145 | ||
| 9 | 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup |
|
545,191 | The first major ICC event tournament to feature matches played in the United States, started with their first World Cup match victory across all formats. | |
| 10 | Mad Max: Fury Road | 
|
492,767 | ||
| 11 | 2024 South African general election |
|
482,562 | As #5 comes to an end, another member of BRICS held their own election on May 29. The ANC of president Cyril Ramaphosa retained the majority of the votes, but the newly created MKofJacob Zuma had a strong debut, finishing in third place. | |
| 12 | Atlas (2024 film) | 
|
480,804 | ||
| 13 | Enzo Maresca |
|
454,007 | ||
| 14 | Charles Leclerc |
|
449,775 | ||
| 15 | The Fall Guy (2024 film) |
|
437,268 | ||
| 16 | Kavya Maran | 
|
413,329 | One of the viral sensations in IPL 2024 was this CEO of the Runner-up franchise. | |
| 17 | List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League finals | 
|
407,095 | ||
| 18 | 2019 Indian general election |
|
396,907 | While the 2024 Lok Sabha election results are about to be revealed in a few days (#5), people are also interested in knowing about who got there in the previous election. | |
| 19 | UEFA Champions League |
|
395,943 | ||
| 20 | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes |
|
375,457 | ||
| 21 | Anya Taylor-Joy |
|
370,485 | ||
| 22 | Bridgerton |
|
368,689 | This American Netflix series set in the early 1800s in an alternative London Regency era saw the first half of its third season releasing two week ago; and awaiting for the other half to arrive. | |
| 23 | Carlo Ancelotti |
|
349,490 | ||
| 24 | African-American names |
|
346,576 | I'm not sure on how this landed here - at most there's Reddit, even if NoStupidQuestions rather than the one that usually propelled articles here, TodayILearned. But the mobile numbers are legit, and it serves as an excuse to rewatch this video. | |
| 25 | Nataša Stanković |
|
343,668 | ||
| 26 | Toni Kroos |
|
321,029 |
