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Prepared with commentary by Od Mishehu
Captain Marvel (film) is in the lead this week, and 3 other articles on the list are related to it (#4, #12, #14). Other recently released films are #18 and #22. And while Leaving Neverland has dropped below the top 25, 2 related articles are still here at #10 and #19. And #21 and #23 are also related to recently released films. Other major news events making it into the top 25 are #11 (Christchurch mosque shootings) which took place in New Zealand (#16), and the second crash of a new Boeing 737 MAX (#2) aircraft in less than 6 months, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 (#20); both of these have more articles below the top 25. Two suspects in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal who were arrested this week also made it in (#3, #5), as well as a crime where the main culprit was sentenced this week, Murder of Dee Dee Blanchard (#24). A major anniversary this week (#7), a politician declaring his candidacy (#6), the regular death report (#9), an announced engagement (#13), a professional wresting event which started this week (#15), and an upcoming election (#25) also made it in.
Rank | Article | Class | Views | Image | About |
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1 | Captain Marvel (film) | 2,391,725 | A recently released movie, count slightly up from last week. | ||
2 | Boeing 737 MAX | 2,123,234 | An aircraft series which has been grounded after 2 recent crashes, the more recent one being #20. | ||
3 | Lori Loughlin | 1,821,735 | The first of several articles on this list related to the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal, arrests having been made this week. (would be #79, if the list went that long). She and her husband were both arrested on suspicion of involvement in this scandal. | ||
4 | Brie Larson | 1,089,646 | A star in #1. | ||
5 | Felicity Huffman | 1,084,725 | An other suspect in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal. | ||
6 | Beto O'Rourke | 980,971 | A politician from the American Democratic Party, who announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President of the United Statesin2020 | ||
7 | World Wide Web | 978,963 | 30 years ago this week, on March 12th, Berners-Lee wrote a proposal for "a large hypertext database with typed links", which became the World Wide Web. | ||
8 | Freddie Mercury | 927,775 | A popular singer, now the 23rd week in a row he shows up in the top 25. | ||
9 | Deaths in 2019 | 842,579 | The current year's death list is always a popular article, showing a gradual climb over time, regardless of who died any given week. | ||
10 | Michael Jackson | 749,518 | A recently aired documentary about him, Leaving Neverland, #31 this week, is quite likely the reason he's on the list. | ||
11 | Christchurch mosque shootings | 718,801 | A big terrorist attack in New Zealand this week. | ||
12 | Avengers: Endgame | 703,498 | The popularity of the recently released film Captain Marvel (#1) has brought other articles about Marvel Comics into the top 25. | ||
13 | Jennifer Lopez | 653,411 | A famous singer and actress, she and Alex Rodriguez (#27) announced their engagement his week. | ||
14 | List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films | 647,998 | An other Marvel Comics article. | ||
15 | Fastlane (2019) | 629,412 | A professional wrestling event which started this week. | ||
16 | New Zealand | 592,905 | The country where the big-news terrorist attack (#11) took place. | ||
17 | Kayden Boche | 494,678 | |||
18 | Triple Frontier (film) | 642,260 | An other recently released film. | ||
19 | Wade Robson | 948,495 | The documentary Leaving Neverland (#31) is about allegations that Michael Jackson (#10) sexually abused him. | ||
20 | Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 | 539,097 | This week, for the second time in under 6 months, a new aircraft from the Boeing 737 MAX series (#2) crashes on takeoff, killing everyone on board. The first incident is #35. | ||
21 | Disappearance of Madeleine McCann | 507,529 | Netflix released a film about this incident. | ||
22 | Us (2019 film) | 507,269 | An other recently released film. | ||
23 | Elizabeth Holmes | 500,509 | A recently released documentary by Netflix, The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, is about her. | ||
24 | Murder of Dee Dee Blanchard | 481,410 | The murder of an abusive mother by her daughter and the daughter's boyfriend, he was recently convicted and sentenced to life in prison. | ||
25 | 2019 Indian general election | 468,186 | An upcoming election, to be held over a period of more than a month. |