Wikipedia:2015 Top 50 Report
THE TOP 50 REPORT – 2015
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Annual Top 50[edit]
Based on the raw data from West.andrew.g and prepared with commentary by:
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Rank Article Class Views Image About Peak 1 Academy Awards 
66,400,994 
While a big event every year, the 2015 Oscars came off the back of a really popular year for movies and for the televised ceremony. A good number of people don't bother going directly to the numbered Oscars article (myself included), so rising viewers, rising Wikipedia readers, and a simple click-through probably led to this dominance as people began checking in for results. N/A 2 Deaths in 2015 
27,885,484 Reading up on celebrity deaths has always been a big thing, and it's on the up, it seems, as beloved old-timey famous people start aging out. Dec. 29 3 Chris Kyle 
27,765,570 
commentary N/A 4 Star Wars: The Force Awakens
23,523,985 
There has been an awakening, and unless you have been living under a rock for the last few months, you have most likely felt it. Dec. 18 5 Facebook
22,330,302 image commentary Dec. 4 6 Stephen Hawking
20,060,944 image commentary Aug. 16 7 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
19,335,481 image commentary Nov. 14 8 List of Bollywood films of 2015
18,171,094 image commentary N/A 9 Avengers: Age of Ultron 
17,409,029 image commentary N/A 10 United States
16,855,064 image commentary Nov. 10 11 Kanye West
16,478,369 image commentary Aug. 31 12 Game of Thrones
16,135,993 image commentary Sep. 21 13 Star Wars
15,580,814
The awakening this year caused people to research the franchise as a whole. Dec. 18 14 Furious 7
14,740,823 image commentary Aug. 2 15 Jurassic World
14,283,010 image commentary July 5 16 Donald Trump
14,052,391 
"So, ladies and gentlemen, I am officially running for president of the United States, and we are going to make our country great again!" Among the many political events this year, this stands out as an important one. The Donald made it official; he is running for President of the United States as a Republican. If Trump gets elected to the presidency, he'd be the only president to have not been involved in politics beforehand.
Aug. 7 17 Fifty Shades of Grey
13,362,580 image commentary Nov. 22 18 Pablo Escobar
13,190,232 image commentary Aug. 30 19 India 
12,864,393 image commentary Aug. 15 20 2015 in film
12,542,233 image commentary Dec. 28 21 Floyd Mayweather Jr.
12,436,450 image commentary Sep. 13 22 Ronda Rousey
12,298,765 image commentary Aug. 2 23 Paul Walker
12,201,471 image commentary Sep. 13 24 World War II
12,149,875 image commentary Nov. 11 25 Barack Obama
11,676,171 
Since becoming president in 2009, Obama has found a place among the most viewed Wikipedia articles. This year, he legalized same-sex marriage and promoted discussions that led to the Paris Agreement on global climate change. Thanks, Obama. Dec. 7 26 87th Academy Awards
11,461,968 image commentary N/A 27 Bruce Jenner
11,170,477 image commentary July 16 28 List of Arrow episodes
10,821,627 image commentary Oct. 8 29 The Walking Dead (TV series)
10,686,442 image commentary Oct. 26 30 Taylor Swift
10,584,681 image commentary Aug. 31 31 Dwayne Johnson
10,567,546 image commentary Nov. 10 32 Mad Max: Fury Road
10,538,481 image commentary Sep. 6 33 Lionel Messi
10,533,223 image commentary Oct. 1 34 Cristiano Ronaldo
10,482,512 image commentary Oct. 1 35 Ariana Grande
10,249,106 image commentary July 9 36 World War I
10,180,089 image commentary Nov. 11 37 The Flash (2014 TV series)
10,169,845 image commentary Oct. 7 38 List of highest-grossing films
10,168,471 image commentary Dec. 28 39 Adolf Hitler
10,118,472 image commentary Dec. 7 40 YouTube
10,097,475 
The online video sharing platform is a consistently popular article, and as such frequently features on the Top 25 Report. Dec. 9 41 Spectre (2015 film)
10,072,171 image commentary Nov. 8 42 Alan Turing
9,892,611 image commentary July 19 43 Kim Kardashian
9,854,798 image commentary Aug. 31 44 John Cena
9,655,713 image There's a page with over 9 million views this year, and it's name is John Cena! Aug. 24 45 Manny Pacquiao
9,632,162 image commentary Sep. 13 46 Steve Jobs
9,608,393 image commentary Nov. 18 47 Liberland
9,580,409 image commentary N/A 48 Orange Is the New Black
9,482,280 image commentary N/A 49 List of Game of Thrones episodes
9,447,982 image commentary N/A 50 Sunny Leone
9,308,417 image commentary Sep. 3
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