Wikipedia:Top 25 Report

The Top 25 Report

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (May 3 to 9, 2026)

Prepared with commentary by Igordebraga, CAWylie, and Ollieisanerd.

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Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	2,465,457	After 59 years ruled by the Dravidian parties, the Indian state of Tamil Nadu got some renewal in its politics going after the party (#8) of former Kollywood actor Vijay, who subsequently has taken over as #9.
2	Vijay (actor)	2,263,774
3	2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election	2,133,627	Another Indian election, held with much more internal strife and an acrimonious end: the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won more than two-thirds of the seats in the assembly and ended the 15-year rule of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), chief minister Mamata Banerjee refused to concede her seat claiming election irregularities, and it was only solved as governor R. N. Ravi dissolved the congress to remove Banerjee.
4	David Attenborough	1,753,409	The English broadcaster and naturalist celebrated his 100th birthday on Friday, receiving birthday messages from around the world as well as a celebratory concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Sir David has presented over 100 nature documentaries across a lengthy filmmaking career spanning over eight decades; a career which has earnt him a knighthood, over 30 honorary degrees and various international prizes, with over 40 species and a research ship being named after him.
5	Ted Turner	1,539,639	A billionaire who died at 87, leaving quite the legacy: a media empire that created channels like CNN, TBS, TNT and Cartoon Network; owning three of Atlanta's major league teams, most notably the MLB's Atlanta Braves; and using much of his fortune for philantropy and environmental concerns, in the latter helping the American bison not get extinct (through a fast food chain, no less!) and creating Captain Planet.
6	Orthohantavirus	1,509,982	In April, a strain of this deadly virus, which has seemingly been around since the year 500 BCE, affected the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius (pictured). To date, eight cases have been confirmed, with three deaths reported. Around 147 people were onboard and have been treated all over the world.
7	Michael Jackson	1,409,630	The King of Pop made a lot of successful music and was also quite known for an eventful personal life, so it's no surprise it got adapted into a movie (#10), that cuts before bigger controversies but still features peculiar things like his pet chimp Bubbles.
8	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam	1,208,169	#2 organised his fan clubs—reportedly numbering around 85,000 across Tamil Nadu - to support the AIADMK in the 2011 and 2021 elections, and 3 years, as he retired from acting, founded his own party for the then-upcoming election (#1), which ended up winning the whole thing!
9	Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu	1,091,658	#2 became the de facto leader of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, following #1. He assumed the office from #25 after his five-year term ended. Vijay is the first non-Dravidian party member since 1969 to hold the office.
10	Michael (2026 film)	974,297	Reviewers were not fond of how this movie followed biopic formulas and had a sanitized portrayal of #7, but audiences who just wanted to remember their idol made it one of the year's biggest hits, close to earning $600 million and making back its big budget estimated in at least $150 million. A follow-up is confirmed, making use of footage that was cut from Michael and following how after the movie's cutoff point of 1988 Jackson had his reputation fall and was considered Bad and Dangerous (particularly for children) along with far from Invincible until his death made the public accept his music again taking precedence over Jackson's behavior.
11	Deaths in 2026	906,086	I told my brother there'll be problems, times and tears for fears We must live each day like it's the last Go with it, go with it!
12	The Devil Wears Prada 2	901,682	20 years after Anne Hathaway suffered in the hands of demeaning boss Meryl Streep (#23), both are back, along with Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci, in a sequel that raises the budget, overseas shooting (from short scenes in Paris without Streep to lower costs, to a whole section of the movie in Milan!) and cameos from the fashion world. Reviewers and audiences alike approved, with the movie subsequently winning the box office for two weeks and having already made over $400 million worldwide.
13	Suvendu Adhikari	900,277	#3 ended 15 years of West Bengal being ran by Mamata Banerjee, who also served in various ministries of the Indian government, and she even lost her seat in the Assembly due to not conceding defeat claiming election irregularities. Her replacement as Chief Minister of West Bengal is Suvendu Adhikari, son of a member of parliament who has been in the Assembly since 2016.
14	Mamata Banerjee	807,908
15	Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly	749,768	#1 chose the 234 seats of the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, an election that happens every 5 years.
16	2026 United Kingdom local elections	734,603	An election in India's former colonizer for a change. 5,066 English councillors for 136 local authorities were chosen, with Reform UK and the Green Party increasing their vote shares, while the Labour Party of Prime Minister Keir Starmer lost almost 1,500 councillors and entered an internal crisis.
17	Jaafar Jackson	682,596	Part of a massive family - not counting the Jackson family as a whole, between his father Jermaine Jackson and his Colombia-born mother Jaafar has 11 siblings! - Jaafar only had one single to his name before being given the hard task of playing his uncle #7 in #10, and even negative reviews considered him to have pulled it off. Aside from the Michael follow-up, wonder if more singing and acting will follow.
18	2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election	679,365	Back to India, an entry for another of the five elections held this year (the remaining ones in Puducherry and Assam were far from making the cut!).
19	Mortal Kombat II (film)	673,939	Test your might... After 2021's Mortal Kombat was deemed a decent adaptation even if taking liberties such as not including the actual Mortal Kombat tournament, the sequel doubles down on game elements, fights and comedy, welcoming new characters such as Karl Urban as Johnny Cage. The good reception is reflected on opening behind #12 and being close to matching its $85 million budget.
20	ShinyHunters	639,255	Twice this month, this extortion group hacked the learning management system (Canvas, logo shown) of the American tech company Instructure. The company assured its users that only a certain amount of data was taken. However, the hackers changed the main page of the company's website to a ransomware notification, threatening to release sensitive data, if conditions were not met by May 12. Approximately 275 million users were affected, and Instructure assured the public that an agreement was made and the compromised data had been destroyed. A rumored US$2.75 million ransom was paid.
21	Cinco de Mayo	548,684	The "Fifth of May" annually commemorates Mexico's defeating French forces in the 1862 Battle of Puebla. Celebrated more in the U.S. and honoring Mexican-Americans, this year's festivities coincidentally occurred on Taco Tuesday in most restaurants.
22	The Boys season 5	542,758	Only two episodes left, and viewers are getting all the more reason to wish for Homelander to be defeated. The increased focus on his father Soldier Boy can be explained in that he's set to star in the spinoff show Vought Rising, focusing on him and the Nazi Stormfront in the 1950s.
23	The Devil Wears Prada (film)	511,584	#12 is the follow-up to this, a comedy about a budding journalist suffering in the hands of the editor of a fashion magazine, released in 2006 to critical and commercial success. The original book, widely considered to be author Lauren Weisberger telling a disguised account of her days as an assistant to Vogue editor Anna Wintour, got some sequels, but the movie didn't take inspiration from the other novels.
24	Apex (2026 film)	499,452	While this survival thriller, starring Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton, has received mixed reviews since its release on Netflix in April, social media is abuzz about its most intense moment that begins with Egerton's dance that was his own idea.
25	M. K. Stalin	478,888	Following his defeat in #1, Stalin's last day as #9, a position he has held since May 2021, was May 9.

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.