Wikipedia:Top 25 Report

The Top 25 Report

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (April 26 to May 2, 2026)

Prepared with commentary by Igordebraga, Bkissin, TheJoebro64, and Ollieisanerd.

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Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	Michael Jackson	1,940,832	For all the attempts at cancelling Michael Jackson, even after death, the fans of The King of Pop remain faithful 17 years after he died and broke Wikipedia along the way. To the point that Michael, a big budget biopic directed by Antoine Fuqua that featured as MJ both Juliano Krue Valdi in The Jackson 5 days, and his nephew Jaafar (son of #8, who was also one of the 5) as the adult solo superstar, had a massive opening of over $200 million worldwide and will double it with its second week. Reviews were mixed to negative, finding the movie too safe and sanitized, not giving that much exploration of Michael in spite of featuring what the fans went to theater for, recreations of musical moments such as the 1988 concert in London that closes the movie. This was not helped by the filmmakers only discovering that the settlement on the 1993 child abuse allegation included not depicting the boy in dramatizations after already filming scenes about the trial, forcing the movie to be reworked. This also saved some footage for a possible follow-up to Michael, that has already been greenlit.
2	Michael (2026 film)	1,712,405
3	Jaafar Jackson	1,205,100
4	2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election	1,165,161	The fourth most populous Indian state chose its 294 representatives. The Bharatiya Janata Party of Prime Minister Modi got the majority with 207 seats, and in the week after the one of this Report there were problems in the succession, so the next one will have more details.
5	Deaths in 2026	966,658	Oh for God's sake I look to heaven to fulfill its prophecy Set me free!
6	Apex (2026 film)	948,592	Netflix released this survival thriller where Charlize Theron is hunted in the Australian wilds.
7	The Devil Wears Prada 2	760,310	Right after #1 came another blockbuster opening to over $200 million, dealing with the world-shattering subject of... fashion journalism. 20 years after reporter Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) suffered under the thumb of demanding editor Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), she's forced to work in her magazine again, still helped by Miranda's right-hand man Nigel (Stanley Tucci) and with one of her first jobs involving a reunion with another of Miranda's assistants Emily (Emily Blunt), now an executive at Dior. Bringing back the four main actors, director and writer of the 2006 original, The Devil Wears Prada 2 not only brought in crowds to theaters but managed to score some positive reviews deeming it a worthy follow-up.
8	Jermaine Jackson	685,720	The singer/bassist of The Jackson 5, who left the group when they changed labels from Motown to Epic Records, and rejoined the rechristened The Jacksons in time for the Victory album, whose tour, as depicted in #2 (where Jermaine is played by Jamal R. Henderson as an adult and Jayden Harville in childhood), was an absolute mess preceded by #1 burning his scalp shooting a commercial and ended with Michael deciding to leave the band instead of extending the tour internationally. Jermaine had some musical success of his own, including a help in launching the career of Whitney Houston, and among his 7 children is #3.
9	Joe Jackson (talent manager)	672,172	Not that Joe Jackson, or that Joe Jackson, the patriarch of #21, father/former manager of #1 and #8 and husband of #15 has not seen history rehabilitate his image in the way that #2 tries to do for his son - the movie itself, where Joe is played by Colman Domingo, doesn't help showing how Joe was both greedy and abusive to his children.
10	David Allan Coe	653,181	This American singer-songwriter, who passed away on April 29 at age 86, wrote hits for several Nashville elite, including Tanya Tucker, but is probably most well known for the song Take This Job and Shove It, performed by Johnny Paycheck. However, he was also an accomplished artist in his own right, and was considered a major part of the outlaw country movement in the 1970s.
11	Dhurandhar: The Revenge	641,597	Dropping out of the top 10, but having caused massive impact in the Indian box office: not only it ranks second at #13, but it earned as much as the rest of 2026's top 10 so far combined.
12	Euphoria (American TV series)	626,974	The third season of HBO's controversial teen drama began airing on April 12. Though ratings have been high, it hasn't fared as well as the first two seasons in terms of reviews, with its Rotten Tomatoes score standing at a mere 40%.
13	List of highest-grossing Indian films	624,302	#11 might not surpass Dangal for first overall. Not that everyone involved will complain having made so much money! (₹1,843.57 crore is approximately US$218 million)
14	2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	560,704	Related to Indian cinema and elections, the party founded by former Kollywood actor Vijay got the majority of the seats in Tamil Nadu.
15	Katherine Jackson	508,538	The matriarch of #21 and wife of #9, #1's hit album Thriller and Janet Jackson's (Miss Jackson if you're nasty) album Rhythm Nation were both dedicated to her. #2 has her played by Nia Long.
16	Hulk Hogan	499,597	The late wrestler was the subject of a four-part Netflix documentary, Hulk Hogan: Real American, on April 22. It's received criticism for presenting a "sanitized" narrative that downplays controversial aspects of the '80s icon's life. (Similar complaints have been levied at #2.)
17	Donald Trump	494,411	Still having to defend his military actions in Iran, including that it's still a few weeks compared to the years of Vietnam, and that he'd win that one if he was president.
18	Sabastian Sawe	469,216	This Kenyan runner has made history by becoming the first person to run a sub-two-hour marathon, finishing this year's London marathon in 1:59:30, surpassing the previous world record held by the late Kelvin Kiptum by over a minute. The race's runner-up Yomif Kejelcha also finished in under two hours in his marathon debut, with third-place finisher Jacob Kiplimo also beating Kiptum's previous record. Eliud Kipchoge's sub-two-hour 2019 run is not officially recognised as eligible by World Athletics.
19	The Devil Wears Prada (film)	459,201	In 2003, Lauren Weisberger wrote The Devil Wears Prada, a novel about a woman in a dream job that turns out to be a nightmare due to her demeaning boss, which was widely considered to be Weisberger telling a disguised account of her days as an assistant to Vogue editor Anna Wintour. The film adaptation 3 years later was a big hit scoring over $300 million worldwide and leading Meryl Streep's portrayal of the mean boss to be one of her many Academy Award nominations. The movie inspired both a stage musical and further novels from Weisberger, though the eventual sequel that just hit theaters (#7) has an original plot instead.
20	The Boys season 5	454,709	Things still get messy and misanthropic in the Prime Video subversion of superheroes, and this week even had the sex fantasies of a bulldog and the show's executive producer Seth Rogen and his friends suffering painful fates.
21	Jackson family	445,492	#9 had 9 children with #15 (plus one who died at birth), and once he discovered kids #2-#4 (Jackie, Tito and our #8) were trying out music together, decided to make a band and business out of it. The Jackson 5 were formed by adding sixth child Marlon and most importantly, the seventh that tops our list and not only became the group's lead singer but had an amazing solo career. Regarding the other kids, eldest Rebbie has sung intermintently, middle one La Toya had along with a musical career a turbulent life that included an abusive marriage, eighth Randy replaced Jermaine when The Jackson 5 were renamed The Jacksons... and youngest Janet is considered a pop music icon as much as Michael, both even performing together the duet "Scream". And the Jackson grandchildren continue to dabble in music, such as Rebbie's son Austin Brown, Tito's sons 3T, and Jermaine's son up there at #3.
22	Project Hail Mary (film)	426,642	One more week for the highly successful sci-fi movie. It hits video on demand on May 12, and author Andy Weir will make a follow-up of sorts in a virtual reality game.
23	Charlize Theron	426,384	With over 30 years in her career (many met her in the 90s with either a one-hit wonder band, Satan, or a big gorilla) that included an Oscar uglying herself in Monster, the South African actress has also proven her chops as an action girl, her latest showings for that on Netflix: The Old Guard and its sequel, and now #6. In July Theron's back on the big screen playing Calypso in The Odyssey.
24	Debbie Rowe	425,170	After a short marriage to the daughter of The King of Rock, #1 married the nurse of his dermatologist and in the 4 years they were together had two children, Michael Jr. (better known as "Prince", ironically the name of a so-called rival...) and Paris (pictured, and the first article off this list). Jackson's third, Prince Michael Jackson II, also known as "Blanket" or "Bigi", was conceived by surrogacy.
25	2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting	417,306	Known for his dislike of the press, #17 finally attended the White House Correspondents' Dinner... and someone tried to get into the place to shoot him. Once it was discovered the perpetrator had developed a game, the thing was promptly review bombed!

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.