Wikipedia:Top 25 Report

The Top 25 Report

Don't forget to read the 2024 annual top 50 report

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (January 19 to 25, 2025)

Prepared with commentary by Igordebraga, Shuipzv3, Vestrian24Bio, GN22.

Just about 6 articles have nothing to do with the government that is returning to the White House. Hope this isn't a recurring thing in the next editions!

Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	Donald Trump	3,884,456	On January 20, he was sworn in (#8) as the 47th President of the United States (#20), taking over from #18. He immediately issued a series of executive orders to fulfil his agenda. They include withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization and the Paris Agreement, re-declaring a national emergency at the Mexico–United States border, directed the federal government to only recognize two genders, estabishing the Department of Government Efficiency to be headed by #6, rescinding artificial intelligence policy goals, reversed sanctions on Israeli settlers, pardoned around 1,200 January 6 defendants, commuted sentences for members of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, ordered the federal renaming of #9 to the "Gulf of America" and Denali back to Mount McKinley, and delayed a ban on #15 by 75 days. An order to end birthright citizenship was quickly blocked by a federal judge. Several inspectors general were also informed of their immediate termination, which may be "inconsistent with the law" and subject to court challenge.
2	MrBeast	3,666,653	From most-subscribed YouTube channel to most viewed show on Amazon Prime Video and now he's biding to buy #15.
3	JD Vance	2,319,253	The new Vice President, who prior to inauguration met his Chinese equivalent Han Zheng, and after getting in the role swore in Secretary of State Marco Rubio and cast the tie-breaking vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense.
4	Melania Trump	2,173,494	The Slovenian First Lady and the Hindu American Second Lady of the United States.
5	Usha Vance	2,139,252
6	Elon Musk	2,041,055	Elon Musk, Elon Musk. Why you choose that to greet me? In a rally shortly after the inauguration (#8) of #1, the centibillionaire who will head DOGE saluted the crowd in a way that instantly caused a ruckus. His defenders and a few other organizations tried to claim it was not as it seemed, but as The Hollywood Reporter put it, "Sometimes a Nazi Salute is a Nazi Salute.” Then, on January 25, Musk made a surprise appearance via video link at a Alternative for Germany campaign rally, expressing his support for the far-right party.
7	Ross Ulbricht	1,840,003	Ulbricht created and operated Silk Road, a marketplace on the dark web in which illegal products and services could be traded. In October 2013, the website was shut down by the FBI and he was arrested. Ulbricht was serving a life imprisonment sentence when #1 granted him a full pardon.
8	Second inauguration of Donald Trump	1,073,356	Due to freezing temperatures in DC, this was held inside the United States Capitol rotunda, the first indoors inauguration since the one for Reagan's reelection in 1985. Among the ones in attendance were all the living U.S. presidents, and lots of rich people - a much divulged picture had tech moguls #6, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s Sundar Pichai.
9	Gulf of Mexico	1,066,060	#1 signed an executive order to rename at least part of this to the "Gulf of America" on federal maps and documents. However, most of the world, including the majority of everyday Americans, will continue to call it the Gulf of Mexico.
10	Mariann Budde	1,061,367	As the Bishop of Washington, she gave a prayer service the day after #8, urging #1 to show mercy and compassion to vulnerable people, specifically citing the LGBTQ community, immigrants, and war refugees. #1 responded with insults and demanded an apology.
11	Madison Keys	1,039,819	This American tennis player won the 2025 Australian Open to get her first Grand Slam, a campaign that included beating the top two players in the world Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals and final, respectively. Keys had the longest gap between Grand Slam finals having last gotten to a decision in the 2017 US Open, and at the age of 29 is the oldest winner in Australia during the Open Era.
12	Pete Hegseth	1,024,419	He was sworn in as the United States Secretary of Defense, after #3 was needed to break the 50–50 tie in the Senate. When he was nominated last year, concerns were raised about a sexual assault allegation in 2017, allegations that he was drunk or hungover on set several times at Fox News, his inexperience with leading a large organization, and his attitude towards women.
13	Deaths in 2025	1,023,403	Won't you come with me to a place in a little town The only way to get there is to go straight down...
14	Family of Donald Trump	934,898	It's visible this is a dominating topic this week. And could be worse, Ivanka Trump was #27 and Tiffany Trump #32.
15	TikTok	850,981	On January 20, #1 signed an executive order granting 75 days for TikTok to find a potential buyer. This after the popular social media app temporarily shut itself down the day before due to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.
16	Ivana Trump	849,691	#1's late first wife, who like the current one (#4) was Eastern European, namely Czech. Her children with him are #22, the almost in Ivanka (who actually has the same name as the mother - "Ivanka" is "little Ivana") and Eric.
17	Severance (TV series)	845,811	One of the most expected shows of the year, season 2 of this American science fiction psychological thriller series, released its second episode last Friday on Apple TV+.
18	Joe Biden	845,761	Farewell Joe! The 46th US president's term ended on January 20, marking the end of a 50-year political career that began with his election to the Senate in 1973. Biden also served two terms as vice president between 2009 and 2017 under Barack Obama. On his last day of office, he issued pardons that protect from future prosecution to retired general Mark Milley, physician and immunologist Anthony Fauci, and members of the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, all of whom have opposed or contradicted #1. While historians and political scientists rank his presidency in the second quartile, his approval rating was less impressive, hovering in the high-30s to low-40s for the most part.
19	List of presidents of the United States	833,793	#1 followed Grover Cleveland in being the second president to serve non-consecutive terms.
20	President of the United States	831,181
21	ChatGPT	827,285	The ever-popular chatbot suffered problems on Thursday that led to an hourlong outage. (and next edition will have other bad news for it)
22	Donald Trump Jr.	821,633	#1's firstborn, who was the one who suggested #3 as the running mate and is said to be as involved in his government as younger sister Ivanka was the last time around (she decided that spending time with her children was preferrable to politics).
23	Nosferatu (2024 film)	799,946	The political onslaught made 97th Academy Awards #33 and the most nominated film Emilia Pérez #30. So, all we have to represent the Oscars is this well-received vampire movie remake that earned 4 nods: Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
24	Lauren Sánchez	786,150	While attending #8 alongside fiancé Jeff Bezos, she received media attention for her attire: a suit jacket which exposed her bustier.
25	Roman salute	759,810	Preventing a return from last week's #1 David Lynch is the "extended arm gesture" that has no proven connection to Ancient Rome, but was eventually incorporated by Fascist Italy and then Nazi Germany in the raised arm variant. #6 performed it in D.C. to much controversy.

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.