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The Top 50 Report – 2020

The most viewed articles weekly are a regular feature, the yearly list has had its fifth entry, and again we have the most viewed article each day, though a manual search of the Toolforge's Pageviews. Along with the big stories (specially the inescapable pandemic, racial protests, and elections), deaths and cultural products of the year, the list also has entries regarding holidays, and whatever either receives a Google Doodle or a topic with an interesting hook on Reddit.

Most viewed article of the day

Key
Reddit
Google
Television
Film
Netflix
Other entertainment
Celebrity news
Sports
Politics
COVID-19 pandemic
Black Lives Matter
In the news
History
Death
Holiday

Bold: Led the week's Top 25

January

Date	Article	Views
Jan 1	Post Malone	415,705
Jan 2	Nataša Stanković (engagement)	328,730
Jan 3	Qasem Soleimani	1,485,796
Jan 4		1,109,449
Jan 5		486,247
Jan 6	77th Golden Globe Awards	510,793
Jan 7	Qasem Soleimani	394,803
Jan 8		471,156
Jan 9		177,728
Jan 10	Neil Peart	354,972
Jan 11	Neil Peart	514,924
Jan 12	Taal Volcano (eruption)	359,688
Jan 13	Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)	485,929
Jan 14	Joe Burrow	506,031
Jan 15	Aaron Hernandez (Killer Inside)	403,085
Jan 16		935,284
Jan 17		851,607
Jan 18		825,651
Jan 19		761,424
Jan 20		607,867
Jan 21		522,687
Jan 22	Anna May Wong (Hollywood)	722,119
Jan 23	Coronavirus	634,208
Jan 24		895,340
Jan 25		972,568
Jan 26	Kobe Bryant	9,513,452
Jan 27		8,045,344
Jan 28		2,286,161
Jan 29		1,158,627
Jan 30		786,514
Jan 31	Coronavirus	699,130

February

Date	Article	Views
Feb 1	Kobe Bryant	575,727
Feb 2	Patrick Mahomes	466,019
Feb 3	Shakira	2,573,167
Feb 4	Iowa caucuses	539,892
Feb 5	Rush Limbaugh (cancer diagnosis)	592,354
Feb 6	Kirk Douglas	1,772,699
Feb 7	Phillip Schofield (coming out as gay)	434,894
Feb 8	XFL (2020)	415,933
Feb 9	XFL (2020)	518,932
Feb 10	Parasite (2019 film) (Oscars sweep)	2,696,922
Feb 11		863,752
Feb 12		450,170
Feb 13	Rishi Sunak	330,522
Feb 14	Valentine's Day	570,727
Feb 15	Caroline Flack	1,146,836
Feb 16		820,885
Feb 17		369,484
Feb 18	Ryan Newman (racing driver)	480,390
Feb 19	Pop Smoke	644,337
Feb 20	Michael Bloomberg	666,481
Feb 21	Michael Bloomberg	254,014
Feb 22	The Rape of Proserpina (/r/pics)	247,626
Feb 23	Tyson Fury	1,346,836
Feb 24	Tyson Fury	485,077
Feb 25	2019–20 coronavirus outbreak	326,863
Feb 26	Coronavirus	356,984
Feb 27	Super ShowDown (2020)	447,894
Feb 28	2019–20 coronavirus outbreak	472,781
Feb 29	February 29	449,520

March

Date	Article	Views
Mar 1	2019–20 coronavirus outbreak	406,486
Mar 2		501,641
Mar 3		504,371
Mar 4	2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries	879,062
Mar 5	2019–20 coronavirus outbreak	533,578
Mar 6		532,465
Mar 7		469,699
Mar 8		513,157
Mar 9		664,888
Mar 10		728,277
Mar 11		635,398
Mar 12	2019–20 coronavirus pandemic	1,110,896
Mar 13		999,930
Mar 14		869,882
Mar 15		921,087
Mar 16		1,077,774
Mar 17		1,065,697
Mar 18		1,051,965
Mar 19		1,123,459
Mar 20		1,213,618
Mar 21	Kenny Rogers	1,477,424
Mar 22	2019-20 coronavirus pandemic	1,223,078
Mar 23		1,220,132
Mar 24		1,184,112
Mar 25		1,102,968
Mar 26		1,132,431
Mar 27		1,071,666
Mar 28		930,818
Mar 29		902,656
Mar 30		878,648
Mar 31		820,094

April

Date	Article	Views
Apr 1	2019-20 coronavirus pandemic	798,577
Apr 2		788,844
Apr 3		727,728
Apr 4		677,434
Apr 5	WrestleMania 36	849,482
Apr 6	WrestleMania 36	756,774
Apr 7	Boris Johnson (hospitalized for COVID-19)	656,357
Apr 8	John Prine	855,071
Apr 9	2019–20 coronavirus pandemic	548,480
Apr 10		533,502
Apr 11		514,016
Apr 12		487,389
Apr 13		498,927
Apr 14		488,366
Apr 15	Charles Ingram (Quiz)	323,414
Apr 16	2019–20 coronavirus pandemic	456,709
Apr 17		446,313
Apr 18		406,282
Apr 19		400,733
Apr 20	Michael Jordan (The Last Dance)	755,294
Apr 21	Kim Jong-un (death rumors)	634,639
Apr 22	2019–20 coronavirus pandemic	372,093
Apr 23	2019–20 coronavirus pandemic	357,967
Apr 24	2020 NFL Draft	575,545
Apr 25	Kim Jong-un	1,309,689
Apr 26	Kim Jong-un	1,787,161
Apr 27	Dennis Rodman	747,880
Apr 28	Kim Jong-un	401.865
Apr 29	Irrfan Khan	4,968,949
Apr 30	Rishi Kapoor	2,657,578

May

Date	Article	Views
May 1	Anderson Cooper	720,074
May 2	Sam Lloyd	345,897
May 3	2019–20 coronavirus pandemic	258,327
May 4	Michael Jordan	527,718
May 5	Elon Musk (son's birth)	586,814
May 6	Elon Musk (son's birth)	795,486
May 7	Judy Mikovits	979,794
May 8	Victory in Europe Day	446,162
May 9	Little Richard	1,299,432
May 10	Little Richard	675,992
May 11	Jerry Stiller	961,203
May 12	Jerry Stiller	325,138
May 13	Garry Marshall (The Happy Days of Garry Marshall)	367,145
May 14	Barry Zito (The Masked Singer)	227,459
May 15	COVID-19 pandemic	178,276
May 16	Fred Willard	706,235
May 17	Fred Willard	573,292
May 18	Michael Jordan	652,428
May 19	Michael Jordan	476,101
May 20	Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (Google Doodle)	762,518
May 21	Jesse McCartney (The Masked Singer)	285,961
May 22	Jerry Sloan	221,961
May 23	Sarah Rector (/r/TodayILearned)	367,095
May 24	Dominic Cummings	318,327
May 25	Dominic Cummings	525,510
May 26	Pat Tillman (Memorial Day)	269,355
May 27	Elon Musk (SN4 launch delayed)	413,455
May 28	Death of George Floyd	742,416
May 29	Third-degree murder	1,229,762
May 30	Death of George Floyd	1,400,045
May 31	Antifa (United States)	2,561,240

June

Date	Article	Views
Jun 1	Antifa (United States)	1,664,217
Jun 2	Death of George Floyd	800,912
Jun 3	Killing of George Floyd	723,816
Jun 4	Killing of George Floyd	760,588
Jun 5	Shooting of Breonna Taylor	546,647
Jun 6	Shooting of Breonna Taylor	506,210
Jun 7	Edward Colston (statue toppled)	935,791
Jun 8	Edward Colston (statue toppled)	781,238
Jun 9	George Floyd	406,574
Jun 10	George Floyd	354,590
Jun 11	Juneteenth	369,917
Jun 12		402,783
Jun 13		368,393
Jun 14	Sushant Singh Rajput	7,062,335
Jun 15		1,856,107
Jun 16		935,437
Jun 17		581,137
Jun 18	Juneteenth	674,848
Jun 19		2,142,599
Jun 20		688,180
Jun 21	Father's Day	267,823
Jun 22	Bubba Wallace (noose found in garage)	406,139
Jun 23	Bubba Wallace (noose found in garage)	349,681
Jun 24	Death of Elijah McClain	237,912
Jun 25	Death of Elijah McClain	217,997
Jun 26	Olive Morris (Google Doodle	296,503
Jun 27	Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga	275,378
Jun 28	Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga	256,662
Jun 29	Golden State Killer (guilty plea)	299,501
Jun 30	Marsha P. Johnson (Google Doodle)	817,086

July

Date	Article	Views
Jul 1	Carl Reiner	293,930
Jul 2	Ghislaine Maxwell (arrest)	458,791
Jul 3	Alexander Hamilton	763,989
Jul 4		1,859,907
Jul 5		1,168,027
Jul 6	Nick Cordero	1,146,519
Jul 7	Alexander Hamilton	462,147
Jul 8	Mary Kay Letourneau	671,677
Jul 9	Naya Rivera	2,145,284
Jul 10		1,208,238
Jul 11		555,218
Jul 12		431,781
Jul 13	Kelly Preston	2,536,436
Jul 14	Naya Rivera (body found)	1,253,904
Jul 15	Naya Rivera (body found)	378,084
Jul 16	Johnny Bravo Goes to Bollywood (/r/TodayILearned)	206,095
Jul 17	Mary L. Trump (Too Much and Never Enough)	175,517
Jul 18	John Lewis (civil rights leader)	855,456
Jul 19	John Lewis (civil rights leader)	357,946
Jul 20	The Horror Show at Extreme Rules	353,141
Jul 21	Jeffrey Epstein (Trump comments)	144,618
Jul 22	QAnon (Twitter bannings)	309,810
Jul 23	Roy Jones Jr. (Tyson fight announced)	218,888
Jul 24	Folklore (Taylor Swift album)	403,873
Jul 25	Regis Philbin	979,059
Jul 26	Regis Philbin	774,978
Jul 27	Olivia de Havilland	495,057
Jul 28	Regis Philbin	150,355
Jul 29	Stella Immanuel	323,699
Jul 30	Herman Cain	864,647
Jul 31	Shakuntala Devi (Shakuntala Devi)	463,675

August

Date	Article	Views
Aug 1	Shakuntala Devi	465125
Aug 2	Wilford Brimley	386143
Aug 3	Lebanon	273233
Aug 4		685244
Aug 5		335949
Aug 6		167966
Aug 7	Vicki Draves (Doodle)	279149
Aug 8	The Umbrella Academy (TV series)	165162
Aug 9	The Umbrella Academy (TV series)	187215
Aug 10	Collin Morikawa	450652
Aug 11	Kamala Harris	3709497
Aug 12		4889491
Aug 13		596163
Aug 14		1791383
Aug 15		838246
Aug 16	Elon Musk	646227
Aug 17	Nishikant Kamat	298194
Aug 18	Kamala Harris	225556
Aug 19	Jill Biden	611581
Aug 20	Kamala Harris	904338
Aug 21	Joe Biden	576001
Aug 22	Niʻihau (r/TodayILearned)	333397
Aug 23	The Batman (film)	499564
Aug 24	SummerSlam (2020)	399116
Aug 25	Kimberly Guilfoyle	794690
Aug 26	Melania Trump	475726
Aug 27	Shooting of Jacob Blake	442781
Aug 28	Alexandre Dumas (Doodle)	547796
Aug 29	Chadwick Boseman	9929065
Aug 30		1677062
Aug 31		1051472

September

Date	Article	Views
Sep 1	Chadwick Boseman	483054
Sep 2	Chadwick Boseman	273251
Sep 3	Tom Seaver	384703
Sep 4	Mulan (2020 film)	223353
Sep 5	Afghan Girl (r/TodayILearned)	440995
Sep 6	Mulan (2020 film)	324452
Sep 7		293034
Sep 8		183377
Sep 9	Dune (2020 film)	244583
Sep 10	Diana Rigg	719660
Sep 11	September 11 attacks	806500
Sep 12	September 11 attacks	330751
Sep 13	Terry Fox (Doodle)	438584
Sep 14	Dennis Nilsen (Des)	597995
Sep 15		540922
Sep 16		498620
Sep 17		351575
Sep 18	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	531789
Sep 19		3605252
Sep 20		970360
Sep 21		609381
Sep 22	Amy Coney Barrett	385296
Sep 23	Shooting of Breonna Taylor	578735
Sep 24	Shooting of Breonna Taylor	1237349
Sep 25	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	1234036
Sep 26	Amy Coney Barrett	1592337
Sep 27		1093507
Sep 28		365335
Sep 29	Zohra Sehgal (Doodle)	374282
Sep 30	Proud Boys	1493474

October

Date	Article	Views
Oct 1	Proud Boys	919681
Oct 2	Hope Hicks	1213508
Oct 3	Watts family murders (American Murder)	425949
Oct 4		461183
Oct 5		357842
Oct 6	Eddie Van Halen	1620610
Oct 7	Eddie Van Halen	1514514
Oct 8	Kamala Harris	1272519
Oct 9	The Haunting of Bly Manor	335115
Oct 10		659152
Oct 11		672694
Oct 12	LeBron James	677464
Oct 13	Amy Coney Barrett	500227
Oct 14	Amy Coney Barrett	530326
Oct 15	Fool's errand (r/TodayILearned)	402193
Oct 16	QAnon	519347
Oct 17	The Haunting of Bly Manor	298266
Oct 18	Waist chop (r/TodayILearned)	455427
Oct 19	The Haunting of Bly Manor	226692
Oct 20	Jeffrey Toobin	305970
Oct 21	Sokushinbutsu (r/TodayILearned)	524755
Oct 22	Three Red Banners	403581
Oct 23	Kristen Welker	987454
Oct 24	Khabib Nurmagomedov	484441
Oct 25	Khabib Nurmagomedov	681001
Oct 26	Hell in a Cell (2020)	342781
Oct 27	Amy Coney Barrett	825450
Oct 28	The Queen's Gambit (miniseries)	255398
Oct 29		271786
Oct 30		274400
Oct 31	Sean Connery	3231644

November

Date	Article	Views
Nov 1	Sean Connery	1278553
Nov 2	Sean Connery	483786
Nov 3	2020 United States presidential election	837875
Nov 4	United States Electoral College	4986159
Nov 5	Joe Biden	1391484
Nov 6	Joe Biden	1144292
Nov 7	Kamala Harris	3501236
Nov 8		6591413
Nov 9		1517128
Nov 10	Donald Trump	4968836
Nov 11		4237708
Nov 12		2347281
Nov 13		1346303
Nov 14		742002
Nov 15		1114434
Nov 16		1255866
Nov 17		732710
Nov 18		1118997
Nov 19		878031
Nov 20		768125
Nov 21		519664
Nov 22		572755
Nov 23	Tony Blinken	680.988
Nov 24	Donald Trump	428279
Nov 25	Diego Maradona	2574053
Nov 26		1717261
Nov 27		642581
Nov 28		415345
Nov 29	Jake Paul	721794
Nov 30	The Undoing (miniseries)	347457

December

Date	Article	Views
Dec 1	Elliot Page	1,482,018
Dec 2		1,692,264
Dec 3		503,627
Dec 4		227,725
Dec 5	Selena	299,527
Dec 6	Selena	310,965
Dec 7	Kelly Loeffler	379,913
Dec 8	Chuck Yeager	499,071
Dec 9	V. J. Chitra	304,502
Dec 10	W. Arthur Lewis (Doodle)	575,407
Dec 11	Tom Lister Jr.	1,006,329
Dec 12	Zodiac Killer	434,897
Dec 13	Timothée Chalamet	426,315
Dec 14	Gérard Houllier	291,615
Dec 15	Ann Reinking	199,793
Dec 16	MacKenzie Scott	173,432
Dec 17	Peter Sutcliffe	175,168
Dec 18	The Mandalorian	277,926
Dec 19	The Mandalorian	296,557
Dec 20	Canelo Álvarez	285,321
Dec 21	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2020)	321,964
Dec 22	Kevin Greene (American football)	394,842
Dec 23	Stella Tennant	275,283
Dec 24	The Midnight Sky	269,421
Dec 25	Wonder Woman 1984	336,356
Dec 26	Wonder Woman 1984	735,772
Dec 27	Brodie Lee	769,809
Dec 28	Wonder Woman 1984	370,322
Dec 29	Bridgerton	341,940
Dec 30	Elizabeth Peratrovich (Doodle)	385,731
Dec 31	MF Doom	613,952

Records

Most days at #1: COVID-19 pandemic, 47; Donald Trump, 14; Kamala Harris, 11
Most consecutive days at #1: COVID-19 pandemic, 16 \ 14; Donald Trump, 13
Highest single day views: Chadwick Boseman (9,929,065), Kobe Bryant (9,513,452)
Longest gaps between #1 appearances: Elon Musk (son's birth in May, Neuralink progress in August), Kamala Harris and Joe Biden (named as running mates in August, elected in November), QAnon (banned from Twitter in July, subject of question to Trump in October)
Top 50 entries that topped at least one day: COVID-19 pandemic (#1), Donald Trump (#2), Kamala Harris (#4), Joe Biden (#5), Coronavirus (#6), Kobe Bryant (#7), 2020 United States presidential election (#10), Elon Musk (#12), Michael Jordan (#15), Sushant Singh Rajput (#18), QAnon (#19), Chadwick Boseman (#20), Parasite (2019 film) (#21), United States Electoral College (#25), Alexander Hamilton (#27), Jeffrey Epstein (#29), Killing of George Floyd (#33), The Mandalorian (#35), The Queen's Gambit (TV series) (#38), Antifa (United States) (#41), Shooting of Breonna Taylor (#42), Ruth Bader Ginsburg (#43), LeBron James (#45), Melania Trump (#48), Amy Coney Barrett (#49)

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