Wikipedia:Top 25 Report

The Top 25 Report

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (December 7 to 13, 2025)

Prepared with commentary by Igordebraga, Shuipzv3, Rahcmander, Vestrian24Bio, and AndrewPeterT.

The last month of this confusing if not frustrating year continues to roll.

Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	Dhurandhar	3,887,727	This Bollywood spy action thriller film written, directed, and co-produced by #21 is inspired by the real-life incidents, geopolitical conflicts such as 1999 Indian plane hijack, 2001 Indian Parliament attack, 2008 Mumbai attacks, and Operation Lyari; and covert operations of India's intelligence agency Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) with local gangs and crime syndicates in the Lyari area of Karachi, Pakistan. The first instalment of a two-part series was released this month and opened to mixed-to-positive reviews from critics but became a Box Office hit grossing ₹556.65 crore (US$66 million) against a budget of ₹280 crore (US$33 million) to emerge as the third highest grossing Hindi film of 2025 and the fourth highest-grossing Indian film of 2025 as of this report. The second instalment which was shot together is currently scheduled for a release in March 2026. The films main cast include: Ranveer Singh as Hamza Ali Mazari (undercover of Jaskirat Singh Rangi); #11 as #2; R. Madhavan as Ajay Sanyal, Director of the Intelligence Bureau (based on Ajit Doval); Sanjay Dutt as SP Chaudhary Aslam of Lyari Task Force; Arjun Rampal as Major Iqbal (based on Ilyas Kashmiri); Rakesh Bedi as Jameel Jamali, senior politician from Pakistan Awami Party and a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan (based on Nabil Gabol); and #15 as Yalina Jamali, Jameel's daughter and Hamza's love interest and later wife.
2	Rehman Dakait	1,274,624	This Pakistani gangster and founder of the People's Aman Committee, affiliated with the Pakistan Peoples Party, is portrayed by #11 in #1.
3	Lando Norris	1,207,470	And the Driver's Champion for this year's F1 World Championship is won by this British driver, driving for McLaren, which was also the Constructors' Champion. His first title, Norris clinched the title by finishing third at the final race of the season at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which got him enough points to edge out the race winner and four-time champion Max Verstappen. Norris' teammate Oscar Piastri finished second in the race and third in the season.
4	Philip Rivers	1,026,667	For 13 years, 2006-2019, Rivers was the successful starting quarterback for the San Diego Chargers, being named to the Pro Bowl eight times. After parting ways with the Chargers, he played for the Indianapolis Colts in 2020 before retiring at the age of 39. In July he signed a ceremonial one-day contract with the Chargers to retire with that franchise, and he was set to be a semifinalist for the Hall of Fame in 2026 after the mandatory five-year retirement period. However, following injuries to Colts starting quarterback Daniel Jones and backup Riley Leonard, the 44-year old Rivers, a grandfather, is coming out of retirement.
5	Deaths in 2025	1,022,745	Wake up on a lifetime, hold up your own head Well you may get a pardon and then you might drop dead
6	Sean Combs	979,683	2025 had two documentaries on the rapper whose unsavory behavior sent him to prison, and even if he asked for a presidential pardon, if it doesn't happen he'll stay incarcerated until May 2028: in January Peacock got the film Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy, and December added the miniseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning to Netflix.
7	Sherrone Moore	932,962	In 2024, Moore was named football head coach at University of Michigan, presiding over winning records both years of his tenure. However, on December 10, Moore was fired due to credible evidence that he had an affair with a staff member. Soon after his firing was announced, Moore was arrested and charged with home invasion, breaking and entering, and stalking, with the victim being the female staff member he had been in a relationship with for several years.
8	ChatGPT	791,609	Time chose as the Person of the Year "The Architects of AI" developing things such as this chatbot at an alarmingly fast rate.
9	Wake Up Dead Man	749,152	The third installment in the Knives Out film series, once again directed by Rian Johnson with Daniel Craig returning as the master detective Benoit Blanc, now trying to investigate the death of a foul-mouthed Monsignor played by Josh Brolin. After some festival showings and a limited theatrical release, it hit Netflix alongside great reviews (although this here writer preferred predecessors Knives Out and Glass Onion for being more comedic, and would've appreciated the eponymous U2 song playing in the movie).
10	It – Welcome to Derry	736,958	HBO continues this supernatural horror series that is a prequel to 2017's It and 2019's It Chapter Two (and of course, Stephen King's 1986 novel aside from the time frame), still with Bill Skarsgård as the trans-dimensional malevolent entity who preys upon the children (and sometimes adults) of Derry, Maine, roughly every 27 years, using a variety of supernatural powers including the abilities to shapeshift (mostly into that monster clown known as Pennywise) and manipulate reality. The first season set in 1962, 26 years before the first film, aired its season finale on the Sunday after this report. A second season set in 1935, 27 years prior, is in development and hopefully given the show's positive reception and viewership who ever buys off Warner Bros. Discovery decides to continue It.
11	Akshaye Khanna	681,932	This Filmfare-winning Indian actor widely acclaimed and praised for his villainous roles, including one in Chhaava, is now portraying #2 in #1.
12	Pluribus (TV series)	680,535	This post-apocalyptic science fiction Apple TV series created by Vince Gilligan follows author Carol Sturka (played by Rhea Seehorn), who is one of only 13 people in the world immune to the effects of "the Joining", an event in which an extraterrestrial virus transformed the rest of humanity into a peaceful and content hive mind known as the "Others". The hive mind happily accommodates the wishes of those who remain unaffected, but admits that it will ultimately seek to assimilate them when it figures out how to do so. Carol is adamantly against their efforts as she searches for a way to reverse the Joining. The series is releasing new episodes every Thursday evening with the season finale set for Boxing Day while, a second season has been confirmed.
13	2026 FIFA World Cup	666,041	¡Fútbol! Football! Foot! This is how the sport of this entry's subject matter is referred to in the three languages of its host countries: Spanish (Mexico), English (United States and Canada), and French (Canada). (The image is the former logo of the NAFTA Secretariat, of which all three countries were members) And while we're talking about linguistics, our European readers interested in coming to North America should keep these false friends in mind: In Spain, you can watch the World Cup in a piso. But in Mexico, you stand on the piso to watch the matches. In France, you'll say Bienvenue as you greet World Cup watch partygoers. But in Quebec, you'll say Bienvenue to acknowledge one's thanks. Above all, in the United Kingdom, the World Cup is an association football event. But in the United States, the World Cup is a soccer event.
14	Cassie Ventura	657,249	#6's downfall owes to his ex, a singer who sued him for sexual assault and abuse, and while she went into a settlement, subsequent lawsuits sent Diddy to court.
15	Sara Arjun	636,741	I could still remember when this girl was 6 and made debut in 2011 with Deiva Thirumagal. Now, here she is 20-year-old and playing the female lead in #1.
16	Peter Greene	613,217	A character actor found dead at the age of 60, best known for playing villainous roles, most notably in the 1994 films The Mask and Pulp Fiction.
17	Dick Van Dyke	612,605	The American actor and comedian turned 100 on December 13. He began his entertainment career on radio, television and nightclubs, then ventured into Broadway, winning a Tony Award for his performance in Bye Bye Birdie. He then became a household name starring in The Dick Van Dyke Show, which won him three Emmy Awards. He also won a Grammy Award for the soundtrack in the 1964 film Mary Poppins.
18	Zootopia 2	586,430	After getting a billion dollar movie in the Lilo & Stitch remake, Disney managed another with this animated sequel, still concerning a city of talking mammals where a rabbit and a fox uncover a conspiracy. And this week comes an almost certain third for the studio, Avatar: Fire and Ash, in spite of all the complaints of "low cultural impact/footprint" that franchise brings.
19	The Game Awards 2025	583,711	The twelfth Game Awards hosted by yet again the creator and producer Geoff Keighley was held at the Peacock Theater in LA last Thursday, and was live streamed across online platforms globally. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was the most awarded game winning 9 out of 13 nods and Kepler Interactive was the most awarded publisher winning 9 out of 14 nods; meanwhile Sony Interactive Entertainment won none of its 19 nods.
20	Aditya Dhar	570,020	The writer, director, and co-producer of #1.
21	Stranger Things	568,072	People are still processing the start of season 5, and expect even more views once a few more episodes hit Netflix on Christmas.
22	6-7 meme	544,238	This non-sensical meme got its Wikipedia page renamed last week; other than that nobody knows what this even means..?
23	Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 19	530,061	The nineteenth season of the Indian Hindi reality show (counterpart of Big Brother) hosted by Salman Khan; concluded this month with Gaurav Khanna emerging as the winner and Farhana Bhat as the runner-up.
24	Millie Bobby Brown	519,776	Ever since 2016, one of the standouts of #21 is the British actress playing Eleven.
25	Heated Rivalry	511,931	In a rare case of Canadian television becoming an international hit, this Crave production is being distributed elsewhere by HBO Max along others, with such success that songs featured in the show get a boost in streams. And the latest episode gave that to "All the Things She Said", as an LGBT anthem just seemed like the best soundtrack to a story concerning a gay romance between two hockey players, one of whom is even Russian like that song (and to think the same country of t.A.T.u. is getting more homophobic by the day...).

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.