Prepared with commentary byIgordebraga,Shuipzv3,Vestrian24Bio, andCAWylie.

⭠ Last week's report

Just like we saw ChatGPT repeat at the top and the unexpected summit of the death list, 2025 continues to have weird number ones in a preparation for one of next year's tentpole events!

Rank	Article	Class	Views	Image	Notes/about
1	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification		1,377,921		Football's biggest tournament tops this list ahead of schedule, as the year's last FIFA dates determined more of the 48 teams that will play all over North America. The only continental qualifier that also entered the list was Europe, with the final 9 guaranteed spots including past winners Germany (trying to redeem themselves from 2 straight group stage crashes!) and Spain; perpetual runner-ups Netherlands; Portugal allowingCristiano Ronaldo to matchLionel Messi in a record sixth World Cup; frequent participants Belgium and Switzerland; and three who hadn't qualified since 1998, Norway, Austria and Scotland. This meant that the runners-up that will seek 4 additional spots (#18) include Italy, who after being humiliated 4-1 by Norway will seek to avoid the larger shame of missing 3 straight Cups in spite of four titles. Direct spots also emerged from North/Central America, as without the US, Canada and Mexico there was an opportunity for Haiti (who made it only once in 1974), Panama (ditto in 2018), and in a massive surprise, the Dutch island ofCuraçao, who have become the smallest territory to ever enter the WC! Plus, Africa and Asia decided who will be their representatives in the intercontinental playoff for the two last spots (#15), gotten by DR Congo (beating Nigeria; they had last appeared in 1974, still asZaire) and Iraq (beatingUAE, and seeking a return after a 1986 still underSaddam Hussein).
2	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)		1,275,545
3	2026 FIFA World Cup		1,193,594
4	Miss Universe 2025		1,020,137		The 74th annual beauty pageant was held in Thailand on November 21. Mexico'sFátima Bosch took home her country's 4th crown, despiteallegations the results were rigged via photos of Bosch with pageant owner Raul Rocha.
5	Jeffrey Epstein		1,107,399		6 years after killing himself in prison, Epstein still haunts the world of the living as his activities mostly involvingsex trafficking are unveiled, harming the reputation of his friends thatincluded the president (which even led tothe statue to the left...).
6	Deaths in 2025		1,011,441		But you and I, we live and die The world's still spinnin' 'round, we don't know why Why, why, why, why...
7	ChatGPT		979,294		GPT-5.1 was released on the 12th,authors started a copyright infrigement lawsuit againstOpenAI, and this is still not used to write the Report.
8	Jeffrey Epstein client list		965,444		TheEpstein Files Transparency Act passed both houses of theUnited States Congress and was signed into law by presidentDonald Trump on November 18 and 19. It requires theUnited States Department of Justice to release all files pertaining to the prosecution of #5 within 30 days, meaning the files are expected to be made public on or around December 19.
9	Wicked: For Good		827,960		Sequel to last year'sWicked, second part of the two-part adaption of the2003 musical, which itself was based on the1995 novel, which was arevisionism of the 1900 novelThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its1939 film adaptation, portrayingthe Wonderful Wizard of Oz (played by the Jurassic alumniJeff Goldblum) as the antagonist while shedding light onElphaba Thropp aka theWicked Witch of the West (played by #23). Other main cast and characters include:Ariana Grande-Butera asGalinda "Glinda" Upland akaGlinda the Good,Jonathan Bailey asFiyero Tigelaar aka theScarecrow,Ethan Slater asBoq Woodsman aka theTin Woodman,Colman Domingo as the voice ofBrrr the Cowardly Lion, along with Bethany Weaver asDorothy Gale. The film was released theatrically byUniversal Pictures last Friday and opened to mostly positive reviews and grossed a total of $226 million worldwide including $150 million from US and Canada. It became the second-biggest opening of 2025, the second-biggest all-time opening for a Universal film, the second-biggest pre-Thanksgiving debut of all-time, and the third-biggest all-time opening for a musical film.
10	Troy Parrott		743,277		This Dubliner not only scored both of Ireland's points in their qualification game (#2), but he also scored a hat-trick three days later in the 96th minute to secure Ireland's place in the playoffs game (#18).
11	James A. Garfield		725,513		The 20thpresident of the United States initially had not sought the office, but was chosen as a compromise candidate at the1880 Republican National Convention, and subsequently narrowly elected in thepresidential election. Less than 4 months into the presidency, he wasshot by a mentally ill supporter namedCharles J. Guiteau, and died of infection two months later. These events are dramatized in theNetflix miniseriesDeath by Lightning, in which Garfield is played byMichael Shannon.
12	Pluribus (TV series)		718,448		OneApple TV release to rival other Netflix-related titles in this week's report. Thispost-apocalypticscience fiction series follows author Carol Sturka (played byRhea Seehorn), who is one of only 13 people in the world immune to the effects of "the Joining", resulting from an extraterrestrial virus that turned humans into a peaceful and contenthive mind (the "Others").
13	The Beast in Me (TV series)		714,708		This Netflixpsychological thrillerminiseries released on November 13 sees #16 play a struggling author who gets new neighbors in the form ofMatthew Rhys and his second wife (Brittany Snow). The thriller part: how did the first wife die?
14	Lawrence Summers		662,613		An economist, he served as theUnited States Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001, andpresident of Harvard University from 2001 to 2006. Revelations about his ties to #5 resulted in his resignation from the board ofOpenAI, and his stepping back from several other duties such as teaching atHarvard Kennedy School.
15	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)		618,870		In a reminder of what opens up with 48 teams in the upcoming World Cup (#3), two of the spots out of #1 will come out of these pools: New Caledonia, Jamaica and DR Congo; and Bolivia, Suriname and Iraq. The games will be in March in one of the final hosts, Mexico.
16	Claire Danes		580,108		The star of #13. Danes has been acting for over three decades, with memorable roles on TV (My So-Called Life,Homeland) and movies (Romeo + Juliet,Terminator 3,Stardust).
17	6-7 (meme)		579,593		At One-Seven, the nonsensical Six-Seven repeated byGeneration Alpha.
18	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round		568,471		In March, the 12 runners-up from the first round (#2) plus four teams with good placements in theUEFA Nations League will determine the last participants from the Old Continent in #3. Four-time winners Italy need to beat Northern Ireland and then the winner of Wales-Bosnia to avoid the shame of missing three World Cups. The other four-packs are Ukraine-Sweden + Poland-Albania; Turkey-Romania + Slovakia-Kosovo; and Denmark-North Macedonia + Czech Republic-Ireland.
19	Kessler Twins		567,591		Alice and Ellen Kessler were twin German singers, dancers, and actresses, popular in Europe in the 1950s and 1960s. They also performed on American television shows in the 1960s. They returned to live in Bavaria in the 1980s. Ellen suffered a stroke in October and her health declined afterward. The sisters had made a pact to not become dependent on nursing care, and both died on November 17 at age 89 fromassisted suicide.
20	Frankenstein (2025 film)		566,866		Oscar Isaac isVictor Frankenstein andJacob Elordi,the creature he builds out of corpses, asGuillermo del Toro adapts the original science fiction novel he idolizes with great results;as put byHonest Trailers "a beautifully executed Gothic fantasy, that combines heart-pounding romantic tension, with stomach-churning gore, and CGI from the depths ofUncanny Valley, with practical sets fromdel Toro's home castle, in this story that fits so well with the filmmaker's usual style, that it doesn't bring much new to the table...?"
21	Ruby Wax		563,013		This American-born British actress, comedian, writer, and television presenter was announced for the line-up ofseries 25 ofI'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, airing now through December.
22	Marjorie Taylor Greene		529,481		Once a vocal supporter of Donald Trump, the far-right populist congresswoman began to criticize him this year over foreign policy, as well as his initial opposition to the release of #8. Trump responded by revoking his endorsement of her. As their relationship soured, Greene said that she received death threats. On November 21, she announced that she will resign from Congress effectively January 5, 2026.
23	Cynthia Erivo		504,301		#9 has Elphaba played by this Brit, and if she gets an Oscar for the role she'll complete theEGOT.
24	Ryan Wedding		482,977		Vancouver police arrested an alleged accomplice of this Olympic snowboarder-turned-drug trafficker. Wedding is still on the lam.
25	Sheikh Hasina		480,572		Keeping offthe first half ofWicked (#9) is the former prime minister ofBangladesh,living in exile ever sincea violent repression of protests last year, who was found convicted of crimes against humanity by the country's own International Crimes Tribunal.

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