TheSuper Bowl (#20) returns for its annual domination of this chart withSuper Bowl 50 (#8) having been played on February 7, placing thirteen articles in our top 25, only slightly offlast year's showing of fifteen articles. Aside fromAmerican football, the new filmDeadpool takes two slots in the top 10, as did twoReddit "Today I Learned" threads. The American domination of the chart this week also sawDonald Trump high again at #4 after easily winning theRepublicanNew Hampshire primary, andBernie Sanders at #9 for winning theDemocratic side of that contest.
For the full top-25 list, seeWP:TOP25. Seethis section for an explanation of any exclusions. For a list of the most edited articles of the week, seehere.
For the week of February 7 to 13, the ten most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of themost viewed pages, were:
| Rank | Article | Class | Views | Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peyton Manning |  | 2,454,310 | .jpg) | In what may have been his final hurrah after a long career, the American football quarterback led theDenver Broncos (#25) to a solid victory overCam Newton (#7) and theCarolina Panthers inSuper Bowl 50 (#8) on February 7. |
| 2 | Deadpool (film) |  | 1,939,593 |  | TheMarvel Comicsantihero film starringRyan Reynolds (pictured) was released on February 12. |
| 3 | Omayra Sánchez |  | 1,871,179 | AsReddit learned this week, a photo of this young girl, taken before she died in a volcanic eruption inColombia (seeArmero tragedy), was theWorld Press Photo of the Year for 1985. | |
| 4 | Donald Trump |  | 1,504,756 |  | Trump won theRepublicanNew Hampshire primary for U.S. President on February 9. He roundly clobbered his opponents with over 35% of the vote. His promises of winning so well we could not not believe it have become reality, and as improbable as it once seemed, the prospect of Trump winning the party's nomination is now being taken very seriously. |
| 5 | Deadpool |  | 1,452,087 | | The character on which #2 is based. |
| 6 | Christopher Paul Neil | | 1,445,649 | Redditlearned this week that Neil is a notorious pedophile known as "Mr. Swirl" or "Swirl Face" who was tracked down and arrested in 2007 after police were able to digitially "unswirl" photos of his face available online. | |
| 7 | Cam Newton | | 1,411,026 |  | Cam Newton, the quarterback for theCarolina Panthers, lost inSuper Bowl 50 (#8) to theDenver Broncos (#25), primarily because the Broncos' defense was able to shut down Newton unlike any other team had this season. |
| 8 | Super Bowl 50 | | 1,283,341 |  | Up from #17 and 636,927 views last week, it was played on February 7 at theLevi's Stadium outsideSan Francisco (pictured). Last year'sSuper Bowl XLIX placedfourth on this report with about 110,000 more views than this year. Personally I blame the drop on the failure to useRoman numerals this year. |
| 9 | Bernie Sanders | | 1,272,272 |  | The lovabledemocratic socialist easily won the Democratic PartyNew Hampshire primary overHillary Clinton. While even some in his own party view his plans as quixotic at best and confrontational at worst, his idealism has provencatnip to disenchanted young voters. |
| 10 | List of Super Bowl champions | | 999,486 | This list invariably pops up once a year, as Americans first scramble for facts to determine which team will win, then rush back to see if their dream/nightmare came true. |
