This traffic report is adapted from theTop 25 Report, prepared with commentary byIgordebraga (September 22 to October 5, October 13 to 19) andHugsyrup (October 6 to 12).

This is a week where our report goes all over the place, and this can be attested by how the only article with millions of views is a teenage environmental activist. Otherwise, there's crimes (#2), deaths (#3, #6, #7), economical turmoil (#4) , movies (#5, #8), TV (#10), and Google Doodles (#9).

For the week of September 22 to 28, 2019, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from theWP:5000 report were:

Rank	Article	Class	Views	Image	About
1	Greta Thunberg		2,348,736		Described bySamantha Bee as "a 16-year old with an agenda who knows how to hold a grudge (that) terrifies me, and I love her for it", this young Swedish activist has been in the news for her eloquent speeches complaining on the lack of action to control climate change. In the meantime, the internet has been appropriating Miss Thunberg's image in bothamusing anddemonizing ways.
2	6ix9ine		866,603		In a sharp contrast to our #1, someone with a terrible public image: a rapper who beganhis court trial alongside ten other members of theNine Trey Gangsters for charges of racketeering, drug distribution, weapon possession, and conspiracy to commit murder.
3	Deaths in 2019		759,498		We live a dying dream If you know what I mean It's all that I've ever known
4	Thomas Cook Group		723,045		The sudden closure of this British travel group not only left 21,000 people without a job, but forced theCivil Aviation Authority to find a way to bring 150,000 tourists back home.
5	Joker (2019 film)		665,946		Joaquin Phoenix as the famed DC Comics supervillain hasn't even hit theaters yet, but alreadyraised discussions among moral guardians whether its plentiful violence can inspire copycats.
6	Sid Haig		611,865		Two dead actors, one from Hollywood (who despite a long career had his most success in the 21st century, especially asCaptain Spaulding in threeRob Zombie horror flicks) and another fromTollywood (best known as a comedian and with over600 film credits!).
7	Venu Madhav (actor)		609,604
8	Ad Astra (film)		597,534		Brad Pitt goes after his fatherTommy Lee Jones in the orbit of Neptune, in a movie that's a rough cross between2001 andApocalypse Now.Ad Astra had positive reviews (this writer wasn't very impressed, but admits the movie is alright) and opened at #2 in the box office behindDownton Abbey.
9	Junko Tabei		574,227		Google celebrated the 80th anniversary of this Japanese climber (who died in 2016), who became the first woman to top Mt. Everest, and alsothe biggest mountains of every continent.
10	Fleabag		555,826		Upon hearing this was the Emmy favorite, this writer decided to watch it... and the day afterFleabag had won many of the top prizes, including Comedy Series, had wasted six hours of his life with all the episodes of this unfunny, vulgar thing that for every moment that worked had three which made him think "why am I still watching this?!" And to think that Amazon Prime Video already offers a much better series,The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which could have gotten the awards instead.

Comic book movies, they happen so much every year and still bring in views and related entries to our Top 25 Report. The latest one isJoker, which not only topped the list but makes sure that the main star (#3) appears. Still in movies, there's American (#10) and Indian productions (#2), while the rest of our entries are scattershot: famous people dying (#4, #8), holidays (#5), activism (#8), music (#6), and Google Doodles (#7).

Take a look at my report, it's the only one I've got. For the week of September 29 to October 5, 2019, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from theWP:5000 report were:

Rank	Article	Class	Views	Image	About
1	Joker (2019 film)		3,078,817		DC Comics combined the Marvel adaptationsLogan (unorthodox approach adapting superhero comics) andVenom (centering around the villain – although in this onethe hero still has a brief appearance) and thankfully hit closer to the former, asJoker is a very well made drama reminiscent ofTaxi Driver where a troubled guy loses his mind in what is basically 1970s New York – though still with some laughs, given the protagonist is a clown and directorTodd Phillips made a name for himself with works such asThe Hangover.Joker had good reviews and opened to a whopping $93 million in the box office.
2	War (2019 film)		1,091,540		What is it good for? Well, at least ₹172.02crore, as this Bollywood action hit starringHrithik Roshan (pictured) andTiger Shroff already made this much in the box office.
3	Joaquin Phoenix		1,048,608		Already nominated for Academy Awards inGladiator,Walk the Line andThe Master, Joaquin Phoenix is currently pegged as an Oscar favorite for our #1, where he's unhealthily thin and amusingly weird and deranged as a clown who descends into a life of crime.
4	Deaths in 2019		742,990		Oh my God, no time to turn I got to laugh 'cause I know I'm gonna die Why?
5	Mahatma Gandhi		742,664		Either he orsome monk named Siddarta is the most famous Indian ever, andthe holiday celebrated on Gandhi's birthday always brings views for his article.
6	Billie Eilish		690,661		The season opener ofSaturday Night Live's 45th season had as the musical guest this singer-songwriter who will only come of age in December, and yet is already guaranteed to be one of the most viewed Wikipedia articles of the year – maybe in the top 10! Along with national exposure, the high views for the performance are probably also fueled by Eilishdeciding to goDancing on the Ceiling.
7	Herbert Kleber		673,197		Google celebrated the 23rd anniversary of this psychiatrist's election to theNational Academy of Medicine – coincidentally, four days before his death completed one year – in recognition to his work regarding drug addiction.
8	Greta Thunberg		663,816		Another teenage girl, though energy-wise a polar opposite to our #6 – while Ms. Eilish sings slow songs calmly, Ms. Thunberg is always shouting to make sure her environmental messages cause the emotional impact they deserve.
9	Diahann Carroll		614,719		The first Black woman to win aTony Award, Diahann Carroll died at 84, ending a career that also had nominations for the Oscar and the Emmy.
10	Judy Garland		569,100		Judy depicts the last days of the eternalDorothy Gale, played there byRenée Zellweger.

There are some interesting connections in this week's report. #1 is a popular new film, in which #2 plays #8, who was previously played by #7. #22 is the partner of #2, while #12 is his younger brother, and was a child star who died of a drug overdose, much like #13. That neat mesh of connections covers a good chunk of the week's report, while the remainder comprise a familiar mix of wrestling, Indian movies, Netflix productions, and of course dead celebrities.

For the week of October 6 to 12, 2019, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from theWP:5000 report were:

Rank	Article	Class	Views	Image	About
1	Joker (2019 film)		3,916,575		It's no surprise that this week's list is going to be dominated by Jokers. The latest, and perhaps most controversial, incarnation of the comic book character (item #1) hit cinemas earlier this month. It features #2 as an isolated, lonely and mentally ill would-be comic who slowly finds his villainous side.
2	Joaquin Phoenix		1,766,842
3	War (2019 film)		1,109,505		We always see a lot of movies on this list, but it's not every week that a non-English film makes it quite so high up. This Hindi-language action thriller starsTiger Shroff as an Indian soldier assigned to hunt down his former mentor, played byHrithik Roshan.
4	El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie		834,546		It wouldn't be a Top 25 without a Netflix original movie or series. This week's #4 completes the story of Jesse Pinkman, played byAaron Paul and last seen in the finale ofBreaking Bad back in 2013.
5	Hell in a Cell (2019)		792,414		The Top 25 isn't all Netflix, wrestling and death, I promise. But of course the latest big wrestling event always has to make an appearance, and this week it was this one that took place on October 6, 2019 atGolden 1 Center inSacramento,California.
6	Deaths in 2019		736,002		Death and taxes may belife's only certainties, buttaxes never seems to appear on the Top 25 for some reason, so I guess we're all a lot more interested in death.
7	Heath Ledger		610,510		Interest in the latest actor to play the Joker seems to have sparked interest in the character himself, as well as the previous incumbent of the role. At the time, many felt that Heath Ledger's portrayal inThe Dark Knight in 2008 could never be matched. Whether that's still true is, and will probably remain, a matter of considerable debate.
8	Joker (comics)		589,608
9	Ginger Baker		540,799		The first of this week's recently-deceased celebrities, Peter 'Ginger' Baker was an English drummer and the co-founder of rock bandCream. He died on 6 October 2019 after a short illness.
10	Samuel Little		537,066		Believed to be America's most prolific serial killer, Little claims to have killed 93 people and appears on this list after making headlines for closing a number of cold cases through the chilling portraits he draws of his victims.

WhileIt Chapter Two didn't have the lasting power of the first on our report, the same can't be said of another monster clown, albeit one more human: Batman's nemesis Joker, whose solo movie has topped the list for three weeks and brought along the main actor (#4). More movies can also be found, on Netflix (#8) and Indian theaters (#9) – the country also produced a Nobel winner (#6). Present as always are the recently deceased (#2, #5, #7, #16), politics (#10), and Google Doodles (#3).

For the week of October 13 to 19, 2019, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from theWP:5000 report were:

Rank	Article	Class	Views	Image	About
1	Joker (2019 film)		2,163,336		Jared Letoapparently tried to block this movie from being made, given Warner Bros. had promised a solo Joker film for him, only to greenlight this unrelated 1970s throwback instead. And nowJoker is almost outgrossing Leto's maligned take inSuicide Squad, with much more positive reviews, to boot.
2	Sulli		1,388,588		Ever since "Gangnam Style",K-pop has broken out in surprising ways, specially for those who write and read this report. And this entry related to South Korean music is a sad one, as singer/actress Choi "Sulli" Jin-ri died from a possible suicide at just 25, following cyberbullying taking its toll.
3	Joseph Plateau		1,076,405		Google celebrated this Belgian physicist whose research on optics led to thephenakistiscope, one of those disks that when spun create the illusion of a moving image.
4	Joaquin Phoenix		1,031,901		For those who remember theI'm Still Here days where Joaquin Phoenixhad seemingly gone insane and decided to go from acting to rapping, him becoming the certified insane Joker in our #1 seemed like natural casting.
5	Elijah Cummings		940,273		The big death of the week, a Maryland politician who had over two decades in the House of Representatives and this year took over theCommittee on Oversight and Reform.
6	Abhijit Banerjee		905,237		Indians getting big views, no surprise here. Though this one had a global interest reason for it, as Banerjee, alongside his wifeEsther Duflo and alsoMichael Kremer, won theNobel Prize in Economics for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.
7	Deaths in 2019		746,129		Last night the wife said "oh, boy when you're dead, You don't take nothing with you, but your soul, think!"
8	El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie		712,432		The showHonest Trailers described as "so powerful, you binge-watch it on Netflix; so all-consuming, you push it on your friends, even if they don't watch TV; and so addicting, you can't shut up about it. It's basically like drugs." gets a Netflix epilogue centered aroundAaron Paul's characterJesse Pinkman, that also served as an epitaph for one of its actors,Robert Forster, who died the exact day of release.
9	War (2019 film)		666,731		This Bollywood action epic starringHrithik Roshan,Tiger Shroff andVaani Kapoor is now the highest-grossing Indian movie of the year.
10	Tulsi Gabbard		624,330		Hillary Clinton claimed that Russia was "grooming" a female Democrat to run as a third-party candidate who would help President Trump win reelection via thespoiler effect. Many in the media interpreted that as being Hawaiian Representative Gabbard, who denied running independently if not chosen and had other candidates defending her.

• These lists exclude the Wikipedia main page, non-article pages (such asredlinks), 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 theTop 25 Report talk page if you wish.