| Rank | Article | Class | Views | Image | Notes/about |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saltburn (film) |  | 2,212,357 |  | After a brief theatrical run, this British thriller has gathered enough attention onPrime Video, along with its appearances in the award circuit, to ultimately top this list. Writer-directorEmerald Fennell tells the story of anOxford freshman from a humble background who spends vacation in a mansion with a rich classmate's eccentric family, ending up causing quite an impact on their lives. |
| 2 | Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 |  | 1,633,713 | _(cropped).jpg) | This gruesome flight crash and subsequent survival tale is dramatized in theNetflix filmSociety of the Snow by Spanish directorJ. A. Bayona (pictured). |
| 3 | Jeffrey Epstein | | 1,336,605 |  | He's still dead, and over 170 of his associates were given until the first of the year to disassociate from him. I suppose people look at his article, in hopes of finding names? |
| 4 | Murder of Dee Dee Blanchard | | 1,206,375 |  | As chronicled in 2019'sThe Act (starringPatricia Arquette, pictured), Dee Dee Blanchardfabricated illness and disabilities on daughter Gypsy Rose, down to forcing her to move around in a wheelchair, until Gypsy Rose got fed up and arranged for her online boyfriend to stab Dee Dee to death in 2015. Both had sex after the fact, and later got caught and convicted. The daughter is now a free woman and married, while the now ex-boyfriend is still in prison. |
| 5 | Barry Keoghan | | 1,171,071 |  | Viewers keep on being curious about the young Irish actor starring in #1, where he performs graveyard sex, licks bodily fluids, and dances in the nude. |
| 6 | 12th Fail | | 1,007,134 | .jpg) | This Bollywoodsleeper hit, about a poor teen who strives hard to become a police service officer, has gained much more popularity after its streaming release onDisney+ Hotstar. |
| 7 | Jim Harbaugh | | 960,486 | _(cropped).jpg) | College football's second top story of the week (see #10) was Harbaugh'sMichigan Wolverines winning thenational championship. |
| 8 | Kalen DeBoer |  | 936,711 |  | Following the resignation of #10, DeBoer, the head coach at theUniversity of Washington, has accepted an offer to become head coach at theUniversity of Alabama. |
| 9 | Deaths in 2024 |  | 936,637 |  | I have spoken with the tongue of angels. I have held the hand of a devil. It was warm in the night, I was cold as a stone. ButI Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For... |
| 10 | Nick Saban | | 904,986 | .jpg) | Arguably one of the greatest college football coaches ever, having won sevennational titles as a head coach, he retired this week. |
| Rank | Article | Class | Views | Image | Notes/about |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saltburn (film) | | 1,529,852 | .jpg) | There's no stopping this psychological black comedy that's ruling the streaming charts, our views, and bathtub use, for weeks on end. It even made Americans finally discover the banger that is "Murder on the Dancefloor". |
| 2 | Nikki Haley | | 1,367,460 |  | This American politician ofPunjabi descent was once agovernor of South Carolina and anambassador to the UN. She currently is in the running to be theRepublican Party candidate for the2024 U.S. presidential election which will occur in November. With theJanuary 15 Iowa caucus causing several candidates to withdraw (e.g.Vivek Ramaswamy), she is now second behind heavily favored, and former president,Donald Trump. |
| 3 | 2023 AFC Asian Cup | | 968,589 | .jpg) | Qatar is again hosting a big football event, and again with some delays to avoid scorching desert temperatures (hence why it's labeled 2023, but started in the following year). This week, the third round of the group stage will reduce the 24 teams to the 16 advancing to the knockout rounds, with two of the ones chasing a spot includingPalestine, whocertainly need some relief, andIndia, who are always in this Report and usually prefer lawn sports withbats orsticks. |
| 4 | Australian Open | | 936,821 |  | The112th edition of the tennis tournament started inMelbourne this week. |
| 5 | Deaths in 2024 | | 884,820 | .jpg) | No, I'llnever forget you I'll never let you out of my heart You will always be here with me I'll hold on to your memories, baby. |
| 6 | The Beekeeper (2024 film) | | 848,821 |  | Jason Statham had four movies in 2023 alone (albeitone would've come out in 2022 if not for theRussian invasion of Ukraine), and he already started this year's quota of beating up people inDavid Ayer's (pictured)The Beekeeper, where Statham plays ablack ops agent who wanted to retire raising bees, but changes his mind once his neighbor kills herself for losing her money in aphishing scam, eventually indulging in violent vengeance. Reviewers praised the straightforward approach with brutal action guided by an easy, compelling plot. Already,The Beekeper has made more money worldwide ($75 million) than the movie it opened opposite to,the musical remake ofMean Girls ($66 million). |
| 7 | Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 | | 834,609 |  | 45 people flew together into the Andes, but only 16 survived.Society of the Snow is the latest film to document the crash. |
| 8 | Hanu Man | | 829,891 |  | The first Indian film hit of 2024 comes from theTelugu film industry. This well-received mythological superhero film starringTeja Sajja marks the beginning of yet-anothercinematic universe, proving once again how much the MCU formula has taken over Indian pop-culture. |
| 9 | Africa Cup of Nations | | 788,206 |  | Another continental football tournament featuring the wrong year in the latest edition, as the2023 Africa Cup of Nations was delayed to January 2024 due to adverse weather conditions in theIvory Coast. A few traditional powerhouses of the competition have been underperforming, likeGhana,Cameroon,Tunisia, andAlgeria, who also saw one of its supportersbe deported after insulting the host nation. |
| 10 | Christina Applegate | | 753,336 |  | The75th Primetime Emmy Awards were supposed to take place in September, but were delayed to this month due to the2023 Hollywood labor disputes. The first category, Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy, was co-presented by this actress who retired due tomultiple sclerosis that downright forced her to walk the stage with a cane, where she was met with a standing ovation. |
For the December 22 – January 22 period, perthis database report (with some additions fromthe weekly equivalent).
| Title | Revisions | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths in 2024 | 1494 | New year, and the obituary already saw the additions ofFranz Beckenbauer,Mário Zagallo,Gigi Riva,David Soul,Christian Oliver,Adan Canto andAlec Musser. |
| 2024 Sea of Japan earthquake | 1179 | On New Year's Day, a magnitude 7 earthquake and its resulting tsunami hit theNoto Peninsula, leading to 233 fatalities, 22 missing, and over 1,200 injured. It even affectedthe biggest vehicle maker in the world, who stated their 2024 operations would be delayed domestically due to damage to their suppliers. |
| 2024 Haneda Airport runway collision | 1157 | Another incident in Japan, with fewer casualties: aJapan Coast Guard jet and anAirbus A350 collided in the runway while landing atHaneda Airport, leading to both planes catching fire. The smaller plane saw only the captain surviving and the five other crewmen dying, while the bigger one had at most 14 injuries. |
| Bigg Boss (Hindi season 17) | 1001 | Like its cinema, India has editions ofBig Brother for all its languages. |
| 2024 Australian Open – Men's singles | 924 | The first tennis Grand Slam, hosted inMelbourne.Novak Djokovic wants to reach a record 25th Grand Slam title, his 11th in Australia, whileCarlos Alcaraz wishes to stop him to also top theATP rankings. |
| 2023–24 NFL playoffs | 848 | 14 teams trying to get toSuper Bowl LVII in Las Vegas. The final four are defending championsKansas City Chiefs, 2012 winnersBaltimore Ravens, 5 time winners with 30 year droughtSan Francisco 49ers, andlong-time chew toyDetroit Lions. |
| Religion of the Shang dynasty | 799 | While we giveLegalism (Chinese philosophy) a break from this, another Chinese article, mostly thanks toStrongman13072007. |
| 2024 Australian Open – Women's singles | 787 | The female side of the Grand Slam. There were six past champions in the main draw: defending oneAryna Sabalenka along withNaomi Osaka,Sofia Kenin,Caroline Wozniacki,Angelique Kerber, andVictoria Azarenka. |
| Anton Webern | 731 | MONTENSEM is cleaning up the article of this Austrian composer. |
| History of Christianity | 708 | A vital pagebrought up to Good Article status. |
| 2023 Israel–Hamas war | 700 | As I said inthe annual report, the conflict entered its third month,Benjamin Netanyahu said it would last for six, but everyone would rather just see the bloodshed ending. |
| 2024 PDC World Darts Championship | 692 | The tourney ran from December 15 to January 3, with "Cool Hand Luke" emerging victorious. Might as well, since he'sWorld No. 1. |
| 2024 presidential eligibility of Donald Trump | 689 | A very valid concern, as after all if you're going throughtwoprosecutions there's a precedent to deny you to run for public office. (I should know, having witnessed firsthandan election that only ended the way it did, with horrible repercussions, becausea candidate was rejected.) |
| Line 5 (Chennai Metro) | 657 | Some IPs decided to expand the article on the trains covering theChennai Metro. |
| Andrew Johnson's drunken vice-presidential inaugural address | 653 | Courtesy ofJengod, this article with an eye-catching title forked offAndrew Johnson alcoholism debate regarding a plastered VP who would just42 days later become president. |
