| Rank | Article | Class | Views | Image | Notes/about |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pete Hegseth |  | 3,946,704 |  | Selected by Donald Trump (#8) to be theUnited States Secretary of Defense during hissecond presidential term. |
| 2 | Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson |  | 3,849,647 | _(cropped).jpg)  | YouTuber-turned-professional boxer #3 defeated the formerundisputedheavyweight world champion #4 viaunanimous decision in #2. It was streamed globally onNetflix. Boxing fans said it wasn't very good given Tyson showed he was nearly 60 and had no shot against a man less than half his age, but liked the preceding match whereKatie Taylor defended her championship belt fightingAmanda Serrano. #3's brotherLogan Paul is expected to fight #4 next. |
| 3 | Jake Paul |  | 3,518,950 | ||
| 4 | Mike Tyson | | 3,518,013 | ||
| 5 | Matt Gaetz | | 2,713,660 | .jpg) | Initially selected by Donald Trump (#8) to be theUnited States Attorney General during hissecond presidential term. He withdrew himself from consideration followingoverwhelmingly negative reactions from Senate Republicans associated with recentethics investigations regarding his alleged misconduct. |
| 6 | 2024 United States presidential election | | 2,240,981 |  | Latest U.S. election, between 45th president Donald Trump (#8) and current vice presidentKamala Harris, with the former winning. |
| 7 | Tulsi Gabbard | | 1,966,999 | _(cropped).jpg) | A former Democrat that even tried to be the party's presidential candidate in the 2020 election and has since defected to the Republicans. She has been selected by Donald Trump (#8) to serve as theDirector of National Intelligence during hissecond presidential term. |
| 8 | Donald Trump | | 1,478,718 |  | President-elect of the United States, won #6 and will assume office on January 20, 2025. He selected his presumptivecabinet last week which includes #1, #5, #7, as well as other officeholders such as #9,Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,Vivek Ramaswamy andTom Homan. |
| 9 | Elon Musk |  | 1,454,372 | _(cropped)_(b).jpg) | Selected by Donald Trump (#8) to lead theDepartment of Government Efficiency along withVivek Ramaswamy during hissecond presidential term. This plannedpresidential advisory commission (not afederal executive department) would help to "dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures and restructure federal agencies" and will work with theOffice of Management and Budget to address the "massive waste and fraud" in government spendingaccording to #8. |
| 10 | 2020 United States presidential election | | 1,411,165 |  | Previous U.S. election, between Donald Trump (#8) andJoe Biden, with the latter winning. |
| Rank | Article | Class | Views | Image | Notes/about |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pam Bondi | | 2,256,474 | .jpg) | In 2020, this formerFlorida attorney general served on Donald Trump's defense during hisfirst impeachment trial. This led to a job on his organizationAmerica First Policy Institute, and now Trump has appointed Bondi as the nextUnited States attorney general after his initial nominee (#7) withdrew. |
| 2 | Gladiator II | | 1,561,228 |  | 16 years after he saw in theColosseum the fatal duel of Maximus and emperorCommodus,Lucius Verus experiences his own version of Maximus' journey, as the Romans kill his wife, enslave him and turn him into a gladiator. No one was requesting this sequel (specially asone attempt at a script was absolutely insane), and likeGladiator it plays fast and loose with Roman history, yet directorRidley Scott managed to deliver another entertainingsword-and-sandal epic, leading to positive reviews and earnings of over $100 million internationally before its North American release, which will determine if the studio can recoup the hefty budget of at least $250 million. |
| 3 | Murder of Laken Riley | | 1,423,886 |  | In February, a nursing student was murdered by an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant while jogging at theUniversity of Georgia, causing much commotion (the President mentioned the crime during his2024 State of the Union address) and leading the House of Representatives to pass an immigration bill named the Laken Riley Act, requiring federal detention of undocumented immigrants who commit burglary, given the perpetrator did not stay imprisoned after some arrests for theft last year. Something that won't repeat for the killer, as last week he was sentenced to life in prison with no parole after a trial for 10 charges, including felony murder and aggravated assault with intent to rape. |
| 4 | Wicked (2024 film) | | 1,421,038 |  | In what was called a second coming ofBarbenheimer, #2 is opening opposite a girly big release, namely an adaptation of a Broadway juggernaut (#10) centering aroundElphaba and Galinda, better known as theWicked Witch of the West andGlinda the Good Witch, back when they were newcomers and roommates at the witchcraft school of theLand of Oz. Widely praised for its cast, spearheaded byCynthia Erivo as Elphaba andAriana Grande as Glinda, visuals and music,Wicked is also expected to already cover its $150 million budget with its global opening weekend. And given it only tells half of the musical's story; expectations are high forWicked Part Two releasing next November. |
| 5 | Mike Tyson | | 1,239,426 |  | It's been a week since this formerundisputedheavyweight world championfought Jake Paul live onNetflix and lost byunanimous decision. |
| 6 | Linda McMahon | | 1,178,863 |  | This former CEO ofWWE, a professional wrestling promotion, partially walked away from it (and, later, herfamous husband) to enter politics in 2009. She ran unsuccessfully for a U.S. senate seat, but, in 2017, then-President Trump made her theadministrator of the Small Business Administration. On November 19, 2024, Trump nominated her for, what else,secretary of education. Of course. |
| 7 | Matt Gaetz | | 1,147,692 | .jpg) | Initially picked by Donald Trump to be theUnited States Attorney General during hissecond presidential term, Gaetz later withdrew, due to the negative reactions from the Senate Republicans associated with recent ethics investigations regarding his alleged misconduct. |
| 8 | 2024 United States presidential election | | 1,156,188 | | Latest U.S. election, between 45th president Donald Trump and current vice presidentKamala Harris, with the former winning. |
| 9 | Jon Jones | | 1,079,287 |  | On November 16 atUFC 309, in a match that was supposed to happen last year, the heavyweight champion knocked outStipe Miocic with a spinning knee kick in the third round in what was called the "performance of the night." |
| 10 | Wicked (musical) | | 1,082,560 |  | Way before Disney made some questionable retellings of "villain as an anti-heroine" inMaleficent andCruella, in 1995Gregory Maguire wroteWicked, a revisionist biography of theWicked Witch of the West, now named "Elphaba". 8 years later this musical adaptation hit Broadway, and was a massive hit, being alongsideThe Phantom of the Opera andThe Lion King one of three plays to earn over $1 billion on Broadway, and generating multiple international versions (in fact, the picture to the left is the Brazilian one). A film version of the musical is in theaters (#4), and has a cameo of the original portrayers of Elphaba (Idina Menzel) and Glinda (Kristin Chenoweth). |
| Rank | Article | Class | Views | Image | Notes/about |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wicked (2024 film) | | 2,285,212 |  | 21 years afterStephen Schwartz andWinnie Holzman made a musical doing a revisionist take on theLand of Oz (itself based onnovel) comes a film adaptation – or rather, half of it, with itspart II set to release next Thanksgiving – directed byJon M. Chu, and co-written by Holzman.Wicked tells aboutElphaba, who later became theWicked Witch of the West (played by #4) and Galinda, best known asGlinda the Good Witch (#6), before they receiveda visitor from Kansas. The first part, released last week in the U.S., opened to positive reviews and made $162.9 million worldwide in its opening weekend, thus recovering its $150 million budget. |
| 2 | Wicked (musical) | | 1,974,913 | ||
| 3 | Gladiator II | | 1,441,383 |  | In the United States, the above movie opened opposite a very different competitor, an unexpected sequel toGladiator where the now grown child from the first movie follows the same journey of being attacked by the Romans, enslaved and joining blood sports, and the contrast was compared toBarbenheimer, withGladiator II protagonistPaul Mescal encouraging a double feature to what he described as "Glicked". Even if its opening weekend was half of its competitor, $55 million is still a respectable number, and added to international totalsGladiator II has passed $300 million after 3 weekends playing worldwide. |
| 4 | Cynthia Erivo | | 1,278,829 | .jpg) | This British actress and singer first appeared in some of her country's television series in 2011. Two years later, she starred in anOff West End production ofThe Color Purple musical and made herBroadway debut in its revival in 2015 (and won aTony Award). Many stage and screen appearances later, she stars in #1 asElphaba, alongside #6. |
| 5 | Moana 2 | | 1,029,002 |  | The ego ofa former wrestler was part of the reason this film was made; his ego will continue to manifest itself in Hollywood with a plannedlive-action Moana reboot. Not thatMoana was a bad movie, and neither is this one (the original is better, butMoana 2 is a far cry from the shoddy direct-to-video sequels Disney used to make for their animated classics), that was promoted from Disney+ miniseries to a theatrical feature expected to make a splash at the box office. |
| 6 | Ariana Grande | | 991,041 |  | In 1998, a youngBoca Raton girl was hit by a puck in aFlorida Panthers game. 17 years later, she was the main attraction atthe same arena, following an acting stint on Nickelodeon and two studio albums. And now this year is glorious for both parties, with the Panthers having won theStanley Cup and Ariana Grande-Butera (which is how she's credited on #1; she normally drops the latter part of her surname, leaving only the ironic one meaning "big" when Grande's fairly short) having an acclaimed performance asGlinda the Good Witch that is even considered a possible Academy Award nominee. |
| 7 | Deaths in 2024 |  | 990,059 |  | Let's quote the above: I only wanna die alive Never by the hands of a broken heart... |
| 8 | 2024 United States presidential election | | 837,220 | | Latest U.S. election, between 45th president Donald Trump and current vice presidentKamala Harris, with the former winning. |
| 9 | International Society for Krishna Consciousness | | 819,731 |  | This could be excluded on the mobile view percentage below, but there seems to be a reason for it to enter:a monk of this group commonly known internationally as "Hare Krishnas" (who in India itself are referred to as ISKCON) was arrested in Bangladesh, and a protest of his supporters evolved into a conflict with security forces, during whicha lawyer was murdered. ISKCON denied direct involvement with the death, but there were even requests to ban the organization from Bangladesh. |
| 10 | Killing of JonBenét Ramsey | | 773,420 |  | Why is this article on the list? One word:documentary. It's a pretty-well known fact that most of the entries on Top 25 make it here because of a documentary on the streaming service known as Netflix. JonBenét Ramsey, a beauty pageant child, was found dead in the basement of the house she lived in on Christmas Day in 1996. It's a pretty long and drawn-out murder case that I'm not going to explain into detail when there is a new documentary waiting for you on Netflix to watch yourself. Funny enough, my parents are watching this documentary right now in the living room! My mom is explaining the whole documentary to my dad because he won't listen to the show. |
