Wikipedia:2014 Top 50 Report

The Top 50 Report – 2014

Annual Top 50

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Based on the raw data from West.andrew.g and prepared with commentary by:

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Rank Article Class Views Image About
1 Deaths in 2014   20,967,890 image commentary
2 Facebook   20,281,198 image commentary
3 Amazon.com   19,293,755 image commentary
4 Ebola virus disease   18,585,050   The ongoing outbreak of Ebola centered in Western Africa has been the most widespread outbreak of the disease in history. It has caused major loss of life and socioeconomic disruption in the region, mainly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
5 2014 FIFA World Cup   15,659,069 image commentary
6 Game of Thrones   14,473,769 image commentary
7 Robin Williams   12,883,344   The unexpected death by suicide of this iconic comic on August 11 led to worldwide tributes. This article was viewed over 9 million times in the week of his death, which is a phenomenal number - the most viewed article of the week is more normally in the range of 1 to 2 million views.
8 United States   12,797,361 image commentary
9 List of Bollywood films of 2014   12,221,398 image commentary
10 Thanksgiving   11,195,226 image commentary
11 2014 in film   11,067,892 image commentary
12 YouTube   11,008,475   The online video sharing platform is a consistently popular article, and as such frequently features on the Top 25 Report.
13 The Walking Dead (TV series)   10,083,875 image commentary
14 Frozen (2013 film)   9,783,251 image commentary
15 Ariana Grande   9,451,283 image commentary
16 India   9,134,409 image commentary
17 Guardians of the Galaxy (film)   9,008,117   The new MCU film starring Chris Pratt as Star-Lord was released this year. He's hooked on a feeling, so come and get your love!
18 True Detective (TV series)   8,828,585 image commentary
19 Game of Thrones (season 4)   8,526,608 image commentary
20 Iggy Azalea   8,500,361 image commentary
21 FIFA World Cup   8,449,861 image commentary
22 World War I   8,402,341 image commentary
23 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant   8,321,501 image commentary
24 Jordan Belfort   8,311,525 image commentary
25 List of Game of Thrones episodes   8,274,910 image commentary
26 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.   7,920,343 image commentary
27 Cristiano Ronaldo   7,849,643 image commentary
28 World War II   7,723,491 image commentary
29 List of Arrow episodes   7,692,081 image commentary
30 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370   7,601,345 image commentary
31 Breaking Bad   7,579,574   People just can't let this show go. The most Wikipedia'd show of the year ended for good last year; even so, with its appearance on countless "best of the year" lists, and an unexpected endorsement from US President Barack Obama, it's still drumming interest from the public.
32 Arrow (TV series)   7,542,490 image commentary
33 Jennifer Lawrence   7,374,776 image commentary
34 The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)   7,273,498 image commentary
35 The Big Bang Theory   7,254,915 image commentary
36 United Kingdom   7,073,386 image commentary
37 Philip Seymour Hoffman   6,946,117 image commentary
38 Lionel Messi   6,861,436 image commentary
39 Orange Is the New Black   6,750,655 image commentary
40 Eminem   6,730,724 image commentary
41 House of Cards (U.S. TV series)   6,689,160 image commentary
42 Barack Obama   6,519,676   This year, Obama has dealt with the U.S. response to #4, after there were a few confirmed cases in the States.
43 Adolf Hitler   6,492,882 image commentary
44 Sherlock (TV series)   6,488,976 image commentary
45 Stephen Hawking   6,459,040 image commentary
46 Ukraine   6,171,866 image The Russo-Ukrainian War began this year.
47 List of The Big Bang Theory episodes   6,119,419 image commentary
48 Interstellar (film)   6,097,763 image commentary
49 Sunny Leone   6,020,546 image commentary
50 Leonardo DiCaprio   5,966,220 image commentary

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