Wikipedia:Top 25 Report

The Top 25 Report

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (December 21 to 27, 2025)

Prepared with commentary by Igordebraga, Vestrian24Bio, Ollieisanerd, Dmhll.

The year is almost done with many stops at Hollywood and Bollywood.

Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	Dhurandhar	2,857,861	This Indian Bollywood film released in the year-end has made big Box Office waves; just like last year's year-end release Pushpa 2, which was from Tollywood and went on to be the 3rd highest-grossing Indian film of all-time; just like that this film as of this week has grossed ₹1,051.6 crore (US$120 million) becoming only the 9th Indian film to cross the ₹1,000 crore (US$120 million) mark and currently ranks as the 7th highest-grossing Indian film of all-time while also bringing the list to the report (#11). This commercial success has set high bars of hope for its direct sequel set to be released in March 2026.
2	Avatar: Fire and Ash	2,579,269	16 years ago James Cameron introduced the world to Pandora and some Na'vi tribes through #23 where, humans from earth wanted to disrupt the ecosystem by digging minerals; and Jake Sully sided with the Na'vi and permanently ended up in his blue Avatar. 3 years ago he expanded the world of Pandora further by introducing a new water-themed Na'vi tribe while humans continued their invasion in Avatar: The Way of Water. Now, he's back for a third time with the introduction of a fire-themed Na'vi tribe. The film has so far grossed $566 million worldwide against a budget of $400 million and if it (I'm sure it would) manages go past the billion dollar mark we can expect to see at least two more films in the franchise in 2029 and 2031 respectively.
3	James Ransone	2,035,098	An actor best known for TV drama (The Wire, Generation Kill), and horror films (It Chapter Two, Sinister The Black Phone), along with being one of the thieves in Inside Man, who hanged himself at the age of 46.
4	Jeffrey Epstein	1,320,562	After all the requests for "release the Epstein files" (#14), the goverment obliged and made public most of what emerged in the prosecution of the late financier involved in sex trafficking and other crimes.
5	Stranger Things season 5	1,296,712	The conclusion of Netflix's top show (#12) is imminent with an unusual release schedule by the way. Volume 1 of the final season (first four episodes) were released on November 26 ahead of Thanksgiving; volume 2 (episode five, six, seven) were released last Thursday on the occasion of Christmas; and the finale will release next Thursday on the occasion of New Year. The whole world of fandom is looking forward with high anticipation for how will it all end...?
6	Tylor Chase	1,217,631	This child actor best known for Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide was discovered to be living in homelessness, and during the week was sent to a detox facility, though he was released after 36 hours.
7	Chris Rea	1,209,663	The acclaimed English singer-songwriter and guitarist died aged 74 on 22 December. Rea's hits include "Fool (If You Think It's Over)", "Josephine" and the seasonal classic, "Driving Home For Christmas". Rea's death close to the 25th joins him into a small group of musicians well-known for Christmas songs who died on or near the holiday, including George Michael, Dean Martin, etc.
8	Deaths in 2025	1,095,514	You wonder why your life is screaming Wonder why we're Humans Being!
9	Marty Supreme	1,056,911	This sports comedy-drama film produced and directed by Josh Safdie who co-wrote the script with Ronald Bronstein. It stars Timothée Chalamet as the lead character whose story is loosely inspired by the life and career of American table tennis player Marty Reisman. The film premiered at the 2025 New York Film Festival and was released in US by A24 last Thursday. The film has received critical acclaim, and has received 3 Golden Globe nods, 8 Critics' Choice nods, 6 ASTRA nods and much more..!
10	Vince Zampella	1,030,406	An American video game designer who died at age 55 after his Ferrari veered off the road and hit a concrete barrier, and one can see how much of a resume he had just by the 3 companies he founded: Infinity Ward of Call of Duty fame, Respawn Entertainment of games such as Titanfall, Apex Legends, and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and Ripple Effect Studios that was one of the developers of this year's Battlefield 6.
11	List of highest-grossing Indian films	906,907	As #1 is setting Box Office ablaze; it has become the 9th Indian film to cross the ₹1,000 crore (US$120 million) mark and currently ranks as the 7th highest-grossing Indian film of all-time in this list.
12	Stranger Things	890,575	"We wish you a Strange Christmas, and an Upside-Down New Year". As mentioned at #5, one year before the 10th anniversary of this nostalgic blend of 80s adventure, horror and science fiction, Netflix decided to drop the final 4 episodes during the holidays, 3 on December 25, and the extra-long series finale on the 31st (and depending on the time zone, there'll certainly be viewers watching at double speed to finish the show before 2026 starts!).
13	Pluribus (TV series)	864,959	This post-apocalyptic science fiction Apple TV series created by Vince Gilligan follows novelist Carol Sturka (played by Rhea Seehorn), who finds herself isolated after an alien virus transforms the rest of humanity into a peaceful and content hive mind, which nevertheless seeks to assimilate her and other immune individuals. The first season concluded last week; while a second season has already been confirmed.
14	Epstein files	861,045	The Congress requested, the President signed into law, and the Department of Justice complied with droves of files regarding #4's criminal activities. Many of the documents were extensively redacted (albeit a few in a lazy manner that users managed to "unblack" the text with Photoshop), but still offered a look into the members and techniques of Epstein's trafficking ring, and even mentions of said president who was a known friend of Epstein.
15	Philip Rivers	839,536	At the ripe age of 44, the Indianapolis Colts quarterback made his first home start in five years during a Monday Night Football game, which turned out to be a loss that eliminated the team from playoff contention. Rivers also played in the Sunday after this Report's week, which he stated was his final game overall, as he'll return to coaching St. Michael Catholic High School in his native Alabama.
16	Wake Up Dead Man	817,534	The third film in the Knives Out series once again directed by Rian Johnson, but not featuring the eponymous U2 song, after a limited theatrical release was released to Netflix. This time Daniel Craig reprising his role as the master detective Benoit Blanc, goes to upstate New York to investigate the death of a rude priest played by Josh Brolin. Also, continuing the tradition of featuring MCU stars as antagonists, with Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) as a confrontational doctor and a person with a much smaller MCU role as the final culprit. The film received critical acclaim as well as several accolades including 3 ASTRA awards.
17	Anthony Joshua	787,344	Not to be confused with the events on #20, this British two-time heavyweight boxing champion fought Jake Paul in a professional match last week where he won decisively despite being weight restricted. He was injured in a car accident in Lagos, Nigeria, while returning home to celebrate the win.
18	Heated Rivalry	766,486	This Canadian sports romance drama series following the gay romance between two rival professional ice hockey players; created, written, and directed by Jacob Tierney released by Crave in Canada, HBO Max in the US and Australia, Sky-owned Neon in New Zealand, Movistar Plus+ in Spain, and Sky UK in the UK and Ireland. The series received critical acclaim, with media outlets describing it as a global sensation and a break-out critical hit. The first season concluded last week; while a second season has already been confirmed.
19	The Odyssey (2026 film)	744,594	2026 has many hyped movies already, and a trailer has been released for Christopher Nolan retelling one of the original epics with Matt Damon as Odysseus centering a massive cast (his Penelope, Anne Hathaway, will be omnipresent during the year as she's also in The Devil Wears Prada 2 and 3 other movies!).
20	Boxing Day	690,846	Multiple Christmas releases made the list, but the holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ however didn't make the list this year; instead we have the day after. Go figure.
21	One Battle After Another	684,851	HBO Max is allowing people to check on the acclaimed action film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Paul T. Anderson that is a certain presence in the awards season (for starters, it's the most nominated film in the upcoming Golden Globes).
22	Macaulay Culkin	672,318	Given people take the holiday season to rewatch Home Alone and its sequel, the second best pair of movies about spending Christmas Eve wrecking bad guys after Die Hard and Die Hard 2, it's natural they try to learn what happened to its child star, who after growing up went through drug abuse and unremarkable movies but has had a good 2025. Twice he appeared with wife Brenda Song, Netflix show Running Point (she is one of the stars, he has a cameo) and Zootopia 2 (voicing two lynx siblings, with Culkin being the bigger part). Culkin was also one of the interviewed of John Candy: I Like Me, as after all John Candy was his Uncle Buck, and is confirmed as part of the recently started season 2 of Fallout.
23	Avatar (2009 film)	626,399	James Cameron took over a decade to make another movie after Titanic, and the result became the highest-grossing movie ever, led to a 3D movie resurgence, and somehow left little cultural impact in the long years until the sequel, with a Disney World area being the most notable new Avatar material. And given the first movie concerns a forest (earth), the second an ocean (water) and the third (#2) introduces a Fire Tribe, fans of another Avatar are wondering if the upcoming fourth will have Jake Sully becoming an Airbender...
24	Rob Reiner	610,531	The shocking murder of the revered actor-director and his wife, only a few months after he returned to his directorial debut in Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, is still being processed. Reiner's son Nick was arrested for the deaths and waived the right for a speedy trial, with his arraignment scheduled for January 7.
25	Nicki Minaj	608,393	What a relief that ChatGPT didn't get enough views and can already be kicked out of this list. Instead we discuss a famous rapper that after spending the first Trump presidency criticizing the government's anti-immigration policies (after all she's Trinidadian and first came to the US as an illegal child immigrant), appeared in a Turning Point USA event and had much praise for the government in her interview with Erika Kirk.

Exclusions

This list excludes the Wikipedia main page, non-article pages (such as redlinks), 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 the talk page if you wish.