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Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States

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By Milowent

Based on this chart, you could think this headline will be true someday. Trump has led the chart for two consecutive weeks with over 8 million views each time -- those are very high numbers, well above the average chart topper. In comparison, Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders is only #22, and Hillary Clinton isn't even on the chart— she was #54 (nor are any of the other Republicans on the chart) . Outside of Trumpmania, the death of Nancy Reagan was #4, narrowly beaten by her husband Ronald Reagan (#3). The rest of the Top 10 include two Reddit-fueled articles, two about UFC fighters, one movie (10 Cloverfield Lane, #5), one drug (Meldonium, #2), and International Women's Day (#9).

For the full top-25 list, see WP:TOP25. See this section for an explanation of any exclusions. For a list of the most edited articles of the week, see here.

For the week of March 6 to 12, 2016, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the most viewed pages, were:

Rank Article Class Views Image Notes
1 Donald Trump B-Class 8,257,174
Donald Trump's dominance of this chart is fairly incredible at this point, though perhaps not surprising when the front pages of most American news outlets are filled with details of the latest exploits and incidents surrounding the most bizarre U.S. Presidential campaign in history. For the second week, this article has exceeded 8 million views, when typically a mere 1 or 2 million views normally is more than enough to be number one for a week. Reporting and commentary in the last week noted that Trump won more primaries last week, that a 78-year old man sucker-punched a protester at a Trump rally (and Trump offered to pay any resulting legal fees), claims that his campaign manager Corey Lewandowski manhandled Breitbart News Network's Michelle Fields at an event, and the cancellation of a rally in Chicago due to protesters. A 1964 ad titled Confessions of a Republican used to defeat Republican nominee Barry Goldwater also has been in the news due to some eerie similarities to Trump's shenanigans.
2 Meldonium Start-class 2,108,543
Since January 1, 2016, this drug has been on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) list of substances banned from use by athletes. On March 7, 2016, former world number one tennis player Maria Sharapova announced that she had failed a drug test in Australia due to the detection of the substance.
3 Ronald Reagan Featured Article 1,683,665
The 40th President of the United States died in 2004, but his wife Nancy Reagan (#4) died last week. The two articles were only 10,000 views apart.
4 Nancy Reagan Featured Article 1,673,052
The wife of Ronald Reagan (#3), the former First Lady died on March 6, at age 94. Those who remember the Reagan presidency may most remember her founding of the Just Say No (to drugs) campaign in the 1980s. She has been buried at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, next to her husband.
5 10 Cloverfield Lane Start-class 1,208,731
This science fiction thriller, which includes Mary Elizabeth Winstead (pictured) in the cast, was released in North America in 2016, to positive critical reviews. It earned $24.7 million in its opening weekend, putting it second behind Zootopia (#24).
6 Lupe Fuentes Start-class 1,020,335
This is all Reddit, who lured in viewers with the headline: "TIL a Puerto Rican man was arrested for watching porno feat Lupe Fuentes, who a pediatrician identified as being underage because of her appearance. The porn star flew there from Spain to show her passport and prove she was 19. The man was in jail for 2 months before that happened."
7 Unfinished portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt Start-class 971,792
The circumstances of an unfinished portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt being painted before his death was a popular Reddit "Today I Learned" topic this week. See Unfinished portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt to view the actual photo which is under a "fair use" restriction; I created a very poor facsimile of it (pictured at left) for you to shake your head at disapprovingly.
8 Nate Diaz C-Class 937,440
This mixed-martial artist prevailed over Conor McGregor (#10) at UFC 196 (#13) on March 5.
9 International Women's Day C-Class 884,610
This day is celebrated annually on March 8, and is an official holiday in a number of countries. It was again celebrated by a Google Doodle.
10 Conor McGregor C-Class 817,535
The guy who lost to #8.
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It used to be when new episodes of The Walking Dead were broadcast, the related articles would always be on the Top 10. I wonder if viewership has peaked or perhaps this season isn't arousing the same level of interest. Or, it could be that it is primarily readers who don't know much about subjects like TV shows, movies or political candidates who go to read their articles and The Walking Dead has reached a level of saturation where most people are familiar with the series. Liz Read! Talk! 21:29, 19 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Incredible FDR portraiture. Almost Brownesque. BobAmnertiopsis∴ChatMe! 21:45, 19 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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