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Most viewed article of the day

Key

•  Current   Ongoing event or news on the day
•  Death   The recently deceased
•  Film   Films or related (awards, actors, etc.)
•  Google   Featured in a Google Doodle
•  Geo-politics   Geo-political topics (elections, politicians, etc.)
•  History   Associated with historical notability, achievements, etc.
•  Holiday   Holidays or observances (Christmas, New Year's, Halloween, etc.)
•  Miscellaneous   Celebrity news, pages boosted by Reddit, and other hard to categorize stuff.
•  Music   Music related (songs, albums, artists, etc.)
•  Sports   Sports-related (World Cups, Leagues, players, etc.)
•  TV and Streaming   Television shows and related
•  Wrestling   Associated with professional wrestling.
• Boldface denotes #1 on Weekly Reports
• Dagger (†) denotes Top 50 entries.
•  Monthly high   Article with the highest view count of the month
•  Monthly low   Article with the lowest view count of the month

January

Date	Article	Views
1	Stranger Things season 5	629,625
2	Stranger Things	392,376
3	Nicolás Maduro	2,519,497
4		1,505,319
5		712,818
6	Liam Rosenior	413,673
7	Greenland (1)	312,200
8	Killing of Renee Good	669,249
9	Carson Beck	354,525
10	Fernando Mendoza (1)	480,508
11	Bob Weir	512,266
12	Donald Trump	739,258
13	Scott Adams	406,708
14		409,546
15	Greenland (2)	159,791
16	2026 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation election	527,246
17	The Rip (film)	385,900
18	Jarrett Stidham	423,277
19	A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV series)	240,153
20	Fernando Mendoza (2)	880,446
21	Nicola Peltz	292,424
22	Board of Peace	353,284
23		327,540
24	Ryan Wedding	366,098
25	Killing of Alex Pretti	626,975
26	Sam Darnold	598,995
27	Gregory Bovino	517,617
28	Ajit Pawar	2,796,158
29		651,316
30	Catherine O'Hara	3,529,525
31		2,377,286

February

Date	Article	Views
1	Carlos Alcaraz	692,939
2	Jeffrey Epstein (1-6)	876,413
3		1,031,585
4		1,044,371
5		1,073,692
6		894,486
7		745,233
8	Lindsey Vonn	954,668
9	Bad Bunny	1,878,321
10		597,132
11	James Van Der Beek	1,884,041
12		1,737,252
13		597,428
14	Ilia Malinin	467,737
15	Jeffrey Epstein (7)	290,544
16	Robert Duvall	1,675,134
17		1,145,146
18	Jesse Jackson	371,241
19	Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor	497,997
20	Eric Dane	2,768,890
21		1,146,401
22	Johnny Gaudreau	2,094,214
23	Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes	1,172,519
24	Robert Carradine	1,253,437
25		395,060
26	Rashmika Mandanna	237,118
27	Scream 7	218,540
28	Ali Khamenei	2,738,521

March

Date	Article	Views
1	Ali Khamenei	4,466,000
2		1,072,205
3	2026 Iran war(1-2)	551,083
4		603,988
5	Markwayne Mullin	1,089,123
6	Kristi Noem	702,642
7	Soham murders	701,993
8	Men's T20 World Cup	408,441
9	Mojtaba Khamenei	518,042
10	2026 Iran war (3)	332,375
11	Bam Adebayo	370,599
12	2026 Iran war (4-5)	305,581
13		328,397
14	Kharg Island	330,465
15	Benjamin Netanyahu	358,216
16	98th Academy Awards	1,465,719
17	Joe Kent	549,978
18		323,844
19	Dhurandhar: The Revenge (1)	729,158
20	Chuck Norris	3,620,396
21		1,396,352
22	Dhurandhar: The Revenge (2-11)	715,240
23		669,865
24		594,864
25		568,826
26		528,148
27		459,972
28		458,006
29		477,345
30		421,685
31		360,099

April

Date	Article	Views
1	Artemis II (1-3)	915,989
2		799,482
3		374,590
4	Dhurandhar: The Revenge (12-13)	273,157
5		284,772
6	Artemis II (4-5)	291,237
7		288,498
8	Aubrey Plaza	289,395
9	Dhurandhar: The Revenge (14-15)	219,612
10		206,581
11	Artemis II (6)	403,659
12	2026 Hungarian parliamentary election	1,025,494
13		544,944
14	Eric Swalwell	387,107
15		214,002
16	Justin Fairfax	587,429
17	D4vd	191,188
18	WrestleMania 42	450,664
19		1,000,857
20		627,138
21	John Ternus	413,418
22	Dave Mason	202,462
23	2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	355,438
24	2026 NFL Draft	366,855
25		319,724
26	Michael (2026 film)	350,796
27		333,042
28	Michael Jackson (1)	264,743
29	2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election (1)	283,555
30	David Allan Coe	427,150

May

Date	Article	Views
1	Michael Jackson (2)	240,171
2	Spirit Airlines	326,869
3	Michael Jackson (3)	307,489
4	2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election (2)	1,275,727
5	Vijay (actor) (1)	519,672
6	Ted Turner	837,142
7		490,930
8	David Attenborough	788,980
9		463,431
10	Vijay (actor) (2-3)	731,537
11		327,967
12	Brandon Clarke	582,581
13		328,132
14	Wes Streeting	227,168
15	Iceman (Drake album)	259,180
16	Eurovision Song Contest 2026	528,304
17	Aaron Rai	613,044
18		455,711
19	Murder of Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan (The Crash)	295,851
20	The Boys season 5	344,553
21	Kyle Busch	772,735
22		1,232,706
23		339,886
24	Obsession (2025 film) (1)	231,743
25	Memorial Day	235,573
26	Obsession (2025 film) (2-3)	230,622
27		209,098
28	Claude Lemieux	375,808
29	Backrooms (film) (1-2)	414,298
30		460,234
31	Victor Wembanyama (1)	429,610

June

Date	Article	Views
1	Backrooms (film) (3)	388,539
2	Murder of Henry Nowak	463,123
3		620,070
4	Marjane Satrapi	304,952
5	Anthony Head	900,115
6		464,216
7	Alexander Zverev	476,702
8	Obsession (2025) film (4)	291,972
9	Victor Wembanyama (2)	343,601
10	Murder of Austin Metcalf	562,126
11	2026 FIFA World Cup (1-2)	753,751
12		753,751
13	Folarin Balogun	958,598
14	Oliver Tree	1,508,668
15		1,495,154
16	2026 FIFA World Cup (3)	561,800
17	List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers	853,859
18	Daveigh Chase	728,789
19	2026 FIFA World Cup (4-6)	638,411
20		734,555
21		676,352
22	Andy Burnham	934,733
23	2026 FIFA World Cup (7-14)	789,442
24		838,922
25		1,124,230
26		1,374,719
27		1,559,823
28		1,405,447
29		657,141
30		823,960

July

Date	Article	Views
1	2026 FIFA World Cup (15-16)	807,303
2		657,600
3	Cape Verde	768,068
4		1,301,038
5	Erling Haaland (1-2)	889,039
6		1,187,621
7	2026 FIFA World Cup (17)	786,698
8	Arthur Fery	597,106
9	Bonnie Tyler	1,271,358
10	Ann Widdecombe	1,272,087
11	Erling Haaland (3)	906,939
12	Lindsey Graham	2,652,838
13	Sam Neill	2,453,026
14		622,557
15	Lionel Messi	548,341
16	The Odyssey (2026 film) (1-3)	614,398
17		1,077,046
18		1,199,464
19	Lamine Yamal	1,200,352
20		1,205,902
21	The Odyssey (2026 film) (4-7)	718,589
22		664,906
23		582,054
24		565,207
25	Pralhad Joshi	756,586
26	The Odyssey (2026 film) (8-10)	676,433
27		581,815
28		458,125
29	Spider-Man: Brand New Day (1-3)	660,682
30		1,072,377
31		984,737

August

Date	Article	Views
1	Spider-Man: Brand New Day (4-7)	867,733
2		909,906
3		852,150
4		638,274
5	Perez Hilton	723,840
6	Spider-Man: Brand New Day (8-13)	411,444
7		379,690
8		401,981
9		427,106
10		366,788
11		286,897
12	Joshua Kushner	525,043
13	Prichard Colón	260,731
14	Jason Arday	586,742
15		987,162
16		355,195
17	Hayden Panettiere	10,392,637
18		2,035,913
19		748,540
20		411,486
21		308,367
22		228,058
23	Spider-Man: Brand New Day (14)	191,809
24	Shelley Fabares	465,529
25	Dolly Parton (1-2)	5,544,814
26		3,814,339
27	Tim Curry	1,571,639
28	Dolly Parton (3)	646,774
29	Toxic (2026 film)	466,227
30		396,590
31		314,205

September

Date	Article	Views
1	Killing of the Clancy children (1-2)	428,824
2		509,600
3	Gloria Steinem	827,677
4	Killing of the Clancy children (3-5)	1,366,345
5		987,730
6		466,193
7	Elizabeth Holmes (You Can See Everything)	642,791
8		423,578
9	Ben Shelton (1)	337,515
10	Barry Melrose	238,858
11	September 11 attacks	665,793
12	Ben Shelton (2)	434,567
13	Alexander Zverev	430,774
14	John Tuggle (Mr. Irrelevant)	334,076
15	Widow's Bay	379,835
16	Macklemore	213,767
17	Lizzie Borden (Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story)	557,261
18		896,572
19		973,878
20		1,022,634
21		806,041
22		679,382
23		586,575
24		479,143
25		402,780
26		421,359
27		440,478
28	Pac (wrestler)	806,988
29	Case Keenum	893,057
30	Christa Pike (1)	1,334,670

October

Date	Article	Views
1	Christa Pike (2-3)	4,309,025
2		1,708,406
3	2026 Asian Games medal table	898,640
4	Christa Pike (4-5)	461,568
5		333,405
6	Steve Gleason	515,772
7	Christa Pike (6)	643,029
8	Nana Patekar	1,665,865
9	Nidal Hasan	787,247
10		420,278
11	Money in the Bank (2026)	248,908
12	RJ Mitte	1,406,448
13		2,140,567
14	Katie Zacharia (1)	906,890
15	GBU-43/B MOAB	453,110
16	Katie Zacharia (2-3)	737,664
17		539,932
18	Jailer 2	340,362
19		321,853
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Notes

• Exclusions: The usual websites and other subjects with suspectly high views and oft-excessive mobile or desktop views.

Explanatory notes

Citations

Records

Most days at #1

Most consecutive days at #1

Highest single day views

Longest gaps between #1 appearances

Top 50 entries that topped at least one day