Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/November 3 to 9, 2024

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (November 3 to 9, 2024)

Prepared with commentary by Igordebraga, Soulbust, Vestrian24Bio and Rajan51.

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Rank	Article	Class	Views	Image	Notes/about
1	2024 United States presidential election		9,045,886		U.S. election between Trump (#3) and Harris (#5). Trump won both the Electoral College and the Popular Vote.
2	2020 United States presidential election		6,934,170		Previous U.S. election, between Trump (#3) and Biden (#21), with the latter winning.
3	Donald Trump		5,270,430		Elected as the 47th U.S. President, after emerging victorious in #1 against #5. He became the second president to win non-consecutive elections after Grover Cleveland (1884 and 1892). All this in spite of his current presence in the courts of law (this here writer feels the need to note that unlike in the American Constitution, the one for his country blocks convicts from running for public offices).
4	2016 United States presidential election		3,477,149		Previous U.S. election, between Trump (#3) and Hillary Clinton, with the former winning.
5	Kamala Harris		3,384,915		Lost 2024 U.S. presidential election (#1). Plenty of reasons can be found for the defeat, such as Harris not appearing assertive enough once turned into the candidate, a campaign more focused on "the other candidate is bad" than how she'd be the better option, and a lack of information on how to fix the widespread economic insecurity.
6	Susie Wiles		2,428,992		After leading #3 to two successful elections, this political consultant will become the first female White House Chief of Staff.
7	JD Vance		2,243,627		Elected Vice President of the U.S., as part of the Republican Party's ticket.
8	Quincy Jones		1,747,879		One of the greatest music producers of all time, whose work includes the best-selling album ever and the Austin Powers theme, and also had a hand in television by helping make shows like The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Mad TV, died on November 3 at the age of 91. Former Presidents Clinton and Obama, as well as President Biden and VP Harris all paid their tributes.
9	Project 2025		1,736,612		A long, detailed plan started by conservative Republicans to reform the United States in case #3 won again. Lots of people now dread any part of those authoritarian, Christian nationalist ideas to steer the U.S. toward autocracy coming into fruition.
10	2024 United States elections		1,692,891		In addition to the presidential election (#1), the U.S. also saw elections in the Senate and House of Representatives, as well as gubernatorial and legislative elections. Republicans flipped four seats in the Senate to take the majority, and it looks like they will retain their House majority.
11	2012 United States presidential election		1,655,962		In 2004, Illinois politician Jack Ryan (no, not that one) seemed like he would become Senator, only for the release of the custody papers regarding his divorce from actress Jeri Ryan to create a scandal that led him to withdraw. This wound up taking to the Senate a guy with the peculiar name of Barack Hussein Obama, who to general surprise 4 years later became the first Black U.S. president, and a mostly positive reaction led to re-election! And this marked the last (sorta only) time the American President wasn't an old white man, as after all he was followed by #3 and his own vice president (#21).
12	2008 United States presidential election		1,565,226
13	United States Electoral College		1,427,804		A subject of discussion during every U.S. presidential election cycle. Trump (#3) won the Electoral College over Harris (#5), by a margin of 312-226, the biggest victory for a Republican since 1988.
14	Elon Musk		1,326,178		The world's richest man endorsed and supported Trump (#3) in his bid to retake the White House.
15	4B movement		1,318,812		The backlash against #3 returning to the White House was quick, and some young liberal women are downright seeking to adapt this South Korean radical feminist protest that can be described as "4 Nos": no to sex/dating/marriage with men, as well as to giving birth.
16	Melania Trump		1,292,518		Current wife of Trump (#3), set to return as the First Lady of the United States (joining Frances Cleveland as serving this on non-consecutive terms).
17	Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3		1,285,151		What a relief going from Washington to India for a change! This comedy horror from Bollywood has Kartik Aaryan (pictured) returning as a phony ghostbuster forced to actually deal with the supernatural, and the film's release on Diwali already pushed it among the year's highest grossing.
18	2020 United States elections		1,275,350		The last election had not only the president being a Democrat (#2) but the disputed House and Senate seats going blue.
19	Singham Again		1,233,519		Bollywood's other movie (star Ajay Devgn pictured) that released alongside #17. It received mixed reviews but has done well at the box office so far.
20	List of presidents of the United States		1,215,791		Trump is now set to appear on this list twice, non-consecutively, joining Grover Cleveland (pictured) in that distinction.
21	Joe Biden		1,111,160		Winner of the last election and the current president, who withdrew his candidacy from #1 earlier this year. For all the discussions regarding his age and health, his predecessor set to be successor (#3) is only 4 years younger.
22	2004 United States presidential election		1,094,817		Previous U.S. election, between George W. Bush and John Kerry. Drew interest from readers re-visiting previous election results. This was the last time the Republican Party won the popular vote prior to Trump winning it in 2024.
23	Robert F. Kennedy Jr.		1,089,753		The son of a murdered senator and nephew of a murdered president, who withdrew from the presidential race and has plenty of controversial ideas. #3 wants to put him in his cabinet, and in spite of his well-known anti-vaccine activism RFK Jr. stated he won't take the shots from the people. But in any case, as John Oliver recently said, "you don't want RFK in charge of the CDC if there's another pandemic or even if there isn't!"
24	Deaths in 2024		1,052,188		...have to confess I didn't expect this to remain on the list due to the election onslaught. Let's return to who I started with: Something happened on the day he died Spirit rose a metre and stepped aside Somebody else took his place, and bravely cried (I'm a blackstar, I'm a blackstar)
25	Usha Vance		1,038,749		Wife of Vance (#7), set to be the first non-white Second Lady of the United States next year.