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By Igordebraga, Shuipzv3, -insert valid name here-, CAWylie
This traffic report is adapted from the Top 25 Report, prepared with commentary by Igordebraga, Shuipzv3, -insert valid name here- (July 6 to 19) and CAWylie (July 20 to 26).

No longer am I just a man, I'll only go by Superman! (July 6 to 12)

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Rank Article Class Views Image Notes/about
1 Superman (2025 film) 2,574,838 Twelve years after the DC Extended Universe started, Warner Bros. takes another shot at doing a shared superhero film series, and the DC Universe also begins with a Superman adventure. Though unlike the grim and dour Man of Steel, this time around writer-director James Gunn provides a colorful and lighthearted adventure fitting of the Last Son of Krypton's idealistic nature, albeit the film also features a particularly nasty take of his archenemy Lex Luthor and what he'll do to take Superman down. Reviewers and audiences alike approved Superman, with sparse opposition including that from disgruntled DCEU fans unhappy with the story change, and MAGA movement members who reject the director's highlighting the lead character as an immigrant. The film had one of the year's biggest opening weekends with $220 million worldwide, only $5 million less than its budget.
2 Amanda Anisimova 1,960,366 Last year, this American tennis player returned after a sabbatical at No. 132 of the WTA rankings, and now she's bound to get to the top 10 after a major title in February and one-upping her 2019 semifinal at the French Open by upsetting the sport's current #1 (#9) in Wimbledon to reach her first Grand Slam final! But unlike compatriots Madison Keys and Coco Gauff in the other two Grand Slams of the year, the final wouldn't be Anisimova's time to shine: in less than an hour she lost to another top-tier player (#7) with no games won and 28 unforced errors. Anisimova later admitted she had little left in the tank after her surprise run, leaving her "a bit frozen .. with my nerves". Given she's only 23, maybe another Grand Slam is in Anisimova's future.
3 Jurassic World Rebirth 1,436,660 Scarlett Johansson temporarily became the highest-grossing leading actor ever after the release of her latest blockbuster, the eighth installment on the popular franchise about revived dinosaurs where she plays a mercenary escorting a scientist collecting blood samples from the prehistoric beasts for pharmaceutical research. Rebirth overcame mixed reviews (which were still better than predecessor Jurassic World Dominion, that even decided to sideline the dinosaurs compared to giant locusts!) to make $322.6 million worldwide in its opening weekend, and surpassed half a billion right as the superpowered competitor at #1 arrived.
4 Ozzy Osbourne 1,124,790 The Prince of Darkness has been slowed down by age and ailments and hadn't performed live since 2022, so to finally mark his farewell to the stages, he held in his native Birmingham the Back to the Beginning concert event. Many big rock n' roll names performed across the day before the night finished with Ozzy twice in a row, first a solo concert and then bringing back the original Black Sabbath members. Showing he didn't lose his majesty, Ozzy performed in a throne, that also served to circumvent how Parkinson's disease removed his ability to walk.
5 Jannik Sinner 1,090,874 This Italian tennis player booked a spot in the men's singles final of this year's Wimbledon against the defending champion (#10) by defeating Ben Shelton in the quarter-finals and Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals. This final promises to be a rematch of the French Open final a month ago.
6 Deaths in 2025 968,433 So now that it's over, can't we just say goodbye? (Bye, bye, goodbye)
I'd like to move on and make the most of the night
Maybe a kiss before I leave you this way
Your lips are so cold, I don't know what else to say...
7 Iga Świątek 933,678 This Polish powerhouse (125 weeks atop the WTA rankings, 23 titles including 5 Grand Slams, and an Olympic bronze last year) had been in a down year with no championships, but bounced back at one of the sacred grounds of tennis, the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Starting on the semifinal against Belinda Bencic, Iga got a streak of 20 straight games to win her first Wimbledon title, and her slaughter of #2 marked the first Grand Slam final to end in a double bagel — 6-0, 6-0 — since 1988. Iga completed the Surface Slam — along with Wimbledon's grass, 4 titles at the French Open clay and one at the US Open hard courts — and certainly now aims to win the Australian Open to get the Career Grand Slam.
8 Diogo Jota 924,219 Following the sudden death of this 28-year old footballer along with his 25-year old brother, also a footballer, in a car crash, Liverpool F.C. announced that it will retire Jota's number 20 jersey. Numerous tributes also flowed in from the arts world, including at #23.
9 Aryna Sabalenka 822,829 The Belarusian leader of the WTA rankings lost the final of the year's first two Grand Slams to Americans. The third had her again been sent packing by the United States, only one round earlier as #2 upset her in the Wimbledon semifinals. Remains to be seen if the stars and stripes (and speaking of flags, Sabalenka currently has none next to her name due to her country's involvement in a terrible thing that doesn't end) will also end her in the last major - wouldn't you guess it, the US Open, of which Sabalenka is the defending champion!
10 Carlos Alcaraz 797,051 This Spanish tennis player will face #5 in this year's Wimbledon men's singles title, having won the previous two years, both times by defeating Novak Djokovic. Alcaraz last played Sinner in the French Open final a month ago, which he won.

I am, I am, I am Superman and I know what's happening (July 13 to 19)

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Rank Article Class Views Image Notes/about
1 Superman (2025 film) 3,165,798 Warner Bros. and director James Gunn attempt another superhero franchise with the DC Universe, starting with the Man of Steel while also introducing other heroes in the Justice Gang, composed of Hawkgirl, Mr. Terrific, and the Green Lantern Guy Gardner. The story concerns Superman dealing with the public fallout of preventing a war (the fact the invading country is somewhat Slavic shows shades of a current conflict, and given the invaded one is desertic, hard to not think of another one as well) and Lex Luthor digging up some shady secrets regarding his archenemy's Kryptonian origins to tarnish his reputation. Superman was praised by reviewers and audiences alike and after two weeks leading the box office had surpassed Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts* to become the highest-grossing superhero movie of 2025, with the third marking the release of a heavy competitor in The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
2 Jannik Sinner 2,763,253 These two players last met in the French Open final one month ago, which lasted for an epic 5 hours 29 minutes and went to five sets, with three tiebreakers including a ten-point tiebreaker in the final set. Their Wimbledon final match was much more straightforward, with Sinner winning in four sets. With the win, Sinner ended Alcaraz's 5–0 undefeated record in major finals, and only requires the French Open to achieve a Career Grand Slam.
4 Carlos Alcaraz 1,184,978
3 Jeffrey Epstein 1,450,620 The Epstein saga re-entered the news last week when the US Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation concluded that an "Epstein list" did not exist, a finding that received rare bipartisan criticism from most Democrats and some conservative commentators. Having previously promised to released such a list if he was elected, US president Donald Trump backtracked and claimed the files were falsified by his political opponents. On July 17, The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump sent a letter to Epstein for his 50th birthday, which Trump denies and later announced that he is suing the reporters, WSJ's owner Rupert Murdoch and the newspaper's parent company for defamation and libel. To quell his own supporters, whom he had taken aim at in an attempt to silence the matter, Trump said he will direct the DOJ to unseal all grand jury testimony in relation to the Epstein case.
5 Deaths in 2025 958,775 Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath
Nothing more to do
Living just for dying
Dying just for you, yeah!
6 Connie Francis 938,527 Francis was an American singer and actress who was one of the top-charting female vocalists in the late 1950s and early 1960s. She was the first woman to top the Billboard Hot 100, achieving the feat with "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" in 1960. She also enjoyed success in many European countries, recording songs in languages such as German and Italian by phonetical singing. Her success began to wane in the mid-1960s with shifting musical tastes brought by the British Invasion. Tragedy struck in 1974 when she was raped at knife point and beaten while staying at a motel, which coupled with her brother's murder in 1981 resulted in a suicide attempt and commitment to mental health facilities. She returned to performing in 1989, releasing music and headlined shows until she retired in 2018. In May 2025, her song "Pretty Little Baby" went viral on social media platforms like TikTok and YouTube, giving her music renewed attention. Francis died on July 16, aged 87.
7 Jurassic World Rebirth 788,274 For the seventh time the cloned dinosaurs of Jurassic Park roam theaters, this time in a previously unknown island where the dinos were developed, including some misshapen and vicious hybrids that torment a crew led by Scarlett Johansson. Mixed reviews wouldn't stop how dinosaurs are such a strong draw with audiences, and Jurassic World Rebirth quickly became one of the year's highest-grossing films.
8 ChatGPT 775,619 This is still here. And this week, the chatbot was heavily used to create images based on the CEO caught cheating in a Coldplay concert.
9 David Corenswet 772,341 The latest actor to don both Superman's cape and the glasses of his alterego Clark Kent in our #1. Philadelphia native David Corenswet is a Juilliard School graduate with at least two notable film roles beforehand, a doomed projectionist on Pearl and a rival meteorologist on Twisters.
10 Ghislaine Maxwell 670,531 A British former socialite, she was convicted in 2021 of child sex trafficking in connection to #4, and given a 20-year prison sentence.

But I know I'll see you once more, when I see you, I'll see you on the other side! (July 20 to 26)

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Rank Article Class Views Image Notes/about
1 Ozzy Osbourne 9,742,896 "My father always said I would do something big one day. 'I've got a feeling about you, John Osbourne,' he'd tell me, after he'd had a few beers. 'You're either going to do something very special, or you're going to go to prison.' And he was right, my old man. I was in prison before my eighteenth birthday." But afterwards he formed one of the most influential bands of rock n' roll, Black Sabbath, and after being fired from the group in 1979, Ozzy started an equally successful solo career, and because of his contributions to music and showmanship based on scary imagery he earned the nicknames "Godfather of Heavy Metal" and "Prince of Darkness". In the meantime Ozzy had a colourful life marked by more imprisonment, tons of drugs, weird stories like the one where he bit the head of a bat on stage, and showing the peculiarities of his family in the reality show The Osbournes. Advanced Parkinson's led Ozzy to organize earlier this month a massive farewell concert in his native Birmingham, Back to the Beginning, that raised over £140 million for charities, and 17 days later he died at the age of 76, leaving behind an extensive body of work (counting just studio albums, 7 with Sabbath and 13 solo!), 6 children and many grandchildren.
2 Hulk Hogan 4,940,939 Terry Gene Bollea was one of the biggest wrestlers ever under the ring name Hulk Hogan (derived from one time where he appeared alongside TV Hulk Lou Ferrigno, and Vince McMahon wanting a wrestler with an Irish surname), even extending his career to movies - he fought Rocky Balboa, threatened the Gremlins, and starred in questionable productions like Santa with Muscles and Suburban Commando - and reality shows. He died at 71 of cardiac arrest, and obituaries noted how Hogan's last 15 years tarnished his legacy with controversies like a sex tape, racist tirades and endorsing Donald Trump.
3 Malcolm-Jamal Warner 4,115,373 On July 20, this American actor, best known for his work on The Cosby Show, was swimming with his daughter off a beach in Limón Province, Costa Rica, when they got caught in a rip tide. Two surfers tried to help them to safety; Warner's daughter was saved, but CPR efforts failed to revive him and he was pronounced dead at the scene. He was 54 years old.
4 Superman (2025 film) 1,956,197 DC and Marvel face off in theaters with two restarts for some of their most iconic superheroes that are included in a bigger franchise. Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman starts the DC Universe in a movie helmed by the same James Gunn who helped Marvel get massive hits out of the obscure Guardians of the Galaxy. "Marvel's First Family" of Reed Richards, Susan Storm, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm enters the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a 1960s period piece set in a parallel universe (though between the post-credits scene of Thunderbolts* and the cast being confirmed for Avengers: Doomsday, where the menace is the F4's archenemy in the comics, a trip to the MCU's Earth is a certainty!), directed by Matt Shakman after he made the MCU's first Disney+ show. Both movies were praised for being colorful and idealistic while also featuring threatening villains, and are making all the money possible at the box office.
5 The Fantastic Four: First Steps 1,869,467
6 Saiyaara 1,571,767 This relatively low-budget Indian musical romance film was released on July 18 to mixed and positive reviews. It stars Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda. The film has quickly become a box office success at a time when Indian films with fairly unknown actors rarely break even. Saiyaara is currently the second highest grossing Indian and Hindi film of the year.
7 Sharon Osbourne 1,547,665 SHAROOOOON! #1 started dating his manager in 1981, she became his second wife, they had three children (#14, #15, #21), and Sharon helped Ozzy both get clean from substance abuse and earn lots of money from actions such as the creation of the Ozzfest festival.
8 Deaths in 2025 1,199,871 Out of many fitting songs from #1:
"Death is so final for only the living
The spirit will always remain
Bury me deep just to cover my sins
My soul is redeemed as the journey begins..."
9 Jeffrey Epstein 1,191,092 The matter of the Jeffrey Epstein client list continues to haunt US president Donald Trump, who is still struggling to contain the fallout. Thomas Massie, a Republican representative from Kentucky, attempted to get a majority to sign a petition to ultimately force a vote on releasing the files, but this was blocked by speaker Mike Johnson, who placed the House of Representatives into recess several days earlier than scheduled, delaying the vote until September. On July 22, Trump abruptly ended a call with a CNN reporter after he was questioned about photographs with Epstein taken in the 1990s. The next day, with a lawsuit from Trump still pending, The Wall Street Journal reported that the United States Department of Justice told Trump in May about his name being in the files. On July 25, Trump contradicted his attorney general Pam Bondi's claim that she had briefed him about his naming in the files, while also denying that he had been to "Epstein Island".
10 Happy Gilmore 2 1,169,220 Adam Sandler named his production company Happy Madison after the two breakout movies following his departure from Saturday Night Live, Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison. The former, about an unsuccessful hockey player who manages to translate his strong swing into a golf career, became the latest to get into the wave of revival sequels, with a second movie that hit Netflix 30 years after the original was in theaters.

Exclusions

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  • These lists exclude 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 Top 25 Report talk page if you wish.

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For the June 27 – July 27 period, per this database report.

Title Revisions Notes
Deaths in 2025 2332 To put one more Ozzy lyric regarding this, "All my life I've been over the top, I don't know what I'm doing, All I know is I Don't Wanna Stop!"
List of people named Peter 1783 The biggest congregation of Peters since Spider-Verse, which some IPs keep on adding names.
2025 Pacific typhoon season 1648 It's cyclone time, with many tropical storms and a few typhoons having already caused some damage in the pacific.
July 2025 Central Texas floods 1410 With at least 136 confirmed fatalities and as many as 160 missing people at one point (number is now 4), scrutiny has fallen on the official response to the disaster, namely the delayed use of the public warning system, the lack of an evacuation order, and the slow deployment of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Southern Syria clashes (July 2025–present) 1154 On July 13, fighting began between the Druze and Bedouin armed groups in southern Syria. The Syrian Armed Forces was deployed by the transitional government to restore order. Israel, stating their intention as defending the Druze, launched airstrikes against Syrian and Bedouin forces.
George (given name) 1102 Another name getting additions on who has it.
Timeline of the Gaza war (16 May 2025 – present) 1088 Aside from the fact there are still hostages to be returned, hardly anyone doesn't want this war and the related suffering ending. The period had Israel attacking one of the few remaining cities, Deir al-Balah, and claiming to control 65% of territory in Gaza (with an Israeli journalist arguing that this figure was misleading, as it ignored the fact that in much of Gaza there is no IDF presence and that Hamas still acts as a governing body).
Legalism (Chinese philosophy) 987 "You show FourLights that stop me, turn to stone..."
2025 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles 934 As mentioned above, it came down to Sinner beating Alcaraz, in what was also the first Wimbledon final since 2017 without Novak Djokovic.
F1 (film) 869 Before the theaters get F4 there was F1, where Brad Pitt is a veteran racecar driver who joins a struggling Formula One team, in a production that at times disregards a realistic depiction of motorsport but provides plenty of fun high-octane races and compelling character moments, leading to earnings of over $500 million worldwide.
Superman (2025 film) 865 The Man of Steel launched the DC Universe, with even hooks for its next two works, season 2 of Peacemaker and next year's Supergirl.
2025 NBA Summer League 791 The best basketball teams in the world are doing tryouts to determine the additions to the 2025-26 season.
2025 Championship League (ranking) 785 The first ranking event of the snooker season, won by the Scot Stephen Maguire.
Jurassic World Rebirth 755 Scarlett Johansson and dinosaurs (including some weird hybrids, namely a pack of winged Velociraptors, and a giant deformed Tyrannosaurus with Alien and Rancor characteristics), a combination that was enough to draw a sizeable audience.
United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps 755 One user wants a Good Article out of this organization that serves as a youth program for the Navy and the Coast Guard.
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