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By Igordebraga, CAWylie, Vestrian24Bio, Max BuddyRoo, Bkissin
This traffic report is adapted from the Top 25 Report, prepared with commentary by Igordebraga (January 24 to February 7), CAWylie, Vestrian24Bio (January 24 to 31), Max BuddyRoo and Bkissin (February 1 to 7).

Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time (January 25 to 31)

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Rank Article Class Views Image Notes/about
1 Catherine O'Hara 5,921,550 A Canadian actress and comedian best known for playing the mother in Home Alone, Beetlejuice and Schitt's Creek (the last one giving her an Emmy), but who outside that had a varied array of roles over 50 years such as being a regular in Christopher Guest's mockumentaries and providing the voice of Sally in The Nightmare Before Christmas. On January 30 she was taken to a hospital in serious condition, and was later declared dead at 71.
2 Ajit Pawar 3,759,893 Maharashtra's longest-serving deputy chief minister, a position Pawar had held since 2010, died on January 28 at age 66.
3 Killing of Alex Pretti 2,084,659 On January 24 in Minneapolis, Pretti, a nurse with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs was protesting ICE's lingering presence in the town, when he saw agents manhandling a woman. Pretti put himself between her and the agents, which was perceived as a threat to them. He was wrestled to the ground and his firearm, which he was legally allowed to carry, was found and taken from his person. Two agents then shot him 10 times, and he died moments later. The incidents in the city have divided US politicians on ICE's presence there, known as Operation Metro Surge.
4 Border 2 1,806,493 This sequel to the 1997 film Border, co-written and directed by Anurag Singh, was released last week coinciding with the Indian Republic Day. The film depicts the India–Pakistan war of 1971 which led to the creation of Bangladesh. The film has received positive reviews from critics and has so far grossed ₹404 crore (US$48 million) against a budget of ₹275 crore (US$33 million). A sequel titled Border 3 is currently in development. (and in other news regarding India and Bangladesh, the latter were kicked out of the T20 Cricket World Cup to be held in India for refusing to play there)
5 Royal Rumble (2026) 1,781,802 In the first-ever Royal Rumble not held in the U.S. (this one in Riyadh), 60 WWE wrestlers battled each other, with the victors earning a championship match at WrestleMania 42 in April. Roman Reigns won the men's match, and Liv Morgan was the last woman standing, respectively. Singles matches were also held. With his 28-year career on the line, AJ Styles lost via submission to Gunther.
6 Elena Rybakina 1,282,113 Four years after her first Grand Slam title in Wimbledon, this Kazakhstani (but born in Russia) tennis player managed to add another winning the Australian Open, adequately three years after losing that exact tournament to the same Aryna Sabalenka who was defeated by Rybakina in Melbourne (not to mention in the 2025 WTA Finals two months ago).
7 Gregory Bovino 1,236,819 Following the events leading up to #3 and Bovino's erroneous comments about Pretti's actions therein, the commander of the ICE forces was relieved of duty in Minneapolis, though Homeland Security denied Bovino had also been ousted from his role as commander-at-large of the United States Border Patrol.
8 Alex Honnold 1,036,852 On January 25, this American climber scaled the 508 m (1,667 ft), 101-story Taipei 101 without the use of ropes. The event was broadcast live (well, with a slight delay, just in case something went wrong) on Netflix.
9 Deaths in 2026 1,031,431 I know I was born and I know that I'll die
The in between is mine
I Am Mine..."
10 Sam Darnold 873,918 The Seattle Seahawks quarterback led his team to victory against the Los Angeles Rams in the conference final, setting up a confrontation against the New England Patriots at Super Bowl LX on February 8.

Dirty little secrets, dirty little lies, we got our dirty little fingers in everybody's pie (February 1 to 7)

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Rank Article Class Views Image Notes/about
1 Jeffrey Epstein 6,239,253 On January 30, the Trump Administration finally (after much delay) released a more complete version of the Epstein files. This rendition included very disturbing content, including cannibalism, and more prominent figures such as former British Ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson, Noam Chomsky, Bill Gates, rappers Pusha T and Jay-Z, and many more.
2 Epstein files 5,054,020
3 Savannah Guthrie 2,471,363 One of the hosts of the American morning news program Today Show was in the news after her mother Nancy Guthrie disappeared. Helping the investigation even forced her to step out of co-hosting NBC's coverage of a big event...
4 2026 Winter Olympics 1,698,190 Four years after a quite weird edition (along with being in a city that barely sees snow in China, everything was hindered by the goddamned pandemic), the biggest winter sports event returns in the Italian cities of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. Five medal events happened on the Saturday after the opening ceremony, with the United States being shut out, and in speed skating Canada getting bronze and the host's first gold, courtesy of Francesca Lollobrigida, whose great-aunt was a famed actress. And hockey fans are happy that a deal was made with the NHL to allow the sport's best players to go (even if the arena built for the tournament is still not finished).
5 Ghislaine Maxwell 1,487,889 After the death of her father, British media mogul Robert Maxwell (who coincidentally died in mysterious circumstances like Epstein), this socialite became #1's friend and literal partner-in-crime, and she has been in prison since 2020 for it.
6 Iron Lung (film) 1,377,263 A lack of oxygen, from my life support, My Iron Lung... Sorry. Popular YouTuber Markiplier made a name for himself with Let's Plays of horror games, including 2022's Iron Lung, where a submarine pilot explores an ocean of blood on a desolate moon, with the developer retributing with a cheat code replacing many textures with Markiplier's face, and then hiring him to adapt Iron Lung into a film. Filmed back in 2023 and featuring Markiplier as writer, director, editor and lead actor, the film was self-distributed into theaters, overcoming the same mixed reviews most game adaptations get to make back its modest $3 million budget many times over with just the $17.8 million opening weekend (where it was second to Send Help).
7 Bad Bunny 1,333,512 Before his performance as the Super Bowl halftime performer, the Puerto Rican rapper won three Grammys, including the first Spanish language Album of the Year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos.
8 Catherine O'Hara 1,324,894 One year and a half after Beetlejuice Beetlejuice had Delia Deetz comically dying discovering the snakes she ordered were not defanged, her actress passed away for real, leading to many tributes. O'Hara's last filmed appearances last year were on The Studio and season 2 of The Last of Us, along with documentary John Candy: I Like Me, about her co-star in Home Alone.
9 68th Annual Grammy Awards 1,302,728 Back to the Grammys, the most awarded artist was the one to the left, Kendrick Lamar, taking Record of the Year for the SZA collaboration "Luther" and eight other trophies, including all the rap categories. Other winners included Billie Eilish getting Song of the Year for "Wildflower"; Olivia Dean as Best New Artist; Lady Gaga, Lola Young and Tame Impala in the pop categories; The Cure, Turnstile, one of the covers from the Ozzy Osbourne farewell concert and Nine Inch Nails in the rock ones, the last one being one of three Grammys for film songs (along with their "As Alive as You Need Me to Be" from Tron: Ares , there was "Defying Gravity" from Wicked, and "Bad as I Used to Be" from F1 the Movie); Sinners and KPop Demon Hunters to elevate their Oscar prospects; and in a more unusual page, the Dalai Lama of all people got Best Spoken Word Album , and Steven Spielberg completed the EGOT for a documentary on his favorite composer John Williams.
10 Dhurandhar 1,071,904 Thanks to Netflix, audiences worldwide are checking on the most successful Indian film of 2025. Sequel Dhurandhar: The Revenge comes out in March and will definitely take a hold of our Report.

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 January 9 - February 9 period, per this database report.

Title Revisions Notes
Deaths in 2026 2586 Besides the aforementioned Catherine O'Hara and Ajit Pawar, departures as the year begun included Bob Weir, Scott Adams, Rob Hirst, and Sal Buscema.
Killing of Alex Pretti 1784 As mentioned above, a nurse killed by ICE agents in Minnesota, leading to intense outcry.
2025–2026 Iranian protests 1638 Beginning on 28 December, demonstrations erupted across multiple cities in Iran amid nationwide unrest and a deepening economic crisis. The government is doing its best to repress the resistance, cutting the internet and responding with force, having already killed thousands. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei somehow blamed Trump and Israel for the massacres in spite of his troops being the ones killing civilians.
Greenland crisis 1309 While theaters are showing Greenland 2: Migration, where people who survived a comet impact in the first movie hiding in a bunker in the eponymous North Atlantic island discover things got worse outside, reality seems to also have tensions and bad moments regarding Greenland. Long story short, Trump has wanted to annex the 2.1 million km2 island since his first term. At last check, he has ruled out the idea of a military takeover and abandoned tariff threats.
2025 Bondi Beach shooting 1079 The deadliest terrorist attack in Australian history is still having repercussions.
Ligas Distritales del Peru 1051 One editor is repeatedly fiddling with the lowest level of Peru's football pyramid.
Nile 1042 As a pun goes, "Denial Is a River", the longest in the world, in fact. It is also the latest Vital Article worked on by Noleander, who already made three of those become Featured.
2026 Gorton and Denton by-election 1040 Some editors are fiddling a lot this article in expectation of the by-election for one of the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency in the Greater Manchester, set for February 26.
Royal Rumble (2026) 1000 A temporary stadium in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh received the latest WWE extravaganza.
2026 Australian Open – Men's singles 981 The female 2023 Australian Open final was a reminder of the then-recent Russian invasion of Ukraine, given it involved a Russian who plays for Kazakhstan being beaten by a player from one of Putin's biggest allies Belarus. 3 years later and with the war still raging, the decision was again up to those two players, and the Belarusian who rose to the top of the WTA Rankings (Sabalenka won 10 other titles since that championship, including a repeat in Melbourne and two U.S. Opens) and became the first player since Martina Hingis in 2000 to reach fourth straight Australian Open finals could not get on top this time around in a hard fought match.
2025–26 NFL playoffs 906 The NFL continues to have only the same teams contending for the Super Bowl, with the four Conference Finalists this year having 10 appearances and 6 titles in the decisive game since 2014. Eventually, the two teams at Super Bowl LX were the same of 2015, except this time around the Seattle Seahawks won.
Operation Metro Surge 893 ICE sent agents to Minnesota with the stated purpose of apprehending undocumented immigrants and deporting them. After two American citizens were killed (the above mentioned Alex Pretti, and the woman below), leading to protests and overall societal disruption, the troops started being withdrawn.
Killing of Renee Good 878 Renee Good, a writer living in Minneapolis with her wife and six-year-old child, was approached by ICE agents who asked her to leave her car, and eventually shot dead when she tried to escape - the agents even blocked a bystander who attempted to provide medical care. Protests about the event showcasing the brutality of ICE soon emerged, as did questionable attempted defenses of the killing, saying Good ran over the agent who shot her, or that prior to the incident she was stalking and impeding ICE activity.
January 2026 North American winter storm 836 From January 23 to January 27, Storm Fern (as nicknamed by The Weather Channel) covered large swathes of the United States and Canada in snow, along with bringing strong storms and winds to Mexico.
2026 Australian Open – Women's singles 793 Carlos Alcaraz continued to show why he's atop the ATP rankings (even if in our most viewed of 2025 it was his rival Jannik Sinner who made it in), completing the career Grand Slam with the Australian Open title over tennis living legend Novak Djokovic, the youngest man to do so given he's a few months short of 23.
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