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Traffic report

Cricket jumpscare

By Igordebraga, Ollieisanerd, Death Editor 2, CAWylie, Rajan51, GeorgeBailey and Ltbdl

This traffic report is adapted from the Top 25 Report, prepared with commentary by Igordebraga, Ollieisanerd, Death Editor 2, CAWylie, Rajan51, GeorgeBailey and Ltbdl.

War for territory (October 15 to 21)

Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	2023 Cricket World Cup	3,937,866	It may have taken three weeks, but the latest edition of the premier cricket tournament finally made it to the top of this list. Last week witnessed some big upsets, with Afghanistan beating the reigning champions England, and South Africa losing to the Netherlands. On the other hand, India and New Zealand have remain unbeaten after four games each, but one of them will lose that streak when the two teams face each other on Sunday.
2	Suzanne Somers	2,539,567	'Had Somers died in 1993, her achievements would have been immortal. Had she died in 2003 she would still have been a great actress but flawed. But she died in 2023. Alas, what can one say?' Paraphrases about Chairman Mao aside, actress and health and wellness businesswoman Suzanne Somers died at 76 of cancer.
3	Leo (2023 Indian film)	2,458,805	Kollywood returns with another action film. This one stars Vijay, and is directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, whose previous film topped this list last year, and this one would have probably done the same if not for sports and deaths. A sequel is already in the works.
4	Cricket World Cup	2,358,550	Brought to this list by #1.
5	2023 Israel–Hamas war	1,759,278	The latest Middle Eastern conflict continues, with rockets flying, thousands of civilians dying, both sides accused of committing war crimes by the other side and being called out for their misdeeds (the extremist group who rules the Gaza Strip and struck first for terrorism, Israel for continuous occupation of territories recognized as Palestinian that tends to turn violent).
6	Gaza Strip	1,539,801
7	Israel	1,522,213
8	State of Palestine	1,495,597
9	The Fall of the House of Usher (miniseries)	1,457,045	A Netflix miniseries based on The Fall of the House of Usher and other works by the Gothic fiction writer Edgar Allan Poe was released on October 12.
10	David Beckham	1,453,522	One more week for the footballer chronicled in Netflix's Beckham. And it's nice that the miniseries features a clip from the hilarious interview Posh and Becks gave to Ali G.

And the violence caused such silence (October 22 to 28)

Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	2023 Cricket World Cup	4,201,290	One more week of India receiving the world championship of its national pastime. The hosts have won all their games so far, and surprisingly defending champions England have only one win in six matches!
2	Cricket World Cup	2,927,565
3	Leo (2023 Indian film)	2,595,951	Still in India, a Kollywood action thriller based on A History of Violence starring Vijay, that is also a sequel to last year's Vikram and part of a franchise known as the "Lokiverse" (a name which Hollywood's Loki would probably want for himself and his show). Leo is the fifth highest-grossing Indian film of the year so far, and who knows if it can take fourth from another movie that spent a while in this list, Jailer.
4	Mike Johnson (politician)	1,753,392	The new Speaker of the U.S. House, and the first from the state of Louisiana, was elected on the fourth ballot. He is the most junior representative to be elected speaker since 1883.
5	Killers of the Flower Moon (film)	1,716,626	Martin Scorsese made his third 3-hour movie in a decade, an adaptation of a novel that itself was inspired by the true story of the Osage Indian murders that happened in 1920s Oklahoma after oil was found on the Osage Nation's land. While big chunks of Killers of the Flower Moon could be cut with no loss, it's a worthwile watch, helped by an exceptional cast led by Marty's two favorite actors: Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio. The studio arm of the biggest company in the world could easily spend $200 million in the picture, and while it might not make as much in theaters between its length and competition with among others #9, the praise received by Killers of the Flower Moon makes it a certain awards contender.
6	Five Nights at Freddy's (film)	1,225,895	Coming in at number 6 is a heartwarming (if you ignore all of the murder and jumpscares) movie about an older brother (played by Josh Hutcherson) reconnecting with his younger sister (played by Piper Rubio) while fighting ghost robots and Shaggy Afton. MatPat appears in a cameo role, having made numerous videos about the FNAF franchise at the height of its popularity. Markiplier was also supposed to have a cameo as a security guard, but he had to decline due to scheduling conflicts.
7	2023 Israel–Hamas war	968,300	The latest Middle Eastern war sadly continues, with thousands of civilians dying in bombings and many more being displaced, and now Israel has sent ground troops and tanks into Gaza to rescue its hostages.
8	Deaths in 2023	938,672	And it's true that you've reached the better place Still, I'd give the world to see your face And be right here next to you But it's like you've gone too soon and the hardest thing to do is say bye
9	Taylor Swift	859,140	Along with wrecking the box office with Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (which has led in North America for two straight weeks and also surpassed $186 million worldwide), the singer released her fifth re-recorded album 1989 (Taylor's Version) (even if there's nothing less necessary than extra versions of "Shake It Off" and "Bad Blood"), which soon broke streaming records, while her viral 2019 track "Cruel Summer" currently occupies the top spot on the Billboard charts.
10	David Beckham	856,673	Netflix's documentary miniseries Beckham keeps its subject one more week. The footballer was a fan of someone who'll rank highly next week.

Exclusions

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.

Most edited articles

For the September 30 – October 30 period, per this database report.

Title	Revisions	Notes
2023 Israel–Hamas war	7495^[1]	As if it could've been anything else but the latest flare-up in the Israel-Palestine conflict, that needs constant updates regarding military developments and international reactions.
Deaths in 2023	2319	Among the deceased of October were the aforementioned Suzanne Somers, and also Bobby Charlton, Dick Butkus, Tim Wakefield and Richard Roundtree.
October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election	2261	After Kevin McCarthy was removed from his post, an emergency election was held, eventually promoting Mike Johnson of Louisiana.
India at the 2022 Asian Games	2259	India had its performance at the continental games, with over 100 medals and ranking fourth overall.
Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion	1528	One of the worst moments of the current war in the Holy Land, as a hospital already damaged by a Israeli rocket was hit head-on by a missile of undetermined origin (Hamas blamed Israel, who in turn said it was a Gaza rocket that malfunctioned and fell), causing hundreds of deaths.
Legalism (Chinese philosophy)	1381	FourLights continues to expand and clean up this page.
United States at the 2023 Pan American Games	1283	Santiago, Chile is taking in sports from all the Americas in the 2023 Pan American Games. The sports potencies of North (even if the USA mostly brought B-list athletes) and South (in fact, the hosts are one of the only two nations in the continent that Brazil doesn't border) America lead the medal count.
Brazil at the 2023 Pan American Games	1242
Bigg Boss (Tamil season 7)	1179	The latest edition of India's version of Big Brother, airing on Star Vijay.
2023 Lewiston shootings	1107	40-year-old Robert Card was the lone gunman that killed 18 and injured 13 in a bowling alley and a restaurant on October 25. A intensive manhunt soon followed, and Card was found dead in an apparent suicide in Lisbon, Maine two days later.
Mike Johnson (politician)	1085	The latest Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and a fairly minor politician before, with Senator Susan Collins downright telling a CNN reporter that she doesn't know Johnson and was going to Google him.
List of Cricket World Cup records	965	The 2023 Cricket World Cup inspires updates on these lists.
2023 Cricket World Cup statistics	953	The 2023 Cricket World Cup inspires updates on these lists.
Leo (2023 Indian film)	925	Kollywood fans update as the latest in the Lokesh Cinematic Universe picks up the crore.
List of NBA regular season records	811	As the 2023-24 NBA season starts, BeFriendlyGoodSir decided to expand this list of basketball achievements.

^ 2359 under the original name October 2023 Gaza−Israel conflict.

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I don't think it's "calling out Israel for using violence", that description is way too mild after this many civilian deaths, cutting off water and electricity and closing the border. Lots of senior politicians and military officials admit it themselves that they want to annex the land and get rid of Palestinians all together, which is not a "two-state solution". Bart Terpstra (talk) 17:54, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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