Wikipedia:Top 25 Report

Prepared with commentary by Igordebraga, CAWylie, Ollieisanerd, ValeskaTheLame and Bkissin.

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (February 22 to 28, 2026)

The month ends with the closure of the Winter Olympics and many entertainment articles to offset politics, war and death.

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Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	Johnny Gaudreau	3,081,328	Once the United States men won the Olympic ice hockey tournament (#24), their first title since the 1980 team that pulled off the "Miracle on Ice" (as well as the first with NHL players), Zach Werenski, Auston Matthews and Matthew Tkachuk did a victory lap carrying the US Team jersey of Johnny Gaudreau, who played with Tkachuk in the Calgary Flames and Werenski in the Columbus Blue Jackets and would've certainly made it to Milan had he not died in 2024, being ran over while biking close to his home. Two of the children of "Johnny Hockey" were also brought into the ice for the celebratory team picture.
2	Ali Khamenei	2,806,610	Not to be confused with Khomeini, who he replaced as Iran's Supreme Leader in 1989, Ali Khamenei served as the head of state and political and religious authority in Iran for over 35 years prior to being assassinated by Israel and the United States as part of #12 on February 28.
3	Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes	2,503,340	"El Mencho" (which is now the page's name, moved in the early hours of March) was a Mexican drug lord and head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the most powerful drug cartel in Mexico. The Mexican Army found out Oseguera lived in a upscale gated residential development in Tapalpa and raided the place, and while he attempted to flee was shot by security forces. The cartel responded to the loss of their leader with blockades and attacks across the country.
4	Robert Carradine	1,907,183	One of many actors in the Carradine family - including Robert's father, two brothers and daughter - Robert Carradine started his career working in two Westerns, an episode of Bonanza and co-starring with John Wayne in 1972's The Cowboys, and followed it with projects as varied as Orca, Coming Home, Revenge of the Nerds, and Lizzie McGuire. Already suffering with bipolar disorder, Robert hanged himself at age 71, leaving three movies yet to be released.
5	Jack Hughes	1,732,558	Chosen first overall in the 2019 NHL entry draft, New Jersey Devils forward Jack Hughes is a rising hockey star, even if he only played in the NHL postseason once. Called in to represent the United States at the Olympics (#24), Hughes already had 3 points and 3 assists before the final against Canada, where he lost multiple teeth to Sam Bennett high-sticking him in the mouth, only to have the last laugh scoring the overtime golden goal. One of his teammates in the victorious team is older brother Quinn Hughes, who everyone expected to join Jack and youngest brother Luke at the Devils only to bolt for Minnesota instead.
6	Alysa Liu	1,622,879	It's no surprise that these two Olympic champions' page visits nearly mirror each other. Liu, with her halo hairstyle, has literally vaulted her way to most medal podiums in every figure skating event she has entered since 2019, lately becoming the first U.S. women's champion in 20 years at #24. Gu began skiing at age 3, and nearly 20 years later, embraced her Chinese-American heritage by representing China at the 2022 Winter Olympics and at #24. She received three medals in separate events at both, with one gold and two silvers at the latter.
7	Eileen Gu	1,238,154
8	Eric Dane	1,106,653	Fans continue to mourn the loss of this actor who died from ALS, with Grey's Anatomy even dedicating a recent episode to his memory.
9	Deaths in 2026	1,062,754	Who care what happens when I die As long as I'm alive, all I wanna do is rock, rock, rock...
10	Jeffrey Epstein	1,054,083	Haunting his former associates almost 7 years after his death.
11	Rondale Moore	995,504	On February 21, this American gridiron football player was found dead from a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound in the garage of his home. A standout in his early college years, Moore had been plagued with various injuries ever since, including his professional career. He died at age 25.
12	2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran	940,566	For someone who wanted the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, the U.S. President sure starts a lot of wars. His most recent endeavor came on February 28th following a failure by the famous deal maker to make a deal with the Government of Iran. Thus, U.S. and Israeli forces launched airstrikes on numerous sites in Iran, targeting the country's nuclear capabilities, military infrastructure and political leadership, as shown in the assassination of #2. Surely this won't end like the last U.S. conflict in the Middle East, right?
13	A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV series)	892,436	HBO finished the first season of the third show set in the A Song of Ice and Fire universe (the second is scheduled for next year, and those eager to return to Westeros have season 3 of House of the Dragon in June), so it's time for viewers who kept delaying their watch of errant knight Dunk and his squire Egg to binge it all.
14	Connor Hellebuyck	885,199	Already considered one of the best goalies in the NHL, downright being chosen as Most Valuable Player last year (though he still needs more playoff success with his Winnipeg Jets, with at most a conference final), Hellebuyck was a major reason the United States managed to beat neighbor/rival Canada for Olympic gold (#24), stopping a record 41 shots in the final.
15	Carolyn Bessette Kennedy	859,210	The fashion publicist and wife of #17 is on the list again this week due to the television series about the ups and downs of their relationship.
16	Neil Sedaka	857,290	This American songwriter and pop music artist died on February 27 at the age of 86. In his nearly 70 year career, he was most well-known for his songs "Calendar Girl" and "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do". Sedaka had a career resurgence in the 1970s, releasing the songs "Bad Blood" (not to be confused with the Taylor Swift song of the same name) and "Laughter in the Rain". He was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1983, having written hits for Connie Francis, Tony Christie and Captain & Tennille's biggest hit "Love Will Keep Us Together".
17	John F. Kennedy Jr.	755,850	The son of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and publisher of George magazine was connected to several other women before marrying #15, including Sarah Jessica Parker, Brooke Shields and Cindy Crawford. The courtship and marriage of John-John and Bessette is covered in Love Story.
18	Scream 7	724,652	A very meta slasher movie called Scream gets a follow-up the following year and another 3 years later. This has happened twice! To wit, in the 30th anniversary of Scream the franchise gets its seventh picture, which had a troubled pre-production forcing the return of both original screenwriter Kevin Williamson, now promoted to director, and the franchise's overall star Neve Campbell, who skipped the sixth movie following a pay dispute, to compensate for two directorial changes and the departure of actresses Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega, who had became the new focal points of the series after the fifth movie, also called Scream. The new movie has Campbell's Sidney Prescott living a peaceful new life in Indiana, only for a new Ghostface killer to arrive threatening her and her teenage daughter Tatum. Courteney Cox also shows up as Gale Weathers, the only one in all movies along with Ghostface's voice. Reviewers were disappointed with Scream 7 but it's set to have a big opening weekend that will already cover its $45 million budget.
19	Jalisco New Generation Cartel	709,092	With the death of #3 and his son being imprisoned in the U.S., this violent Mexican crime syndicate has entered a power vacuum and could have an eventual realignment. Meanwhile, both Mexican and American authorities hope for a united front against the drug cartel.
20	Rashmika Mandanna	673,404	On February 26, this Indian actress married #25, whom she was rumored to have been dating since 2020. The photos of their traditional wedding garnered 24 million likes within 48 hours on Instagram.
21	Robert Aramayo	655,756	This English actor won two awards at the BAFTA Film Awards on 22 February, including Best Actor, beating Hollywood stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet in the same category. Aramayo won Best Actor for his portrayal of the Scottish Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson in the film I Swear (which only hits American theaters this year, so maybe he's a possible competitor in the 2027 awards season?). He also plays a young version of Eddard Stark in #13.
22	David Carradine	615,400	#4's half-brother (who was actually named after their father John Carradine before changing his legal name), best known for the show Kung Fu (where Robert appeared in one episode) and all sorts of B-movies that led to him becoming the title character of Kill Bill. Like Robert he died in 2009 by hanging, but in his case was accidental in a case of attempted autoerotic asphyxiation.
23	Epstein files	594,313	Millions of documents showing the unsavory activites of #10.
24	2026 Winter Olympics	591,139	The men's ice hockey final won by #5 and #14 was the final event of the Milan/Cortina Games - yet the closing ceremony was in a third Italian city, Verona, to take advantage of a Roman amphitheater. The golds of the hockey players and #6 were a third of the United States tally, enough for second place in the medal count (Norway was first, the hosts were fourth, and the China of #7 twelfth - right below Canada, that would've entered the top 10 had their hockey team gotten gold...). The 2026 Winter Paralympics start this week, the 2030 Games will be in France, and everyone who prefers less cold sports hopes the current US political chaos calms down before LA 2028.
25	Vijay Deverakonda	571,040	Keeping off Resident Evil Requiem is a Tollywood actor who married #20.

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This list excludes 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 talk page if you wish.

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