Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/September 14 to 20, 2025
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Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (September 14 to 20, 2025)
Prepared with commentary by Igordebraga, Shuipzv3, and CAWylie.
The death of a popular actor overtakes the one for a more controversial figure.
| Rank | Article | Class | Views | Image | Notes/about |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Redford |  | 4,874,496 |  |
An actor who died at 89, that along with a long filmography that included hits like The Sting, All the President's Men, Out of Africa and Indecent Proposal, took his hand at directing (winning an Oscar for Ordinary People and making another Best Picture nominee, Quiz Show), engaged in political activism, and decided to give more visibility for independent cinema creating the Sundance Film Festival, named after his character in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Many young people only knew Redford for a rare villainous role in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which he briefly reprised in Avengers: Endgame for what he decided to be his final film appearance (on TV, earlier this year he had a cameo in the season opener of Dark Winds playing chess against George R. R. Martin). |
| 2 | Charlie Kirk | | 4,811,779 | .jpg) |
Within the week following his death (#7), Kirk was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Donald Trump and US flags were ordered to be flown at half-mast. At Kirk's public memorial, Hillsdale College president Larry P. Arnn announced that a scholarship has been set up in his name and he and his wife (#5) will be awarded honorary degrees. |
| 3 | Ricky Hatton | | 1,816,522 |  |
The "Pride of Hyde" was reportedly found dead in his home on September 14. The Hall of Fame boxer, trainer, and promoter was 46 years old and praised by the boxing world in the weeks following. |
| 4 | D4vd |  | 1,604,635 | This American singer-songwriter, born David Anthony Burke, was set to release his latest album on September 19. However, on September 8, decomposed remains of a 15-year-old missing girl were found in an abandoned car registered in his name. The girl was identified on September 15, but the cause of death has yet to be determined, although her body had been dismembered. Evidence has been gathered by the police at Burke's Los Angeles residence. | |
| 5 | Erika Kirk |  | 1,476,915 |  |
#2's widow, a former beauty pageant winner, who has become the CEO of his organization (#25). |
| 6 | Terence Crawford | | 1,307,861 |  |
On September 13, in perhaps the most anticipated boxing match of the year, this American defeated #13 by unanimous decision to become the undisputed super middleweight champion. The event had over 70,000 in attendance, but it was also streamed live on Netflix, drawing nearly 41.5 million viewers, making it the most-watched championship match of the century. Crawford was then named the best pound-for-pound boxer over Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk. |
| 7 | Killing of Charlie Kirk | 1,209,765 |  |
One week on from this assassination, its effects are still being felt and will likely continue for some time. The crime's only suspect has been charged with murder, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty. A wave of disciplinary actions has also been unleashed on people who made critical comments on Kirk's death, most prominently #15, whose show was suspended, prompting bipartisan accusations of intimidation and censorship. | |
| 8 | Stephen Graham | | 1,074,433 | .png) |
At the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards (#24) on September 17, this English actor and producer, who was heavily involved in #17, won the Outstanding Writing Award, as well as for Outstanding Limited Series. |
| 9 | Deaths in 2025 |  | 1,052,308 | .jpg) |
It was fun for a while There was no way of knowing Like a dream in the night Who can say where we're going? |
| 10 | ChatGPT | | 1,051,501 |  |
OpenAI announced both that women overcame men as the primary users (52%) and that some restrictions will be put for users under 18, lest the incident where a teenager who killed himself after extensive discussions about suicide with the chatbot repeats. |
| 11 | Groypers | | 1,032,014 | .jpg) |
A white nationalist group that had been at odds with #2 and his organization #25, and given an inscription on a cartridge case found in the murder (#7) had a Groyper slogan, accusations where thrown that they were possibly involved, though their founder (#16) denied it and said the group is being framed. |
| 12 | Kash Patel | | 1,007,505 | .jpg) |
The head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation faced a hearing in front of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, where his conduct into and leadership of the FBI was scrutinized in regard to #7, including a social media post he made on the day of the shooting in which he announced a suspect had been taken into custody, only to be retracted in 90 minutes. |
| 13 | Canelo Álvarez | | 973,050 |  |
"Cinnamon" was the undisputed super middleweight boxing champion (WBA super version, WBC, IBF, and WBO) until he met #6 on September 13. |
| 14 | Charlie Sheen | | 917,714 |  |
"So what?" His autobiography The Book of Sheen and the Netflix documentary aka Charlie Sheen were released together this month, as well as his statements about his past. |
| 15 | Jimmy Kimmel | | 856,290 |  |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! was taken off the air once the FCC complained about its host's jokes regarding #2 and how Trump was rather blasé regarding the death of his fan and friend. Given this bordered on censorship and caving in to political pressure, not helped by how fellow talk show host and fierce Trump opposer Stephen Colbert also got cut down (in his case, his show was announced to end next year), backlash against ABC and parent company Disney was massive. |
| 16 | Nick Fuentes | | 816,563 | .png) |
This political live streamer, who leads #11, gets notice lately, not only for Groypers slogans found on cartridges used in #7 but also his relentless dogging of President Trump trying to bury the Epstein files. |
| 17 | Adolescence (TV series) | | 734,273 | .png){kind=logo} |
At #24, this series won 8 of the 13 Emmys it was nominated for (including Outstanding Limited Series, Outstanding Writing for #8) and 15-year-old series star Owen Cooper, in his screen debut, won the Outstanding Supporting Actor award, making him the youngest male actor to win an Emmy. He just missed appearing on this list himself at 600K views. |
| 18 | James Redford (filmmaker) | | 721,879 | .jpg) |
#1's death brought attention to his family, including his first wife Lola Van Wagenen, an historian and activist, and their four children. The first of whom died as a baby of SIDS, and the third was David James Redford (pictured alongside his father and David Suzuki), who had a career as a documentary filmmaker and died in 2020. (the other two are Shauna, a painter who is married to journalist Eric Schlosser, and Amy, an actress, director, and producer.) |
| 19 | Lola Van Wagenen | | 702,950 | ||
| 20 | 2025 World Athletics Championships | | 680,080 | .jpg) |
Japan is receiving the best athletes who can run, jump and throw. The most medals went to the United States and Kenya, and one world record was set by pole vaulter Armand Duplantis (who while a Louisiana native competes for the Sweden of his mother). |
| 21 | Him (2025 film) | | 662,113 |  |
Jordan Peele produced this thriller where a young up-and-coming football player trains at the isolated compound of an aging, nearly retired quarterback played by Marlon Wayans. Reviews were negative and the film couldn't take the Demon Slayer movie from the top of the box office. |
| 22 | Ed Gein | | 661,922 |  |
Monster: The Ed Gein Story will enter Netflix on October 3, so expect this serial killer to top future editions of this list. And the cast list having Alfred Hitchcock and Tobe Hooper makes clear the season will also show how Gein inspired Psycho and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. |
| 23 | Killing of Iryna Zarutska | | 651,699 | _shows_Iryna_Zarutska_and_the_suspect_on_a_light_rail_train_in_Charlotte,_Aug._22,_2025_(screengrab-made-video-provided-charlotte-110995888).webp){kind=spacer} |
Zarutska was a Ukrainian who fled her country due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine along with her mother and two siblings, and settled in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. On August 22, while taking public transportation back home from work, she was fatally stabbed in an attack in which the motive remains unknown. The killing garnered national attention in both countries, and right-wing political figures in the US, including president Donald Trump, blamed local officials for the crime. |
| 24 | 77th Primetime Emmy Awards | | 630,871 |  |
On September 17, American television was honored at its annual ceremony for all prime time series that aired from June 2024 to May 2025. The ceremony also included the Creative Arts Emmys held the prior week. Apple TV+'s Severance had 27 total nominations and won 10, HBO's The White Lotus also won 10 of its 23, and #17 won 8 of its 13 nominations. The ceremony was hosted by comedian Nate Bargatze (pictured), whose popularity boomed in 2024, but Time magazine said he "blew it" at this particular gig; he also barely had 125K views this week. |
| 25 | Turning Point USA | | 627,198 | .jpg) |
Preventing this list from ending where it started with Robert Redford filmography is the conservative nonprofit organization founded by #2. |