Traffic report
Twerking, tragedy and TV
Summary: The top 10 is bookended by unlucky dates, as Friday the 13th fell just after the anniversary of 9/11. Breaking Bad's final season continued to draw attention, while interest in Miley Cyrus's youthful exuberance is fading only slowly.
For the full top 25 report, plus exclusions, see WP:TOP25
For the week of September 8–14, the 10 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the 5,000 most accessed pages* were:
Rank Article Class Views Image Notes 1 September 11 attacks 
991,522 
Unsurprisingly, the devastating attack's anniversary dominated the conversation in the English-speaking world this week. 2 Facebook
645,950 
A perennially popular article 3 Twerking 
627,941 The new term for waggling your bottom onstage continues to be a point of interest. 4 Breaking Bad
625,600 
The final season of this acclaimed chemistry teacher-turned-Scarface TV series began on August 11. 5 Miley Cyrus
435,952 
The release of her risqué "Wrecking Ball" music video brought the song huge online viewership and her article renewed interest. 6 List of Breaking Bad episodes List 420,340 People will turn to this page to keep up with the show. 7 Breaking Bad (season 5) List 414,055 As above, people want to keep up with this show. 8 Now You See Me (film)
383,179 Despite becoming a surprise hit at the box office, and dominating its weekend, this film never had a substantial Wikipedia presence, until now; 14 weeks after its initial release. The reasons why are not entirely clear, but it seems to be a combination of the film's strong release on Blu-ray, together with the announcement of an impending sequel. 9 Deaths in 2013 List 361,208 
The list of deaths in the current year is always quite a popular article. 10 Friday the 13th
357,661 
The supposedly inauspicious date (which apparently has only been inauspicious for about 150 years) probably remains high in the public's awareness because each month has roughly one chance in seven of having one. The fact that one occurred two days after 9/11 this year arguably only worsened its negative auspice.
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Looks like the Now You See Me (film) Blu-ray is an extended version of the film, featuring 16 additional minutes (plus 30 more minutes of deleted scenes) which is a lot of additional material that could influence the plot development. Haven't seen the original cut or this one but thanks to WP for bringing it to my attention. As for Cyrus, there were rumors that her engagement had broken up so people were probably checking WP to see if there was information about it here. Liz Read! Talk! 19:41, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Like I said last time, I suspect Facebook is artificially boosted through fake (bot) access hits... --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:34, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]