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  "textContent": "Time to change my galaxy in case, we outta space!: What catches the reader's eye? Death and film, per usual, and a loop around the moon per unusual.\n\n← Back to Contents\n\nView Latest Issue\n\n21 April 2026\n\n\n\n\n\nFile:Barcelona street art 07.jpg\n\nMattsjc\n\ncc-by-4.0\n\n50\n\n400\n\nTraffic report\n\n## Time to change my galaxy in case, we outta space!\n\nContribute —\n\nShare this\n\n  * PDF\ndownload\n  * E-mail\n  * Mastodon\n  * LinkedIn\n  * Facebook\n  * X (Twitter)\n  * Bluesky\n  * Reddit\n\n\n\nBy Igordebraga, CAWylie, ValeskaTheLame, Bkissin, I am RedoStone\n\n    _This traffic report is adapted from theTop 25 Report, prepared with commentary by Igordebraga, CAWylie, ValeskaTheLame, I am RedoStone and Bkissin._\n\n###  Event horizon lost in space, running in a human race (March 23 to 28)\n\nRank | Article | Class | Views | Image | Notes/about\n---|---|---|---|---|---\n1 | _Dhurandhar: The Revenge_ |  | 3,994,921 |  | The sequel to #8 ended its first week in cinemas making $115 million USD globally and breaking box office records in Bollywood, though some, like Dia Mirza criticize the film as part of a trend of jingoism in Bollywood.\n2 | _Project Hail Mary_ (film) |  | 1,421,416 |  | From Bollywood to Hollywood, a science fiction film starring Ryan Gosling as a scientist trapped in another star system trying to save our Sun, which was released to overwhelmingly positive critical reviews and managed to top the box office for two straight weeks (both weeks had Pixar's _Hoppers_ as runner-up, and the top 5 also featuring our #1, the drama _Reminders of Him_ , and one of two movies about a woman being hunted by a Satanic cult) to surpass $300 million at the global box office.\n3 | List of highest-grossing Indian films |  | 1,298,055 |  | The success of #1 has put it (at the time of writing) at sixth on the list of highest grossing Indian films, third among Hindi language films, and when including #8, the second highest grossing film franchise behind the YRF Spy Universe comprised of movies like _Pathaan_.\n4 | 2026 Iran war |  | 1,253,603 |  | Still raging, leading to rockets and drones flying all over the Middle East (doesn't help that along with this Israel also started a conflict with Hezbollah), and the impact on the commerce of petroleum and gas led to a disruption comparable to the 1970s energy crisis.\n5 | Chuck Norris |  | 1,062,322 |  | The famed action star left this world, leading to a new batch of Chuck Norris facts like \"When Chuck Norris arrived in Heaven, St. Peter had to show him his ID\".\n6 | Deaths in 2026 |  | 963,824 |  | _Looking backover my shoulder\nOh with an aching feeling inside\nCutting me up, deeper and deeper\nFills me with a sadness that I can't hide..._\n7 | Leonid Radvinsky |  | 946,605 |  | This Ukrainian-American businessman, known for being the majority owner of OnlyFans, died on March 20 at the age of 43. At the time of his death, he was worth $4.7 billion. In 2024 alone, Radvinsky received $701 million in dividends from his ownership of OnlyFans. So we know where you are actually giving your WMF donation money, don't play coy with us!\n8 | _Dhurandhar_ |  | 903,462 |  | Part 1 of #1, released last December to astounding box office success even if with mixed reviews. The new one is receiving a similar reception.\n9 | Robert Mueller |  | 799,545 |  | The former head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation died on March 20 at the age of 81. A U.S. Marine who served in the Vietnam War, Mueller became FBI director days before the September 11th attacks and led the agency into a new generation of work. Mueller served as FBI director under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama before retiring in 2013. In 2017, Mueller was called out of retirement to serve as the special counsel for the Department of Justice as they investigated Russian interference in the 2016 United States presidential election.\n10 | _Project Hail Mary_ |  | 731,340 |  | The science-fiction book by author Andy Weir upon which #2 is adapted/based. First published in 2021, the book has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for 41 weeks as well as a finalist for a Hugo Award for Best Novel.\n\n###  Fly me to the Moon, and let me play among the stars (March 29 to April 4)\n\nRank | Article | Class | Views | Image | Notes/about\n---|---|---|---|---|---\n1 | Artemis II |  | 2,568,142 |  | Things are too depressing on Earth, let's talk about space! This NASA mission involving a fly-by around the moon is the first manned space mission to leave low-earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972 and the first to use the new Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. The Artemis program (named after the sister of Apollo who was a Lunar deity, fixing how the Apollo program was actually baptized after a Sun god) is aimed at returning humans to the lunar surface, because we have done so much good on this planet!\n2 | _Dhurandhar: The Revenge_ |  | 2,430,267 |  | One of the ten highest-grossing films of the year so far hails from Bollywood, as its ₹1,658.62 crore earnings translate to $178 million, nearly a sixth from North America, where it hasn't left the box office top 10 even if it's subtitled and nearly four hours long.\n3 | List of highest-grossing Indian films |  | 1,552,447 |  | #2, the sequel to last year's _Dhurandhar_ , continues to climb up this list, with it now placing 4th at the time of this writing.\n4 | _Project Hail Mary_ (film) |  | 1,160,313 |  | While current human spaceflight is still planning a return to the Moon (#1), in fiction we have Ryan Gosling managing to get to another star system hoping to save the Sun. Taking the best parts of many revered sci-fi works like _The Martian_ (both based on source material by the same author), _Interstellar_ , _Sunshine_ , and _Arrival_ , _Project Hail Mary_ got the approval of reviewers and audiences alike, earning over $400 million worldwide and only ceding the top of the box office to another space traveller down there at #6.\n5 | 2026 Iran war |  | 1,107,879 |  | This week's distraction from the Epstein files was highlighted by the threat to bomb civilian infrastructure to bring them \"back to the Stone Age\" and a  shootdown of an American F-15 fighter jet. The pilot of the fighter was rescued by American forces following the crash, while the weapon systems officer on the jet was rescued from Iran on April 5.\n6 | _The Super Mario Galaxy Movie_ |  | 993,818 |  | _Yahoo!_ Three years after an impressive showing in theaters, our favorite plumber goes cosmic in a sequel that obviously draws much from _Super Mario Galaxy_ (a game that Brie Larson really liked, so it's no surprise the movie makes her the voice of Rosalina) and also features an oft-neglected Nintendo franchise, _Star Fox_. Like _The Super Mario Bros. Movie_ reviewers were unimpressed with the basic script but audiences embraced how the movie disguises shallowness through a frantic, colorful and funny approach, so it will be no surprise if this repeats as a billion dollar movie – the opening weekend alone was $372 million worldwide!\n7 | 2026 FIFA World Cup |  | 948,819 |  | We finally got the remaining six out of the 48 football teams that will play all over North America between June and July. In the intercontinental playoffs, there is the belated return of both Democratic Republic of Congo (which was still called Zaire when they played in Germany 1974) and Iraq (still under Saddam Hussein when they went to Mexico 1986, and many are amused at Iraq going to the United States after being an extensive headache). In the European ones, along with spots for Turkey, Sweden and Czech Republic, Bosnia extended the shameful drought of Italy, now the first past World Cup champion to miss three straight tournaments.\n8 | Deaths in 2026 |  | 914,234 |  | _People, they come together\nPeople, they fall apart\nAnd no one can stop us now\n'Cause We Are All Made of Stars..._\n9 | Pam Bondi |  | 836,960 |  | The United States Attorney General was fired by Trump on April 2. Her tenure was marred by her handling of the Epstein files and the continued erosion of the rule of law in the United States. But at least the Dow is... well, was at 50,000.\n10 | Lamar Odom |  | 830,496 |  | The professional basketball player was the subject of a Netflix documentary film as part of their _Untold_ series. The film talks about Odom's rise to fame (including two NBA titles playing alongside Kobe Bryant), his marriage to Khloe Kardashian and his issues off the court, including being found comatose in a Nevada brothel.\n\n###  And we'll catch that dream together someday soon, we're rising like the Moon (April 5 to 11)\n\nRank | Article | Class | Views | Image | Notes/about\n---|---|---|---|---|---\n1 | Artemis II |  | 1,710,096 |  | The NASA mission around the moon (featuring a crew of #8, #9, Victor Glover, and Jeremy Hansen) returned to Earth on Friday after a ten-day voyage in space.\n2 | _Dhurandhar: The Revenge_ |  | 1,665,046 |  | Like last week, the latest lunar mission is followed by the latest Indian blockbuster and the list that it keeps on climbing (_Dhurandhar: The Revenge_ is now third of all-time, behind _Baahubali 2: The Conclusion_ and _Dangal_).\n3 | List of highest-grossing Indian films |  | 1,306,870\n4 | 2026 Iran war |  | 1,142,404 |  | The week had a ceasefire agreement that didn't do much to stop the bloodshed (not helped by Israel's conflict with Hezbollah), leading Iran and the United States to enter further negotiations.\n5 | Deaths in 2026 |  | 894,606 |  | _Across the stratosphere, a final message\n\"Give my wife my love,\" then nothing more\nFar beneath the ship the world is mourning\nThey don't realize he's alive..._\n6 | _The Drama_ (film) |  | 890,279 |  | The first of three films this year featuring both Robert Pattinson and Zendaya. Before we see them in the distant past and the distant future, here is a contemporary tale about an engaged couple in Massachusetts whose relationship ends up getting tested after an unexpected conversation. Reviews have been generally positive, and while it will probably end up being the lowest grossing Pattinson-Zendaya film this year, has still grossed a healthy $43 million.\n7 | _Project Hail Mary_ (film) |  | 795,143 |  | For two straight weeks, the above was third in the box office to two space adventures, this one in second place, and another that couldn't survive in our top 10 one week longer. Both have made over half a billion dollars (there is a Chinese movie with similar numbers, but unlike last year China won't finish with the top spot), with the difference that there was a much warmer reception by viewers and critics alike to the collaboration of Ryan Gosling and a rock alien.\n8 | Christina Koch |  | 742,709 |  | One of the astronauts of #1 (and one-time \nWikipedian), she is the first woman to leave low-earth orbit and travel near the Moon.\n9 | Reid Wiseman |  | 740,015 |  | Wiseman was the captain on #1, the first manned lunar mission since the end of the Apollo program. Wiseman was the photographer behind two pictures taken on the mission; Hello World and Earthset. Wiseman's wife Carroll died of cancer in 2020 and in memory of her, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen requested that a newly-discovered crater on the moon be named after her.\n10 | Donald Trump |  | 624,443 |  | The US President increased his threats against Iran this week, threatening to destroy all of their civilization if they did not agree to a ceasefire, which is being criticized as incitement of genocide.\n\n\n\n\n### Exclusions\n\n  * 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.\n\n\n\n## Most edited articles\n\nFor the March 20 – April 20 period, per this database report.\n\nTitle | Revisions | Notes\n---|---|---\n2026 Hungarian parliamentary election | 2414 | This election dominated European headlines this week, as the sixteen-year reign of American right-wing hero Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party was replaced by Péter Magyar and his Tisza party. Orbán, who had long pledged to make Hungary an Illiberal democracy, was seen as close to Russian President Vladimir Putin and was often a thorn in the side of European Union leadership. His loss was celebrated across the continent as a constructive way to take care of anti-democratic tyrants, with other countries taking notice.\nDeaths in 2026 | 2309 | The deceased of the period include Nicholas Brendon, Valerie Perrine, James Tolkan, Asha Bhosle, Justin Fairfax, Afrika Bambaataa, and Oscar Schmidt.\n2026 Iran war | 1864 | Rockets and drones cause damage, naval blockades cause economic impact worldwide, and peace talks start and fail to relieve worldwide unease about this continuing conflict.\n2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election | 1142 | Over 68 million voters in India's fourth most populated state will go to the polls on 23 and 29 April 2026 to elect all 294 members of their Legislative Assembly.\nArtemis II | 1093 | Artemis I flew around the Moon in 2022, its successor had a human crew circling Earth's natural satellite, and Artemis III will test the Human Landing System next year so 2028's Artemis IV can make another Moon landing.\nWrestleMania 42 | 899 | WWE's biggest yearly event happened on the April 18 weekend in Las Vegas. Fans complained on the booking which Triple H booking and promoting the match. They were also surprised by return of Paige, but they are not happy with Pat McAfee interfering the match of Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton for the WWE Undisputed Champion match, as well as to Jelly Roll. Maybe Danhausen can curse that (_Wikipediahausen_ by the way).\n_The Super Mario Galaxy Movie_ | 890 | After making over a billion dollars with his first animated movie in 2023, Mario goes cosmic in a sequel that has him joined by characters familiar to fans of both his games (Yoshi, Rosalina, Bowser Jr.... and one in the post-credits scene!) and _Super Smash Bros._ (Fox McCloud gets more love here than with Nintendo, given there haven't been new _Star Fox_ games in ten years...). Again it's wrecking the box office, with almost $800 million in three weeks, but reception is split between fans who just had fun with the movie, and reviewers and less pleased viewers who complained about the film's unambitious script that trades depth for references and jokes.\nList of people from Cincinnati | 795 | One user is updating the list of famous residents of Ohio's third biggest city, who have included Ted Turner, William Taft and Steven Spielberg.\nString Quartets (Schoenberg) | 795 | After improving opera articles, MONTENSEM moved onto instrumentals with four string quartets by Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg.\nCharles Thau | 709 | The editor responsible for making this World War II soldier's biography a Good Article tinkers with it, hoping to soon nominate it for Featured status.\n2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election | 702 | Another Indian state holding its legislative elections, set for April 23.\nList of game designers | 651 | Mostly one user's work, with the list growing enough for the article to be split into pages regarding board, pinball, role-playing, and video game designers.\n2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election | 646 | Elections were held in the South Indian state of Kerala on April 9. The Left Democratic Front, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and incumbent Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan are running for an unprecedented third consecutive government, with the opposition United Democratic Front, led by V.D. Satheesan of the Indian National Congress hoping to return to power for the first time since 2011. With over 27 million registered voters, results are not expected until May 4th.\n_Bigg Boss Marathi_ season 6 | 636 | One of the many Indian _Big Brother_ versions, won by actress Tanvi Kolte.\n_Dhurandhar: The Revenge_ | 611 | Changing language from Marathi to Hindi, India's third highest-grossing movie ever, with a big chance of climbing to second.\n\n← Previous \"Traffic report\"\n\nIn this issue\n\n21 April 2026 (all comments)\n\n\n  * News and notes\n  * In the media\n  * Gallery\n  * Traffic report\n  * Comix\n\n\n\n\n+ Add a comment\n\n## Discuss this story\n\nTo follow comments, \nadd the page to your watchlist. 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