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The Top 50 Report – 2010

Annual Top 50

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Based on the Most read articles list (and some WikiShark data), and prepared with commentary by:

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Rank Article Class Views Image About
1 United States 32,339,000 image commentary
2 Avatar (2009 film) 31,598,050 image commentary
3 Lady Gaga 25,002,500 image commentary
4 Justin Bieber 23,871,000 image commentary
5 YouTube 22,958,500 The online video sharing platform is a consistently popular article, and as such frequently features on the Top 25 Report.
6 Deaths in 2010 21,571,500 image commentary
7 Glee (TV series) 18,903,350 image commentary
8 Lost (TV series) 17,826,600 image commentary
9 Facebook 17,578,400 image commentary
10 United Kingdom 15,147,500 image commentary
11 World War II 13,249,500 image commentary
12 Canada 12,566,950 image commentary
13 India 12,406,350 image commentary
14 Lil Wayne 11,774,900 image commentary
15 Michael Jackson 11,081,400 The world continues to mourn the late King of Pop. This year, Sony Music Entertainment signed a US$250 million deal with Jackson's estate to retain distribution rights to his recordings up until 2017, and to release seven posthumous albums over the following decade.
16 Iron Man 2 10,993,800 image commentary
17 Miley Cyrus 10,683,550 image commentary
18 Adolf Hitler 10,497,400 image commentary
19 Australia 10,355,050 image commentary
20 Germany 10,227,300 image commentary
21 Deepwater Horizon oil spill 10,165,250 image commentary
22 Japan 10,063,050 image commentary
23 Eminem 9,807,050 Following a relapse, The Real Slim Shady is now on a recovery.
24 England 9,643,300 image commentary
25 Internet Movie Database 9,606,800 image commentary
26 France 9,537,450 image commentary
27 2010 FIFA World Cup 9,487,696
28 World War I 9,223,550 image commentary
29 English language 9,183,400 image commentary
30 Haiti 8,760,000 image commentary
31 List of House episodes 8,712,550 image commentary
32 Alice in Wonderland (2010 film) 8,468,000 image commentary
33 Barack Obama 8,413,250 image commentary
34 Sandra Bullock 8,402,300 image commentary
35 New York City 8,285,500 image commentary
36 Martin Luther King Jr. 8,230,750 image commentary
37 Selena Gomez 8,161,400 image commentary
38 Russia 8,110,300 image commentary
39 2010 in film 8,088,400 image commentary
40 Italy 8,006,275 image commentary
41 Spain 7,687,537 image commentary
42 Kim Kardashian 7,635,800 image commentary
43 The Beatles 7,531,775 image commentary
44 Doctor Who 7,519,000 image commentary
45 Michael Oher 7,478,850 image commentary
46 Netherlands 7,184,948
47 House (TV series) 7,037,200 image commentary
48 Brazil 6,785,350 image commentary
49 China 6,734,250 image commentary
50 Beyoncé 6,716,000 image commentary

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