What did everyone read on Wikipedia on May 21, 2025?

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
WikiPop's Pick · May 21, 2025

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Canadian basketball player (born 1998)

On May 21, 2025, the most-viewed article on Wikipedia was George Wendt, with 568,668 views. It was already WikiPop's pick on May 20, and we don't repeat an article within 30 days. So WikiPop's pick is #2, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, with 165,243 views.

Shaivonte Aician Gilgeous-Alexander, also known by his initials SGA, is a Canadian professional basketball player of Antiguan descent. He plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a four-time NBA All-Star, a three-time All-NBA First Team member, and was named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the 2024–25 NBA season. During that season, Gilgeous-Alexander also led the Thunder to their first NBA championship since relocating from Seattle to Oklahoma City, becoming the 11th Canadian to win an NBA title.

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165,243 views that day

The full top 10 of May 21, 2025

The most-viewed Wikipedia articles that day, by raw page views.

  1. #1
    George Wendt
    American actor (1948–2025)
    568,668
  2. #2
    Shai Gilgeous-Alexander WikiPop's pick
    Canadian basketball player (born 1998)
    165,243
  3. #3
    Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
    Association football club in England
    165,196
  4. #4
    Final Destination Bloodlines
    2025 American supernatural horror film
    147,032
  5. #5
    Deaths in 2025
    140,702
  6. #6
    Sinners (2025 film)
    2025 film by Ryan Coogler
    139,334
  7. #7
    Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
    2025 film by Christopher McQuarrie
    136,441
  8. #8
    Rowan Atkinson
    English actor, comedian, and writer (born 1955)
    126,795
  9. #9
    Gerry Connolly
    American politician (1950–2025)
    113,775
  10. #10
    Magic cross
    101,512
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The Herman Cain Award is an ironic award given to people who expressed hesitancy toward COVID-19 vaccines or face masks, who later died from COVID-19 or its complications. The award is named after American businessman and political figure Herman Cain, a Republican politician who died of COVID-19 complications after attending a 2020 Trump Tulsa rally in support of then-President Donald Trump without wearing a face mask. Cain had publicly tweeted the disease was not deadly and discouraged people from taking it seriously. A text label which says "Awarded" is emblazoned on the conversation thread containing evidence and community discussions of a third party's anti-COVID mitigation positions and their subsequent death. Continue reading
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