Shooting of Charlie Kirk

2025 assassination in Orem, Utah, U.S.

On September 10, 2025, the most-viewed article on Wikipedia was Charlie Kirk, with 14,954,133 views. It was also WikiPop's pick on September 11, and we don't repeat an article within 30 days. So WikiPop's pick is #2, Shooting of Charlie Kirk, with 2,062,330 views.

On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk, an American right-wing political activist, was assassinated at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, while speaking at an outdoor campus debate planned by Turning Point USA, the conservative youth organization he co-founded and led. Kirk, aged 31, was a close ally of US president Donald Trump and a highly influential figure in the MAGA movement.

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The full top 10 of September 10, 2025

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

#1
Charlie Kirk
American political activist (1993–2025)

14,954,133
#2
Shooting of Charlie Kirk WikiPop's pick
2025 assassination in Orem, Utah, U.S.

2,062,330
#3
Erika Frantzve
American businesswoman (born 1988)

1,352,147
#4
Killing of Iryna Zarutska
2025 stabbing in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.

568,564
#5
Charlie Kirk (activist)
American political activist (1993–2025)

563,024
#6
Turning Point USA
American conservative nonprofit organization

524,451
#7
Larry Ellison
American businessman (born 1944)

235,751
#8
XXX (2002 film)
American action film directed by Rob Cohen

226,988
#9
Assassination of Charlie Kirk
2025 assassination in Orem, Utah, U.S.

212,682
#10
Nepal
Country in South Asia

189,207

OBSCURE WIKIPEDIA ENTRY OF THE DAY The Green Book (BBC)

The BBC Variety Programmes Policy Guide For Writers and Producers, commonly referred to as The Green Book, is a booklet of guidelines issued by the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1949 to the producers and writers of its radio comedy programmes. It detailed what was then permissible as comedy material but its bureaucratic tone and outlandish strictures caused great amusement in the comedy world at the time. Most of its content is now completely out of date. It was a confidential document and was kept under lock and key. The executive responsible for its release was the then Head of Variety, Michael Standing, although it contained a large amount of material which had been previously issued in the preceding years in memo form. Continue reading