2026-09-28 · This surge ran for 7 days and has since subsided.
2026 MTV Video Music Awards is drawing 94x more Wikipedia traffic than normal
2026 MTV Video Music Awards drew 165,246 views on 2026-09-28, 94x more than the usual 1,750 a day over the previous 60 days.
2026 MTV Video Music Awards
43rd edition of the MTV Video Music Awards held in 2026
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| Date | Views |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | 165,246 |
| 2026-09-27 | 37,205 |
| 2026-09-26 | 8,939 |
| 2026-09-25 | 7,771 |
| 2026-09-24 | 6,818 |
| 2026-09-23 | 5,684 |
| 2026-09-22 | 6,133 |
| 2026-09-21 | 5,288 |
| 2026-09-20 | 3,997 |
| 2026-09-19 | 4,567 |
| 2026-09-18 | 4,854 |
| 2026-09-17 | 4,770 |
| 2026-09-16 | 3,200 |
| 2026-09-15 | 2,796 |
| 2026-09-14 | 2,787 |
| 2026-09-13 | 2,569 |
| 2026-09-12 | 2,059 |
| 2026-09-11 | 2,355 |
| 2026-09-10 | 3,015 |
| 2026-09-09 | 2,825 |
| 2026-09-08 | 2,303 |
| 2026-09-07 | 2,313 |
| 2026-09-06 | 2,169 |
| 2026-09-05 | 1,781 |
| 2026-09-04 | 1,628 |
| 2026-09-03 | 1,504 |
| 2026-09-02 | 1,536 |
| 2026-09-01 | 1,580 |
| 2026-08-31 | 1,719 |
| 2026-08-30 | 1,821 |
| 2026-08-29 | 1,534 |
| 2026-08-28 | 1,654 |
| 2026-08-27 | 1,344 |
| 2026-08-26 | 1,135 |
| 2026-08-25 | 1,606 |
| 2026-08-24 | 1,623 |
| 2026-08-23 | 1,908 |
| 2026-08-22 | 1,919 |
| 2026-08-21 | 2,731 |
| 2026-08-20 | 3,873 |
| 2026-08-19 | 7,245 |
| 2026-08-18 | 14,258 |
| 2026-08-17 | 699 |
| 2026-08-16 | 676 |
| 2026-08-15 | 551 |
What this article is
The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards were held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, on September 27, 2026. It was broadcast live on CBS, simulcast on MTV, and streamed on Paramount+'s premium tier. The show was hosted by rapper Snoop Dogg.
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Where editors were working
Wikipedia editors made 125 edits to this article on 2026-09-28, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.
- Performances
- Presenters
- Voted categories
- Artists with multiple wins and nominations
- Music Videos with multiple wins and nominations
- Winners and nominees
What changed that day
The article grew by 4,087 characters that day. The largest single addition was 754 characters to Performances. See everything that changed on 2026-09-28 in Wikipedia's own diff view — that is where the reason for a surge is usually visible, written and sourced by the editors who were following the story.
How this was measured
Views are Wikimedia's own pageview counts for en.wikipedia, filtered to agent=user so automated traffic is excluded. The baseline is the median of the previous 60 days, which is used instead of the mean so that an earlier surge cannot flatten a later one. The multiple is the day's views divided by that median.