Anthony Joshua saw 29x more Wikipedia readers than usual

What this article is

Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni "AJ" Joshua is a British professional boxer. He held the unified heavyweight championship twice between 2017 and 2021. He also held the International Boxing Organization (IBO) title during his reigns as champion. At regional level, he held the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles from 2015 to 2016.

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Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 12 edits to this article on 2026-07-26, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

• Joshua vs. Prenga
• Professional boxing record
• Legal issues

What changed that day

The article grew by 1,762 characters that day. The largest single addition was 737 characters to Joshua vs. Prenga. See everything that changed on 2026-07-26 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.