Antoine Griezmann saw 21x more Wikipedia readers than usual

What this article is

Antoine Griezmann is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Major League Soccer club Orlando City. Considered to be one of the best players of his generation, he is primarily known for his versatility, game intelligence, attacking output, and off-ball attributes.

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Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 7 edits to this article on 2026-05-18, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

• 2023–2026: All-time Atlético top goalscorer
• 2023–present: All-time Atlético top goalscorer
• Club career
• Personal life

What changed that day

The article grew by 919 characters that day. The largest single addition was 915 characters to 2023–present: All-time Atlético top goalscorer. See everything that changed on 2026-05-18 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.