Arda Güler saw 32x more Wikipedia readers than usual

What this article is

Arda Güler is a Turkish professional footballer who primarily plays as an attacking midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Turkey national team. He is regarded as one of the best young players in the world.

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Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 12 edits to this article on 2026-06-26, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

• 2026 FIFA World Cup
• International

What changed that day

The article grew by 368 characters that day. The largest single addition was 740 characters to 2026 FIFA World Cup. See everything that changed on 2026-06-26 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.