Argentina at the FIFA World Cup is drawing 16x more Wikipedia traffic than normal

What this article is

This is a record of Argentina's results at the FIFA World Cup. Argentina is one of the most successful teams in the tournament's history, having won three World Cups. Argentina won its first title as a host country in 1978, defeating the Netherlands 3–1 in the final. In 1986, Argentina won their second World Cup title after defeating West Germany 3–2 in the final. In 2022, Argentina won their third World Cup, after winning a penalty shoot-out against France following a 3–3 draw in the final. Argentina has also been runner-up four times, in 1930, 1990, 2014, and 2026.

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Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 27 edits to this article on 2026-07-19, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

• By match
• Overall record
• 2014 v Germany
• 2022 v France
• 2026 v Spain
• By opponent

What changed that day

The article lost 7,152 characters on balance that day. The largest single addition was 4,195 characters to FIFA World Cup record. See everything that changed on 2026-07-19 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.