Wikipedia readers turned to Boeing EA-18G Growler at 51x the usual rate

What this article is

The Boeing EA-18G Growler is an American carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft, a specialized version of the two-seat Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet. The EA-18G replaced the Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowlers in service with the United States Navy. The Growler's electronic warfare capability is primarily provided by Northrop Grumman. The EA-18G began production in 2007 and entered operational service with the US Navy in late 2009. Australia has also purchased thirteen EA-18Gs, which entered service with the Royal Australian Air Force in 2017.

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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.

• Notable accidents
• United States

What changed that day

The article grew by 242 characters that day. The largest single addition was 278 characters to Notable accidents. 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.