Clayface saw 67x more Wikipedia readers than usual

What this article is

Clayface is an alias used by several characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Most incarnations of the character possess clay-like bodies and shapeshifting abilities, and all of them are adversaries of the superhero Batman. In 2009, Clayface was ranked as IGN's 73rd-greatest comic book villain of all time.

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Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 5 edits to this article on 2026-07-23, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

• "Todd Russell"
• Johnny Williams
• Publication history

What changed that day

The article lost 1 characters on balance that day. The largest single addition was 2 characters to Publication history. See everything that changed on 2026-07-23 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.

Rose at the same time

1 other article that this one is connected to surged alongside it. What they have in common is left to you — the pageview record shows that attention moved together, not why.

• Clayface (film) Upcoming DC Studios film

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.