Wikipedia readers turned to Francis Ngannou at 74x the usual rate

What this article is

Francis Zavier Ngannou is a Cameroonian and French professional mixed martial artist and professional boxer who currently competes in the Heavyweight division. He previously competed in the heavyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) from 2015 to 2022, where he was the reigning UFC Heavyweight Champion at the time of his departure from the promotion, and in the Professional Fighters League (PFL), where he was the inaugural PFL Super Fights Heavyweight Champion.

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Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 10 edits to this article on 2026-05-17, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

• Mixed martial arts record
• Most Valuable Promotions
• Professional mixed martial arts career
• Return

What changed that day

The article grew by 226 characters that day. The largest single addition was 106 characters to Return. See everything that changed on 2026-05-17 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.