Gable Steveson saw 70x more Wikipedia readers than usual

What this article is

Gable Dan Steveson is an American freestyle wrestler, professional mixed martial artist, former professional wrestler and football defensive tackle. He is currently signed to the Heavyweight divisions of both Real American Freestyle and Ultimate Fighting Championship.

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Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 19 edits to this article on 2026-07-12, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

• Mixed martial arts record
• Mixed martial arts career
• Ultimate Fighting Championship

What changed that day

The article grew by 670 characters that day. The largest single addition was 302 characters to Mixed martial arts career. See everything that changed on 2026-07-12 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.