2026-06-14 · This surge ran for 20 days and has since subsided.
Wikipedia readers turned to Japan national football team at 34x the usual rate
Japan national football team drew 116,286 views on 2026-06-14, 34x more than the usual 3,398 a day over the previous 60 days.
Japan national football team
Men's association football team
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| Date | Views |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-14 | 116,286 |
| 2026-06-13 | 13,506 |
| 2026-06-12 | 18,524 |
| 2026-06-11 | 14,922 |
| 2026-06-10 | 9,352 |
| 2026-06-09 | 8,719 |
| 2026-06-08 | 7,877 |
| 2026-06-07 | 6,855 |
| 2026-06-06 | 7,082 |
| 2026-06-05 | 7,222 |
| 2026-06-04 | 7,387 |
| 2026-06-03 | 7,473 |
| 2026-06-02 | 6,134 |
| 2026-06-01 | 6,089 |
| 2026-05-31 | 7,019 |
| 2026-05-30 | 4,124 |
| 2026-05-29 | 4,137 |
| 2026-05-28 | 4,197 |
| 2026-05-27 | 4,397 |
| 2026-05-26 | 3,727 |
| 2026-05-25 | 3,462 |
| 2026-05-24 | 3,335 |
| 2026-05-23 | 3,595 |
| 2026-05-22 | 3,624 |
| 2026-05-21 | 3,607 |
| 2026-05-20 | 3,518 |
| 2026-05-19 | 3,942 |
| 2026-05-18 | 3,819 |
| 2026-05-17 | 4,519 |
| 2026-05-16 | 7,297 |
| 2026-05-15 | 11,664 |
| 2026-05-14 | 2,661 |
| 2026-05-13 | 2,598 |
| 2026-05-12 | 2,702 |
| 2026-05-11 | 2,757 |
| 2026-05-10 | 2,757 |
| 2026-05-09 | 2,197 |
| 2026-05-08 | 1,973 |
| 2026-05-07 | 2,030 |
| 2026-05-06 | 1,932 |
| 2026-05-05 | 1,914 |
| 2026-05-04 | 1,919 |
| 2026-05-03 | 1,945 |
| 2026-05-02 | 1,921 |
| 2026-05-01 | 2,057 |
What this article is
The Japan national football team , also known by the nickname Samurai Blue , represents Japan in men's international football. It is controlled by the Japan Football Association (JFA), the governing body for football in Japan.
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Where editors were working
Wikipedia editors made 8 edits to this article on 2026-06-14, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.
- Recent call-ups
- 2026
- FIFA World Cup
- Players
What changed that day
The article grew by 436 characters that day. The largest single addition was 245 characters to FIFA World Cup. See everything that changed on 2026-06-14 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.