Wikipedia readers turned to Jean Smart at 24x the usual rate

What this article is

Jean Elizabeth Smart is an American actress. Her work includes both comedy and drama, and her accolades include eight Emmy Awards, three Actor Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, with nominations for a Grammy Award and a Tony Award.

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Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 11 edits to this article on 2026-09-15, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

• 2020–present: Hacks and return to Broadway
• Acting credits and accolades
• Personal life

What changed that day

The article grew by 421 characters that day. The largest single addition was 372 characters to 2020–present: Hacks and return to Broadway. See everything that changed on 2026-09-15 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.