Wikipedia readers turned to Joshua Van at 147x the usual rate

What this article is

Joshua Van Bawi Thawng is a Burmese and American professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Flyweight Champion. Van is the first fighter from Myanmar to sign with the promotion. At UFC 323, he became the UFC's second Asian-born male champion and the first champion to be born in the 2000s. As of June 23, 2026, he is #11 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.

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Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 25 edits to this article on 2026-05-10, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

• Championships and accomplishments
• Mixed martial arts record
• Ultimate Fighting Championship
• Mixed martial arts career

What changed that day

The article grew by 1,394 characters that day. The largest single addition was 511 characters to Mixed martial arts career. See everything that changed on 2026-05-10 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.