Katy Perry saw 11x more Wikipedia readers than usual

What this article is

Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. Known for her influence on pop music and her camp style, she has been dubbed the "Queen of Camp" by Vogue and Rolling Stone.

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Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 5 edits to this article on 2026-06-13, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

• 2024–present: 143 and Blue Origin flight

What changed that day

The article grew by 412 characters that day. The largest single addition was 364 characters to 2024–present: 143 and Blue Origin flight. See everything that changed on 2026-06-13 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.