Matvey Safonov saw 76x more Wikipedia readers than usual

What this article is

Matvey Yevgenyevich Safonov is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Russia national team. He has been described by media sources as a penalty specialist.

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Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 11 edits to this article on 2026-05-30, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

• 2025–26 season: Earning the starting spot
• Honours
• Club

What changed that day

The article grew by 1,224 characters that day. The largest single addition was 826 characters to 2025–26 season: Earning the starting spot. See everything that changed on 2026-05-30 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.