2026-05-08 · This surge ran for 10 days and has since subsided.
Next United Kingdom general election saw 14x more Wikipedia readers than usual
Next United Kingdom general election drew 67,678 views on 2026-05-08, 14x more than the usual 4,858 a day over the previous 60 days.
Next United Kingdom general election
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| Date | Views |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | 67,678 |
| 2026-05-07 | 20,199 |
| 2026-05-06 | 10,716 |
| 2026-05-05 | 8,262 |
| 2026-05-04 | 8,353 |
| 2026-05-03 | 6,557 |
| 2026-05-02 | 5,645 |
| 2026-05-01 | 5,543 |
| 2026-04-30 | 5,612 |
| 2026-04-29 | 5,800 |
| 2026-04-28 | 5,760 |
| 2026-04-27 | 5,451 |
| 2026-04-26 | 5,148 |
| 2026-04-25 | 4,985 |
| 2026-04-24 | 5,298 |
| 2026-04-23 | 5,765 |
| 2026-04-22 | 6,097 |
| 2026-04-21 | 6,185 |
| 2026-04-20 | 6,104 |
| 2026-04-19 | 4,900 |
| 2026-04-18 | 4,686 |
| 2026-04-17 | 5,290 |
| 2026-04-16 | 5,637 |
| 2026-04-15 | 5,373 |
| 2026-04-14 | 5,629 |
| 2026-04-13 | 6,469 |
| 2026-04-12 | 5,390 |
| 2026-04-11 | 3,938 |
| 2026-04-10 | 4,273 |
| 2026-04-09 | 4,349 |
| 2026-04-08 | 4,468 |
| 2026-04-07 | 4,661 |
| 2026-04-06 | 4,751 |
| 2026-04-05 | 5,308 |
| 2026-04-04 | 3,946 |
| 2026-04-03 | 4,397 |
| 2026-04-02 | 4,240 |
| 2026-04-01 | 4,471 |
| 2026-03-31 | 4,485 |
| 2026-03-30 | 4,811 |
| 2026-03-29 | 4,414 |
| 2026-03-28 | 3,957 |
| 2026-03-27 | 3,837 |
| 2026-03-26 | 4,337 |
| 2026-03-25 | 4,354 |
What this article is
The next United Kingdom general election is scheduled to be held no later than 15 August 2029. It will determine the composition of the House of Commons.
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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.