Samantha Morton saw 24x more Wikipedia readers than usual

What this article is

Samantha Jane Morton is an English actress and musician. Known for her work in independent films, particularly period dramas with dark and tragic themes. She has received various accolades including a BAFTA TV Award and a Golden Globe Award, with nominations for two Academy Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Morton was honored with the BAFTA Fellowship in 2024 and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2025 for services to drama and to charity.

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Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 2 edits to this article on 2026-07-18, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

• Roles in television (since 2015)

What changed that day

The article grew by 591 characters that day. The largest single addition was 591 characters to Roles in television (since 2015). See everything that changed on 2026-07-18 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.