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Wikipedia readers turned to Amanda Knox at 7.0x the usual rate

Amanda Knox drew 39,576 views on 2026-08-08, 7.0x more than the usual 5,642 a day over the previous 60 days.

Daily Wikipedia pageviews for Amanda Knox025K50K75K100K71,15125 Jun17 Jul8 Aug
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Daily Wikipedia pageviews for Amanda Knox
DateViews
2026-08-0839,576
2026-08-0771,151
2026-08-0652,247
2026-08-056,410
2026-08-047,655
2026-08-039,692
2026-08-0212,005
2026-08-0114,819
2026-07-3126,658
2026-07-308,820
2026-07-2910,862
2026-07-2816,072
2026-07-2718,078
2026-07-2610,840
2026-07-2513,197
2026-07-2431,597
2026-07-2310,505
2026-07-2211,488
2026-07-2112,300
2026-07-2012,813
2026-07-1914,927
2026-07-1823,463
2026-07-1760,483
2026-07-165,647
2026-07-157,112
2026-07-144,561
2026-07-136,500
2026-07-125,637
2026-07-113,530
2026-07-105,483
2026-07-095,253
2026-07-085,699
2026-07-076,084
2026-07-067,995
2026-07-056,381
2026-07-044,906
2026-07-039,399
2026-07-024,531
2026-07-013,654
2026-06-304,442
2026-06-293,387
2026-06-283,041
2026-06-271,801
2026-06-261,672
2026-06-251,798
Views that day
39,576
Versus normal
7.0x
Typical day
5,642

What this article is

Amanda Marie Knox is an American author and stand-up comedian. She came to international prominence after during her trial for the November 2007 murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher, in Perugia, Italy. The trial and her conviction were highly publicized in 2009 as was her acquittal two years later.

Summary text from the Wikipedia article "Amanda Knox", available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.

Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 6 edits to this article on 2026-08-08, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

  • Early life
  • Discovery of Meredith Kercher's body
  • Via della Pergola 7

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.

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