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Jason Arday drew 99,772 Wikipedia views in a day

Jason Arday drew 99,772 views on 2026-08-08, against a typical 61 a day. Normal traffic here is low enough that the multiple (1,636x) is indicative rather than precise — the view count is the solid figure here.

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews for Jason Arday
DateViews
2026-08-0899,772
2026-08-07150,242
2026-08-06180,404
2026-08-0575,100
2026-08-0438,861
2026-08-0319,483
2026-08-0217,638
2026-08-0119,257
2026-07-315,423
2026-07-308,174
2026-07-299,253
2026-07-285,078
2026-07-272,290
2026-07-262,468
2026-07-255,000
2026-07-241,755
2026-07-23728
2026-07-22773
2026-07-21577
2026-07-2052
2026-07-1991
2026-07-1875
2026-07-1756
2026-07-1647
2026-07-1579
2026-07-1492
2026-07-1354
2026-07-1247
2026-07-1177
2026-07-1064
2026-07-0946
2026-07-08100
2026-07-0741
2026-07-0680
2026-07-0560
2026-07-0435
2026-07-0354
2026-07-0226
2026-07-0123
2026-06-3039
2026-06-2924
2026-06-2836
2026-06-2749
2026-06-26124
2026-06-2538
Views that day
99,772
Typical day
61

What this article is

Jason Atta Kwei Arday is a British former academic and author. He was a professor at the University of Cambridge between 2023 and 2026, and resigned following allegations of plagiarism and misrepresentation.

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

Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 155 edits to this article on 2026-08-08, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

  • Allegations of academic misconduct and fabrication
  • University of Cambridge: 2023–26
  • Investigation and resignation: August 2026
  • Initial response: July 2026
  • Early life and education
  • University of Cambridge: 2023–16

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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