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Wikipedia readers turned to Luke Kuechly at 102x the usual rate

Luke Kuechly drew 48,103 views on 2026-08-08, 102x more than the usual 470 a day over the previous 60 days.

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews for Luke Kuechly
DateViews
2026-08-0848,103
2026-08-0750,318
2026-08-069,279
2026-08-053,456
2026-08-043,723
2026-08-032,199
2026-08-021,703
2026-08-011,992
2026-07-312,414
2026-07-302,843
2026-07-296,400
2026-07-283,839
2026-07-27742
2026-07-26492
2026-07-25525
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Views that day
48,103
Versus normal
102x
Typical day
470

What this article is

Luke August Kuechly is an American former professional football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons with the Carolina Panthers. Kuechly played college football for the Boston College Eagles, twice earning consensus All-American honors. He was selected by the Panthers ninth overall in the 2012 NFL draft.

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

Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 1 edit to this article on 2026-08-08, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

  • Pre-draft

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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