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Perez Hilton is drawing 106x more Wikipedia traffic than normal

Perez Hilton drew 70,984 views on 2026-08-08, 106x more than the usual 671 a day over the previous 60 days.

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews for Perez Hilton
DateViews
2026-08-0870,984
2026-08-07175,351
2026-08-06342,070
2026-08-05723,840
2026-08-04512
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Views that day
70,984
Versus normal
106x
Typical day
671

What this article is

Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr., known professionally as Perez Hilton, is an American blogger, columnist, and media personality. His blog is known for posts covering gossip items about celebrities, and for posting tabloid photos over which he has added his own captions or "doodles". The blog has received controversy for its attitude, its former practice of outing alleged closeted celebrities, and its role in the increasing coverage of celebrities in all forms of media.

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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.

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