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The Shards (TV series) saw 19x more Wikipedia readers than usual

The Shards (TV series) drew 41,814 views on 2026-08-08, 19x more than the usual 2,150 a day over the previous 60 days.

Daily Wikipedia pageviews for The Shards (TV series)025K50K75K100K74,54825 Jun17 Jul8 Aug
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Daily Wikipedia pageviews for The Shards (TV series)
DateViews
2026-08-0841,814
2026-08-0755,383
2026-08-0674,548
2026-08-0521,592
2026-08-0412,355
2026-08-0311,240
2026-08-0210,349
2026-08-0111,053
2026-07-3110,786
2026-07-308,438
2026-07-2910,371
2026-07-2810,719
2026-07-277,246
2026-07-262,500
2026-07-252,278
2026-07-242,198
2026-07-232,192
2026-07-222,323
2026-07-212,716
2026-07-202,719
2026-07-193,295
2026-07-184,178
2026-07-175,086
2026-07-166,278
2026-07-1511,500
2026-07-1411,087
2026-07-132,219
2026-07-122,107
2026-07-112,096
2026-07-101,632
2026-07-091,687
2026-07-084,720
2026-07-074,694
2026-07-06634
2026-07-05569
2026-07-04419
2026-07-03475
2026-07-02517
2026-07-01542
2026-06-30547
2026-06-29563
2026-06-28556
2026-06-27539
2026-06-26535
2026-06-25501
Views that day
41,814
Versus normal
19x
Typical day
2,150

What this article is

The Shards is an American teen thriller television series for FX and FX on Hulu. It premiered on August 5, 2026. The series was created by Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis, based on Ellis' semi-autobiographical novel.

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Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 3 edits to this article on 2026-08-08, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

  • Cast
  • Reception

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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