2026-05-09 · This surge ran for 21 days and has since subsided.
Wikipedia readers turned to Suvendu Adhikari at 100x the usual rate
Suvendu Adhikari drew 250,096 views on 2026-05-09, 100x more than the usual 2,510 a day over the previous 60 days.
Suvendu Adhikari
Chief Minister of West Bengal since 2026
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| Date | Views |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-09 | 250,096 |
| 2026-05-08 | 195,236 |
| 2026-05-07 | 72,870 |
| 2026-05-06 | 72,297 |
| 2026-05-05 | 109,034 |
| 2026-05-04 | 191,373 |
| 2026-05-03 | 9,371 |
| 2026-05-02 | 7,368 |
| 2026-05-01 | 9,208 |
| 2026-04-30 | 12,433 |
| 2026-04-29 | 19,991 |
| 2026-04-28 | 6,038 |
| 2026-04-27 | 6,210 |
| 2026-04-26 | 5,508 |
| 2026-04-25 | 5,413 |
| 2026-04-24 | 8,630 |
| 2026-04-23 | 11,027 |
| 2026-04-22 | 3,788 |
| 2026-04-21 | 3,155 |
| 2026-04-20 | 2,756 |
| 2026-04-19 | 2,555 |
| 2026-04-18 | 2,350 |
| 2026-04-17 | 3,189 |
| 2026-04-16 | 3,626 |
| 2026-04-15 | 2,510 |
| 2026-04-14 | 3,262 |
| 2026-04-13 | 3,463 |
| 2026-04-12 | 2,561 |
| 2026-04-11 | 2,110 |
| 2026-04-10 | 2,214 |
| 2026-04-09 | 2,522 |
| 2026-04-08 | 2,065 |
| 2026-04-07 | 1,826 |
| 2026-04-06 | 2,001 |
| 2026-04-05 | 1,960 |
| 2026-04-04 | 1,821 |
| 2026-04-03 | 1,764 |
| 2026-04-02 | 1,931 |
| 2026-04-01 | 1,104 |
| 2026-03-31 | 1,302 |
| 2026-03-30 | 1,235 |
| 2026-03-29 | 1,130 |
| 2026-03-28 | 1,064 |
| 2026-03-27 | 1,113 |
| 2026-03-26 | 1,322 |
What this article is
Suvendu Adhikari is an Indian politician who is serving as the 9th Chief Minister of West Bengal since 9 May 2026. He is the first chief minister of West Bengal belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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Where editors were working
Wikipedia editors made 34 edits to this article on 2026-05-09, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.
- Chief Minister of West Bengal (2026–present)
- Early life and education
- 2026 elections
What changed that day
The article grew by 1,254 characters that day. The largest single addition was 636 characters. See everything that changed on 2026-05-09 in Wikipedia's own diff view — that is where the reason for a surge is usually visible, written and sourced by the editors who were following the story.
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.