2026-07-12 · This surge ran for 7 days and has since subsided.
United States Senate is drawing 18x more Wikipedia traffic than normal
United States Senate drew 50,068 views on 2026-07-12, 18x more than the usual 2,824 a day over the previous 60 days.
United States Senate
Upper house of the US Congress
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| Date | Views |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-12 | 50,068 |
| 2026-07-11 | 3,025 |
| 2026-07-10 | 3,467 |
| 2026-07-09 | 3,608 |
| 2026-07-08 | 3,931 |
| 2026-07-07 | 4,840 |
| 2026-07-06 | 2,995 |
| 2026-07-05 | 2,596 |
| 2026-07-04 | 2,528 |
| 2026-07-03 | 2,889 |
| 2026-07-02 | 3,090 |
| 2026-07-01 | 3,440 |
| 2026-06-30 | 3,142 |
| 2026-06-29 | 2,719 |
| 2026-06-28 | 2,568 |
| 2026-06-27 | 2,332 |
| 2026-06-26 | 2,484 |
| 2026-06-25 | 2,999 |
| 2026-06-24 | 3,497 |
| 2026-06-23 | 2,847 |
| 2026-06-22 | 2,342 |
| 2026-06-21 | 2,072 |
| 2026-06-20 | 2,007 |
| 2026-06-19 | 2,446 |
| 2026-06-18 | 2,427 |
| 2026-06-17 | 2,694 |
| 2026-06-16 | 2,415 |
| 2026-06-15 | 2,410 |
| 2026-06-14 | 2,550 |
| 2026-06-13 | 2,195 |
| 2026-06-12 | 2,427 |
| 2026-06-11 | 2,789 |
| 2026-06-10 | 3,288 |
| 2026-06-09 | 2,746 |
| 2026-06-08 | 2,537 |
| 2026-06-07 | 2,571 |
| 2026-06-06 | 2,695 |
| 2026-06-05 | 3,448 |
| 2026-06-04 | 3,883 |
| 2026-06-03 | 3,623 |
| 2026-06-02 | 2,974 |
| 2026-06-01 | 2,802 |
| 2026-05-31 | 2,550 |
| 2026-05-30 | 2,518 |
| 2026-05-29 | 2,925 |
What this article is
The United States Senate is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, and the U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house. Together, the Senate and House have the authority under Article One of the Constitution to make and pass or defeat federal legislation.
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What changed that day
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Rose at the same time
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How this was measured
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