Why is “Ian McKellen” trending?
Ian McKellen: Wikipedia views yesterday 14,567 (1.1× usual), compared across 7 languages with a 30-day chart.
Last 30 days
Interest by language (Wikipedia)
| Language | Views yesterday | Rise (vs usual) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| German | 3,792 | 3× | Read ↗ |
| Spanish | 2,504 | 2.7× | Read ↗ |
| English | 14,567 | 1.1× | Read ↗ |
| Korean | – | – | Read ↗ |
| Japanese | – | – | Read ↗ |
| Chinese | – | – | Read ↗ |
| Portuguese | – | – | Read ↗ |
How we rank: yesterday’s Wikipedia views compared with the median of the previous 14 days, per language edition. Automated traffic is filtered out. Pageviews show curiosity, not approval.
Photo: Raph_PH · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q170510
About this data
Every day we read the previous day’s page views for Wikipedia in seven languages from the Wikimedia Pageviews API. A topic is “rising” when its views jump compared with its own recent average, so a small topic that suddenly doubles can rank above a huge one that stays steady. Main pages, special pages and obvious bot traffic are filtered out.
A spike in views shows curiosity, not approval: news, anniversaries, deaths, sports results and new releases are the usual reasons. Short descriptions come from Wikidata and photos from Wikimedia Commons with their own licence and author.
