Why is “Bill Gates” trending?
Bill Gates: Wikipedia views yesterday 18,965 (4.6× usual), compared across 7 languages with a 30-day chart.
19Kviews
1 day+61%
7 days+267%
30 days+307%
Rise (vs usual)4.6×
Usual daily views4,160
Languages rising6
Last 30 days
Interest by language (Wikipedia)
| Language | Views yesterday | Rise (vs usual) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 4,532 | 6.1× | Read ↗ |
| Portuguese | 1,016 | 5.7× | Read ↗ |
| Chinese | 1,469 | 5.2× | Read ↗ |
| Korean | 244 | 4.7× | Read ↗ |
| English | 18,965 | 4.6× | Read ↗ |
| German | 2,232 | 4.4× | Read ↗ |
| Spanish | 1,866 | 4.2× | 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: Bogdan Hoyaux / European Union · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q5284