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Does anyone know what the record page views for an article in one week is? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:42, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

I believe it is Elizabeth II, with 16.1 million views in the week in which she died, as noted above. As I recall, the previous record was held by the Michael Jackson article, but it had 12.5 million views in all of June 2009. The pageview function only provides information back to 2015, so it is difficult to verify exactly what happened at that time; it's possible that the Jackson article received more pageviews in the entire week following his death, but I couldn't [quickly] find a source to verify. Risker (talk) 03:34, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

I'm going to elaborate further. Elizabeth II died on September 8, 2022 at 1510 BST (1410 UTC); her death was announced via the media at 1830 BST on the same date. Earlier in the day, there had been reports that the queen was unwell, as well as reports that family members were traveling to be at her bedside. The article received 8.4 million views on September 8, the date of her death, even though the death had only been announced very late in the day. The total number of pageviews from September 8 to September 14 inclusive was 19.9 million views. Risker (talk) 03:55, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Elizabeth is the second most viewed, Kobe Bryant broke 20 million when he died. igordebraga ≠ 04:18, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Hmm. That page only goes back to 2013. Michael Jackson had 5.9 million views in 2009. Makes me wonder what other articles got multi-million views in the interim. Risker (talk) 06:05, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Price of Wales? (11-17th Sept, No. 8)

No, my mothers’ family were Prices, and lived in Wales! Arwel Parry (talk) 08:21, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

"For Wales? Why Richard, it profit a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world...but for Wales!" - Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons. Sorry. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 03:23, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

I was going to say up to $140 a kilo but I was thinking of whales. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:16, 3 October 2022 (UTC)