Who people are reading about
Attention, not value.
Views of a tracked artist’s Wikipedia page over the last 30 days against the 30 days before. This measures who people are reading about — never what is worth buying, and never a signal to buy anything.
Views of a tracked artist's Wikipedia page, human traffic only (all-access/user), over 30 days against the 30 before. A mover needs 3,000 views in the previous window. Any rise above 100% is matched to a story by the Wire, or published as 'cause not yet identified'. Attention is not value. Source: Wikimedia Pageviews API (Human traffic only. `all-access/user` excludes spiders and automated clients, which is the whole point of an attention measure: a crawler reading a page is not a person reading it.). CC0 / public domain (Wikimedia REST API)
views to 2026-09-24 · 65 artists read · 47 above the 3,000-view floor · editions da, de, en, es, fr, ja, nl, no, sv
The spikes
Anything above +100% (1 of 65). Each one is matched to a story by our own Wire, or published as unexplained — never with a guess attached.
+1,951%Yayoi Kusama46,104 → 945,593 views
Yayoi Kusama, artist of dots and mirrored rooms, dies at 97matched by the Wire · Artsy Editorial
peak 480,517 views on 2026-08-27
The movers
Only artists with at least 3,000 views in the previous window, so a quiet page going 3 → 30 is not printed as +900%.
| Artist | Last 30d | Previous 30d | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yayoi Kusamaeditions en, ja · peak 480,517 on 2026-08-27 | 945,593 | 46,104 | +1,951% |
| Kara Walkereditions en · peak 2,220 on 2026-09-23 | 6,217 | 3,607 | +72.4% |
| Bridget Rileyeditions en · peak 260 on 2026-08-27 | 5,115 | 3,394 | +50.7% |
| Louise Bourgeoiseditions en · peak 517 on 2026-09-07 | 11,364 | 8,265 | +37.5% |
| Roy Lichtensteineditions en · peak 1,328 on 2026-09-21 | 20,468 | 15,306 | +33.7% |
| Nan Goldineditions en · peak 779 on 2026-09-01 | 10,977 | 8,251 | +33% |
| Keith Haringeditions en · peak 2,642 on 2026-08-25 | 51,585 | 39,702 | +29.9% |
| Antony Gormleyeditions en · peak 318 on 2026-09-13 | 7,108 | 5,479 | +29.7% |
| Lucian Freudeditions en · peak 1,476 on 2026-09-13 | 26,117 | 61,517 | −57.5% |
| Amy Sheraldeditions en · peak 847 on 2026-09-18 | 7,575 | 15,561 | −51.3% |
| Grayson Perryeditions en · peak 1,016 on 2026-09-24 | 12,425 | 16,677 | −25.5% |
| Cecily Browneditions en · peak 127 on 2026-09-06 | 2,444 | 3,189 | −23.4% |
| Marina Abramovićeditions en · peak 2,631 on 2026-09-23 | 53,052 | 66,655 | −20.4% |
The rules this index keeps
- Never 'hot', 'buy' or 'undervalued'. This instrument measures who people are reading about, never what is worth buying.
- A minimum baseline of 3,000 views in the previous window, so a quiet artist going 3 → 30 is not printed as +900%.
- Every spike above +100% must be matched to a story by our own Wire before it is shown as explained. An unexplained spike is labelled 'cause not yet identified'.
- An artist whose article returns two consecutive zero days after being active is flagged for a human — likely a rename or redirect — and is never published as a faller.
- The figures are stamped 'views to <date>', the last day they cover, never 'today'. The data lags one to two days.
The year so far
Wikipedia reading aggregated across every run on disk. This measures who people are reading about — never what is worth buying, and never a signal to buy anything.
tracking began 17 September 2026 · 4 runs to date · latest views to 2026-09-24 · 9 editions counted
This is a year to date, not a year. Coverage opens on 17 September 2026 and widens by one run at a time; nothing before that date exists here.
The year’s spikes
The largest single reading above +100% any run measured, one row per artist per cause. Matched to a story by our own Wire, or published as unexplained.
+1,988%Yayoi Kusama45,152 → 942,784 views · run of 2026-09-22
Yayoi Kusama, painter of polka dots, dies at 97matched by the Wire · Artsy Editorial
peak 480,517 views on 2026-08-27
+1,974.8%Yayoi Kusama44,744 → 928,349 views · run of 2026-09-17
Yayoi Kusama, 97, dies; dots and mirror rooms helped define post-war artmatched by the Wire · Artsy Editorial
peak 480,517 views on 2026-08-27
+1,951%Yayoi Kusama46,104 → 945,593 views · run of 2026-09-24
Yayoi Kusama, artist of dots and mirrored rooms, dies at 97matched by the Wire · Artsy Editorial
peak 480,517 views on 2026-08-27
The year’s risers
Ranked by the largest movement any single run measured. An artist listed by more than one run appears once: the standing is the latest run’s, the peak is the largest.
| Artist | Peak movement | Latest standing |
|---|---|---|
| Yayoi Kusamaeditions en, ja · listed by 4 runs | +1,988%run of 2026-09-22 | +1,951%46,104 → 945,593 · views to 2026-09-24 |
| Kara Walkereditions en · listed by 2 runs | +72.4%run of 2026-09-24 | +72.4%3,607 → 6,217 · views to 2026-09-24 |
| Bridget Rileyeditions en · listed by 4 runs | +50.7%run of 2026-09-24 | +50.7%3,394 → 5,115 · views to 2026-09-24 |
| Louise Bourgeoiseditions en · listed by 4 runs | +48.2%run of 2026-09-17 | +37.5%8,265 → 11,364 · views to 2026-09-24 |
| Nan Goldineditions en · listed by 4 runs | +43.9%run of 2026-09-17 | +33%8,251 → 10,977 · views to 2026-09-24 |
| Edvard Muncheditions en, no | +39.1%run of 2026-09-17 | +39.1%34,695 → 48,249 · views to 2026-09-17 |
| Roy Lichtensteineditions en · listed by 4 runs | +33.7%run of 2026-09-24 | +33.7%15,306 → 20,468 · views to 2026-09-24 |
| Keith Haringeditions en · listed by 4 runs | +29.9%run of 2026-09-24 | +29.9%39,702 → 51,585 · views to 2026-09-24 |
| Antony Gormleyeditions en · listed by 3 runs | +29.7%run of 2026-09-24 | +29.7%5,479 → 7,108 · views to 2026-09-24 |
| Jeff Koonseditions en | +24.8%run of 2026-09-22 | +24.8%15,388 → 19,210 · views to 2026-09-22 |
| Cindy Shermaneditions en | +24.5%run of 2026-09-17 | +24.5%7,877 → 9,810 · views to 2026-09-17 |
The year’s fallers
The same rule, read the other way. A fall in reading is not a fall in anything else.
| Artist | Peak movement | Latest standing |
|---|---|---|
| Amy Sheraldeditions en · listed by 4 runs | −70.2%run of 2026-09-17 | −51.3%15,561 → 7,575 · views to 2026-09-24 |
| Marina Abramovićeditions en · listed by 4 runs | −65.1%run of 2026-09-22 | −20.4%66,655 → 53,052 · views to 2026-09-24 |
| Lucian Freudeditions en · listed by 4 runs | −57.6%run of 2026-09-23 | −57.5%61,517 → 26,117 · views to 2026-09-24 |
| Grayson Perryeditions en · listed by 4 runs | −38%run of 2026-09-17 | −25.5%16,677 → 12,425 · views to 2026-09-24 |
| Cecily Browneditions en · listed by 3 runs | −23.4%run of 2026-09-24 | −23.4%3,189 → 2,444 · views to 2026-09-24 |
| Wolfgang Tillmanseditions en | −18.5%run of 2026-09-17 | −18.5%3,140 → 2,558 · views to 2026-09-17 |
How this section is computed
window · each run measures 30 days of Wikipedia pageviews against the 30 days before, human traffic only (all-access/user — a crawler reading a page is not a person reading it)
floor · a mover needs 3,000 views in the previous window, so a quiet page going 3 → 30 is not printed as +900%
spikes · any rise above +100% is matched to a story by our own Wire before it is shown as explained; an unexplained spike is labelled cause not yet identified
dedupe · an artist moving in more than one run appears once — latest standing from the most recent run, peak the largest movement any run measured, riser or faller by the sign of the peak
coverage · 17 September 2026 to 2026-09-24, 4 runs. Tracking began 17 September 2026; this section claims nothing before it
Spikes were matched against the wire of 2026-09-26.
views to 2026-09-24 · a tracked list of 65 artists.