: It's an indirect method, {{u|Noobius2}} but the criteria for [[WP:DYK|"did you know..."]] mean that many interesting new articles get nominated to appear on the Main page, and when they do (after a couple of weeks, usually) there is a large spike in views which will dominate their stats. You can look up former DYK in the archive at [[WP:DYKA]]. [[User:Michael D. Turnbull|Mike Turnbull]] ([[User talk:Michael D. Turnbull|talk]]) 11:17, 1 December 2021 (UTC) | : It's an indirect method, {{u|Noobius2}} but the criteria for [[WP:DYK|"did you know..."]] mean that many interesting new articles get nominated to appear on the Main page, and when they do (after a couple of weeks, usually) there is a large spike in views which will dominate their stats. You can look up former DYK in the archive at [[WP:DYKA]]. [[User:Michael D. Turnbull|Mike Turnbull]] ([[User talk:Michael D. Turnbull|talk]]) 11:17, 1 December 2021 (UTC) |