The Crown Season 3 has boosted Wikipedia pageviews

The Washington Post

"Second-screening — using another device while watching a show or movie — has become a staple of television now, and Wikipedia in particular has noticed the trend," reports Elahe Izadi. "In 2017, when Season 2 of The Crown premiered and Prince Harry got engaged to Meghan Markle, Queen Elizabeth II’s Wikipedia page became the third-most-visited English-language entry of that year on the site. A Wikipedia editor at the time was struck by 'the terrific power of Netflix,' in particular, and said the strong performance of royal-adjacent entries “should act to dispel the myth that no one cares about the monarchy. The premiere episode, which highlighted Anthony Blunt, surveyor of the queen’s art, and the Cambridge Five spies, seems to have caused a huge spike in page views to their respective Wikipedia pages; the Blunt page went from 3,064 views to 434,271, and the Cambridge Five entry went from 2,693 views to 80,088."