What kind of moment: Politics, Award

Order of Liberty

Order of Liberty, 21 August 2026.

How it unfolded

Readers a day, all 12 people113K at the peak

This is readers, added together. It is not what the people below are ordered by.

Ordered by how far each rose above their own usual readership, not by fame.

Languages, not countries.

70 days have to pass before we can say whether a rise lasted. 7 of these have not had them yet.

The rise showed up in the Wikipedia editions in German, English and Spanish.

12 of these rose at the same time, without our being able to tie them to this.

13 August 2026 - 9 September 2026

Ordered by how far each rose above their own usual readership, not by fame.

Languages, not countries.

70 days have to pass before we can say whether a rise lasted. 7 of these have not had them yet.

The rise showed up in the Wikipedia editions in German, English and Spanish.

12 of these rose at the same time, without our being able to tie them to this.