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Reading no. 2024/060

GeographyCross-reading

Do people read more about the extra day than about the line that removes one?

54.95reads per read

Pacific

KiribatiSamoa

Views of the English Wikipedia article Leap year on 28 February 2024, set against those of the article International Date Line, which crosses the Pacific.

53,579viewsViews of the Leap year page (28 February 2024)
975viewsViews of the International Date Line page (28 February 2024)

53,579 reads for the added day, 975 for the line: 54.95 to one. The extra day returns every four years; the line is crossed every day.

Observation
Views of the Leap year page (28 February 2024)
53,579 views
Views of the International Date Line page (28 February 2024)
975 views

Method

Human views (agent 'user') of the Leap year and International Date Line articles on en.wikipedia.org on 28 February 2024: 53,579 and 975. Quotient of the first by the second.

Source

Nature

Cross-reading

Two real, sourced values with no connection, set against each other. Each is exact. Their quotient has no known use.

Confidence

Medium

See also

2026/278 · 5 Oct40.2pupils/teacherPupils per teacher in primary education, Pacific2026/271 · 28 Sep17.08t CO2eCO2 emissions per capita in the Pacific2026/251 · 8 Sep87.0%Adult literacy rate in the Pacific2026/112 · 22 Apr59.6%Share of protected land in the Pacific

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