User blog comment:Lordganon/State of the Wiki, 2013/@comment-4206034-20140215143225/@comment-4206034-20140304001312

Indeed. The rise and fall of user numbers are generally hard to associate with specific events. The exception to this is when a very popular game, such as PMIII, starts up - then the general amount of users increases - only to eventually subside away once the initial craze is over.