Wikipedia Reports 8% Decline in Human Page Views Amid AI and Social Media Competition
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Summary
Wikipedia is experiencing an 8% year-over-year decline in human page views, according to a new blog post from the Wikimedia Foundation. The decline was revealed after updates to Wikipedia's bot-detection systems showed that previously high traffic numbers were inflated by bots. The article suggests this traffic drop may be linked to broader internet trends including the rise of AI search summaries and social video platforms that reduce direct visits to Wikipedia.
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· 4 pulledWikipedia is often described as the last good website on an internet increasingly filled with toxic social media and AI slop.
human page views falling 8% year-over-year, according to a new blog post from Marshall Miller of the Wikimedia Foundation.
the decline 'over the past few months' was revealed after an update to Wikipedia's bot-detection systems appeared to show that 'much of the unusually high traffic'
Wikipedia is not completely immune to broader trends
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