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Wikipedia is losing human readers, and TikTok might be to blame
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Wikipedia is losing human readers, and TikTok might be to blame.
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Looks like Wikipedia is having a bit of an existential crisis.
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Human page views have plummeted 8% year over year, and honestly, we're not entirely shocked.
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According to Marshall Miller of the Wikimedia Foundation,
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Wikipedia's recent bot detection upgrade revealed that a chunk of its previously impressive traffic numbers
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were actually sneaky bots playing dress-up as humans.
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Classic internet move, right?
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But the real kicker isn't the fake traffic, it's that actual humans are genuinely visiting less.
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The culprits?
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Your friendly neighborhood AI overlords and Gen Z's TikTok addiction.
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Google's AI-powered search results are now spoon-feeding answers directly,
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eliminating the need to actually click on Wikipedia links.
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These declines are not unexpected.
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Search engines are increasingly using generative AI to provide answers directly to searchers,
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rather than linking to sites like ours.
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And younger generations are seeking information on social video platforms, rather than the open web.
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Meanwhile, younger users are getting their facts from 30-second videos,
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instead of, you know, actual researched articles with citations.
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This trend is genuinely concerning for Wikipedia's survival.
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Fewer clicks mean fewer volunteers contributing content and fewer donations rolling in.
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The Wikimedia Foundation is scrambling, developing new content attribution frameworks,
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and begging AI companies to actually send traffic back to the source material.
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Here's what you can do.
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Actually click through to sources when researching online.
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Look for proper citations, and maybe, just maybe,
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consider that a 30-second TikTok isn't equivalent to peer-reviewed knowledge.
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Wikipedia isn't perfect, but it's a whole lot more reliable than whatever influencer is explaining quantum physics between dance trends.
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The Internet's collective brain is at stake here, people.
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Act accordingly.
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The Internet'sMary Channel
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LE minutes
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Goodbye.
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