1. Human traffic on Wikipedia has decreased by 8% year-over-year, according to a new blog post from the Wikimedia Foundation. The decline is believed to be due to increased use of generative AI and social media for information seeking.
2. The Foundation attributes the falling human traffic to changes in search engine behavior (using AI to provide answers directly) and younger generations preferring social video platforms for information.
3. The Wikimedia Foundation is taking steps to address this issue, such as developing a new content attribution framework, expanding efforts to reach new readers, and encouraging support for content integrity and creation.
2. The Foundation attributes the falling human traffic to changes in search engine behavior (using AI to provide answers directly) and younger generations preferring social video platforms for information.
3. The Wikimedia Foundation is taking steps to address this issue, such as developing a new content attribution framework, expanding efforts to reach new readers, and encouraging support for content integrity and creation.
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Wikipedia traffic decreased by 8% year-over-year, as per the Wikimedia Foundation's blog post. The decline is linked to increased AI use in search engines and young generations favoring social video platforms for information. The Foundation aims to counteract this by developing a new content
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Date: Oct. 19, 2025
Notes: 2025-10-19
Created: 2025/10/19 04:12
Updated: 2025/12/07 23:58
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