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Why Wikipedia Is Losing Traffic to AI Overviews on Google

Why Wikipedia Is Losing Traffic to AI Overviews on Google

Update: 2025-10-29
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Wikipedia's Traffic Decline: The Impact of AI and Social Media - This episode explores the recent eight percent drop in Wikipedia's human pageviews, attributed to AI-powered search engine summaries and the shift towards social media for information. The rise of advanced bots mimicking human activity and the lack of user-generated knowledge sources in AI summaries pose threats to Wikipedia's sustainability and the broader free knowledge ecosystem.

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Why Wikipedia Is Losing Traffic to AI Overviews on Google

Why Wikipedia Is Losing Traffic to AI Overviews on Google