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AI Summaries and Social Media Shift User Behavior, Impacting Wikipedia Traffic

Wikipedia is experiencing a notable decline in human traffic as users increasingly rely on AI-generated search summaries and social media platforms for information. The Wikimedia Foundation’s analysis suggests these trends are reshaping how people seek knowledge online.

Changing Information Consumption Patterns

Wikipedia has seen a significant decrease in human visitors this year, according to reports from the Wikimedia Foundation. Sources indicate that artificial intelligence summaries in search results and the growing preference for social media platforms are fundamentally altering how people access information online.