Wikipedia credited this drop to usage of generative AI and social media, stating that search engines also used AI to display information to users, often taken from Wikipedia pages. (Source: Unsplash) Show Quick Read Summary is AI Generated. Newsroom Reviewed

Wikipedia's senior director Marshall Miller said that traffic for their pages has declined by 8% in the past year, according to a blog post from him on Friday.

"We are seeing declines in human pageviews on Wikipedia over the past few months, amounting to a decrease of roughly 8% as compared to the same months in 2024," Miller said.

He credited this drop to usage of generative AI and social media, stating that search engines also used AI to display information to users, often taken from Wikipedia pages.

"Many other publishers a

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