Why Wikipedia Is Losing Traffic to AI Overviews on Google
Wikipedia user traffic dropped 8% as search engine AI summaries, social media shifts, and sophisticated web-scraping bots reduced direct human pageviews and distorted metrics.
Wikipedia Says It's Losing Traffic Due to AI Summaries, Social Media Videos
Wikipedia saw an 8% decline in human pageviews as generative AI search summaries and social media reduce clickthroughs and redirect users from the open web.
