How crawlers impact the operations of the Wikimedia projects
A post on diff.wikimedia.org, published 1 April 2025, is cited by 31 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 15 October 2026).
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31blogs citing
| Period | Blogs | Links |
|---|---|---|
| All time | 31 | 36 |
| Last 90 days | 3 | 4 |
| Last 30 days | 1 | 1 |
| Last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First cited | 7 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|
| Latest citation | 5 Oct 2026 |
| Words blogs link it with | 5 |
| Linked with its own title | 2 of 31 blogs |
| External links | 12 |
| Length | 1,123 |
0 this week (still settling) · peak 6
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| Week of | Value |
|---|---|
| 7 Apr 2025 | 6 |
| 14 Apr 2025 | 1 |
| 21 Apr 2025 | 0 |
| 28 Apr 2025 | 1 |
| 5 May 2025 | 0 |
| 12 May 2025 | 1 |
| 19 May 2025 | 1 |
| 26 May 2025 | 0 |
| 2 Jun 2025 | 0 |
| 9 Jun 2025 | 0 |
| 16 Jun 2025 | 1 |
| 23 Jun 2025 | 1 |
| 30 Jun 2025 | 0 |
| 7 Jul 2025 | 0 |
| 14 Jul 2025 | 0 |
| 21 Jul 2025 | 0 |
| 28 Jul 2025 | 0 |
| 4 Aug 2025 | 1 |
| 11 Aug 2025 | 0 |
| 18 Aug 2025 | 0 |
| 25 Aug 2025 | 1 |
| 1 Sept 2025 | 0 |
| 8 Sept 2025 | 0 |
| 15 Sept 2025 | 1 |
| 22 Sept 2025 | 0 |
| 29 Sept 2025 | 0 |
| 6 Oct 2025 | 1 |
| 13 Oct 2025 | 1 |
| 20 Oct 2025 | 0 |
| 27 Oct 2025 | 0 |
| 3 Nov 2025 | 0 |
| 10 Nov 2025 | 0 |
| 17 Nov 2025 | 0 |
| 24 Nov 2025 | 0 |
| 1 Dec 2025 | 0 |
| 8 Dec 2025 | 0 |
| 15 Dec 2025 | 0 |
| 22 Dec 2025 | 0 |
| 29 Dec 2025 | 0 |
| 5 Jan 2026 | 1 |
| 12 Jan 2026 | 0 |
| 19 Jan 2026 | 0 |
| 26 Jan 2026 | 1 |
| 2 Feb 2026 | 0 |
| 9 Feb 2026 | 1 |
| 16 Feb 2026 | 0 |
| 23 Feb 2026 | 0 |
| 2 Mar 2026 | 0 |
| 9 Mar 2026 | 1 |
| 16 Mar 2026 | 0 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | 0 |
| 30 Mar 2026 | 0 |
| 6 Apr 2026 | 1 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | 0 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | 0 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | 1 |
| 4 May 2026 | 1 |
| 11 May 2026 | 2 |
| 18 May 2026 | 0 |
| 25 May 2026 | 1 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 0 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 0 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 0 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 0 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 0 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 0 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 0 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 1 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 0 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 1 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 0 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 0 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 0 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 0 |
| 7 Sept 2026 | 0 |
| 14 Sept 2026 | 0 |
| 21 Sept 2026 | 0 |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 0 (still settling) |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 0 (still settling) |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 0 (still settling) |
Each blog counts once, in the week of its first citation. 2 blogs have no dated post that cites this page: counted in the tally, not here. A blog added to the index recently can bring old first citations in at once.
Who cited it
BetaCited by 31 blogs across 4 subjects: technology 23, society and politics 2, arts and culture 1, books and writing 1, unclassified 4.
- Technology23
- Society and politics2
- Arts and culture1
- Books and writing1
- Unclassified4
Words blogs link it with
The words blogs link this page with, by how many different blogs use them.
- wikipedia2 blogs
- how crawlers impact the operations of the wikimedia projects2 blogs
- wikipedia said1 blog
- 50% increase of traffic due to crawlers on their images1 blog
- [⌕]1 blog
Cited by 31 blogs in 36 posts
One row per blog, the most recently citing first. Each shows the blog's newest citing post; open a row for the others.
linked as “Wikipedia”
Read at blog.archive.org (opens in a new tab)1 other post
linked as “Wikipedia”
Read at blog.archive.org (opens in a new tab)linked as “harvesting our data at unsustainable speeds”
Read at haykranen.nl (opens in a new tab)1 other post
linked as “This causes real technical issues”
Read at haykranen.nl (opens in a new tab)linked as “reported in April 2025”
Read at stephenfollows.com (opens in a new tab)linked as “excessive data extractivism from AI companies”
Read at blog.johl.io (opens in a new tab)1 other post
linked as “considerable strains on Wikimedia’s infrastructure”
Read at blog.johl.io (opens in a new tab)linked as “major projects”
Read at sitegui.dev (opens in a new tab)linked as “Wikimedia Foundation, how crawlers impact operations”
Read at paulstephenborile.com (opens in a new tab)1 other post
linked as “50% increase of traffic due to crawlers on their images”
Read at hidde.blog (opens in a new tab)linked as “collaborative human efforts (like Wikipedia)”
Read at sboots.ca (opens in a new tab)linked as “is also seeing unprecedented amounts of traffic generated by scraper bots”
Read at matthiasott.com (opens in a new tab)linked as “Wikipedia is now facing rapidly changing traffic patterns”
Read at enterprise.wikimedia.com (opens in a new tab)linked as “Harmful web scraping exists”
Read at authorsalliance.org (opens in a new tab)linked as “Wikipedia datasets”
Read at katedowninglaw.com (opens in a new tab)linked as “emerging as a significant IT management problem”
Read at scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org (opens in a new tab)linked as “How crawlers impact the operations of the Wikimedia projects”
Read at climateaction.tech (opens in a new tab)linked as “Wikipedia said”
Read at crazystupidtech.com (opens in a new tab)linked as “especially nowadays”
Read at dracos.co.uk (opens in a new tab)linked as “struggling with the rise of AI bots”
Read at walledculture.org (opens in a new tab)linked as “evidence shared by the Wikimedia Foundation”
Read at openfuture.eu (opens in a new tab)linked as “[⌕]”
Read at teunvanson.eu (opens in a new tab)linked as “how crawlers impact the operation of Wikipedia Project”
Read at felipe.lavin.blog (opens in a new tab)linked as “crawlers accessing the included 1.5 hour presidential debate against actor Ronald Reagan”
Read at cousinthrockmorton.github.io (opens in a new tab)linked as “published a report last week”
Read at lowendbox.com (opens in a new tab)Links from this post
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