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Post by kubanczyk » Sat, Dec 30, 2023, 8:51 PM UTC

secondary_op wrote: post #49

I was trying to find about public interest in Christmas and found these tools, if you know any other feel free to share. There is also different tool that allows to plot wiki page views across many languages over time, [1] Google trends was also useful [3] (hint: click Include low search volume regions) Another interesting tool shows the pageviews geographic distribution across all languages to all Wikipedias, but ha…

Post by aierou » Sat, Dec 30, 2023, 9:06 PM UTC

avarun wrote: post #50

phyphy wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do it. I don't know how to explain why but these pages sometimes contain more information than people think. Like the critics, key-people, government involvement, controversies, etc. And the best part is that I can trust this information to be neutral and factually correct.

> And the best part is that I can trust this information to be neutral and factually correct. Relatively compared to other sources, sure, but not absolutely. Wikipedia supereditors have their own biases that are obvious when reading articles on topics one has expert knowledge on.

Post by nojvek » Sat, Dec 30, 2023, 9:19 PM UTC

ta8903 wrote: post #75

wildekek wrote: post #60

Looking at the November stats, you could conclude that the average internet user is a 20-year old Indian kid that likes cricket and porn.

You mean median, and that is probably a fact.

Post by rafabulsing » Sat, Dec 30, 2023, 9:36 PM UTC

nojvek wrote: post #152

For views 2022: I had some idea about Jeffrey Dahmer but holy mother of God, that article is chilling. https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/topviews/?project=en.wikipedia... Edit: It seems top read articles fall into following major categories. - Serial killers - Con(wo)men - Movies, Actors and Directors - Sports, and famous athletes - Big Tech apps/sites, and wealthy businessmen - null (not sure why it’s so high)

Post by sgt » Sat, Dec 30, 2023, 9:47 PM UTC

ProxCoques wrote: post #140

sgt wrote: post #130

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But then you don't understand charities... that money has to be spent. And also builds competence. Maybe 3% now, but with a goal of 10%? Then we are talking millions of people.

Not sure I follow. Regardless of competence or whether "money has to be spent", if that 3% did not have a native mobile app to download, they would just use the mobile web app instead. Why not spend the money on the non-native offering and make that better?