Listen to Wikipedia

Listen to Wikipedia turns real-time Wikipedia edits into changing sounds and graphics: edit size affects pitch, while different edit types and contributor activity produce distinct audio and visual signals.

Nerdy Ambience

The sounds arrive gently, but each one marks a real change made somewhere inside Wikipedia. Left running for a while, the steady stream turns an enormous collaborative project into a pleasantly ambient rhythm. The constant edits become something you can simply sit with.

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