[WikiEN-l] Weekly cycles to Wikipedia traffic

[Daniel R. Tobias]

On 1 Apr 2007 at 19:09 -0400, Versageek <wiki at versageek.com> wrote:

> Use Alexa's comparison feature to compare wikipedia.org and google.com,
> they seem to mirror each other quite closely in terms of the sawtooth
> pattern.

Interestingly, youtube.com shows a sawtooth pattern that's almost 
completely the inverse of that of google.com and wikipedia.org.  This 
apparently reflects a distinction between "serious research and 
information" sites that are used at work / school (or that one can at 
least get away with surfing at such environments even if it's really 
for fun) versus "frivolous entertainment" sites that are mostly used 
at home in one's free time.

The fact that Sunday gets more Wikipedia traffic than Saturday could 
reflect the general cultural norm (excluding Orthodox Jews who 
strictly observe a sabbath from Friday night to Saturday sundown) 
where Saturday is the day people are out and about doing everything 
from shopping to partying, while Sunday is a day for relaxation at 
home; as a result, TV ratings are higher on Sunday (Sunday night 
prime time is a very popular TV night in the United States), and 
maybe people are also surfing the Internet more.

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