Listen to Wikipedia
The music generated at the site Listen to Wikipedia may sound random at first, but what you're hearing is real data.
Using the data provided by Wikipedia's recent changes feed, bells are used to convey additions, while string noises represent subtractions from articles. Higher pitched noises are for smaller edits, while larger edits are translated into lower pitched tones. Deep swells of sound accompany new users joining the service. All of the various noises work together in surprising harmony, creating a zen-like mood to go along with the furious edits being made to Wikipedia's database.
At the same time, you can see what's happening onscreen. It may be soothing music, but you might also be sucked into the thrill of watching the encyclopedia of the internet being built in real time.
Link to story. Link to website.
Recent changes
- Renee Wallace joined en Wikipedia! Welcome!
- Locamotive joined en Wikipedia! Welcome!
- Adsamcik added 6 bytes to Canon EOS 100D (en)
- 193.61.104.7 removed 30 bytes from Friends Life t20 (unregistered user) (en)
- I Jethrobot added 152 bytes to Taiko (en)
- Backspace added 59 bytes to Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center (en)
- Ianblair23 removed 40 bytes from Philippines at the 1958 Asian Games (en)
- Crusoe8181 removed 30 bytes from 1986 in New Zealand (en)
- 112.198.82.219 removed 13 bytes from ABS-CBN Corporation (unregistered user) (en)
- Richhoncho added 40 bytes to On My Way (Ben Kweller song) (en)
- Xfactor1234 added 9 bytes to The Big Money Game (en)
- Macropneuma added 0 bytes to Lasjia (en)
- Ribbon Salminen added 28 bytes to ROH World Tag Team Championship (en)
- Nightwolf87 removed 6 bytes from Euroleague 2013–14 Regular Season Group A (en)
- AdeMiami removed 1 byte from Social history of viruses (en)
- 124.149.22.148 added 76 bytes to Jack Steven (unregistered user) (en)
- Imzadi1979 added 0 bytes to U.S. Route 12 in Michigan (en)
- Kasper2006 added 1 byte to Italy at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics (en)
- AvicBot removed 31 bytes from Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Company (bot) (en)
- Redmen44 added 0 bytes to List of Major League Baseball leaders in career stolen bases (en)
You have seen a total of 170 edits.
For more, see Wikipedia's RecentChanges pages for each language.
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Listen to Wikipedia's recent changes feed. The sounds indicate addition to (bells) or subtraction from (strings) a Wikipedia articles, and the pitch changes according to the size of the edit. Green circles show edits from unregistered contributors, and purple circles mark edits performed by automated bots. You may see announcements for new users as they join the site -- you can welcome him or her by adding a note on their talk page.
This project is built using D3 and HowlerJS. It is based on Listen to Bitcoin by Maximillian Laumeister. Our source is available on GitHub, and you can read more about this project.
Built by Stephen LaPorte and Mahmoud Hashemi.
Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
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