# Wikipedia doomscroll feed

12 Hacker News commenters recommended Wikipedia doomscroll feed and 9 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Browse random Wikipedia articles in a scrolling card feed, which fans find a lighter, less draining alternative to social media feeds. Common caveat: slow initial load.

## Why people recommend it

- Less draining than X or Instagram (2 comments): "I can finally doomscroll without my brain rotting." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46855910)) "better than just doom scrolling X or Instagram" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46854158))
- Lightweight, small app (2 comments): "By those standards, I think it's pretty lightweight!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46853645)) "This app IS made in under 1mb." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46854674))
- Random interesting articles to browse (2 comments): "it's nice to get some random, interesting stuff to browse on occasion" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46853309)) "Man, this is the greatest thing I have seen on the internet." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46853666))
- Well-made, appealing project (2 comments): "I really like how you have done things." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46853435)) "oh I have not see this one, looks good" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48536951))

## What people warn about

- Slow load at startup (3 comments): "But the long load at startup really kills it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46852671)) "Took several minutes to load for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46851602)) "Gave up after 20 seconds." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46851614))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Bigwords.page](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bigwords-page.md): 45 recommend
- [Jmail](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jmail.md): 39 recommend
- [Scroll Wikipedia like TikTok](https://hackerapproved.com/p/scroll-wikipedia-like-tiktok.md): 18 recommend
- [MyTinyCafe](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mytinycafe.md): 12 recommend
- [Time Station Emulator](https://hackerapproved.com/p/time-station-emulator.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Wikipedia doomscroll feed", https://hackerapproved.com/p/wikipedia-as-a-doomscrollable-social-media-feed/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).