Wikipedia doomscroll feed
Shares rank 5 of 14 web apps by recommenders
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.
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.
21 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 9
- approval share
- 57%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Less draining than X or Instagram
“I can finally doomscroll without my brain rotting.”
Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Wikipedia as a doomscrollable social media feed” “better than just doom scrolling X or Instagram”
Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Wikipedia as a doomscrollable social media feed” Lightweight, small app
“By those standards, I think it's pretty lightweight!”
Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Wikipedia as a doomscrollable social media feed” “This app IS made in under 1mb.”
Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Wikipedia as a doomscrollable social media feed” Random interesting articles to browse
“it's nice to get some random, interesting stuff to browse on occasion”
Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Wikipedia as a doomscrollable social media feed” “Man, this is the greatest thing I have seen on the internet.”
Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Wikipedia as a doomscrollable social media feed” Well-made, appealing project
“I really like how you have done things.”
Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Wikipedia as a doomscrollable social media feed” “oh I have not see this one, looks good”
Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Discover Wikipedia articles popular on Hacker News”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Slow load at startup
“But the long load at startup really kills it.”
Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Wikipedia as a doomscrollable social media feed” “Took several minutes to load for me”
Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Wikipedia as a doomscrollable social media feed” “Gave up after 20 seconds.”
Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Wikipedia as a doomscrollable social media feed”
Other web apps people recommend
The four most recommended other web apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bigwords.page | 45 | 3 | 94% | 1 | — | — |
| Jmail | 39 | 10 | 80% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Stowaway | 21 | 4 | 84% | 2 | — | — |
| Scroll Wikipedia like TikTok | 18 | 5 | 78% | 1 | — | — |
| Wikipedia doomscroll feedThis page | 12 | 9 | 57% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
18 of the 21 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“oh I have not see this one, looks good”
“it really looks like some people want this”
“I can finally doomscroll without my brain rotting.”
“It does not seem to update the score based on clicking vs liking vs doing both.”
“It shows the intro paragraph of some articles in card list and that's it?”
“it keeps showing me completely random articles”
“This app IS made in under 1mb.”
“better than just doom scrolling X or Instagram”
“Man, this is the greatest thing I have seen on the internet.”
“By those standards, I think it's pretty lightweight!”
“I really like how you have done things.”
“it's nice to get some random, interesting stuff to browse on occasion”
“But the long load at startup really kills it.”
“Page crashed after downloading and extracting.”
“hosting the blob on a CDN or packaging this as an app and letting someone else host it would probably improve the experience a lot”
“So they took the worst aspect of Wikipedia (Wikipedia), and the worst aspect of "social" media (doom scrolling), and combined them?”
“Gave up after 20 seconds.”
“Took several minutes to load for me”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.