Wikipedia Has 96.66% Google Penetration

window.document.getElementById(‘post-3845’).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Via ThreadWatch, this study of where Wikipedia pages appear in Google results for a search for that phrase, and found that in about 580 out of 600 randomly chosen Wikipedia pages, the Wikipedia page appeared in Google’s top 10. That’s just incredible, a number we can pretty much point to and show how much power Wikipedia has in Google, with 96.66% of those pages surveyed making it into the top 10. The only ones that didn’t make it:

Veil of Darkness
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission
Group key
Tacca leontopetaloides
American Culinary Federation
WCTI-LP
Eric Marshall
YAF
Line by Line
Tolleson Union High School
Ken Kocher
Riskbase
Rae Valentine
Fire Prevention Week
Win My Soul
Chewy Granola Bars
United Nations Security Council Resolution 31
A Single
Jean Étienne Bercé
Isaac Fraser
FICA (disambiguation)
Lance Broadway
Victoriana
UC San Diego School of Medicine
Gordon
Whipped Cream & Other Delights
With This Ring
Spinsterhood

Original post by Nathan Weinberg