Random Wikipedia Tab

Each new tab opens to a random Wikipedia article

What is Random Wikipedia Tab?

Random Wikipedia Tab is a Chrome extension that opens a random Wikipedia article in the background on each new tab. It allows you to learn something new, discover interesting facts, or explore various Wikipedia articles effortlessly.

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By: jamesagnew

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Users: 145 ▼ -7

Rating: 2.56 (18)

Version: 3.1 (Last updated: 2013-02-06)

Creation date: 2013-02-05

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Overrides new tab: Yes

Permissions:

http://en.wikipedia.org/
storage

Size: 151.55K

Ranking

# 60429 ▼ 1021

Other rankings

#29319 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 107 #82 in wikipedia keyword 25 ▲ 1 #227 in wiki keyword 8 ▼ 2

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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The extension opens a random Wikipedia article in the background on each new tab. The latest version also lets you choose other languages as well as Wikia sites. Let us know if you want other languages or other wikias added!

Learn something new, discover an interesting fact, or find out just how many articles Wikipedia actually has about Euro Football.

Perhaps you are wondering "can't I just change my homepage?". This is better: It caches a few pages in the background, so you don't have to wait for it to load and can get on with your new-tab-ish business.

This plugin is open source. See the source code (and contribute to it!) here: https://github.com/jamesagnew/random_wikipedia_tab/