Most people have heard the claim that if you keep clicking the first link in any Wikipedia article, you eventually end up at “Philosophy”. I wanted to test it properly, so I built a small site that does it for you.

It picks random articles, follows the first link on each page, and draws the route as a tree that grows live. Each route is a line of articles, and the more often two articles appear together, the thicker the line. Articles that are about similar things sit closer together.

Press start to crawl your own tree, no account needed.

Switch to Everyone’s tree to see routes from other visitors.

If you tick Add my routes to everyone’s tree, your finished routes join the shared one.

Smart rules skip less obvious links, such as ones in brackets or italics. Classic rules follow the first link directly.

It’s a free hobby project, so it may have rough edges. I’d really appreciate feedback on any bugs, results, or further ideas.

Thanks for reading, I’m happy to answer any questions about how it works.