# Listen to Wikipedia

A live sound-and-bubble view of Wikipedia edits as they happen: added text rings a bell, removed text plucks a string, and bigger edits play deeper notes.

- Category: Music and sound · by Hatnote (Stephen LaPorte and Mahmoud Hashemi)
- Website: https://listen.hatnote.com/
- Live data: yes
- Checked on the official pages: 2026-10-23

## API

- No official API. Do not scrape the site; use it by hand or through its downloads.

## Data and license

- License: BSD-style license (source code) (https://github.com/hatnote/listen-to-wikipedia/blob/master/LICENSE); covers the app's source code; edit data comes from Wikipedia
- Commercial use with conditions
- Credit required
- Embedding unclear
- Quote (what): "Listen to the sound of Wikipedia's recent changes feed." (https://listen.hatnote.com/)
- Quote (sounds): "Bells indicate additions and string plucks indicate subtractions." (https://listen.hatnote.com/)
- Quote (maker): "Built by Hatnote, Stephen LaPorte and Mahmoud Hashemi." (https://listen.hatnote.com/)
- Quote (source): "Our source is available on GitHub" (https://listen.hatnote.com/)
- Quote (license): "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:" (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hatnote/listen-to-wikipedia/master/LICENSE)
- Quote (commercial): "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:" (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hatnote/listen-to-wikipedia/master/LICENSE)
- Quote (attribution): "Copyright (c) 2013, Stephen LaPorte and Mahmoud Hashemi" (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hatnote/listen-to-wikipedia/master/LICENSE)

## Rules for an agent

- Fork the GitHub repo (BSD-style) and feed it from Wikimedia EventStreams; the page's own websocket (wss://wikimon.hatnote.com/v2/) is Hatnote's relay, not a documented public API.
- Keep the BSD copyright notice and conditions when reusing the code
- Wikipedia edit data is under Wikimedia's licenses; credit Wikipedia

## Build ideas on AgentGid

- [Ambient sound from live Wikipedia edits](https://agentgid.com/resources/ideas/wikipedia-live-sound/agent.md)

Human page: https://agentgid.com/resources/listen-to-wikipedia/
Source: AgentGid (agentgid.com). Facts are quoted from the site's own pages; check the license page before you ship.