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Wayback Machine’s Web Archiving Activity Drops 87% Since May

The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, long considered one of the most important tools for preserving the internet’s history, has seen a sharp decline in archived webpages since mid-May 2025. According to a new report from Nieman Lab, the number of homepage snapshots from 100 major news websites fell by 87 percent between May 17 and October 1, raising concerns about gaps in the public historical record. From January 1 to May 15, the Wayback Mac…
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digitalmarketreports.com broke the news in on Thursday, October 23, 2025.
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