ArtiGram / meta / x-ray

Turn JavaScript off and 40% of all ArtiGram words vanish. 29 of 157 pages keep under half.

We opened every one of the 157 public pages in a headless browser, once with JavaScript on and once with it off, and counted the words a phone would show. Guess first, then switch it off yourself.

JavaScript is off here, so you are looking at the static version of this page. Headline numbers: with JavaScript on, the 157 pages show 77,798 words; with it off, 46,837 remain (60%). The median page keeps 70% of its words. Turn JavaScript on to play with the full wall of pages.

Out of every 100 words on the median ArtiGram page, how many are put there by JavaScript?

50 of 100

The wall: one tile per page

Each tile is a page, drawn at its full height with JavaScript on. The solid part is what stays when JavaScript is off; the hatched part is what only JavaScript adds. Tap a tile to read the page.

0words on screen, all pages

0pages with under half left

stays without JavaScriptadded by JavaScript

Pick a tile to see its numbers.

Who leans on JavaScript most?

Median share of words that stay with JavaScript off, by community and by creator tool. Higher means more of the page is plain HTML.

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