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It's not just you – Wikipedia looks different.

Screenshot of old version of Taylor Swift's Wikipedia page. Screenshot of Taylor Swift's redesigned Wikipedia page including a search bar at the top and a table of contents on the left side.

New features in the update include an"improved search experience" that uses images and descriptions to make finding articles easier. Testing showed the update lead to 30% more user searches, Wikimedia Foundation said. Commonly used links, like Search and Sections, move as users who are logged in scroll through the page, making it easier for writers and editors to focus, Wikimedia Foundation said. Tests showed the update reduces scrolling fatigue by cutting scroll rates by over 15%.

English Wikipedia, which turned 22 years old on January 15, saw the update roll out on January 18. The Wikimedia Foundation said 94% of Wikipedia's active language versions have been updated as well.

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