How much of Lobsters is AI-generated?

14.3%

of sampled content classified AI-generated · 30-day average

As of 2026-08-12, 14.3% of content sampled from Lobsters was classified AI-generated by Dead Internet Monitor (30-day volume-weighted average, across 3,399 classified items).

Sample: 3,399 classified items (cumulative, whole platform). The rate is the 30-day, volume-weighted average — the same figure shown on the dashboard and the per-platform badge.
Versus the internet-wide rate: Dead Internet Monitor's all-source 30-day AI rate is 14.0%. Lobsters runs 1.0× that rate — at or below the internet-wide baseline.
Excluding automated moderation: 14.3% (removes AutoModerator-type posts).
Excluding org-handle syndication: 14.3% (removes verified-org auto-posts).
Dead Internet Index: 6.8.

Communities within Lobsters

The 6 communities tracked on this platform, ranked by 30-day AI rate. Each links to its full evidence record — trend, sample size, and methodology.

lobsters/linux — 18.8% (1.3× the internet-wide rate)
lobsters/hardware — 14.3%
lobsters/rust — 13.0%
lobsters/vibecoding — 11.9%
lobsters/security — 8.6%
lobsters/practices — 6.7%

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Other platforms

Reddit · Hacker News · Mastodon · Bluesky · YouTube · Stack Overflow · The Guardian · Steam

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How this is measured

Each item collected from Lobsters is classified by an LLM as AI-generated, human, or uncertain. The headline figure is the 30-day, volume-weighted share classified AI-generated — high-volume days count proportionally more. Read the full methodology, explore every community on the dashboard, or pull the underlying data from the open data API (CC BY 4.0).