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Browser Narcotic websites are any one that results in you opening a dozen tabs in a single session and using up hours of your time. An example of such is Wiki/ThisVeryWiki. Ending up on a WikiWalk is common at such sites, but not universal. The trope name comes courtesy of Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'s alt-text on [[http://xkcd.com/609/ this comic.]]

Compare ArchiveBinge, which is linear in nature and does not require opening dozens of tabs.

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!!Notable offenders:

* One of the many ways Wiki/TVTropes [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife will ruin your life]].
* Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}
* Website/FourChan
* Website/{{reddit}}
* Any porn site. Admit it, you know it to be true.
* Website/{{Cracked}}.com. Brazilians have a [[http://www.puxacachorra.com.br/ humorous blog]] that's just like Cracked.
* [[http://www.darkroastedblend.com/ Dark Roasted Blend]]
* Website/DeviantArt
* Website/{{Pixiv}}, thanks to its recommendation feature being a little ''too'' good, tends to induce {{Wiki Walk}}s. Heaven help you if you start to browse for fanart of one of the more popular series, like ''Franchise/TouhouProject'', ''[[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Hetalia]]'', ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}'', or ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'', each of which will get you over 150,000 hits. Though the effect is lessened somewhat, as a large part of the website is in Japanese.
* Website/{{Digg}}
* Website/{{Everything2}}
* Website/{{Facebook}}
* Website/{{Tumblr}}
* Website/FanFictionDotNet. The good ones at least... and [[SoBadItsGood badfic]] too, arguably. This also applies to most well organized fanfic sites like, say, Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn.
* Website/{{Fark}}
* [[http://www.oobject.com/ Oobject]]
* [[http://www.damninteresting.com/ Damn Interesting]]
* Forums can end up as these if there are enough interesting threads.
* The Polish site [[http://wyhacz.gazeta.pl/Wyhacz/0,0.html Wyhacz.pl]] [[strike:is]] was a news service devoted mainly to various instances of citizens being screwed over by bureaucratic incompetence or corporate dishonesty. It's surprisingly fascinating.
* [[http://lparchive.org/ The Let's Play Archive:]] Oh, you've just discovered the LetsPlay phenomenon and spent several hours following an LP of your favorite game? No worries, we can recommend LP's from the same genre / author that are sure to interest you. And once you're done with those, we have more recommendations...
* [[WebOriginal/LOLCats The Cheezburger Network]]
* The Wiki/SCPFoundation can do this, as some of the most popular articles include experiment logs involving other [=SCPs=]. The site is trying to minimize this, however. Just watch your step, because you're walking through a minefield of really [[NightmareFuel/SCPFoundation terrifying stuff]].
* {{Website/Snopes}}
* [[http://www.stumbleupon.com/ StumbleUpon]]
* Website/{{Twitter}}
* WebOriginal/OrionsArm, hoooo boooy.
* Wiki/{{Uncyclopedia}}
* Website/{{Yahoo}}.com (the main page that features news articles).
* Website/YouTube
* [[http://www.anidb.net/ AniDB]]
* Most estate agent/real estate websites tend to provoke this. If you've come to one looking for property to buy, you'll no doubt be opening plenty of tabs to compare different listings, and if you're not... you're probably opening loads of tabs to dream.
* Website/HardcoreGaming101. Hundreds of in-depth articles on a staggering variety of niche, overlooked, or import-only games? Updated semi-regularly? Not only are the articles a fascinating way to waste a few [[strike:minutes]] [[strike:hours]] weekends, a whole new level of procrastination can be reached if one decides to make trying the games featured on the site a regular habit.
* Website/EverythingIsTerrible
* [=WeKnowMemes=]
* [[http://imgur.com/ Imgur:]] That is, of course, if we are to [[http://dailyderp.tumblr.com/post/32693708249/derpy-imgur-i-blame-you-i-almost-forgot-the believe]] ''Webcomic/TheDailyDerp''.
* [=BuzzFeed=], particularly the list pages. That being said, though, any clickbait site could count, really. Buzzfeed just so happens to be the most well-known one.
* Sports fans can have this on [[http://bleacherreport.com/ Bleacher Report]] and [[Creator/TheSportsGuy Page 2 \ Grantland]].
* [[http://www.mapcrunch.com/ MapCrunch]] takes you to a random location on Google [=StreetView=]. You can navigate on it as usual, or press a button that takes you to another random location. Now try to stop exploring the world.
* Website/NotAlwaysRight. The effect is lessened due to only adding 5 or 6 anecdotes a day (easily read in 15 minutes), but increased due to its [[ArchiveBinge massive archive]] and eight sister sites, Not Always Working[=/=]Romantic[=/=]Related[=/=]Learning[=/=]Friendly[=/=] Hopeless[=/=]Healthy and Legal.
* The Polish equivalent of Not Always Right, piekielni.pl .
* Uberfacts, with a [[http://uber-facts.com/ Website]], [[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/uberfacts/id787394299?mt=8 two]] [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uberfacts.uf&hl=en apps]], and [[https://twitter.com/uberfacts several]] [[https://twitter.com/uberfactsminus Twitter]] [[https://twitter.com/uberghostfacts accounts.]]
* Any good webcomic with [[ArchiveBinge a big enough archive]].
* [[http://www.fstdt.com/ Fundies Say the Darndest Things]] i.e. an ''[[ArchiveBinge immense]]'' archive of all the insane things [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalists]] have said in this contemporary age. It even has [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Fundies_Say_the_Darndest_Things an article]] on Wiki/RationalWiki.
* Most [[IoGame .io Games]] can easily waste large amounts of one's time due to the ease of joining a game and playing a few rounds... [[JustOneMoreLevel and another...]]
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* Website/{{Pixiv}}, thanks to its recommendation feature being a little ''too'' good, tends to induce {{Wiki Walk}}s. Heaven help you if you start to browse for fanart of one of the more popular series, like ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', ''[[Manga/AxisPowersHetalia Hetalia]]'', ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}'', or ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'', each of which will get you over 150,000 hits. Though the effect is lessened somewhat, as a large part of the website is in Japanese.

* Website/{{Pixiv}}, thanks to its recommendation feature being a little ''too'' good, tends to induce {{Wiki Walk}}s. Heaven help you if you start to browse for fanart of one of the more popular series, like ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', ''[[Manga/AxisPowersHetalia Hetalia]]'', ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}'', or ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'', each of which will get you over 150,000 hits. Though the effect is lessened somewhat, as a large part of the website is in Japanese, rendering all but the most basic functions illegible (unless, of course, you can ''read'' Japanese. Then you're on your own, buddy).

* Website/FanFictionDotNet. The good ones at least... and [[SoBadItsGood badfic]] too, arguably. This also applies to most well organized fanfic sites like, say, Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn and Fimfiction.

* Website/FanFictionDotNet. The good ones at least... and [[SoBadItsGood badfic]] too, arguably. This also applies to most well organized fanfic sites like, say, Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn.

* Website/NotAlwaysRight. The effect is lessened due to only adding 5 or 6 anecdotes a day (easily read in 15 minutes), but increased due to its [[ArchiveBinge massive archive]] and eight sister sites, Not Always Working[=/=]Romantic[=/=]Related[=/=]Learning[=/=]Friendly[=/=]Hopless[=/=]Healthy and Legal.

* Website{{Pixiv}}, thanks to its recommendation feature being a little ''too'' good, tends to induce {{Wiki Walk}}s. Heaven help you if you start to browse for fanart of one of the more popular series, like ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', ''[[Manga/AxisPowersHetalia Hetalia]]'', ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}'', or ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'', each of which will get you over 150,000 hits. Though the effect is lessened somewhat, as a large part of the website is in Japanese, rendering all but the most basic functions illegible (unless, of course, you can ''read'' Japanese. Then you're on your own, buddy).

* [[http://www.pixiv.net/ Pixiv]], thanks to its recommendation feature being a little ''too'' good, tends to induce {{Wiki Walk}}s. Heaven help you if you start to browse for fanart of one of the more popular series, like ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', ''[[Manga/AxisPowersHetalia Hetalia]]'', ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}'', or ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'', each of which will get you over 150,000 hits. Though the effect is lessened somewhat, as a large part of the website is in Japanese, rendering all but the most basic functions illegible (unless, of course, you can ''read'' Japanese. Then you're on your own, buddy).

* [[http://www.pixiv.net/ Pixiv]], thanks to its recommendation feature being a little ''too'' good, tends to induce {{Wiki Walk}}s. Heaven help you if you start to browse for fanart of one of the more popular series, like ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', ''[[Manga/AxisPowersHetalia Hetalia]]'', ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}'', or ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'', each of which will get you over 150,000 hits. Though the effect is lessened somewhat, as a large part of the website is in Japanese, rendering all but the most basic functions illegible (unless, of course, you can ''read'' Japanese. Then you're on your own, buddy.)

* {{WebSite/Snopes}}