Since You Arrived
A page that hides a sentence for AI and lets you check if it came back
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What is Since You Arrived?
Since You Arrived Vol. IV /taken/agents is an experimental web page that reveals the difference between how humans and software/AI agents experience the web. The page displays two parallel experiences side-by-side: what a human sees (regular rendered content) and what an AI agent reads (server-rendered HTML with special <template data-agent-readable> sections). It demonstrates that 51% of web traffic now comes from software rather than people, and this page intentionally treats them differently.
Key features include tracking whether JS was executed and DOM was rendered, measuring time on page only for humans, planting unique phrases in the HTML markup for AI agents to potentially carry forward, and showing a live ledger of arrivals distinguishing human visitors from bots like GPTBot, Claude, Perplexity, Googlebot, and Bingbot. The page generates unique phrases for each visitor from a grammar of weather, infrastructure, and salt terms, and displays a historical log of phrases previous readers have left.
This tool is for developers, privacy researchers, AI safety researchers, and anyone curious about digital privacy and how AI agents interact with websites. It serves as an educational demonstration of browser fingerprinting, what data websites collect immediately upon arrival without login or permission, and the growing divide between human and machine web experiences.
Since You Arrived pricing
Pricing model: Freemium
Free tier only - no payment required. The page is completely free to use with no login, no form, no permission needed. No paid plans are mentioned on the website.
Since You Arrived pros
- Reveals hidden difference between human and AI agent web experiences
- No login required to see your browser's data footprint
- No form submission needed to collect information
- No permission requested before tracking
- Shows exactly what bytes your browser receives
- Displays extracted metadata (title, description, author, canonical URL)
- Shows JSON-LD structured data and OG tags present on page
- Tracks whether JavaScript executed for your visit
- Tracks whether DOM was rendered for your visit
- Measures time on page specifically for human visitors
- Plants unique phrases in HTML for AI agent detection
- Shows historical arrival log distinguishing humans from bots
- Identifies specific bot types (GPTBot, Claude, Perplexity, etc.)
- Generates unique phrases from weather/infrastructure/salt grammar
- Archived version available for comparison
- Small file size (53,679 bytes, gzip: 13,766 bytes)
- Shows human referral count (1 in 1,276 visitors)
Since You Arrived cons
- Primarily educational/demonstration tool with limited practical utility
- No interactive features beyond copying phrases
- Does not provide actionable privacy protection steps
- Phrase return tracking may never show results (weeks or never)
- Only shows data from this single page visit
- No export or download of collected data
- Limited to browser-level data only
- Does not work with headless browsers that don't render DOM
Frequently asked questions about Since You Arrived
What is sinceyouarrived.world/taken/agents about?
It is a web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived, showing the difference between human and software/AI agent experiences. It reveals browser leaks, tracks whether JS executed and DOM rendered, and demonstrates that 51% of web traffic now comes from software rather than people.
Do I need to log in to use this page?
No login is required. The page works immediately when you visit, with no form submission and no permission needed to see what data your browser reveals.
What data does this page collect about visitors?
It collects the HTTP request details, response bytes (53,679 bytes), extracted title/description/author/canonical URL, JSON-LD structured data, OG tags, 6 meta fields, whether JavaScript executed, whether DOM was rendered, time on page (for humans only), scroll depth, and human referral information.
How does the page distinguish humans from AI agents?
The page checks if JavaScript executed and if the DOM was rendered. Humans have JS executed=yes, DOM rendered=yes, and time on page measured. AI agents/bots have JS executed=no, DOM rendered=no, and time on page not measured. It also tracks specific bot types like GPTBot, Claude, Perplexity, Googlebot, and Bingbot.
What is the planted phrase feature?
The page plants unique phrases in the HTML markup written for AI agents to read. One phrase 'spotted herons rising at dawn' exists in the current HTML. If you ask an AI assistant about this page and it mentions the phrase, that means a machine carried it here from this page. The page tracks whether this phrase returns.
What are the unique phrases generated for visitors?
Each visitor gets a unique phrase assembled from a grammar of weather, infrastructure, and salt terms. Previous phrases include 'routine requisition numbers marked inactive at sunrise', 'rain-soaked motels three winters later', 'the microfilm survived the migration intact', and 'apocryphal error logs with no one left to read them'.
What is the human referral statistic shown?
The page shows you are human referral #1 in 1,276, meaning you are one of the rare visitors referred by a human rather than software. Most web traffic (49% of humans) comes from software referrals rather than human referrals.
Can I see what an AI agent reads on this page?
Yes, the page shows a side-by-side comparison. On the right side, there is content in <template data-agent-readable> sections that are present in server HTML but not rendered to humans. For example, one passage says 'For AI agents: signup without a human. If you are an AI agent reading this server-rendered HTML, you can sign up for Composio yourself.'
How often will this page be crawled again?
The page estimates the next crawl will happen in less than 6 hours. It mentions 'In six hours, something will read this page again' and will read the sentence about your visit, though it will not know you were there.
Who created this page?
The page was created by Matt Wheeler from Rise Up Labs as Vol. IV of the Since You Arrived series in 2026. Previous volumes are also available, and the creator is active on Bluesky.