Interactive learning lab

Internet User Simulator: see how visitors reach websites.

Start a random online day or give the person a research mission. Watch how needs, notifications and recommendations move attention between traffic sources — all the way from an entry point to the actual destination page.

Simulate an internet user → Try the article mission

Each run is an educational model, not a prediction of a real person.

A playful three-dimensional illustration of a fictional internet user moving between connected search, messaging, video, maps, shopping and email paths.

Build the next run

Choose a day or set a focused mission.

The same run code always creates the same journey. Change it to meet another fictional person.

Your fictional journey

A modeled day with Robin 933

66 years old Retired Occasional user urban Tends toward Social feeds

Available devices: Smartphone, Laptop or desktop, Connected TV

Run code trail-2026-0728

19Attention sessions
2 hr 2 minActive time
428 MBModeled data
6Background jobs

Journey player

Follow every handoff, page by page.

The current location changes as the person moves from an app or results page into the browser and onto the destination website. Choose any step to inspect it.

Finish the journey to reveal a trail badge.

Read the signals

Starts, attention and data tell different stories.

Search and information6 visits
24 min time52.1 MB data
Video and streaming2 visits
21 min time266 MB data
Messaging10 visits
20 min time7.35 MB data
Music and podcasts1 visits
15 min time21.0 MB data
Shopping4 visits
14 min time34.7 MB data
Email and work1 visits
14 min time7.55 MB data
News and weather3 visits
5 min time13.7 MB data
Banking and payments1 visits
4 min time2.18 MB data
Social feeds1 visits
2 min time16.5 MB data

Full trace

Every location, action and quiet transfer.

Search results and destination pages remain separate places. Background transfers can continue while the visible location changes.

  1. Device background · Mail and chat sync

    Runs automatically in the background

    Runs alongside visible use · Connected TV · Ethernet · 214 KB
  2. WhatsApp · Message thread

    Open a conversation with a shared link

    Current location: WhatsApp · Smartphone · Wi-Fi · 49.6 KB
  3. WhatsApp · Link preview

    Read the preview and tap the shared link

    Current location: WhatsApp · Smartphone · Wi-Fi · 49.6 KB
  4. Web browser · New browser tab

    Leave the messenger and load the linked address

    WhatsApp → Web browser · Smartphone · Wi-Fi · 49.6 KB
  5. Linked website · Destination page

    Read the destination page outside the messenger

    Web browser → Linked website · Smartphone · Wi-Fi · 124 KB
  6. WhatsApp · Conversation list

    Open the messenger and check unread conversations

    Current location: WhatsApp · Smartphone · Wi-Fi · 72.3 KB
  7. WhatsApp · Message thread

    Open the conversation and read the new messages

    Current location: WhatsApp · Smartphone · Wi-Fi · 108 KB
  8. WhatsApp · Reply field

    Write a short reply or reaction

    Current location: WhatsApp · Smartphone · Wi-Fi · 36.1 KB
  9. Device background · Mail and chat sync

    Runs automatically in the background

    Runs alongside visible use · Connected TV · Wi-Fi · 158 KB
  10. Google Search · Search field

    Formulate a concrete question

    Current location: Google Search · Smartphone · Wi-Fi · 690 KB
  11. Google Search · Search results page

    Submit the query and load the results

    Current location: Google Search · Smartphone · Wi-Fi · 2.02 MB
  12. Google Search · Search results page

    Compare titles, snippets and visible sources

    Current location: Google Search · Smartphone · Wi-Fi · 690 KB

Use the pattern

What this route helps you notice.

1

An opening is not the same as attention

Messaging may create many short starts, while video or work can occupy fewer but much longer sessions.

2

Traffic grows through handoffs

A message, recommendation, search result or newsletter can hand a person to a browser, product page or expert article.

3

The moment changes the channel

A commute favors the phone; work favors the computer; evening free time makes longer video or gaming sessions more plausible.

Compare traffic sources for a digital product → Simulate a path to an expert article

Questions answered

Understand online behavior without confusing the signals.

What is an internet user simulator?

It creates a fictional journey from a run code. The person receives a daily context, devices and preferences; triggers then lead to foreground visits, handoffs and background transfers.

Is this real user tracking?

No. The simulator does not observe visitors or reproduce a real individual. It creates educational scenarios from transparent starting assumptions.

Why does the person not always start with Google?

Online activity can begin with a notification, a habit, a concrete task or a scheduled event. Search is one important route, but messages, feeds, email, maps and apps can also create the first step.

Can I test how someone reaches an expert article?

Yes. Choose the article mission and enter a topic. The run can begin with search, a social recommendation, a message, a newsletter or an AI-assisted search before reaching the article.