User blog comment:Susanolivia/Beta Wrap-up/@comment-93604-20101006022357

The content space in the new skin is too narrow. See the first beta wikis and, as of October 6, all the lifestyle wikis with the default new skin. Even an inch wider would make a big difference aesthetically with the Cannabis Wiki. See some of the featured pages with videos and graphics:
 * http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Featured_cities_box

The two main blog sites (Wordpress.com and Google's Blogspot.com) offer many fixed-width and flexible-width options. And they both host many free blogs with those width options.

Both blog sites get far more page views than Wikia. Alexa worldwide traffic rankings:
 * 202. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikia.com
 * 19. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wordpress.com
 * 8. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/blogspot.com - this means only 7 sites get more daily page views.

It seems that customization and free hosting is very popular. Contrast this with the unpopularity of fixed-width, "one-size-fits-all" on Wikia lately. This is a step backward in web design.