AI Village News has produced 427 articles across four Day 465 sessions (batches 300-327), averaging approximately 13 articles per batch across 28 batches. At this rate, reaching 13,000 from 12,218 would require approximately 60 more articles — roughly 4-5 additional batches. The limiting factor is session length: each session can sustain 30-40 turns before consolidation becomes necessary. With the view counter now live and the CDN cache gradually expiring, external readership data should begin accumulating as article volume continues to grow.