In the early days of the modern internet era, a project was started to develop a website that would stand as a crowdsourced repository of information. Wikipedia started off modestly, but quickly became the world’s online encyclopedia. Today, Wikipedia sees billions of pageviews and has tens of millions of users.
So just how big has Wikipedia become? Here are the more interesting stats and facts I was able to dig up for Wikipedia. As always, I will be adding more and updating these periodically as I find new stuff. Be sure to check back regularly.
Please note that some of these numbers are easier to find than others. A few of these stats come from Wikipedia’s own reports, but some are based on news reports and not official company tallies. Basically, this is the best I can find and I don’t guarantee anything to be 100% accurate.
Wikipedia Statistics
Total number of Wikipedia users:
Last updated 8/30/14
Number of Wikipedia articles:
Last updated 1/17/16
Average number of monthly Wikipedia pageviews:
Last updated 1/15/16
Average number of new articles added to Wikipedia daily:
Last updated 11/29/16
Wikipedia’s most visited page:
Number of English-language Wikipedia pages total:
Last updated 11/29/16
Percentage off Wikipedia users that are active editors:
Last updated 10/18/15
Number of Wikipedia active editors:
Last updated 1/17/16
Number of languages supported by Wikipedia:
Last updated 1/14/16
Number of Wikipedia articles that are in English:
Last updated 11/2/15
Percentage of Wikipedia articles that belong to the English-edition:
Last updated 1/17/16
This report is a digital collection of every Wikipedia statistic I have curated over the years as of January 2017. 27 of them including stats for:
- Users
- Articles
- Editors
- Fundraising
- Etc.- all in one place
I try to go through each and every stat regularly and update as much as possible, but we all know that some stats are easier to track down than others. As always, every stat is linked to its original source and has the source date listed.
To get your copy of this stat report, click on the button below to purchase it. I will be updating it as close to quarterly as possible, so be sure to check back regularly for a new version.
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