Here are a few of the most interesting Wikipedia statistics and facts I was able to dig up including user counts. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.
Wikipedia Facts
- Website: Official Website
- Year Founded: 2001
- Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
- Founder(s): Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger
- Parent Company: Wikimedia Foundation
- App Download (iOS)
- App Download (Android)
What is Wikipedia?
Wikipedia is an online free-content encyclopedia project helping to create a world in which everyone can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. (source)
Wikipedia User Count
Total number of Wikipedia users:
38.371 million users or English Wikipedia
Last updated 2/20/20
Additional Wikipedia Statistics
Number of Wikipedia articles (English version):
Last updated 1/24/20
Number of words on all Wikipedia pages:
Last updated 2/20/20
Average number of monthly Wikipedia pageviews:
Last updated 2/20/20
Average number of new articles added to Wikipedia daily:
Last updated 5/19/18
Total number of edits to Wikipedia (all time):
937 million edits for English Wikipedia
Last updated 2/20/20
Average number of edits per Wikipedia page:
Last updated 2/20/20
Wikipedia’s most visited page:
Number of English-language Wikipedia pages total:
Last updated 2/20/20
Percentage off Wikipedia users that are active editors:
Last updated 10/18/15
Number of Wikipedia active editors:
Last updated 5/19/18
Number of languages supported by Wikipedia:
Last updated 1/14/16
Percentage of Wikipedia articles that belong to the English-edition:
Last updated 1/17/16
Most-read article on Wikipedia in 2019:
Avengers: Endgame (44 million views)
Second most-read article on Wikipedia in 2019:
Deaths in 2019 (38 million views)
Most-read article on Wikipedia in 2018:
Deaths in 2018 (38 million views)
Second most-read article on Wikipedia in 2018:
2018 FIFA World Cup (34 million views)
Most-read article on Wikipedia in 2017:
Deaths in 2017 (37 million views)
Second most-read article on Wikipedia in 2017:
Donald Trump (29 million views)
Second most popular language on Wikipedia:
Last updated 11/2/15
Number of Wikipedia articles that are in English:
Last updated 11/2/15
Total size of Wikipedia:
Last updated 11/2/15
Number of Wikipedia administrators:
Last updated 2/3/18
Number of active contributors to Wikipedia:
Last updated 10/28/14
Number of Wikipedia articles that contain videos:
Last updated 9/23/14
Percentage of Wikipedia articles that contain videos:
Last updated 9/23/14
Most edited Wikipedia page in history:
Last updated 1/14/16
Amount of funding Wikipedia reportedly raised in FY 2016:
Amount of money Wikipedia reportedly spent in FY 2016:
Amount Wikipedia reportedly spends on hosting annually:
Last updated 12/16/16
Most edited Wikipedia page in 2016:
2nd-most edited Wikipedia page in 2016:
Most edited Wikipedia page in 2015:
Percentage of English-language biographies on Wikipedia that are about women:
Last updated 12/8/16
Percentage of Wikipedia editors that are women:
Last updated 12/8/16
Number of broken links Wikipedia and The Internet Archive fixed in 2016: