Wikipedia Statistics (2026) — Articles, Users, Edits, Pageviews, Financials

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia written and maintained by volunteers and hosted by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation. This page compiles verified Wikipedia statistics (primarily for the English Wikipedia) using Wikimedia’s own public metrics and reputable third-party analysis.

On this page:

• Core Wikipedia statistics
• Traffic and pageviews
• Editors and contributors
• Most-viewed and most-edited pages
• Wikimedia Foundation financials
• Methodology
• FAQ
• Sources & references

Wikipedia statistics (2026)

Number of English Wikipedia articles: 7,141,078. (Special:Statistics)

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Total number of English Wikipedia pages (all namespaces): 65,146,989. (Special:Statistics)

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Words across all English Wikipedia content pages: 5,119,924,524 words. (Special:Statistics)

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Registered user accounts (English Wikipedia): 51,636,527. (Special:Statistics)

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Active registered users (last 30 days): 291,274. (Special:Statistics)

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Total edits (all time): 1,335,089,971. (Special:Statistics)

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Average edits per page: 20.49. (Special:Statistics)

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Number of administrators (English Wikipedia): 822. (Special:Statistics)

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Traffic and pageviews

Total views across Wikipedia (all languages) since 2015: 1.9 trillion pageviews (human views, excluding automated traffic), which Pew notes equals about 508 million views per day on average. (Pew Research Center)

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English Wikipedia share of views: Pew reports that 49% of Wikipedia pageviews since 2015 were for English-language articles. (Pew Research Center)

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Bot traffic scale (all languages): Pew reports that bots and other nonhuman agents produced 88+ billion views in 2025 (separate from human pageview counts). (Pew Research Center)

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Editors and contributors

Active users across Wikipedia (definition): Pew notes Wikipedia’s summary statistics define “active users” as accounts that made at least one edit in the last 30 days, and reports 600,000+ active users across Wikipedia—with 45% contributing to English Wikipedia. (Pew Research Center)

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English Wikipedia (active registered users, last 30 days): 291,274. (Special:Statistics)

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Most-viewed and most-edited pages

Most-viewed English Wikipedia page of the last decade (per Pew): Wikipedia’s article on Donald Trump is the most-viewed English-language page over the last decade, with nearly 300 million views. (Pew Research Center)

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“Deaths in [year]” pages: Pew reports the “Deaths in [year]” pages for 2015–2025 totaled nearly half a billion views over the last decade. (Pew Research Center)

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Most-edited English Wikipedia article (per Pew’s summary of Wikipedia metrics): the list of WWE personnel is cited as the English-language article with the most edits (over 59,000 revisions). (Pew Research Center)

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Wikimedia Foundation financials

Total support and revenue (FY 2023–2024, audited): $185,383,511. (Wikimedia Foundation Annual Report 2023–2024)

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Total expenses (FY 2023–2024, audited): $178,471,109. (Wikimedia Foundation Annual Report 2023–2024)

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Internet hosting expense (FY 2023–2024, audited): $3,116,445. (Wikimedia Foundation Annual Report 2023–2024)

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Methodology

• Primary sources first: English Wikipedia counts (articles, pages, registered users, active users, edits, admins, words) come directly from Wikipedia’s Special:Statistics.
• Traffic context: Multi-year pageview totals and bot traffic context use Pew Research Center’s Wikipedia-at-25 analysis (based on Wikimedia Statistics and the Wikimedia Analytics API). (Pew)
• Financial accuracy: Financial figures come from the Wikimedia Foundation’s audited statement of activities (FY 2023–2024). (Wikimedia Foundation)
• No forecasts: This page avoids projections and uses only confirmed figures from the sources cited.

FAQ

How many articles are on English Wikipedia?

English Wikipedia reports 7,141,078 content pages (“articles”). (Special:Statistics)

How many registered users does English Wikipedia have?

English Wikipedia reports 51,636,527 registered user accounts. (Special:Statistics)

How many edits have been made on English Wikipedia?

English Wikipedia reports 1,335,089,971 edits since it was set up. (Special:Statistics)

How much traffic does Wikipedia get?

Pew reports that Wikipedia pages across all languages have been viewed 1.9 trillion times since 2015 (human views), averaging about 508 million views per day. (Pew Research Center)

Sources & references

• Wikipedia — Special:Statistics (English Wikipedia counts)
• Pew Research Center — Wikipedia at 25: What the data tells us (traffic, most-viewed/most-edited pages, contributor context)
• Wikimedia Foundation — Annual Report 2023–2024 (audited financials)