Wikipedia Statistics
Wikipedia is known as the world's largest free online encyclopedia, where volunteers from around the world create and edit content. The platform operates through collaborative effort, allowing anyone to contribute knowledge on virtually any topic while maintaining quality through community guidelines. Run by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia continues its mission of making knowledge freely accessible to everyone. Here are the most recent Wikipedia statistics in 2025, including revenue, expenses, user and demographics numbers:
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Wikipedia maintained a strong Google search interest at 90 percentage points globally, peaking at 100 index points in the week of December 2024.
The top four countries accessing Wikipedia were the United States with 3 billion views, followed by the United Kingdom with 844 million, India with 664 million, and Canada with 368 million views.
Wikipedia generated annual revenue of $185.35M through donations while spending $178.47M in total operating expenses in 2024.
The Wikimedia Foundation maintained total net assets of $271.5M during fiscal year 2024.
Among all traffic referred from social media platforms to Wikipedia, Reddit accounted for 34.52% of visits, while YouTube took the second position by directing 29.6% of social media traffic.
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Wikipedia received 11 billion total page views in December 2024, showing a 1.38% decrease from November and a 13.51% decrease from the previous year.
Wikipedia Pageview Statistics 2024
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The top four countries accessing Wikipedia were the United States with 3 billion views, followed by the United Kingdom with 844 million, India with 664 million, and Canada with 368 million views.
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Wikipedia reached 1 billion unique devices in December 2024, showing a 2.58% increase from November and a 7.83% increase from the previous year, with a 12-month average of 990 million devices.
Wikipedia Device Statistics 2024
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Wikipedia gained 88,000 new registered users in December 2024, showing a 0.62% increase from November but an 11.83% decrease year-over-year, totaling 1 million new users for the year.
Wikipedia User Growth Statistics 2024
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Wikipedia recorded 6 million edits in December 2024, showing a 3.73% increase from November but a 29.86% decrease year-over-year, totaling 72 million edits for the year.
Wikipedia Edit Statistics 2024
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Wikipedia's mobile application achieved approximately 929,410 worldwide downloads in Q3 2024, showing modest growth but remaining below its 2015 peak of over four million quarterly downloads.
Wikipedia Mobile App Statistics 2024
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Wikipedia maintained 39,000 active editors in December 2024, showing a 0.72% decrease from November and a 0.15% decrease year-over-year, with a 12-month average of 38,000 active editors.
Wikipedia Editor Statistics
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Wikipedia's social media traffic was predominantly driven by Reddit.com at 34.52%, with YouTube.com following as the second-largest referrer at 29.6% of social media traffic.
Wikipedia Social Media Referral Statistics 2024
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Wikipedia's parent organization held net assets of 271.5 million U.S. dollars in fiscal year 2024.
Wikipedia Asset Statistics 2024
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Wikipedia's operating expenses through the Wikimedia Foundation reached 178.47 million U.S. dollars in fiscal year 2024, with 106.79 million U.S. dollars allocated to salaries and wages.
Wikipedia Expense Statistics 2024
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Wikipedia maintained a strong Google search interest at 90 percentage points globally, peaking at 100 index points in the week of December 3, 2024.
Wikipedia's related search term "Wiki" showed an interest rate of 87 percentage points in December 2024, marking the lowest point while maintaining a stable margin.
Wikipedia received a total of 185.35 million U.S. dollars in online donations during fiscal year 2023, with 7.5 million donors contributing worldwide. Of this total, North American donors provided the largest regional contribution at 106.5 million U.S. dollars.
Wikipedia's donation total of 185.3 million U.S. dollars came from eight million global donors, broken down by contribution method: 36.2 million U.S. dollars came through recurring donations,
Wikipedia ranked as the 6th most visited website globally with 8.46 billion total visits, following industry leaders Google, YouTube, and Facebook.
Wikipedia achieved the 5th position globally with 1.69 billion unique visitors, positioning after Google, YouTube, and Facebook.
Wikipedia maintained an average visit duration of 10 minutes and 37 seconds per user session.
Wikipedia secured the 5th position among user-generated content platforms with 4.4 billion visits.
Wikipedia ranked 9th on the Majestic Million ranking with 238,798 referring subnets.
Wikipedia's content existed in a web environment where English dominated with 52% of websites, followed by Spanish at 5.5% and German at 4.8%.
Wikipedia's most viewed English article was "Deaths in 2024" with 44,440,344 views.
Wikipedia recorded 6 million edits in December 2024, showing a 3.73% increase from November but a 29.86% decrease year-over-year, totaling 72 million edits for the year.
Wikipedia's English subdomain led with 122,000 active registered users, followed by French and German versions with over 18,000 users each, while maintaining 6.91 million published articles.
Wikipedia's English version grew from 6.76 million to 6.91 million articles during 2024, representing a 2.5 percent growth rate.
Wikipedia operated in a media environment where 68 percent of adults trusted search engines compared to 62 percent who trusted traditional media.
Wikipedia existed in an information landscape where 64 percent of global consumers aged 16-65 primarily used search engines like Google or Bing, while 42 percent relied on social media platforms.
Wikipedia's English version received over 3 billion page views from the United States, followed by 809.9 million views from the United Kingdom and 773.2 million from India in 2023.
Wikipedia's contributor base grew from 457 contributors with more than 10 edits in January 2002 to 2.36 million contributors by January 2017.
Wikipedia's usage varied by age group, with 62 percent of users aged 18-29 and 49 percent of users aged 50-64 accessing the platform.
Wikipedia-related search term "Wiki" showed an interest rate of 87 percentage points, slightly lower than searches for the full "Wikipedia" term.
Wikipedia had 3 million edited pages in December 2024, showing a 6.24% increase from November but a 49.39% decrease year-over-year.
Wikipedia processed 34 billion media requests in December 2024, showing a 1.02% decrease from November and a 3.55% decrease year-over-year, totaling 413 billion requests for the year.
Wikipedia's net bytes difference was 2GB in December 2024, showing a 110.96% increase from November and a 366.73% increase year-over-year, totaling 10GB for the year.
Wikipedia Timeline & History
- 2001 - Foundation and Launch
Wikipedia was founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger on January 15, 2001, as a free online encyclopedia where anyone could contribute. The site launched with English-language content first.
- 2002 - Early Growth
Wikipedia grew from 457 contributors (with more than 10 edits) in January 2002, marking the beginning of its community-driven growth. Multiple language versions were launched during this period.
- 2003 - Wikimedia Foundation Established
The Wikimedia Foundation was established as a nonprofit organization to fund Wikipedia and its sister projects, providing the organizational structure for the platform's continued growth.
- 2004-2006 - Wikipedia Expansion Period
Wikipedia experienced exponential growth in both content and contributors. By 2006, the English version had surpassed one million articles, making it the largest encyclopedia ever created.
- 2007-2010 - Global Recognition
Wikipedia became one of the top 10 most visited websites globally. The platform introduced stricter editing policies and verification requirements to improve content reliability.
- 2012-2015 - Mobile Evolution
Wikipedia launched its mobile app and focused on improving mobile accessibility. The app reached its peak popularity in 2015 with over four million quarterly downloads.
- 2017 - Contributor Milestone
Wikipedia reached 2.36 million contributors who had made more than 10 edits, showing remarkable growth from its initial 457 contributors in 2002.
- 2020 - Pandemic Impact
Wikipedia saw unprecedented traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic, with articles like "2019-20 coronavirus pandemic" becoming among the most visited pages, demonstrating its role as a crucial information source.
- 2024 - Wikipedia In Recent Years
Wikipedia maintains its position as the 6th most visited website globally with 8.46 billion total visits, hosts 6.91 million English articles, and operates with 122,000 active English-language contributors, supported by $185.35M in annual donations.
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