English Wikipedia
Overview and statistical profile of the English Wikipedia dataset.
Statistics
Description
General Overview:
The English Wikipedia was launched on 15 January 2001. As of the latest data, it contains 7.1 million articles created by a community of 290,332 active users.
Size & Content:
The encyclopedia has accumulated over 1.3 billion edits across all pages, spanning 65.2 million pages in total. Its content is backed by 102.4 million references, averaging approximately 14.3 references per article. The total size of all articles amounts to approximately 63.78 gigabytes, with an average of about 9.36 kilobytes per article. The most prolific month for new article creation was July 2007, with 62,863 new articles added. The largest content growth in articles occurred in July 2025, when 385.87 megabytes were added.
Readership & Usage:
On average, the English Wikipedia attracts approximately 930.2 million unique devices per month. The three countries with the highest share of readership are United States (40.15%), United Kingdom (11.01%), and India (9.55%). The month with the highest number of unique device visits was January 2025, with 1.1 billion visits.