Icelandic Wikipedia
Overview and statistical profile of the Icelandic Wikipedia dataset.
Statistics
Description
General Overview:
The Icelandic Wikipedia was launched on 5 December 2003. As of the latest data, it contains 61,247 articles created by a community of 292 active users.
Size & Content:
The encyclopedia has accumulated over 1.9 million edits across all pages, spanning 159,897 pages in total. Its content is backed by 116,893 references, averaging approximately 1.9 references per article. The total size of all articles amounts to approximately 171.96 megabytes, with an average of about 2.88 kilobytes per article. The most prolific month for new article creation was November 2005, with 4,056 new articles added. The largest content growth in articles occurred in June 2007, when 11.14 megabytes were added.
Readership & Usage:
On average, the Icelandic Wikipedia attracts approximately 1.3 million unique devices per month. The three countries with the highest share of readership are Iceland (48.3%), United States (21.46%), and Canada (3.12%). The month with the highest number of unique device visits was January 2026, with 4.2 million visits.