Italian Wikipedia
Overview and statistical profile of the Italian Wikipedia dataset.
Statistics
Description
General Overview:
The Italian Wikipedia was launched on 11 May 2001. As of the latest data, it contains 2 million articles created by a community of 30,805 active users.
Size & Content:
The encyclopedia has accumulated over 149.3 million edits across all pages, spanning 8.6 million pages in total. Its content is backed by 11.5 million references, averaging approximately 5.9 references per article. The total size of all articles amounts to approximately 11.8 gigabytes, with an average of about 6.32 kilobytes per article. The most prolific month for new article creation was September 2005, with 41,096 new articles added. The largest content growth in articles occurred in March 2023, when 92.75 megabytes were added.
Readership & Usage:
On average, the Italian Wikipedia attracts approximately 56.8 million unique devices per month. The three countries with the highest share of readership are Italy (93.17%), Switzerland (0.96%), and United States (0.96%). The month with the highest number of unique device visits was January 2026, with 81.1 million visits.