Simple English Wikipedia
Overview and statistical profile of the Simple English Wikipedia dataset.
Statistics
Description
General Overview:
The Simple English Wikipedia was launched on 18 September 2001. As of the latest data, it contains 279,595 articles created by a community of 3,950 active users.
Size & Content:
The encyclopedia has accumulated over 10.7 million edits across all pages, spanning 929,918 pages in total. Its content is backed by 1.2 million references, averaging approximately 4.2 references per article. The total size of all articles amounts to approximately 1.05 gigabytes, with an average of about 3.93 kilobytes per article. The most prolific month for new article creation was January 2009, with 7,626 new articles added. The largest content growth in articles occurred in March 2022, when 40.83 megabytes were added.
Readership & Usage:
On average, the Simple English Wikipedia attracts approximately 16.5 million unique devices per month. The three countries with the highest share of readership are United States (31.99%), India (21.9%), and United Kingdom (7.58%). The month with the highest number of unique device visits was January 2026, with 38.9 million visits.