Welsh Wikipedia
Overview and statistical profile of the Welsh Wikipedia dataset.
Statistics
Description
General Overview:
The Welsh Wikipedia was launched on July 2003 (unknown day). As of the latest data, it contains 284,005 articles created by a community of 139 active users.
Size & Content:
The encyclopedia has accumulated over 14.6 million edits across all pages, spanning 541,298 pages in total. Its content is backed by 636,706 references, averaging approximately 2.2 references per article. The total size of all articles amounts to approximately 839.21 megabytes, with an average of about 3.03 kilobytes per article. The most prolific month for new article creation was September 2022, with 141,883 new articles added. The largest content growth in articles occurred in December 2016, when 1.37 gigabytes were added.
Readership & Usage:
On average, the Welsh Wikipedia attracts approximately 1.7 million unique devices per month. The three countries with the highest share of readership are United States (40.84%), United Kingdom (12.7%), and Germany (6.06%). The month with the highest number of unique device visits was January 2026, with 6.1 million visits.