This year, more than 70,000 volunteers added 5 million articles to Wikipedia, and more than 1 billion devices visited our sites—every month—to read them. Learn more about our impact →
Consider the facts
That means 10 million children are away from their homes, their communities, and their traditional education. Read more →
Sixteen of the seventeen warmest years on record have occurred since 2001. Read more →
Wikipedia is updated constantly—from breaking news stories to ancient history. Read more →
Of the ten most-spoken languages in the world, three are Indic. Read more →
We think that number should be much, much higher. Read more →
Since 2010, the amount of photographs captured around the world has tripled. Read more →
Eighty-seven percent to be exact. From Abkhaz to Zulu, along with 281 more. Read more →
More than 1.2 billion people increased their knowledge and understanding of new cultures by visiting another country. Read more →
According to Wikipedia, OK “denotes approval, acceptance, agreement, assent, or acknowledgment.” Read more →
It is estimated that 61% of the world does not have access to the internet. Read more →
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What we stand for
Wikipedia was born of an impossible idea: that every single human could share in the sum of all knowledge. Read more →
A Letter from Jimmy Wales
Wikipedia is now 16 years old. People entering university today have never known a world without Wikipedia. It has existed from the time they first started learning to read. Read more →