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{{short description|Summary of different ways to measure the English Wikipedia's size}}
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[[File:Size of English Wikipedia (1000 vol).svg|thumb|350px|A [[Treemapping|treemap]]-like breakdown of Wikipedia's topic areas as of February 2016, based on a random sampling of 1,000 articles]]
[[File:Size of English Wikipedia (22.14 GB).svg|thumb|350px|right|An image estimating the size of a printed version of Wikipedia as of December 2023, ignoring images]]

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{{Wikistats}}

The '''size of the English Wikipedia''' can be measured in terms of the number of articles, number of words, number of pages, and the size of the database, among other ways. As of {{date}}, there are {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles in the [[English Wikipedia]] containing over 5 billion words (giving a [[mean]] of about 710 words per article). The total number of pages is {{NUMBEROFPAGES}}. Articles make up {{#expr:{{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}}/{{NUMBEROFPAGES:R}} * 100 round 2}} percent of all pages on Wikipedia. As of 16 October 2024, the size of the current version including all articles compressed is about 24.05 GB without media.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dumps.wikimedia.org/enwiki/latest/ |title=Index of /enwiki/latest/ |website=Wikimedia Downloads |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |access-date=16 October 2024}}</ref><ref>Click on the link in reference 2 and search for "pages-articles-multistream.xml.bz2" to see the current size of the database (as defined as the current version of all articles compressed). See [[Wikipedia:Database download#Where do I get it?]] for more information.</ref>

Wikipedia continues to grow, and the number of articles on Wikipedia is increasing by about 15,000 a month (as of July 2024). The number of articles added to Wikipedia every month reached its peak in 2006, at over 50,000 new articles a month, and has been slowly but steadily declining since then. While this might seem to show that Wikipedia's growth is slowing or stopping, it should be noted that the amount of text added to Wikipedia articles every year has been constant since 2006, at roughly 1&nbsp;gigabyte of [[text compression|(compressed) text]] added per year. This implies that as time progresses, proportionally more content is added to existing articles rather than new articles, and that Wikipedia has maintained the same persistent rate of growth since the 2010s. In other words, the average article size is growing faster than the number of articles over time.

Most of the earlier entries were extracted from [[Wikipedia:Milestones]]. Later entries are taken from observations of the new software's built-in article count features. For information on what Wikipedia's software counts as an article, see [[Wikipedia:What is an article#Lists of articles and statistics]].

The article count of bot-generated Wikipedias such as the [[Cebuano Wikipedia|Cebuano-language edition]] of Wikipedia, as well as the [[Swedish Wikipedia|Swedish]]-, [[Dutch Wikipedia|Dutch]]- and the [[Waray Wikipedia|Waray-language editions]], grow much faster than those that are primarily written by humans such as the English Wikipedia. Swedish Wikipedian [[Sverker Johansson]]'s [[Lsjbot]] is the primary author of those four primarily bot-generated Wikipedias. Cebuano and Waray are [[Languages of the Philippines|Filipino languages]]. However, individual articles in bot-generated Wikipedias are on average much shorter than those in primarily human-written Wikipedias.<ref>In November 2021, the English Wikipedia had 624 words per article, versus 195 words per article for Cebuano, 193 for Swedish, 169 for Dutch, and 117 for Waray-Waray. See [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2021-12-28/By the numbers]].</ref> Thus, article count alone is a very poor indicator of the scale and scope of all Wikipedia editions. However Lsjbot has been dormant since 2020 and users in the Wikipedias primarily authored by Lsjbot are culling low-quality articles.

==Wikipedia growth of article count==
{{for|more details and discussion of other models|Wikipedia:Modelling Wikipedia's growth}}

{{collapse top|Outdated model of Wikipedia's growth from 2010}}
Before 2012, Wikipedia's growth approximately followed a Gompertz growth model. This model was created in June 2010, and it is determined by the [[Gompertz function]], 
:<math>y(t)=ae^{be^{ct}}</math>,

with parameters
: ''a'' = 4,378,449
: ''b'' = −15.42677
: ''c'' = −0.384124
: ''t'' is the time in years since 2000/1/1 (so 2010/1/1 is ''t'' = 10.00) 

and where ''e'' is the constant 2.71828... ([[e (mathematical constant)|Euler's number]]).
{{Wikipedia article graph}}
{{Wikipedia editor graph}}

Some characteristics of this model are:
{{flowlist}}
* a [[inflection point|pivot point]] at which the growth is at its peak. For ''en.wikipedia.org'' ([[English Wikipedia]]), this might have been in August 2006 with 60,000 new articles per month.
* a maximum to the number of articles of about 4.4 million (as determined by parameter ''a'' of the model). It should be noted that there will always be new events, people, organizations, species, objects, works, locations, concepts, receptions, and other topics to describe in the future, which this model does not account for, and the actual number of English Wikipedia articles has already exceeded this maximum number of Wikipedia articles in December 2013.
{{endflowlist}}

This model is related to the ''quantity'' (number of articles). The ''quality'' might still increase independently depending on the individual article. The model does not account for article size.
{{collapse bottom}}

===Graphs of size and growth rate===
In this section, the first graph shows the historical and expected total number of articles; in the second graph, the monthly growth rate has slowed since late 2006 (series trending downward).

[[Wikipedia:Modelling Wikipedia's growth#Two-phase exponential model|Detailed analysis of the data]] shows that from 2006 to 2009 the article growth rate followed a six-monthly cycle with faster growth in February and August than in May and November. This cycle does not appear in the growth-rate graph here because the values shown in the graph have been averaged over six months.

The final graph in this section shows content page growth (i.e. including articles and other pages) to May 2019: note the near-linear growth trend since 2018.

Note the small drop in article count from late August 2022 to early September 2022.

=== Annual growth rate for the English Wikipedia ===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; line-height:1.5em;"
|-
! Date||Article count||Increase during&nbsp;<br/>preceding year||% increase during<br/>preceding year||Doubling time (in years<br/>and days<br>rounded up)||Average increase<br>per day during<br>preceding year&nbsp;
|-
| 2002-01-01 || 19,700 || 19,700 || — || — || 54
|-
| 2003-01-01 || 96,500 || 76,800 || 390% || 160 days || 210
|-
| 2004-01-01 || 188,800 || 92,300 || 96% || 377 days <!-- Calculated using 366 days, as it was a leap year --> || 253
|-
| 2005-01-01 || 438,500 || 249,700 || 132% || 301 days || 682 <!-- Divided by 366, as it was a leap year -->
|-
| 2006-01-01 || 895,000 || 456,500 || 104% || 355 days || 1251
|-
| 2007-01-01 || 1,560,000 || 665,000 || 74% || 342 days || 1822
|-
| 2008-01-01 || 2,153,000 || 593,000 || 38% || 1 year, 302 days <!-- Calculated using 365.5 days, as it includes one non-leap year and one leap year --> || 1625
|-
| 2009-01-01 || 2,679,000 || 526,000 || 24% || 2 years, 326 days || 1437 <!-- Divided by 366, as it was a leap year -->
|-
| 2010-01-01 || 3,144,000 || 465,000 || 17% || 4 years, 29 days <!-- Calculated using 365.25 days, as it includes three non-leap years and one leap year --> || 1274
|-
| 2011-01-01 || 3,518,000 || 374,000 || 12% || 5 years, 284 days <!-- Calculated using 365.4 days, as it includes three non-leap years and two leap years --> || 1025
|-
| 2012-01-01 || 3,835,000 || 317,000 || 9% || 7 years, 257 days <!-- Calculated using 365 2/7 days, as it includes five non-leap years and two leap years --> || 868
|-
| 2013-01-01 || 4,133,000 || 298,000 || 8% || 8 years, 243 days <!-- Calculated using 365.25 days, as it includes six non-leap years and two leap years --> || 814 <!-- Divided by 366, as it was a leap year -->
|-
| 2014-01-01 || 4,413,000 || 280,000 || 7% || 9 years, 330 days <!-- Calculated using 365 2/9 days, as it includes seven non-leap years and two leap years --> || 767
|-
| 2015-01-01 || 4,682,000 || 269,000 || 6% || 11 years, 202 days <!-- Calculated using 365 3/11 days, as it includes eight non-leap years and three leap years --> || 736
|-
| 2016-01-01 || 5,045,000 || 363,000 || 8% || 8 years, 243 days <!-- Calculated using 365.25 days, as it includes six non-leap years and two leap years --> || 995
|-
| 2017-01-01 || 5,321,200 || 276,200 || 7% || 9 years, 330 days <!-- Calculated using 365 2/9 days, as it includes seven non-leap years and two leap years --> || 755 <!-- Divided by 366, as it was a leap year -->
|-
| 2018-01-01 || 5,541,900 || 220,700 || 4.5% || 15 years, 148 days <!--Calculated using 365 4/15 days, as it includes eleven non-leap years and four leap years --> || 605
|-
| 2019-01-01 || 5,773,600 || 231,700 || 4.2% || 16 years, 310 days <!--Calculated using 365.25 days, as it includes twelve non-leap years and four leap years --> || 635
|-
| 2020-01-01 || 5,989,400 || 215,800 || 3.8% || 20 years, 11 days <!--Calculated using 365.25 days, as it includes fifteen non-leap years and five leap years --> || 591
|-
| 2021-01-01 || 6,219,700 || 230,300 || 3.8% || 20 years <!--Calculated using 365.25 days, as it includes fifteen non-leap years and five leap years --> || 629 <!-- Divided by 366, as it was a leap year -->
|-
| 2022-01-01 || 6,431,400 || 211,700 || 3.4% || 21 years, 0 days || 580
|-
| 2023-01-01 || 6,595,468 || 164,068 || 2.6% || 27 years, 2 days || 450
|-
| 2024-01-01 || 6,764,335 || 168,867 || 2.6% || 27 years, 2 days || 463
|-
| 2025-01-01 || 6,933,296 || 168,961 || 2.6% || 27 years, 2 days || 462
|-
|
|-
|{{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}}
||{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}
||''&nbsp;&nbsp;{{formatnum:{{#expr:({{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}}-6933296)}}}}''<sup>[a]</sup>
||''{{formatnum:{{#expr:(({{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}} - 6933296) / 6933296) * 100 round 1}}}}%''<sup>[a]</sup>
||
||''{{#expr:({{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}} - 6933296) / (({{#time:U|now}} - {{#time:U|2025-01-01}}) / 3600 / 24) round 0}}''<sup>[a]</sup>
|-
|colspan="6" align=left|
::<sup>[a]</sup>Estimate based on year so far
|}

At this rate, there are '''{{#expr:({{#expr:ceil({{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}}/1000000)*1000000}}-{{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}})/(({{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}}-{{#expr:floor({{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}}/1000000)*1000000}})/(({{#time:U|now}}-{{#time:U|2025-05-28}})/3600/24))round 0}} days''' until the English Wikipedia reaches {{#expr:ceil({{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}}/1000000)}} million articles.

== Number of words ==
As of November 2025, there are more than 5 billion words in all English Wikipedia articles, with an [[average]] of about 710 words per article. There are about {{#expr: 5.0 * 6 round2}} billion characters, assuming that each word is six characters long (five letters for each word on average plus a space or punctuation mark). Please see the [[Special:Statistics]] page for the most recent word count.

The table below shows only the number of words in all content pages, meaning the {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles; it does not include words in [[Wikipedia:Namespace|other namespaces]] like Talk, User, or Wikipedia. Data for 2002 through 2010 is from the old [https://web.archive.org/web/20250304231827/https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm Wikistats-1] and thus only precise to the month rather than a specific day within a month. Data for 2018 to the present is from the Special:Statistics page, as saved on that date by the [[Internet Archive]]. There is no record of the number of words from January 2010 to December 2017; Wikistats-1 no longer includes the number of words after January 2010, and the Special:Statistics page only started showing the number of words in all content pages on 15 December 2017. Some time within that almost eight-year span, the average number of words dropped. Note that the Internet Archive does not always have an archived version of the Special:Statistics page on the first day of each year.

===Milestones===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; line-height:1.5em;"
|-
! &nbsp;Milestone&nbsp; || Date || Time to Reach Milestone || Source 
|-
| 0 words || 15 January 2001 || N/A || Date of founding per [[Wikipedia]] article page
|-
| 1 billion words || October or November 2007 || Around 6 years, 11 months ||[https://web.archive.org/web/20250304231827/https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm Wikistats-1] 
|-
| 2 billion words || Sometime in 2011 || Around 4 years || [[Extrapolation]] from [[Wikipedia:Size of Wikipedia#Yearly statistics|yearly statistics]] table 
|-
|  3 billion words || Sometime in 2017 || Around 6 years || [[Extrapolation]] from [[Wikipedia:Size of Wikipedia#Yearly statistics|yearly statistics]] table 
|-
| 4 billion words || 19 November 2021 || Around 4 years || [https://web.archive.org/web/20211119001004/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics Special:Statistics] page on that date
|-
| 5 billion words || 25 September 2025 || 3 years, 10 months, 6 days || [https://web.archive.org/web/20250925000329/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics Special:Statistics] page on that date
|-
|}

===Yearly statistics===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; line-height:1.5em;"
|-
! Date || &nbsp;Word count&nbsp; || &nbsp;Increase during&nbsp;<br />preceding year || &nbsp;% increase during&nbsp;<br/>preceding year || Average increase<br>per day during<br>preceding year|| Average number<br>of words<br/>per article
|-
| 2002-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20250304231827/https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm 4,800,000] || 4,800,000 || — || 13,151 || 267
|-
| 2003-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20250304231827/https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm 32,100,000] || 27,300,000 || 569% || 74,795 || 309
|-
| 2004-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20250304231827/https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm 61,400,000] || 29,300,000 || 91% || 80,279 || 315
|-
| 2005-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20250304231827/https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm 127,000,000] || 65,600,000 || 107% || 179,726 || 288
|-
| 2006-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20250304231827/https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm 353,000,000] || 226,000,000 || 177% || 619,178 || 403
|-
| 2007-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20250304231827/https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm 709,000,000] || 356,000,000 || 101% || 967,123 || 473
|-
| 2008-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20250304231827/https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm 1,082,000,000] || 373,000,000 || 53% || 1,021,918 || 515
|-
| 2009-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20250304231827/https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm 1,437,000,000] || 355,000,000 || 33% || 972,603 || 553
|-
| 2010-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20250304231827/https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm 1,798,000,000] || 361,000,000 || 25% || 989,041 || 599
|-
| 2011 to 2017 || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 2018-01-03 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20180103212341/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,077,580,920] || 159,947,625<sup>A</sup> || 8.9%<sup>B</sup> || 438,213<sup>C</sup> || 555
|-
| 2019-01-17 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20190117172539/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,302,922,240] || 225,341,320 || 7.3% || 617,373 || 570
|-
| 2020-01-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20200101035302/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,497,842,238] || 194,919,998 || 5.9% || 534,027 || 584
|-
| 2021-01-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20210101003417/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,755,065,625] || 257,223,387 || 7.3% || 702,796 || 604
|-
| 2022-01-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20220101001038/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,029,071,074] || 274,005,449 || 7.3% || 750,700 || 626
|-
| 2023-01-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20230101012801/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,267,944,148] || 238,873,074 || 5.7% || 654,447 || 647
|-
| 2024-01-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20240101000924/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,516,979,187] || 249,035,039 || 5.8% || 682,288 || 668
|-
| 2025-01-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20241231142226/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,784,651,120] || 267,671,933 || 5.6% || 731,344 || 690
|-
| 2025-11-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20251101000131/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 5,027,460,922] || 242,809,802<sup>D</sup> || — || — || 710
|-
|}

:<sup>A</sup> Average increase per year from 2010 to 2018; total increase of 1,279,581,000 words over the same time period
:<sup>B</sup> Average percent increase per year from 2010 to 2018; overall increase of 71% over the same time period
:<sup>C</sup> Average increase per day from 2010 to 2018
:<sup>D</sup> So far this year

===Monthly statistics since January 2019===

The table below includes the total number of words in all articles, the number of words added, and the average number of words per article at the start or near the start of each month since January 2019.

{{Collapse top|title=Monthly statistics}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Date || &nbsp;Word count&nbsp; || &nbsp;Increase during&nbsp;<br />preceding month || Average number<br>of words<br/>per article
|- 
| 2019-01-17 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20190117172539/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,302,922,240] || — || 570
|- 
| 2019-01-30 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20190130195720/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,312,628,012] || 9,705,772 || 572
|- 
| 2019-03-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20190302090050/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,327,908,282] || 15,280,270 || 572
|- 
| 2019-04-02 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20190402080055/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,346,005,474] || 18,097,912 || 573
|- 
| 2019-05-02 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20190502080051/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,364,867,198] || 18,861,724 || 575
|- 
| 2019-06-02 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20190602042545/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,382,682,291] || 17,815,093 || 576
|- 
| 2019-07-03 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20190703222008/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,400,841,476] || 18,159,185 || 578
|- 
| 2019-08-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20190801044254/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,415,713,393] || 14,871,917 || 579
|- 
| 2019-08-31 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20190831231921/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,431,923,050] || 16,209,657 || 580
|- 
| 2019-10-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20191001004732/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,448,916,490] || 16,993,440 || 581
|- 
| 2019-11-03 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20191103030932/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,465,850,615] || 16,934,125 || 581
|- 
| 2019-12-02 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20191202024024/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,482,116,852] || 16,266,237 || 583
|- 
| 2020-01-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20200101035302/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,497,842,238] || 15,275,386 || 584
|-
| 2020-02-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20200201001707/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,515,781,525] || 17,939,287 || 585
|-
| 2020-03-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20200301030255/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,533,853,569] || 18,072,044 || 586
|-
| 2020-04-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20200401001836/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,556,915,740] || 23,062,171 || 588
|-
| 2020-05-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20200501000335/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,584,029,618] || 27,113,878 || 590
|-
| 2020-06-04 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20200603172549/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,611,432,972] || 27,403,354 || 593
|-
| 2020-07-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20200701000034/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,631,265,076] || 19,832,104 || 594
|-
| 2020-08-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20200801001319/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,653,369,248] || 22,104,172 || 596
|-
| 2020-09-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20200901000156/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,673,339,409] || 19,970,161 || 597
|-
| 2020-10-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20200930205421/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,692,222,212] || 18,882,803 || 599
|-
| 2020-11-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20201101011824/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,713,395,900] || 21,173,688 || 600
|-
| 2020-12-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20201201000856/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,733,824,980] || 20,429,080 || 602
|-
| 2021-01-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20210101003417/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,755,065,625] || 21,240,645 || 604
|-
| 2021-02-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20210201011445/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,776,685,968] || 21,620,343 || 605
|-
| 2021-03-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20210301000452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,811,006,931] || 34,320,963 || 609
|- 
| 2021-04-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20210401114929/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,839,532,258] || 28,525,327 || 611
|-
| 2021-05-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20210501000615/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,889,436,965] || 49,904,707<sup>A</sup> || 618
|-
| 2021-06-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20210601003117/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,901,873,166] || 12,436,201<sup>B</sup> || 619
|-
| 2021-07-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20210701015226/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,910,030,230] || 8,157,064<sup>C</sup> || 618
|-
| 2021-08-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20210801002114/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,928,967,545] || 18,937,315 || 619
|-
| 2021-09-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20210901010419/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,948,128,338] || 19,160,793 || 620
|-
| 2021-10-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000253/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,967,621,552] || 19,493,214 || 621
|-
| 2021-11-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20211101001257/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,987,982,865] || 20,361,313 || 623
|-
| 2021-12-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20211201013917/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,007,118,847] || 19,135,982 || 624
|-
| 2022-01-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20220101001038/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,029,071,074] || 21,952,227 || 626
|-
| 2022-02-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20220201000346/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,051,725,197] || 22,654,123 || 629
|-
| 2022-03-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20220301002145/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,071,396,757] || 19,671,560 || 630
|-
| 2022-04-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20220331133015/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,090,472,851] || 19,076,094 || 631
|-
| 2022-05-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20220501001109/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,109,204,408] || 18,731,557 || 633
|-
| 2022-06-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20220601015926/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,129,871,712] || 20,667,304 || 633
|-
| 2022-07-02 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20220702031502/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,150,008,206] || 20,136,494 || 635
|-
| 2022-08-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20220801004139/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,175,523,086] || 25,514,880 || 636
|-
| 2022-09-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20220901000138/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,193,329,859] || 17,806,773 || 641
|-
| 2022-10-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20221001014606/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,210,577,185] || 17,247,326 || 642
|-
| 2022-11-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20221101072139/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,230,724,380] || 20,147,195 || 644
|-
| 2022-12-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20221201002024/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,248,826,033] || 18,101,653 || 646
|-
| 2023-01-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20230101012801/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,267,944,148] || 19,118,115 || 647
|-
| 2023-02-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20230201011703/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,288,893,266] || 20,949,118 || 649
|-
| 2023-03-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20230301001645/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,308,319,794] || 19,426,528 || 650
|-
| 2023-04-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401003210/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,328,626,906] || 20,307,112 || 652
|-
| 2023-05-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20230501001529/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,349,234,241] || 20,607,335 || 654
|-
| 2023-06-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20230601020848/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,369,929,624] || 20,695,383 || 656
|-
| 2023-07-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701000409/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,390,143,361] || 20,213,737 || 658
|-
| 2023-08-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20230801032850/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,410,109,903] || 19,966,542 || 659
|-
| 2023-09-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20230901011410/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,432,350,450] || 22,240,547 || 661
|-
| 2023-10-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20231001020428/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,450,087,648] || 17,737,198 || 662
|-
| 2023-11-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20231101014048/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,471,349,306] || 21,261,658 || 664
|-
| 2023-12-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20231201143826/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,495,407,730] || 24,058,424 || 666
|-
| 2024-01-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20240101000924/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,516,979,187] || 21,571,457 || 668
|-
| 2024-02-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20240201012000/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,538,556,246] || 21,577,059 || 670
|-
| 2024-03-02 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20240302182127/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,561,800,583] || 23,244,337 || 672
|-
| 2024-04-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20240403121423/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,578,602,377] || 16,801,794 || 673
|-
| 2024-05-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20240501040804/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,601,749,228] || 23,146,851 || 675
|-
| 2024-06-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20240601015839/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,625,033,481] || 23,284,253 || 677
|-
| 2024-07-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20240701010341/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,647,681,621] || 22,648,140 || 679
|-
| 2024-08-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20240801000843/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,671,791,985] || 24,110,364 || 681
|-
| 2024-09-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20240901004223/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,694,224,274] || 22,432,289 || 683
|-
| 2024-10-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20241001000402/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,716,568,100] || 22,343,826 || 685
|-
| 2024-11-01 || [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:English_Wikipedia%27s_Special_Statistics_Page_(1_November_2024).png 4,739,190,467] <sup>D</sup> || 22,622,367 || 686
|-
| 2024-12-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20241201001454/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,761,085,140] || 21,894,673 || 688
|-
| 2025-01-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20241231142226/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,784,651,120] || 23,565,980 || 690
|-
| 2025-02-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20250201001258/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,807,293,239] || 22,642,119 || 692
|-
| 2025-03-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20250301002000/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,829,118,716] || 21,825,477 || 694
|-
| 2025-04-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20250401004340/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,853,244,372] || 24,125,656 || 696
|-
| 2025-05-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20250501000424/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,878,822,806] || 25,578,434 || 698
|-
| 2025-06-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20250601012445/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,902,636,156] || 23,813,350 || 700
|-
| 2025-07-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20250701000255/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,928,157,683] || 25,521,527 || 702
|-
| 2025-08-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20250801000430/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,954,526,990] || 26,369,307 || 705
|-
| 2025-09-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20250901000529/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 4,979,592,115] || 25,065,125 || 706
|-
| 2025-10-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20251001000621/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 5,003,675,582] || 24,083,467 || 708
|-
| 2025-11-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20251101000131/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 5,027,460,922] || 23,785,340 || 710
|}

:<sup>A</sup> There was an unusually large increase in the number of words in April 2021 (49,904,707), followed by an unusually small increase in the number of words in May 2021 (12,436,201). Averaging the two gives 31,170,454.
:<sup>B</sup> Of note, in May 2021, the number of words initially increased to about 3,915,000,000, then decreased to [https://web.archive.org/web/20210601003117/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,901,873,166] by the end of the month. It is unclear whether this decrease was real or if the software was correcting for overcounting words the previous month.
:<sup>C</sup> Like May 2021, June 2021 was associated with an unusually small increase in the number of words (8,157,064).
:<sup>D</sup> No archive of the [[Special:Statistics]] page was available from the [[Internet Archive]] on this date due to disruption from the [[Internet Archive#Cyberattacks|9 October 2024 hacking incident]]. These numbers come from a screenshot of [[Special:Statistics]] at 00:14 UTC time on 1 November 2024. The screenshot is available on the Wikimedia Commons. 
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==Number of pages==

As of {{date}}, there are {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} pages in the [[English Wikipedia]], of which {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} ({{#expr:{{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}}/{{NUMBEROFPAGES:R}} * 100 round 2}}%) are articles, which are found in the [[Wikipedia:Main namespace|main namespace]], or simply ''mainspace''. The rest of the pages belong to one of the other 11 [[Wikipedia:Namespace|namespaces]], listed here in alphabetical order: Category, Draft, File, Help, MediaWiki, Module, Portal, Template, TimedText, User, and Wikipedia. Each page on Wikipedia can have a corresponding talk page as well. The data for this table is from the [[Special:Statistics]] page, as saved on that date by the [[Internet Archive]]. Note that the Internet Archive does not always have an archived version of the Special:Statistics page on the first day of each year. Over time, the percentage of all pages on Wikipedia that consist of articles drops as more non-article pages are created than articles.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; line-height:1.5em;"
|-
! Date || &nbsp;Number of pages&nbsp; || &nbsp;Increase during&nbsp;<br />preceding year || &nbsp;Number of articles&nbsp; || Articles as percent of all pages
|-
| 2004-06-11 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20040611053644/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 647,883] || — || 281,874 || 43.5%
|-
| 2005-01-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20050101014846/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 1,197,913] || 550,030 || 438,141 || 36.6%
|-
| 2006-01-03 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20060103225557/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 3,000,244] || 1,802,331 || 898,545 || 29.9%
|-
| 2006-12-31 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20061231134833/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 6,943,133] || 3,942,889 || 1,558,851 || 22.5%
|-
| 2008-01-17 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20080117170338/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 11,539,058] || 4,595,925 || 2,179,452 || 18.9%
|-
| 2009-01-14 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20090114193920/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 15,748,310] || 4,209,252 || 2,698,541 || 17.1%
|-
| 2010-01-16 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20100116064909/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 19,152,235] || 3,403,925 || 3,160,689 || 16.5%
|-
| 2011-01-17 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20110114213637/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 22,911,618] || 3,759,383 || 3,528,731 || 15.4%
|-
| 2012-01-13 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20120113043850/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 25,967,077] || 3,055,459 || 3,845,029 || 14.8%
|-
| 2013-01-09 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20130109070413/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 29,155,808] || 3,188,731 || 4,139,737 || 14.2%
|-
| 2014-01-07 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20140107050736/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 31,923,877] || 2,768,069 || 4,417,695 || 13.8%
|-
| 2015-01-04 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20150104235801/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 34,707,205] || 2,783,328 || 4,686,061 || 13.5%
|-
| 2016-01-26 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20160128234203/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 38,371,459] || 3,664,254 || 5,067,290 || 13.2%
|-
| 2017-02-05 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20170205135526/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 41,359,746] || 2,988,287 || 5,329,307 || 12.9%
|-
| 2018-01-03 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20180103212341/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 43,888,461] || 2,528,715 || 5,543,749 || 12.6%
|-
| 2019-01-17 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20190117172539/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 46,887,788] || 2,999,327 || 5,789,910 || 12.3%
|-
| 2020-01-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20200101035302/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 49,284,510] || 2,396,722 || 5,989,467 || 12.1%
|-
| 2021-01-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20210101003417/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 52,249,111] || 2,964,601 || 6,219,733 || 11.9%
|-
| 2022-01-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20220101001038/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 54,881,228] || 2,632,117 || 6,431,465 || 11.7%
|-
| 2023-01-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20230101012801/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 57,218,269] || 2,337,041 || 6,595,468 || 11.5%
|-
| 2024-01-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20240101000924/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 59,683,415] || 2,465,146 || 6,764,492 || 11.3%
|-
| 2025-01-01 || [https://web.archive.org/web/20240101000924/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics 62,167,433] || 2,484,018 || 6,932,835 || 11.2%
|}

== Size of the English Wikipedia database ==
[[File:Wikipedia article size in gigabytes.png|thumb|200px|Total article text in English Wikipedia, measured in gigabytes (compressed).<ref>Data from [[:en:Wikipedia:Database download]]</ref>]]

There are various elements of the [[Wikipedia:Database download|Wikipedia database]] to consider when describing its size. The most obvious include the markup text of the articles, templates, media/file descriptions, and primary meta-pages that would be needed to render the text of the latest version of the current encyclopedia proper. The associated talk pages and the other [[Wikipedia:Namespace|namespaces]] (User, Wikipedia, Help, etc.) are often considered separately. Each of these has an associated edit history, etc. In addition, there are the images and other multimedia (stored in common across all Wikipedias). It is important to take into account whether the data is compressed and if so what compression scheme is used. Besides the English Wikipedia, there are hundreds of Wikipedias in other languages to consider, as well.

In April 2010, the size of the full English Wikipedia edit history was 5.6 TB uncompressed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://infodisiac.com/blog/2010/04/full-history-dump-for-english-wikipedia-is-back/|title=Full history dump for English Wikipedia is back – Infodisiac|publisher=  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828103211/http://infodisiac.com/blog/2010/04/full-history-dump-for-english-wikipedia-is-back/|archive-date=28 August 2018|accessdate=1 January 2017}}</ref>

As of June 2015, the dump of all pages with complete edit history in [[XML]] format at [https://web.archive.org/web/20160211190907/https://dumps.wikimedia.org/enwiki/20150602/ enwiki dump progress on 20150602] is about 100 GB compressed using [[7-Zip]], and 10 TB uncompressed.

As of May 2015, the current version of the English Wikipedia article / template / redirect text was about 51 GB uncompressed in XML format.

The size of the article text in the English Wikipedia, measured in gigabytes (compressed), grew steadily from 1 GB in 2006 to 9 GB in 2013 to 11.5 GB in 2015 as shown in the chart. However, due to an error in compiling the data dump for April 2016, the size of the article text shrunk by approximately 9 percent to 10.8 GB compressed (though the actual size of the article text grew in reality, which can be seen by comparing with the March 2016 and May 2016 data dumps).<ref>https://dumps.wikimedia.org/enwiki/20160407/{{dead-link}}</ref> Likewise, there is also a similar error when compiling the April 20, 2018, data, showing as 12.85 GB (again, the actual size of the article text grew in reality as can be seen by comparing the previous and following months).<ref>https://dumps.wikimedia.org/enwiki/20180420/{{dead-link}}</ref>

As of February 2013, the XML file containing current pages only, no user or talk pages, was 42,987,293,445 bytes uncompressed (43 GB). The XML file with current pages, including user and talk pages, was 93,754,003,797 bytes uncompressed (94 GB). The full history dumps, all 174 files of them, took 10,005,676,791,734 bytes (10 TB).<ref>[[m:Data_dumps/FAQ]]</ref>

As of August 2023, Wikimedia Commons, which includes the images, videos and other media used across all the language-specific Wikipedias contained 96,519,778 files, totalling 470,991,810,222,099 bytes (428.36 TB). <ref> {{cite web|url=https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MediaStatistics|title=Media statistics of wikimedia commons|publisher=[[wikimedia]]|accessdate=28 August 2023}}</ref> 

Other sources for recent size estimates are:
* [[m:Data dumps]]
** [[m:Data dump torrents]]
* [[m:Mirroring Wikimedia project XML dumps/estimates]]
* [http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm Wikipedia Statistics - Tables - English]
* [[mail:xmldatadumps-l|xmldatadumps-l - Monthly updates]]

== Comparisons with other Wikipedias ==
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[[File:Articlecount topten wikipedia.svg]]

Codes: [[Main Page|en&nbsp;-&nbsp;English]] • [[:es:|es&nbsp;-&nbsp;Spanish]] • [[:de:|de&nbsp;-&nbsp;German]] • [[:ja:|ja&nbsp;-&nbsp;Japanese]] • [[:ru:|ru&nbsp;-&nbsp;Russian]] • [[:fr:|fr&nbsp;-&nbsp;French]] • [[:it:|it&nbsp;-&nbsp;Italian]] • [[:pl:|pl&nbsp;-&nbsp;Polish]] • [[:pt:|pt&nbsp;-&nbsp;Portuguese]] • [[:zh:|zh&nbsp;-&nbsp;Chinese]]

This graph is based on data from https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesArticlesTotal.htm as of 14 June 2015, with recent values for the English Wikipedia taken from the data below. The sum includes all 270+ Wikipedia languages. See the front page at https://www.wikipedia.org for a recent article count for the ten largest Wikipedias.

The English edition remains the largest Wikipedia, slightly larger than the second-largest edition, the [[Cebuano language|Cebuano]] [[List of Wikipedias|Wikipedia]]. Many other editions shared the quasi-exponential growth of the English edition, though lagging one to three years behind. As these other Wikipedias have grown, the overall percentage of articles in English has been steadily decreasing, and it fell below 25 percent in March 2007. The percentage of articles in the ten largest Wikipedias has also been decreasing, although these top ten still account for about 67 percent of all Wikipedia articles as of June 2007. Note that [[Lsjbot]], a bot run by [[Sverker Johansson]], is responsible for much of the growth of the {{Ordinal to word|{{Wikipedia rank by size|ceb}}}}- and {{Ordinal to word|{{Wikipedia rank by size|sv}}}}-largest Wikipedias, the Cebuano and the [[Swedish Wikipedia]]s, respectively, as well as the rapid growth of the [[Waray Wikipedia]]. The charts don't show the Cebuano, Swedish, or the Waray Wikipedias. Those three Wikipedias' article count growth primarily consists of stubs pertaining to living organisms and geographical entities (such as islands, rivers, dams, mountains, and settlements).

[[File:PercentWikipediasGraph.png|720px]]

Currently, the English Wikipedia makes up {{#expr:({{NUMBEROF|ARTICLES|en}} * 100 / {{NUMBEROF|ARTICLES|totalactive}}) round 2}} percent of all volumes in all editions of Wikipedia.

The English Wikipedia's database size is just over 10 times greater than the next-largest Wikipedia by article count, the Cebuano Wikipedia. (As of October 2023)

== Chronology of software versions ==
* [[UseModWiki|Phase I]] UseMod Wiki-based software: January 10, 2001 – January 25, 2002
* [[Wikipedia:PHP script|Phase II]] PHP-based software:  January 25, 2002 – July 20, 2002
* [[Wikipedia:Software Phase III|Phase III]] PHP-based software: July 20, 2002 – present

This data set notes the fact that these figures are drawn from multiple data sources and different estimates (see the key below for details), and presents them as a spreadsheet-ready table for graphing. The original data sets are archived: see the links below. Note also that the figures are sampled at random times of day.

== Hard copy size ==
{{main|Wikipedia:Size in volumes}}

In early 2015, [[Michael Mandiberg]] published the [[English Wikipedia]] in 7473 volumes of 700 pages each via [[Lulu (company)|Lulu]], an online e-book and print self-publishing platform, distributor, and retailer.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://diff.wikimedia.org/2015/06/19/meet-print-wikipedia/| title=7,473 volumes at 700 pages each: meet Print Wikipedia | work=Wikimedia blog | date=2015-06-19 | accessdate=2015-07-02 }}</ref>

The following graphic illustrates how large the English Wikipedia might be if the articles (without images and other multimedia content) were to be printed and bound in book form with a format similar to ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''. Each volume is assumed to be {{convert|25|cm|in|abbr=on}} tall, {{convert|5|cm|in|abbr=on}} thick, and containing 1,600,000 words or 8,000,000 characters. The size of this illustration is based upon the live article count manually adjusted by the average word count on an irregular basis on a user subpage of the graphic's creator [[User:Tompw|Tompw]]. The growth rate is approximately one full volume every three days if the increase in average article size isn't accounted for over time and approximately one additional full volume every three days when accounting for increases in average article size. In other words, accounting for increases in average article size over time, the growth rate is approximately one full volume every 1.5 days. The print volumes as shown in the illustration would take up just over {{convert|9.44|m3|abbr=on}} in total volume, enough to fill a full-size, high-roof, extended [[Ford Transit]] [[panel van]] (approximately {{convert|13|m3|abbr=on}} of cargo space) with room to spare for packaging the volumes and reasonable access within the cargo space.

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== The data set ==
{{see also|Wikipedia:Modelling Wikipedia's growth#Data set for number of articles}}

Key to the data below:
* ''approx'': this figure is an approximation
* ''lowerbound'' indicates that there were at least this many pages
* ''mpac3.2'': main page article count from the Phase III software following an adjustment to the count on March 29, 2015
* ''mpac3.1'': main page article count from the Phase III software from May 25, 2003, to March 28, 2015: [[m:Article count reform|article namespace, not redirects, containing at least one internal wiki link]]
* ''mpacIII'': main page article count from the Phase III software up to May 22, 2003: article namespace, comma, not redirect
* ''mpacII'': main page article count from the Phase II software
* ''spII'': stats page article count from the Phase II software
* ''all'': total of all pages of any sort
* ''commapp'': pages that include a comma, a crude way of finding "real" articles
* ''conscnt'': "conservative count" taken by removing the count of various types of non-article from the comma page count
* MF: [[user:Malcolm Farmer|Malcolm Farmer]]
* LMS: [[user:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]]
* WA: [[Wikipedia:Announcements]]

Now extended and annotated with (somewhat [[Gnomic aspect|gnomic]]) source information. 
Note that sampling times are only recorded to the day given by the user recording the entry and that there is no clear time-zone information for that day. However, most of the more recent counts (up to 2022) were taken at the start of the day based on [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] taken from [[meta:List of Wikipedias/Table|the List of Wikipedias table in Meta Wiki]]. Since 2023, the counts are taken at around the same time, albeit taken from [[commons:Data:Wikipedia statistics/data.tab|the new List of Wikipedias table in Wikimedia Commons]] as it leaves a permanent revision record in its history page, though not necessarily at midnight UTC.

''Note:'' The current mpac3.2 article count for the English-language Wikipedia is '''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles'''
{{Collapse top|title=Data set}}
 2025-11-20, 7093017,     mpac3.2
 2025-11-01, 7083601,     mpac3.2
 2025-10-20, 7077244,     mpac3.2
 2025-10-01, 7066738,     mpac3.2
 2025-09-20, 7059840,     mpac3.2
 2025-09-01, 7049030,     mpac3.2
 2025-08-20, 7042225,     mpac3.2
 2025-08-01, 7032001,     mpac3.2
 2025-07-20, 7025316,     mpac3.2
 2025-07-01, 7016088,     mpac3.2
 2025-06-20, 7011275,     mpac3.2
 2025-06-01, 7002036,     mpac3.2
 2025-05-30, 7001067,     mpac3.2
 2025-05-20, 6995809,     mpac3.2
 2025-05-01, 6988472,     mpac3.2
 2025-04-20, 6983778,     mpac3.2
 2025-04-01, 6975247,     mpac3.2
 2025-03-20, 6969014,     mpac3.2
 2025-03-01, 6961054,     mpac3.2
 2025-02-20, 6956620,     mpac3.2
 2025-02-01, 6947647,     mpac3.2
 2025-01-20, 6942194,     mpac3.2
 2025-01-01, 6933101,     mpac3.2
 2024-12-20, 6926829,     mpac3.2
 2024-12-01, 6918035,     mpac3.2
 2024-11-20, 6913168,     mpac3.2
 2024-11-01, 6904265,     mpac3.2
 2024-10-20, 6898224,     mpac3.2
 2024-10-01, 6889419,     mpac3.2
 2024-09-20, 6884951,     mpac3.2
 2024-09-01, 6876239,     mpac3.2
 2024-08-20, 6870088,     mpac3.2
 2024-08-01, 6860376,     mpac3.2
 2024-07-20, 6855041,     mpac3.2
 2024-07-01, 6843711,     mpac3.2
 2024-06-20, 6838209,     mpac3.2
 2024-06-01, 6829789,     mpac3.2
 2024-05-20, 6825439,     mpac3.2
 2024-05-01, 6818885,     mpac3.2
 2024-04-20, 6814382,     mpac3.2
 2024-04-01, 6805823,     mpac3.2
 2024-03-21, 6800000,     mpac3.2
 2024-03-20, 6799594,     mpac3.2
 2024-03-01, 6790569,     mpac3.2
 2024-02-20, 6786300,     mpac3.2
 2024-02-01, 6777120,     mpac3.2
 2024-01-20, 6772420,     mpac3.2
 2024-01-01, 6764493,     mpac3.2
 2023-12-20, 6759280,     mpac3.2
 2023-12-01, 6752837,     mpac3.2
 2023-11-20, 6747593,     mpac3.2
 2023-11-01, 6737260,     mpac3.2
 2023-10-20, 6731340,     mpac3.2
 2023-10-01, 6722032,     mpac3.2
 2023-09-20, 6716704,     mpac3.2
 2023-09-01, 6707449,     mpac3.2
 2023-08-20, 6700863,     mpac3.2
 2023-08-01, 6691470,     mpac3.2
 2023-07-20, 6685858,     mpac3.2
 2023-07-01, 6676895,     mpac3.2
 2023-06-20, 6671771,     mpac3.2
 2023-06-01, 6662767,     mpac3.2
 2023-05-20, 6658548,     mpac3.2
 2023-05-01, 6650365,     mpac3.2
 2023-04-20, 6645801,     mpac3.2
 2023-04-01, 6637528,     mpac3.2
 2023-03-20, 6632573,     mpac3.2
 2023-03-01, 6625092,     mpac3.2
 2023-02-20, 6620636,     mpac3.2
 2023-02-01, 6610944,     mpac3.2
 2023-01-20, 6605171,     mpac3.2
 2023-01-01, 6595453,     mpac3.2
 2022-12-20, 6589658,     mpac3.2
 2022-12-01, 6581870,     mpac3.2
 2022-11-20, 6577410,     mpac3.2
 2022-11-01, 6569425,     mpac3.2
 2022-10-20, 6564333,     mpac3.2
 2022-10-01, 6556407,     mpac3.2
 2022-09-20, 6552981,     mpac3.2
 2022-09-01, 6546262,     mpac3.2
 2022-08-20, 6572031,     mpac3.2
 2022-08-01, 6555874,     mpac3.2
 2022-07-20, 6546227,     mpac3.2
 2022-07-01, 6526224,     mpac3.2
 2022-06-20, 6521455,     mpac3.2
 2022-06-01, 6506591,     mpac3.2
 2022-05-20, 6501004,     mpac3.2
 2022-05-01, 6492027,     mpac3.2
 2022-04-20, 6486854,     mpac3.2
 2022-04-01, 6476873,     mpac3.2
 2022-03-20, 6470278,     mpac3.2
 2022-03-01, 6460214,     mpac3.2
 2022-02-20, 6455948,     mpac3.2
 2022-02-01, 6446517,     mpac3.2
 2022-01-20, 6441097,     mpac3.2
 2022-01-01, 6431453,     mpac3.2
 2021-12-20, 6425601,     mpac3.2
 2021-12-01, 6416006,     mpac3.2
 2021-11-20, 6410825,     mpac3.2
 2021-11-01, 6403271,     mpac3.2
 2021-10-20, 6396906,     mpac3.2
 2021-10-01, 6385536,     mpac3.2
 2021-09-20, 6379285,     mpac3.2
 2021-09-01, 6367872,     mpac3.2
 2021-08-20, 6360324,     mpac3.2
 2021-08-01, 6348250,     mpac3.2
 2021-07-20, 6340028,     mpac3.2
 2021-07-01, 6327892,     mpac3.2
 2021-06-20, 6320663,     mpac3.2
 2021-06-01, 6308335,     mpac3.2
 2021-05-20, 6301409,     mpac3.2
 2021-05-01, 6289761,     mpac3.2
 2021-04-20, 6284578,     mpac3.2
 2021-04-01, 6279392,     mpac3.2
 2021-03-20, 6275819,     mpac3.2
 2021-03-01, 6260514,     mpac3.2
 2021-02-20, 6253194,     mpac3.2
 2021-02-16, 6251560,     mpac3.2
 2021-02-01, 6239794,     mpac3.2
 2021-01-20, 6232709,     mpac3.2
 2021-01-01, 6219738,     mpac3.2
 2020-12-20, 6211416,     mpac3.2
 2020-12-01, 6199583,     mpac3.2
 2020-11-20, 6193125,     mpac3.2
 2020-11-01, 6183101,     mpac3.2
 2020-10-20, 6177159,     mpac3.2
 2020-10-01, 6166863,     mpac3.2
 2020-09-20, 6160933,     mpac3.2
 2020-09-01, 6151185,     mpac3.2
 2020-08-20, 6144071,     mpac3.2
 2020-08-01, 6132457,     mpac3.2
 2020-07-20, 6124960,     mpac3.2
 2020-07-01, 6112491,     mpac3.2
 2020-06-20, 6104272,     mpac3.2
 2020-06-01, 6090117,     mpac3.2
 2020-05-20, 6081715,     mpac3.2
 2020-05-01, 6068930,     mpac3.2
 2020-04-29, 6068050,     mpac3.2
 2020-04-20, 6061566,     mpac3.2
 2020-04-01, 6046541,     mpac3.2
 2020-03-20, 6037325,     mpac3.2
 2020-03-01, 6023622,     mpac3.2
 2020-02-20, 6017461,     mpac3.2
 2020-02-01, 6007270,     mpac3.2
 2020-01-23, 6000000,     mpac3.2
 2020-01-20, 5997670,     mpac3.2
 2020-01-01, 5989416,     mpac3.2
 2019-12-20, 5984273,     mpac3.2
 2019-12-01, 5976279,     mpac3.2
 2019-11-20, 5972256,     mpac3.2
 2019-11-01, 5962722,     mpac3.2
 2019-10-20, 5954671,     mpac3.2
 2019-10-01, 5939875,     mpac3.2
 2019-09-20, 5932911,     mpac3.2
 2019-09-01, 5918071,     mpac3.2
 2019-08-20, 5911737,     mpac3.2
 2019-08-01, 5896919,     mpac3.2
 2019-07-20, 5893658,     mpac3.2
 2019-07-01, 5878338,     mpac3.2
 2019-06-20, 5877998,     mpac3.2
 2019-06-01, 5863143,     mpac3.2
 2019-05-20, 5860500,     mpac3.2
 2019-05-01, 5846911,     mpac3.2
 2019-04-20, 5844944,     mpac3.2
 2019-04-01, 5829735,     mpac3.2
 2019-03-20, 5826549,     mpac3.2
 2019-03-01, 5811521,     mpac3.2
 2019-02-20, 5809147,     mpac3.2
 2019-02-01, 5793211,     mpac3.2
 2019-01-20, 5790289,     mpac3.2
 2019-01-01, 5773609,     mpac3.2
 2018-12-20, 5769623,     mpac3.2
 2018-12-01, 5760650,     mpac3.2
 2018-11-20, 5754678,     mpac3.2
 2018-11-01, 5743635,     mpac3.2
 2018-10-20, 5737320,     mpac3.2
 2018-10-01, 5725625,     mpac3.2
 2018-09-20, 5719275,     mpac3.2
 2018-09-01, 5708859,     mpac3.2
 2018-08-20, 5700767,     mpac3.2
 2018-08-01, 5691573,     mpac3.2
 2018-07-20, 5684754,     mpac3.2
 2018-07-01, 5674437,     mpac3.2
 2018-06-20, 5669597,     mpac3.2
 2018-06-01, 5658597,     mpac3.2
 2018-05-20, 5652460,     mpac3.2
 2018-05-01, 5631064,     mpac3.2
 2018-04-20, 5624665,     mpac3.2
 2018-04-20, 5616424,     mpac3.2
 2018-04-01, 5601977,     mpac3.2
 2018-03-20, 5593122,     mpac3.2
 2018-03-14, 5589212,     mpac3.2
 2018-03-01, 5580475,     mpac3.2
 2018-02-20, 5574370,     mpac3.2
 2018-02-01, 5561943,     mpac3.2
 2018-01-20, 5553902,     mpac3.2
 2018-01-01, 5541954,     mpac3.2
 2017-12-20, 5534201,     mpac3.2
 2017-12-01, 5523142,     mpac3.2
 2017-11-20, 5514876,     mpac3.2
 2017-11-03, 5504063,     mpac3.2
 2017-11-01, 5502176,     mpac3.2
 2017-10-20, 5495560,     mpac3.2
 2017-10-01, 5485667,     mpac3.2
 2017-09-20, 5479643,     mpac3.2
 2017-09-01, 5468941,     mpac3.2
 2017-08-20, 5462561,     mpac3.2
 2017-08-01, 5451723,     mpac3.2
 2017-07-20, 5444264,     mpac3.2
 2017-07-01, 5433581,     mpac3.2
 2017-06-20, 5426719,     mpac3.2
 2017-06-01, 5416113,     mpac3.2
 2017-05-20, 5408129,     mpac3.2
 2017-05-01, 5396280,     mpac3.2
 2017-04-20, 5387914,     mpac3.2
 2017-04-01, 5373690,     mpac3.2
 2017-03-20, 5362523,     mpac3.2
 2017-03-01, 5346700,     mpac3.2
 2017-02-20, 5338516,     mpac3.2
 2017-02-01, 5327098,     mpac3.2
 2017-01-20, 5331347,     mpac3.2
 2017-01-01, 5321224,     mpac3.2
 2016-12-20, 5311347,     mpac3.2
 2016-12-01, 5296678,     mpac3.2
 2016-11-20, 5288330,     mpac3.2
 2016-11-01, 5274651,     mpac3.2
 2016-10-20, 5265089,     mpac3.2
 2016-10-01, 5252268,     mpac3.2
 2016-09-20, 5243484,     mpac3.2
 2016-09-01, 5228161,     mpac3.2
 2016-08-20, 5219543,     mpac3.2
 2016-08-17, 5217387,     mpac3.2
 2016-08-01, 5206524,     mpac3.2
 2016-07-20, 5197958,     mpac3.2
 2016-07-01, 5185010,     mpac3.2
 2016-06-16, 5175044,     mpac3.2
 2016-06-01, 5164502,     mpac3.2
 2016-05-07, 5145138,     mpac3.2
 2016-05-01, 5138918,     mpac3.2
 2016-04-16, 5127280,     mpac3.2
 2016-04-01, 5117649,     mpac3.2
 2016-03-12, 5101915,     mpac3.2
 2016-03-01, 5092635,     mpac3.2
 2016-02-25, 5088246,     mpac3.2
 2016-02-10, 5076100,     mpac3.2
 2016-02-01, 5069563,     mpac3.2
 2016-01-13, 5054998,     mpac3.2
 2016-01-01, 5044646,     mpac3.2
 2015-12-13, 5029904,     mpac3.2
 2015-12-01, 5021412,     mpac3.2
 2015-11-19, 5012867,     mpac3.2
 2015-11-01, 5000222,     mpac3.2
 2015-10-31, 4999125,     mpac3.2
 2015-10-30, 4998330,     mpac3.2 (getting ready to cross the 5,000,000-article mark within days!)
 2015-10-23, 4994039,     mpac3.2
 2015-09-15, 4967357,     mpac3.2
 2015-08-20, 4948565,     mpac3.2
 2015-07-24, 4925955,     mpac3.2
 2015-07-11, 4914223,     mpac3.2
 2015-06-13, 4890457,     mpac3.2
 2015-06-01, 4881893,     mpac3.2
 2015-04-23, 4857075,     mpac3.2
 2015-03-29, 4847680,     mpac3.2 ({{nobr|Articles were re-counted after the count had been corrupted due to bugs related to article import.}})
 2015-03-28, 4752325,     mpac3.1
 2015-02-16, 4720863,     mpac3.1
 2015-02-13, 4718012,     mpac3.1
 2014-12-24, 4676771,     mpac3.1
 2014-10-21, 4628356,     mpac3.1
 2014-09-09, 4599536,     mpac3.1
 2014-08-16, 4581884,     mpac3.1
 2014-07-07, 4549644,     mpac3.1
 2014-05-27, 4523082,     mpac3.1
 2014-03-11, 4469721,     mpac3.1
 2014-02-24, 4459244,     mpac3.1
 2014-01-13, 4422851,     mpac3.1
 2013-12-29, 4410984,     mpac3.1
 2013-10-03, 4340901,     mpac3.1
 2013-09-24, 4334149,     mpac3.1
 2013-08-07, 4298577,     mpac3.1
 2013-07-23, 4288499,     mpac3.1
 2013-06-24, 4264727,     mpac3.1
 2013-05-01, 4246040,     mpac3.1
 2013-04-16, 4211714,     mpac3.1
 2013-03-24, 4192854,     mpac3.1
 2013-02-27, 4174895,     mpac3.1
 2013-02-11, 4163513,     mpac3.1
 2013-01-10, 4140601,     mpac3.1
 2013-01-01, 4133445,     mpac3.1
 2012-12-30, 4131913,     mpac3.1
 2012-12-08, 4114646,     mpac3.1
 2012-10-28, 4085249,     mpac3.1
 2012-09-28, 4063240,     mpac3.1
 2012-09-24, 4060628,     mpac3.1
 2012-09-17, 4055005,     mpac3.1
 2012-09-01, 4042592,     mpac3.1
 2012-08-23, 4034323,     mpac3.1
 2012-08-06, 4021327,     mpac3.1
 2012-07-30, 4014919,     mpac3.1
 2012-07-27, 4011587,     mpac3.1
 2012-07-19, 4004895,     mpac3.1
 2012-07-12, 4000109,     mpac3.1
 2012-07-07, 3993535,     mpac3.1
 2012-06-30, 3986591,     mpac3.1
 2012-06-17, 3975795,     mpac3.1
 2012-06-10, 3968543,     mpac3.1
 2012-04-30, 3937038,     mpac3.1
 2012-04-02, 3912036,     mpac3.1
 2011-11-01, 3784306,     mpac3.1
 2011-08-07, 3704299,     mpac3.1
 2011-06-21, 3663629,     mpac3.1
 2011-06-18, 3661385,     mpac3.1
 2011-03-31, 3599159,     mpac3.1
 2011-02-15, 3559253,     mpac3.1
 2011-01-24, 3540209,     mpac3.1
 2011-01-03, 3519837,     mpac3.1
 2010-12-12, 3499170,     mpac3.1
 2010-08-15, 3379047,     mpac3.1
 2010-08-05, 3369561,     mpac3.1
 2010-05-17, 3292706,     mpac3.1
 2010-04-23, 3266245,     mpac3.1
 2009-12-13, 3123353,     mpac3.1
 2009-11-23, 3102627,     mpac3.1
 2009-10-15, 3063124,     mpac3.1
 2009-09-12, 3031291,     mpac3.1
 2009-08-26, 3013053,     mpac3.1
 2009-08-17, 3000000,     mpac3.1
 2009-07-31, 2975970,     mpac3.1
 2009-07-11, 2943644,     mpac3.1
 2009-04-17, 2843391,     mpac3.1
 2009-03-07, 2780320,     mpac3.1
 2009-02-17, 2746003,     mpac3.1
 2009-02-01, 2722366,     mpac3.1
 2009-01-01, 2679785,     mpac3.1
 2008-12-10, 2652896,     mpac3.1
 2008-11-21, 2631334,     mpac3.1
 2008-11-04, 2612599,     mpac3.1
 2008-10-20, 2591574,     mpac3.1
 2008-10-02, 2569004,     mpac3.1
 2008-09-14, 2553609,     mpac3.1
 2008-08-16, 2510197,     mpac3.1
 2008-08-11, 2500000,     mpac3.1 (inserted retroactively from data in WA)
 2008-07-30, 2479280,     mpac3.1
 2008-07-15, 2456599,     mpac3.1
 2008-07-02, 2436830,     mpac3.1
 2008-06-21, 2421535,     mpac3.1
 2008-06-04, 2399617,     mpac3.1
 2008-05-20, 2379635,     mpac3.1
 2008-05-13, 2370238,     mpac3.1
 2008-04-30, 2353068,     mpac3.1
 2008-04-06, 2320245,     mpac3.1
 2008-03-21, 2291433,     mpac3.1
 2008-03-08, 2269796,     mpac3.1
 2008-02-23, 2246333,     mpac3.1
 2008-02-07, 2214256,     mpac3.1
 2008-01-30, 2200000,     mpac3.1
 2008-01-12, 2170716,     mpac3.1
 2007-12-16, 2129551,     mpac3.1
 2007-12-08, 2118053,     mpac3.1
 2007-11-27, 2104052,     mpac3.1
 2007-11-15, 2090929,     mpac3.1
 2007-10-20, 2055408,     mpac3.1
 2007-10-06, 2037246,     mpac3.1
 2007-09-09, 2000000,     mpac3.1 (inserted retroactively from data in WA)
 2007-09-05, 1991220,     mpac3.1
 2007-08-28, 1978895,     mpac3.1
 2007-08-09, 1941186,     mpac3.1
 2007-08-01, 1925624,     mpac3.1
 2007-07-22, 1900000,     mpac3.1 (inserted retroactively from data in WA)
 2007-07-12, 1879826,     mpac3.1
 2007-06-23, 1847297,     mpac3.1
 2007-06-10, 1828002,     mpac3.1
 2007-06-02, 1813007,     mpac3.1
 2007-05-25, 1800000,     mpac3.1
 2007-05-16, 1785384,     mpac3.1
 2007-05-01, 1763270,     mpac3.1
 2007-04-16, 1740243,     mpac3.1
 2007-03-22, 1700000,     mpac3.1 (inserted retroactively from data in WA)
 2007-03-07, 1674588,     mpac3.1
 2007-02-14, 1638583,     mpac3.1
 2007-02-08, 1626802,     mpac3.1
 2007-01-24, 1598645,     mpac3.1
 2006-12-19, 1539908,     mpac3.1
 2006-11-24, 1500000,     mpac3.1 (inserted retroactively from data in WA)
 2006-11-08, 1473418,     mpac3.1
 2006-10-21, 1444717,     mpac3.1
 2006-10-05, 1418517,     mpac3.1
 2006-09-22, 1396727,     mpac3.1
 2006-08-26, 1344771,     mpac3.1
 2006-08-15, 1317963,     mpac3.1
 2006-08-06, 1300000,     mpac3.1 (inserted retroactively from data in WA)
 2006-07-04, 1234741,     mpac3.1
 2006-06-19, 1200000,     mpac3.1 (inserted retroactively from data in WA)
 2006-06-05, 1173156,     mpac3.1
 2006-05-12, 1129680,     mpac3.1
 2006-04-27, 1100000,     mpac3.1 (inserted retroactively from data in WA)
 2006-03-24, 1040919,     mpac3.1
 2006-03-17, 1027914,     mpac3.1
 2006-03-01, 1000000,     mpac3.1 (inserted retroactively from data in WA)
 2006-02-27,  995933,     mpac3.1
 2006-02-14,  971518,     mpac3.1
 2006-01-30,  945642,     mpac3.1
 2006-01-16,  921824,     mpac3.1
 2006-01-03,  897700,     mpac3.1
 2005-12-20,  874359,     mpac3.1
 2005-12-05,  851295,     mpac3.1
 2005-11-11,  815460,     mpac3.1
 2005-10-27,  791967,     mpac3.1
 2005-09-12,  726894,     mpac3.1 (another long gap since last manual update)
 2005-08-25,  700000,     mpac3.1 (inserted retroactively from data in WA)
 2005-06-19,  600000,     mpac3.1 (inserted retroactively from data in WA)
 2005-04-29,  544514,     mpac3.1 (more than one month without data...)
 2005-03-18,  500296,     mpac3.1 (after another more minor server glitch and recovery)
 2005-03-13,  496881,     mpac3.1
 2005-03-01,  486042,     mpac3.1 (after server crash and DB recovery)
 2005-02-10,  471659,     mpac3.1
 2005-01-27,  458779,     mpac3.1
 2005-01-01,  438533,     mpac3.1
 2004-12-04,  414023,     mpac3.1
 2004-11-18,  398159,     mpac3.1
 2004-11-16,  396408,     mpac3.1
 2004-11-08,  389614,     mpac3.1
 2004-11-01,  384336,     mpac3.1
 2004-09-01,  337911,     mpac3.1
 2004-08-25,  333015,     mpac3.1
 2004-08-23,  331191,     mpac3.1
 2004-08-13,  324551,     mpac3.1
 2004-08-07,  320532,     mpac3.1
 2004-07-25,  312524,     mpac3.1
 2004-07-10,  302333,     mpac3.1
 2004-05-13,  264854,     mpac3.1
 2004-05-07,  261964,     mpac3.1
 2004-04-28,  255596,     mpac3.1
 2004-02-27,  215140,     mpac3.1
 2004-02-15,  206665,     mpac3.1
 2004-02-07,  202410,     mpac3.1
 2004-02-01,  199738,     mpac3.1
 2004-01-28,  198011,     mpac3.1
 2004-01-22,  196070,     mpac3.1
 2003-12-31,  188538,     mpac3.1
 2003-12-23,  186539,     mpac3.1
 2003-12-16,  184273,     mpac3.1
 2003-12-08,  180008,     mpac3.1
 2003-12-03,  178093,     mpac3.1 (after database rebuild and recalculation of count)
 2003-11-25,  176091,     mpac3.1
 2003-11-21,  174904,     mpac3.1
 2003-11-19,  174376,     mpac3.1
 2003-11-12,  172387,     mpac3.1
 2003-10-30,  168762,     mpac3.1
 2003-10-14,  164565,     mpac3.1
 2003-10-04,  162636,     mpac3.1
 2003-09-27,  160361,     mpac3.1
 2003-09-12,  156047,     mpac3.1
 2003-09-09,  155316,     mpac3.1
 2003-09-04,  154061,     mpac3.1
 2003-08-31,  153047,     mpac3.1
 2003-08-15,  148859,     mpac3.1
 2003-07-27,  144467,     mpac3.1
 2003-07-15,  141607,     mpac3.1
 2003-07-07,  139896,     mpac3.1
 2003-07-04,  139031,     mpac3.1
 2003-07-01,  136737,     mpac3.1
 2003-06-27,  135963,     mpac3.1
 2003-06-25,  135504,     mpac3.1
 2003-06-22,  134869,     mpac3.1
 2003-06-19,  134256,     mpac3.1
 2003-06-16,  133411,     mpac3.1
 2003-06-11,  132267,     mpac3.1
 2003-06-09,  131900,     mpac3.1
 2003-06-06,  131249,     mpac3.1
 2003-06-04,  130797,     mpac3.1
 2003-05-31,  129884,     mpac3.1
 2003-05-28,  129240,     mpac3.1
 2003-05-25,  128475,     mpac3.1 (correction of broken counter, new algorithm)
 2003-05-22,  120704,     mpacIII (installation of new webserver on 2003-05-14 fixed the count at 120704)
 2003-05-12,  120173,     mpacIII
 2003-04-29,  117658,     mpacIII
 2003-04-23,  116408,     mpacIII
 2003-04-22,  116259,     mpacIII
 2003-04-21,  116066,     mpacIII
 2003-04-20,  115879,     mpacIII
 2003-04-18,  115361,     mpacIII
 2003-04-15,  114861,     mpacIII
 2003-04-12,  114469,     mpacIII
 2003-04-11,  114274,     mpacIII
 2003-04-01,  112564,     mpacIII
 2003-03-28,  112035,     mpacIII
 2003-03-15,  109933,     mpacIII
 2003-03-07,  108593,     mpacIII
 2003-03-05,  108298,     mpacIII
 2003-02-27,  107243,     mpacIII
 2003-02-26,  107027,     mpacIII
 2003-02-24,  106700,     mpacIII
 2003-01-22,  100321,     mpacIII
 2003-01-12,   98475,     mpacIII
 2003-01-08,   97913,     mpacIII
 2003-01-04,   97137,     mpacIII
 2003-01-02,   96664,     mpacIII
 2002-12-26,   95735,     mpacIII
 2002-12-23,   95452,     mpacIII
 2002-12-16,   94497,     mpacIII (so, is the counter fixed now?)
 2002-12-13,   93834,     mpacIII
 2002-12-10,   93301,     mpacIII, Corrected counter drift
 2002-12-10,  100046,     mpacIII, RAMBOT causing Error in counter.
 2002-12-04,   94165,     mpacIII
 2002-12-01,   93880,     mpacIII
 2002-11-27,   93263,     mpacIII
 2002-11-25,   92777,     mpacIII, ~775 bot generated articles added.
 2002-11-22,   91580,     mpacIII, some recent performance problems
 2002-11-18,   90905,     mpacIII, article counter is back, after being switched off
 2002-11-09,   90266,     mpacIII
 2002-11-07,   90003,     mpacIII
 2002-11-06,   89375,     mpacIII
 2002-11-01,   88597,     mpacIII
 2002-10-30,   88292,     mpacIII
 2002-10-27,   87285,     mpacIII
 2002-10-26,   87206,     mpacIII
 2002-10-25,   87037,     mpacIII, rambot in operation
 2002-10-24,   80887,     mpacIII, rambot in operation
 2002-10-23,   76958,     mpacIII, rambot in operation
 2002-10-22,   74005,     mpacIII, rambot in operation
 2002-10-21,   66738,     mpacIII, rambot in operation
 2002-10-20,   66372,     mpacIII, rambot in operation
 2002-10-19,   61128,     mpacIII, rambot in operation
 2002-10-17,   54339,     mpacIII
 2002-10-14,   53174,     mpacIII
 2002-10-11,   52571,     mpacIII
 2002-10-10,   52435,     mpacIII
 2002-10-08,   52092,     mpacIII
 2002-10-04,   50953,     mpacIII
 2002-10-03,   50804,     mpacIII
 2002-09-30,   49724,     mpacIII
 2002-09-27,   47448,     mpacIII
 2002-09-26,   47152,     mpacIII
 2002-09-25,   46133,     mpacIII
 2002-09-24,   45707,     mpacIII
 2002-09-23,   45462,     mpacIII
 2002-09-22,   45159,     mpacIII
 2002-09-21,   44920,     mpacIII
 2002-09-17,   43962,     mpacIII
 2002-09-16,   43762,     mpacIII
 2002-09-10,   42268,     mpacIII
 2002-09-09,   42021,     mpacIII
 2002-09-07,   41559,     mpacIII
 2002-09-05,   41141,     mpacIII
 2002-09-04,   40934,     mpacIII
 2002-09-03,   40718,     mpacIII
 2002-08-31,   40093,     mpacIII
 2002-08-22,   38780,     mpacIII
 2002-08-14,   37508,     mpacIII
 2002-08-12,   37259,     mpacIII (upgraded to phase III software after major performance problems)
 2002-05-17,   33333,     spII approx (WA)
 2002-04-16,   32000,     spII approx (WA)
 2002-03-28,   30000,     spII approx (WA)
 2002-02-04,   23000,     mpacII approx (WA)
 2002-01-09,   20000,     estimate approx (LMS, WA)
 2001-12-14,   19000,     conscnt approx
 2001-12-07,   18000,     conscnt approx
 2001-11-06,   16000,     conscnt lowerbound
 2001-10-25,   15053,     conscnt (LMS, WA)
 2001-10-19,   14000,     commacnt lowerbound
 2001-10-04,   13182,     conscnt (MF, WA)
 2001-09-19,   12502,     conscnt (LMS)
 2001-09-09,   11208,     conscnt (MF)
 2001-09-07,   10000,     conscnt lowerbound
 2001-08-22,    9043,     conscnt
 2001-08-07,    8000,     conscnt
 2001-07-27,    7243,     conscnt
 2001-07-26,    6947,     conscnt
 2001-07-08,    6000,     conscnt lowerbound
 2001-05-20,    4985,     commapp
 2001-05-10,    3969,     commapp
 2001-04-27,    3281,     commapp
 2001-03-30,    2221,     commapp
 2001-03-24,    1910,     commapp
 2001-03-07,    1323,     commapp
 2001-02-12,    1000,     all lowerbound
 2001-02-08,     900,     all lowerbound
 2001-01-31,     617,     all
 2001-01-25,     270,     all
 2001-01-10,       0,     all
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These pages hold the earlier source data in its original ad-hoc tabular format:
* [[Wikipedia:Size of Wikipedia/2002 archived data|Wikipedia:Size of Wikipedia – 2002 archived data]]
* [[Wikipedia:Size of Wikipedia/2001 archived data|Wikipedia:Size of Wikipedia – 2001 archived data]]

== See also ==
* [[Wikipedia:Seven million articles]]
* [[Wikipedia:Abundance and redundancy]]
* [[Wikipedia:Awareness statistics]]
* [[Wikipedia:Multilingual coordination]]
* [[Wikipedia:Size comparisons]]
* [[Wikipedia:Statistics]]
* [[Wikipedia:Database reports/Page count by namespace]]
* [[User:Emijrp/All human knowledge]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://stats.wikimedia.org Wikipedia Statistics], serving data from the [https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data_Platform/AQS AQS]
* [[meta:Wikipedia milestones|Wikipedia milestones]]
* [[toollabs:wmcounter|Wikimedia projects edit counter]]

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