Wikipedia is now 25 years old — world’s 7th most popular website now has over 7 million English articles and 7 billion monthly visitors

Wikipedia is 25. Founded on this day in 2001, this community contributor driven site has convincingly usurped what were once ...

Wikipedia turns 25 and shares a glimpse into the lives of its volunteer editors

To celebrate, the Wikimedia Foundation — the nonprofit that backs Wikipedia — is releasing brief clips that highlight eight ...

Wikipedia turns 25: What does that mean for the wider world?

Wikipedia founder and internet entrepreneur, Jimmy Wales, has revealed the platform taught him a lot about trust and ...

At 25, Wikipedia Now Faces Its Most Existential Threat—Generative A.I.

Ian Ramjohn remembers the first time he edited Wikipedia. Ramjohn is an ecologist by training, and for more than a decade, he ...

Why Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon Are Now Paying Wikipedia

Wikimedia is selling enterprise access to Wikipedia to Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon, shifting AI firms from scraping to paid ...

Wikipedia’s 25 most popular entries of all time

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Wikipedia anuncia nuevos acuerdos de licencias de IA en su 25º aniversario

Wikipedia presentó el jueves nuevos acuerdos comerciales con una serie de empresas de inteligencia artificial,, dentro de las ...
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Wikipedia at 25: What the data tells us

As of December 2025, there are over 66 million articles across all languages on Wikipedia. Around 7 million articles are in English.