Wikipedia.org articles by language 2023

As of December 2023, the English subdomain of Wikipedia had around 6.75 million articles published, being the largest subdomain of the website by numbers of entries and registered active users. German and Swedish ranked third and fourth, with over 28.6 million and 25.7 million entries. Being the only Asian language figuring among the top 10, Cebuano was the language with the second-most articles on the portal, amassing around 6.12 million entries. However, while most Wikipedia articles in English and other European languages are written by humans, entries in Cebuano are reportedly mostly generated by bots.

Number of published articles on Wikipedia.org as of December 2023, by language

Characteristic	Number of published articles
English	6,756,096
Cebuano	6,122,276
German	2,861,244
Swedish	2,576,753
French	2,575,445
Dutch	2,142,616
Russian	1,951,987
Spanish	1,914,047
Italian	1,839,157
Egyptian Arabic	1,620,980
Polish	1,593,143
Japanese	1,396,231
Chinese	1,392,146
Ukrainian	1,300,469
Vietnamese	1,289,156
Waray	1,266,347
Arabic	1,223,365
Portuguese	1,114,842
Persian	984,395
Catalan	740,250

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December 2023

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Survey time period

2023

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The source states that statistics are updated four times a day. Therefore, the date of release is the date of extraction, but most current figures might differ.

The term "article" refers to a page containing an encyclopedia entry, while pages encompass all material available on the website, including discussions, documentation and special pages.

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