2016
Wikipedia成立15周年了。約十年，許多人和組織認為它是新潮流，會改變世界。我曾比較它與大英百科專家寫的，後者固然更紮實，但是網路世代需要範圍更寬廣百倍的參考書。後來讀到美國某醫學鼓勵學子寫Wiki，可抵學分，拍手稱慶。總之，維基共同體了不起。
近日讀黃武雄老師談陳寅恪的獨立自由學風，我留言最感佩其晚年的助手，每日通勤半天到陳家幫忙。又趁機讀Wiki的"陳寅恪"，不禁莞爾。蓋興來乎。
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Why is there only 6.9 million English Wikipedia articles? It ...
Wikipedia has over 66 million articles across all languages, with the English Wikipedia alone having over 7.1 million articles as of early 2026, making it the largest language edition, followed by Cebuano and German. The total number of pages across all Wikipedias is much higher, but articles represent about 11% of all pages, with the rest being talk pages, redirects, and other content.
Key Figures (as of January 2026):
Total Articles (All Languages): Over 66 million.
English Wikipedia Articles: Over 7.1 million.
Largest Non-English Wikipedias: Cebuano (over 6.1 million) and German (over 3 million).
Growth & Scale:
Wikipedia's content is constantly growing, with tens of thousands of new articles added monthly.
The English Wikipedia contains over 5 billion words and would take one person about 38 years to read.
Wikipedia:Size of Wikipedia
The size of the English Wikipedia can be measured in terms of the number of articles, number of words, number of pages, and the si...
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Wikipedia at 25: What the data tells us - Pew Research Center
Jan 13, 2026 — How big is Wikipedia? As of December 2025, there are over 66 million articles across all languages on Wikipedia. The text, images,
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Wikipedia:Statistics
Summary. English Wikipedia. Item. Count. Articles. 7,123,873. Pages. 64,897,370. Files. 957,792. Edits. 1,328,853,304. Users. 51,1...
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As of 18 January 2026, there are 7,123,938 articles in the English Wikipedia containing over 5 billion words (giving a mean of about 710 words per article). The ...Read more
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