Wikimedia Foundation website/Facts sections

Included on the Wikimedia Foundation website are sections which feature facts about the Wikimedia Foundation or Wikimedia movement.

Here is a collection of the facts currently (as of August 2018) on display on the website. Please provide feedback or make suggestions for new facts on the site's talk page.

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Current facts

As of August 2018.

Home page

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• 200,000+ editors contribute to the Wikimedia projects every month
• 47+ million media files on Wikimedia Commons
• 1+ billion unique devices access Wikimedia projects every month

About

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• 46 million media files on Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
• 1 billion unique devices visit Wikimedia Foundation sites every month

Advocacy

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• 5 million new articles in 2017
• 684 takedown requests received in 2017
• ZERO takedown requests granted in 2017

Participate

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• 1,000+ articles about women created or edited during #100womenwiki global edit-a-thon
• 37 local Wikimedia chapters around the globe, with at least one on every inhabited continent
• ~300 languages represented across all Wikipedias

Research

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• 40 million articles across nearly 300 languages on Wikipedia
• 6,000 views per second across Wikimedia sites
• 47 million pieces of media in Commons, and counting

Support

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• 1 of the 10 most-visited websites in the world and entirely funded by your donations. No ads. No paywalls.
• 4 stars received from Charity Navigator, their highest rating
• 200,000+ volunteers contribute to Wikipedia every month

Technology

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• 99.97% uptime delivered across all Wikimedia sites during 2017
• 1 billion+ unique devices access Wikimedia sites every month
• 6,000 views per second across Wikimedia sites