Recently, the English Wikipedia reached an impressive 7 million articles, and together, all language versions now boast over 65 million articles. This new video animates the monthly growth of over 300 Wikipedia language editions, tracking article numbers from January 2001 to May 2025. Explore the rapid expansion, milestone moments, and the collaborative effort that shaped the world’s largest encyclopedia.
Milestones: 10K, 20K, 50K, 100K, 200K, 500K, 1M, 2M, 5M.
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10K Wikipedia articles
October 2001English
December 2002German
April 2003Polish
May 2003French
July 2003Swedish
August 2003Dutch
September 2003Japanese
November 2003Spanish
February 2004Danish, Esperanto
June 2004Chinese, Italian
July 2004Portuguese
October 2004Bulgarian, Finnish, Hebrew, Norwegian
December 2004Catalan, Romanian
January 2005Russian, Ukrainian
February 2005Slovenian
May 2005Czech
June 2005Estonian, Hungarian, Korean, Slovak
September 2005Indonesian, Norwegian Nynorsk, Serbian
October 2005Ido
December 2005Croatian, Galician, Lithuanian, Malay, Turkish
January 2006Arabic
April 2006Persian, Thai
May 2006Greek, Icelandic
June 2006Basque, Neapolitan
July 2006Simple English
August 2006Georgian, Luxembourgish
September 2006Telugu, Vietnamese
November 2006Bosnian, Breton
December 2006Albanian, Bishnupriya, Cebuano
January 2007Bangla, Latin
February 2007Newari
April 2007Serbo-Croatian, Sundanese
May 2007Tamil
June 2007Hindi, Welsh
July 2007Latvian, Low German, Macedonian
August 2007Javanese, Marathi, Sicilian, Volapük
October 2007Piedmontese
November 2007Asturian
January 2008Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Lombard, Occitan, Tagalog
February 2008Haitian Creole
March 2008Belarusian, Walloon
June 2008Afrikaans, Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)
August 2008Aragonese
December 2008Western Frisian
January 2009Cantonese, Colognian
February 2009Swahili
March 2009Quechua, Urdu
April 2009Chuvash, Samogitian
June 2009Malayalam
July 2009Waray
October 2009Gujarati
February 2010Irish
May 2010Aromanian
August 2010Armenian
September 2010Yoruba
November 2010Nepali
December 2010Western Punjabi
January 2011Kannada
April 2011Kazakh
May 2011Amharic, Malagasy
June 2011Alemannic, Dimli
July 2011Tatar
November 2011Buginese, Burmese
December 2011Interlingua
January 2012Banyumasan, Bashkir
April 2012Tajik
May 2012Scottish Gaelic
June 2012Uzbek
August 2012Central Kurdish, Mazanderani, Scots
September 2012Kyrgyz
November 2012Fiji Hindi, Minnan
March 2013Egyptian Arabic, Venetian, Yiddish
August 2013Mongolian
September 2013Minangkabau
November 2013Chechen
January 2014Yakut
February 2014Sanskrit, Sinhala
April 2014Punjabi
May 2014Faroese
July 2014Bavarian
August 2014Nahuatl
December 2014Ossetic
July 2015Western Mari
September 2015Limburgish
October 2015Odia
December 2015Upper Sorbian
September 2016South Azerbaijani
December 2016Iloko, Maithili
May 2017Mingrelian
June 2017Mindong
May 2018Eastern Mari, Emiliano-Romagnolo
July 2018Sindhi, Wu
December 2018Pashto
September 2019Silesian
October 2019Literary Chinese
November 2019Acehnese, Navajo
January 2020Northern Frisian
March 2020Central Bikol, Hakka Chinese
October 2020Gorontalo, Kotava
March 2021Ligurian
June 2021Crimean Tatar, Hausa
September 2021Zulu
October 2021Balinese
November 2021Manipuri, Shan
January 2022Ladin
February 2022Assamese
April 2022Western Armenian
May 2022Interlingue
September 2022Igbo
November 2022Banjar
December 2022Shona
March 2023Khmer
April 2023Tumbuka
June 2023Somali
November 2023Santali
April 2024Moroccan Arabic
August 2024Dagbani, Gilaki
October 2024Pampanga
November 2024Standard Moroccan Tamazight
February 2025Saraiki
April 2025Rusyn, Tachelhit
May 2025Kara-Kalpak
20K Wikipedia articles
February 2002English
May 2003German
December 2003French, Japanese
January 2004Polish
February 2004Dutch, Swedish
May 2004Spanish
September 2004Italian, Portuguese
February 2005Chinese
March 2005Norwegian
April 2005Danish, Esperanto, Finnish
June 2005Hebrew, Russian
November 2005Bulgarian, Catalan
December 2005Czech, Hungarian
January 2006Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Ukrainian
February 2006Romanian
March 2006Korean
April 2006Indonesian
May 2006Turkish
June 2006Lithuanian
August 2006Estonian
October 2006Croatian, Telugu
December 2006Arabic, Galician
February 2007Cebuano
March 2007Norwegian Nynorsk
April 2007Greek, Thai
June 2007Malay, Newari, Persian
July 2007Vietnamese
August 2007Bishnupriya
October 2007Basque, Simple English, Volapük
January 2008Bosnian
February 2008Georgian, Icelandic, Luxembourgish
April 2008Albanian, Haitian Creole
May 2008Latin
June 2008Breton, Hindi
September 2008Marathi
October 2008Azerbaijani
November 2008Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian, Tagalog, Welsh
January 2009Piedmontese
February 2009Latvian
June 2009Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)
July 2009Bangla, Javanese
November 2009Occitan, Tamil
March 2010Waray
April 2010Aragonese
May 2010Aromanian, Belarusian
August 2010Ido, Swahili
April 2011Kazakh, Lombard
May 2011Neapolitan, Western Frisian
June 2011Gujarati
July 2011Malagasy, Yoruba
September 2011Malayalam, Western Punjabi
November 2011Afrikaans
January 2012Armenian
May 2012Cantonese, Nepali
July 2012Burmese, Uzbek
October 2012Sicilian, Urdu
November 2012Bashkir
December 2012Kyrgyz, Low German
February 2013Tatar
June 2013Irish
August 2013Kurdish
September 2013Minangkabau, Tajik
November 2013Chuvash
December 2013Chechen
January 2014Scots
January 2015Asturian
July 2015Minnan
October 2015Alemannic
December 2015Punjabi
March 2016Kannada
July 2016Bavarian
February 2017Quechua
April 2017Interlingua, Sundanese
May 2017South Azerbaijani
November 2017Central Kurdish
December 2018Egyptian Arabic
June 2019Wu
September 2019Silesian
March 2020Venetian
June 2020Dimli
December 2020Mongolian
February 2022Kotava, Navajo
June 2022Ladin
August 2022Crimean Tatar
December 2022Hausa
April 2023Mingrelian
August 2023Balinese
October 2023Igbo
December 2023Sinhala
May 2024Mazanderani
October 2024Northern Frisian
November 2024Pashto
December 2024Gilaki
March 2025Ossetic, Saraiki
50K Wikipedia articles
September 2002English
January 2004German
May 2004Japanese
September 2004French
December 2004Swedish
January 2005Dutch, Polish
June 2005Portuguese, Spanish
August 2005Italian
December 2005Chinese
January 2006Russian
February 2006Finnish, Norwegian
July 2006Esperanto
August 2006Slovak
October 2006Danish
December 2006Czech, Hebrew
January 2007Romanian
February 2007Catalan, Ukrainian
March 2007Hungarian, Turkish
April 2007Indonesian
September 2007Serbian, Slovenian
October 2007Lithuanian
January 2008Arabic, Bulgarian, Korean, Volapük
June 2008Estonian
August 2008Haitian Creole, Vietnamese
October 2008Persian
December 2008Croatian
January 2009Simple English
April 2009Newari
July 2009Galician, Norwegian Nynorsk
September 2009Hindi, Malay, Thai
December 2009Basque
April 2010Greek
May 2010Waray
July 2010Aromanian
January 2011Azerbaijani, Tagalog
February 2011Latin
July 2011Georgian, Kazakh
October 2011Macedonian, Occitan
November 2011Serbo-Croatian
January 2012Piedmontese
March 2012Telugu
September 2012Belarusian
November 2012Uzbek
December 2012Tamil
January 2013Cebuano
July 2013Tatar, Welsh
August 2013Armenian, Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography), Latvian
September 2013Minangkabau
October 2013Albanian
April 2014Bosnian, Urdu
July 2014Breton
August 2014Chechen
December 2014Malagasy
October 2015Minnan
December 2015Kyrgyz
July 2016Tajik
December 2016Cantonese
April 2017Bangla
May 2017Javanese, Malayalam
July 2017Asturian
September 2017Luxembourgish
November 2017South Azerbaijani
December 2017Marathi
March 2018Scots
June 2018Afrikaans
January 2019Irish
May 2019Swahili
June 2019Low German, Sundanese
September 2019Silesian
October 2019Bashkir
November 2019Western Punjabi
January 2020Egyptian Arabic
May 2020Venetian
June 2020Icelandic
October 2020Burmese
August 2021Kurdish
December 2021Lombard
July 2022Ladin
October 2022Chuvash
December 2022Western Frisian
May 2023Punjabi
June 2023Central Kurdish
August 2024Ido
September 2024Hausa
December 2024Mazanderani
100K Wikipedia articles
January 2003English
June 2004German
January 2005Japanese
April 2005French
September 2005Italian, Polish
October 2005Dutch, Swedish
January 2006Portuguese
March 2006Spanish
October 2006Russian
November 2006Chinese
February 2007Finnish
March 2007Norwegian
January 2008Catalan, Romanian, Volapük
February 2008Turkish
March 2008Ukrainian
June 2008Czech, Esperanto
July 2008Hungarian
August 2008Slovak
December 2008Danish
February 2009Indonesian
May 2009Arabic
June 2009Korean
September 2009Vietnamese
November 2009Serbian
January 2010Hebrew, Lithuanian
May 2010Bulgarian
August 2010Persian, Slovenian, Waray
January 2011Malay
May 2011Basque
July 2011Croatian
August 2011Hindi
October 2011Kazakh
August 2012Estonian
February 2013Cebuano
March 2013Galician, Uzbek
April 2013Norwegian Nynorsk
May 2013Simple English
September 2013Minangkabau
December 2013Armenian, Latin
January 2014Serbo-Croatian
March 2014Azerbaijani
April 2014Greek
July 2015Chechen
August 2015Belarusian
October 2015Georgian
December 2015Minnan, Urdu
January 2016Thai
May 2017Tamil
March 2018Welsh
August 2018South Azerbaijani
May 2019Macedonian
December 2019Tajik
January 2020Asturian, Latvian
February 2020Egyptian Arabic
June 2020Tatar
August 2020Cantonese
December 2020Bangla
January 2021Burmese
September 2021Afrikaans
February 2023Ladin
September 2024Telugu
October 2024Albanian
May 2025Malagasy, Marathi, Swahili
200K Wikipedia articles
February 2004English
January 2005German
December 2005French
January 2006Polish
March 2006Japanese
June 2006Dutch
October 2006Italian
January 2007Portuguese
March 2007Spanish, Swedish
September 2007Russian
July 2008Chinese
December 2008Norwegian
April 2009Finnish
September 2009Catalan
April 2010Ukrainian
April 2011Vietnamese
July 2011Czech
September 2011Hungarian
May 2012Korean
July 2012Persian
August 2012Romanian
October 2012Arabic, Indonesian
November 2012Kazakh
December 2012Turkish
February 2013Cebuano
March 2013Malay, Waray
July 2013Serbian
September 2013Minangkabau
July 2014Serbo-Croatian
August 2014Esperanto
September 2014Basque
February 2015Slovak
June 2015Bulgarian, Danish
June 2016Armenian
September 2016Minnan
December 2016Hebrew
August 2018Chechen
November 2018Croatian
August 2019Estonian
March 2020Egyptian Arabic, South Azerbaijani
June 2020Lithuanian
October 2020Tatar
December 2020Belarusian
November 2021Greek
December 2021Simple English
September 2022Welsh
November 2022Uzbek
October 2023Galician
January 2024Urdu
May 2024Azerbaijani
500K Wikipedia articles
April 2005English
September 2006German
June 2007French
May 2008Polish
June 2008Japanese
October 2008Italian
December 2008Dutch
August 2009Portuguese, Spanish
February 2010Russian
July 2012Chinese
September 2012Swedish, Vietnamese
July 2013Cebuano, Waray
May 2014Ukrainian
March 2016Catalan
July 2016Persian
March 2017Arabic
January 2018Serbian
January 2019Norwegian
August 2019Indonesian
May 2020Egyptian Arabic
June 2020Korean
December 2020Finnish
February 2022Hungarian
March 2022Czech
July 2022Turkish
November 2022Chechen
April 2023Tatar
October 2024Romanian
1M Wikipedia articles
May 2006English
December 2009German
September 2010French
December 2011Dutch
January 2013Italian
May 2013Russian, Spanish
June 2013Swedish
September 2013Polish
June 2014Vietnamese, Waray
July 2014Cebuano
January 2016Japanese
April 2018Chinese
June 2018Portuguese
November 2019Arabic
March 2020Ukrainian
July 2020Egyptian Arabic
April 2024Persian
2M Wikipedia articles
January 2008English
September 2015Swedish
February 2016Cebuano
November 2016German
July 2018French
March 2020Dutch
September 2024Russian
January 2025Spanish
5M Wikipedia articles
November 2015English
August 2017Cebuano