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This page is part of the Wikipedia:Statistics family of pages. It attempts to measure the growth in public awareness of Wikipedia. Please see Wikipedia:Modelling Wikipedia's growth for speculation on the trends in these statistics.
It is interesting to compare the following graphs with the graphs in Wikipedia:Size of Wikipedia.
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Alexa traffic ranking for wikipedia.org
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Weekly and daily rankings
Image:Alexa traffic ranking for wikipedia.png Alexa [1] traffic ranking to main English Wikipedia site – lower is better, 1 is theoretically the most popular site on the Internet.
For comparison purposes, a snapshot of the one-day (and therefore continuously changing) top 20 sites, as ranked by Alexa on 23 March 2006, together with their corresponding one-day reach and page view figures, was as follows:
Reach Views R/W V/W
1 yahoo.com 284 75 8.35 30 2 google.com 288 28 8.47 11.2 3 msn.com 253 30 7.44 12 4 baidu.com 79 12 2.32 4.8 5 sina.com.cn 75 10 2.21 4 6 myspace.com 32 18 0.94 7.2 7 ebay.com 41 11 1.21 4.4 8 sohu.com 52 7 1.53 2.8 9 yahoo.co.jp 32 12 0.94 4.8 10 qq.com 53 7.5 1.56 3 11 passport.net 84 3.2 2.47 1.28 12 163.com 45 5 1.32 2 13 yahoo.com.cn 45 4.5 1.32 1.8 14 amazon.com 42 5 1.24 2 15 microsoft.com 59 2.6 1.74 1.04 16 google.co.uk 25 3.8 0.74 1.52 17 wikipedia.org 34 2.5 1 1 18 blogger.com 34 2.3 1 0.92 19 taobao.com 16 3.5 0.47 1.4
where reach and views figures are per thousand, and R/W and V/W are the reach and views figures, normalized so that that of Wikipedia = 1. Note that Alexa does not rank by reach or views alone: their rank criterion is based on a combination of the two.
Use this link to update this table. Note that the date in general differs by one day from "today" – the correct date is given in the lower right corner under the graph. However for a short time most days the gap is two days, as the statistics are usually updated before the graphs.
22 October 2002, 9,653 27 October 2002, 9,440 3 November 2002, 9,047 13 November 2002, 8,356 22 November 2002, 7,922 1 December 2002, 7,543 10 January 2003, 14,882 (major slip) 1 February 2003, 7,897 (recovering again) 7 February 2003, 6,799 (still recovering) 15 February 2003, 5,406 23 February 2003, 5,228 4 March 2003, 7,328 11 March 2003, 5,713 13 March 2003, 4,735 (continuing rise, perhaps helped by boost in Google ranking) 15 March 2003, 3,662 17 March 2003, 3,342 28 March 2003, 3,653 6 April 2003, 3,072 12 April 2003, 3,444 16 April 2003, 3,785 28 April 2003, 3,422 6 May 2003, 3,832 18 May 2003, 3,212 22 May 2003, 2,965 29 May 2003, 2,509 (possibly driven by Earthlink E-mail newsletter publicity) 16 June 2003, 3,289 23 June 2003, 3,187 2 July 2003, 2,676 13 July 2003, 2,033 17 July 2003, 2,045 8 August 2003, 1,406 2 October 2003, 941 21 October 2003, 1,038 29 October 2003, 1,189 (recent reduction in rank probably due to server problems) 3 November 2003, 1,168 13 November 2003, 906 (performance is better after load-balancing installed) 25 November 2003, 934 (ranking continues to be around 1000 +/- 100) 3 December 2003, 950 (but new server has been installed; so expect better ranking soon?) 6 December 2003, 887 8 December 2003, 838 12 December 2003, 828 15 December 2003, 751* 1 January 2004, 1,114 (a big drop back after Christmas and two major server outages) 12 January 2004, 851 (even when running slowly on backup hardware!) 24 January 2004, 778 28 January 2004, 742* 1 February 2004, 874 14 February 2004, 779 20 February 2004, 816 27 February 2004, 712* 3 March 2004, 723 8 March 2004, 678* 14 March 2004, 654* 20 March 2004, 649* 21 March 2004, 643* 25 March 2004, 634* 30 March 2004, 619* 2 April 2004, 608* 9 April 2004, 646 16 April 2004, 605* 22 April 2004, 607 23 April 2004, 596* 30 April 2004, 661 1 May 2004, 686 (hardware problems are causing a drop in traffic) 10 May 2004, 676 (continued poor traffic) 12 May 2004, 628 (making a comeback) 13 May 2004, 617 14 May 2004, 582 16 May 2004, 556* 19 May 2004, 563 20 May 2004, 558 24 May 2004, 598 27 May 2004, 619 1 June 2004, 609 2 June 2004, 538* 6 June 2004, 567 8 June 2004, 591 16 June 2004, 694 22 June 2004, 709 23 June 2004, 687 24 June 2004, 658 29 June 2004, 653 4 July 2004, 671 12 July 2004, 654 16 July 2004, 616 19 July 2004, 600 22 July 2004, 570 25 July 2004, 531 27 July 2004, 503* 28 July 2004, 487* 31 July 2004, 499 1 August 2004, 536 (taking odd nosedive) 4 August 2004, 583 13 August 2004, 647 (dropping back again) 23 August 2004, 595 31 August 2004, 506 (after adding 4 new servers) 2 September 2004, 482* 3 September 2004, 475* 4 September 2004, 463* 8 September 2004, 458* 9 September 2004, 450* 10 September 2004, 446* 12 September 2004, 424* 14 September 2004, 427 15 September 2004, 433 20 September 2004, 457 21 September 2004, 451 22 September 2004, 437 23 September 2004, 437 24 September 2004, 429 25 September 2004, 423* 26 September 2004, 419* 27 September 2004, 417* 29 September 2004, 414* 30 September 2004, 409* October 2004 spike in activity probably caused by 2004 U.S. presidential election 4 October 2004, 398* (top 400) 5 October 2004, 383* (daily: 290*) 6 October 2004, 361* 7 October 2004, 323* (daily: 250*) 8 October 2004, 303* 9 October 2004, 290* (top 300) 11 October 2004, 293 12 October 2004, 288* 13 October 2004, 280* (daily: 231*) 14 October 2004, 271* (daily: 218*) 15 October 2004, 254* (daily: 197*) 16 October 2004, 251* 17 October 2004, 243* 18 October 2004, 239* 19 October 2004, 237* 20 October 2004, 231* 21 October 2004, 233 22 October 2004, 238 23 October 2004, 237 25 October 2004, 226* 26 October 2004, 222* 27 October 2004, 221* 31 October 2004, 235 9 November 2004, 238 12 November 2004, 227 16 November 2004, 222 17 November 2004, 217* 18 November 2004, 210* (daily: 172*) 19 November 2004, 208* 20 November 2004, 196* (top 200, daily: 158*) 21 November 2004, 183* 22 November 2004, 175* 23 November 2004, 167* (daily: 152*) 24 November 2004, 171 25 November 2004, 168 29 November 2004, 178 5 December 2004, 174 10 December 2004, 166* (daily: 153) 22 December 2004, 191 (daily: 161) 29 December 2004, 204 (daily: 159) January 2005 spike in activity probably caused by 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake 1 January 2005, 187 (daily: 143*) 2 January 2005, 165* 3 January 2005, 156* (daily: 140*) 4 January 2005, 147* (daily: 132*) 6 January 2005, 143* (daily: 130*) 13 January 2005, 141* 18 January 2005, 168 (daily: 192) - after running slowly for several days 19 January 2005, 163 (daily: 122*) - still running slowly 21 January 2005, 139* (daily: 137) 22 January 2005, 136* (daily: 144) 24 January 2005, 132* (daily: 115*) 29 January 2005, 140 (daily: 146) 7 February 2005, 141 (daily: 144) 12 February 2005, 137 (daily: 120) 15 February 2005, 122* (daily: 118) 19 February 2005, 119* (daily: 106*) 21 February 2005, 118* (daily: 135) 23 Feburary 2005, 115* (daily: 124) 27 Feburary 2005, 123 (daily: 139) recovering after big server crash 1 March 2005, 128 (daily: 112) still recovering 2 March 2005, 123 (daily: 110) 6 March 2005, 115 (daily: 128) 8 March 2005, 114* (daily: 105*) 19 March 2005, 110* (daily: 134) 22 March 2005, 110 (daily: 104*) 23 March 2005, 109* (daily: 95*) first daily rank in the top 100 24 March 2005, 104* (daily: 95) 26 March 2005, 113 (daily: 105) 30 March 2005, 101* (daily: 89*) first daily rank in top 90 April 2005 spike in activity probably caused by death of Pope John Paul II 2 April 2005, 97* (daily: 94) first weekly rank in top 100 3 April 2005, 89* (daily: 77*) rising ever faster! 4 April 2005, 85* (daily: 77) 6 April 2005, 82* (daily: 77) 7 April 2005, 80* (daily: 77) 8 April 2005, 80 (daily: 74*) 12 April 2005, 77* (daily: 66*) 19 April 2005, 76* (daily: 56*) first daily rank in top 60 20 April 2005, 73* (daily: 57) 21 April 2005, 72* (daily: 66) 24 April 2005, 64* (daily: 82) 1 May 2005, 79 (daily: 89) 3 May 2005, 77 (daily: 66) 6 May 2005, 69 (daily: 60) 10 May 2005, 65 (daily: 64) 23 May 2005, 67 (daily: 63) 1 June 2005, 74 (daily: 68) 10 June 2005, 70 (daily: 64) 12 June 2005, 71 (daily: 60) Mid-June 2005 spike in activity probably caused by increased publicity from the Los Angeles Times. Comment: this is disputed; only a quarter of traffic comes from the U.S. and there wasn't much of a spike anyway. 18 June 2005, 66 (daily: 63) 19 June 2005, 63* (daily: 59) 20 June 2005, 62* (daily: 62) 22 June 2005, 62 (daily: 61) 26 June 2005, 61* (daily: 55*) 28 June 2005, 59* (daily: 56) first weekly rank in top 60 29 June 2005, 58* (daily: 58) 30 June 2005, 58 (daily: 53*) 3 July 2005, 57* (daily: 52*) 4 July 2005, 55* (daily: 54) 6 July 2005, 53* (daily: 50*) first daily rank in top 50 7 July 2005, 51* (daily: 51) 9 July 2005, 52 (daily: 52) 10 July 2005, 52 (daily: 48*) 11 July 2005, 51 (daily: 50) 12 July 2005, 51 (daily: 54) 14 July 2005, 52 (daily: 55) 15 July 2005, 51 (daily: 52) 17 July 2005, 52 (daily: 46*) 18 July 2005, 52 (daily: 50) 19 July 2005, 52 (daily: 48) 21 July 2005, 50* (daily: 50) first weekly rank in the top 50 22 July 2005, 50 (daily: 53) 23 July 2005, 50 (daily: 54) 24 July 2005, 50 (daily: 50) 25 July 2005, 50 (daily: 47) 26 July 2005, 51 (daily: 50) 27 July 2005, 51 (daily: 51) 29 July 2005, 51 (daily: 53) 31 July 2005, 51 (daily: 48) 1 August 2005, 51 (daily: 50) 6 August 2005, 50 (daily: 52) 8 August 2005, 51 (daily: 51) 9 August 2005, 50 (daily: 49) 11 August 2005, 49* (daily: 47) 13 August 2005, 48* (daily: 51) 15 August 2005, 49 (daily: 48) 17 August 2005, 48 (daily: 43*) 18 August 2005, 47* (daily: 41*) 19 August 2005, 46* (daily: 43) 22 August 2005, 44* (daily: 43) 23 August 2005, 43* (daily: 44) 24 August 2005, 43 (daily: 45) 1 September 2005, 46 (daily: 42) 2 September 2005, 44 (daily: 42) 4 September 2005, 42* (daily: 40*) first daily rank in the top 40 5 September 2005, 41* (daily: 39*) 6 September 2005, 40* (daily: 35*) first weekly rank in the top 40 8 September 2005, 39* (daily: 37) 11 September 2005, 40 (daily: 33*) 17 September 2005, 38* (daily: 44) 26 September 2005, 37* (daily: 44) 29 September 2005, 43 (daily: 35) 30 September 2005, 40 (daily: 38) 1 October 2005, 39 (daily: 39) 2 October 2005, 38 (daily: 34) 4 October 2005, 37 (daily: 31*) 10 October 2005, 35* (daily: 38) 16 October 2005, 35 (daily: 34) 20 October 2005, 34* (daily: 36) 26 October 2005, 34 (daily: 35) 2 November 2005, 35 (daily: 35) 6 November 2005, 34 (daily: 32) 13 November 2005, 34 (daily: 33) 25 November 2005, 35 (daily: 39) 29 November 2005, 33* (daily: 35) John Seigenthaler Sr. Wikipedia biography controversy 4 December 2005, 34 (daily: 30*) first daily rank in the top 30 6 December 2005, 33 (daily: 29*) 9 December 2005, 31* (daily: 29) 10 December 2005, 30* (daily: 30) first weekly rank in the top 30 11 December 2005, 30 (daily: 27*) 12 December 2005, 29* (daily: 28) 16 December 2005, 28* (daily: 28) 18 December 2005, 28 (daily: 23*) 19 December 2005, 27* (daily: 27) 22 December 2005, 27 (daily: 28) 25 December 2005, 28 (daily: 24) 29 December 2005, 28 (daily: 25) 2 January 2006, 26* (daily: 20*) first daily ranking in the top 20 3 January 2006, 24* (daily: 21) 4 January 2006, 22* (daily: 20) 7 January 2006, 20* (daily: 21) first weekly rank in the top 20 8 January 2006, 19* (daily: 19*) 10 January 2006, 20 (daily: 20) 17 January 2006, 19 (daily: 20) 18 January 2006, 19 (daily: 18*) 21 January 2006, 19 (daily: 19) 22 January 2006, 18* (daily: 16*) 25 January 2006, 18 (daily: 18) 27 January 2006, 17* (daily: 17) Marty Meehan Wikipedia controversy - mainly affects U.S. traffic, which is only a quarter of the total. It is probable that the Chinese New Year was a much more important cause of the late January spike. 28 January 2006, 17 (daily: 15*) first daily ranking in the top 15 29 January 2006, 17 (daily: 13*) Wikipedia spiked during the Chinese New Year season because the major Chinese sites all took a plunge. Therefore this ranking may not be beaten for a while. 31 January 2006, 15* (daily: 14) first weekly rank in the top 15 1 February 2006, 15 (daily: 16) 6 February 2006, 18 (daily: 18) 15 February 2006, 18 (daily: 19) 25 February 2006, 18 (daily: 17) 5 March 2006, 18 (daily: 12*) This one day spike was caused by a sharp one day fall in the rankings of the major Chinese-language sites. Reason not known. 7 March 2006, 17 (daily: 17) 12 March 2006, 17 (daily: 16) 30 March 2006, 16 (daily: 17) 6 April 2006, 16 (daily: 17) 12 April 2006, 16 (daily: 15) First top 15 daily ranking not caused by China-related special circumstances.
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Alexa Global Top 500 (3 month ranking)
Image:Alexa ranking for global top 500.png
In October 2004, Wikipedia appeared in Alexa's list of the Global Top 500 web sites. Note: the Alexa 3 month ranking is based on a three-month moving average, so it will smooth out both temporary peaks and temporary troughs in performance, but it is necessarily a lagging indicator.
12 October 2004, #468 28 October 2004, #403 01 November 2004, #393 05 November 2004, #381 09 November 2004, #378 12 November 2004, #346 15 November 2004, #329 24 November 2004, #293 07 December 2004, #272 10 December 2004, #255 22 December 2004, #221 24 December 2004, #214 29 December 2004, #209 03 January 2005, #207 04 January 2005, #200 (First time in global top 200) 06 January 2005, #196 13 January 2005, #188 17 January 2005, #184 18 January 2005, #183 19 January 2005, #181 20 January 2005, #180 29 January 2005, #175 07 February 2005, #167 12 February 2005, #163 15 February 2005, #156 23 February 2005, #149 27 February 2005, #146 1 March 2005, #142 5 March 2005, #138 10 March 2005, #136 19 March 2005, #132 22 March 2005, #131 26 March 2005, #127 30 March 2005, #124 2 April 2005, #123 4 April 2005, #123 6 April 2005, #122 9 April 2005, #119 12 April 2005, #116 19 April 2005, #108 21 April 2005, #107 23 April 2005, #103 1 May 2005, #100 (First time in global top 100) 3 May 2005, #97 6 May 2005, #97 12 May 2005, #94 14 May 2005, #90 17 May 2005, #88 23 May 2005, #88 1 June 2005, #85 8 June 2005, #81 9 June 2005, #80 12 June 2005, #79 18 June 2005, #78 20 June 2005, #75 22 June 2005, #73 25 June 2005, #70 26 June 2005, #69 29 June 2005, #68 8 July 2005, #65 18 July 2005, #60 25 July 2005, #58 6 August 2005, #57 23 August 2005, #55 2 September 2005, #53 4 September 2005, #51 5 September 2005, #50 (First time in global top 50) 24 September 2005, #49 2 October 2005, #47 10 October 2005, #46 21 October 2005, #42 26 October 2005, #41 2 November 2005, #38 29 November 2005, #36 2 December 2005, #35 16 December 2005, #34 26 December 2005, #33 1 January 2006, #32 5 January 2006, #31 12 January 2006, #30 1 February 2006, #28 7 February 2006, #23 15 February 2006, #22 3 March 2006, #20 (First time in global top 20) 8 March 2006, #19 12 March 2006, #18 29 March 2006, #17
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Alexa reach per million measurement for wikipedia.org
Image:Alexa reach measurement for wikipedia-logscale.png
Alexa reach per million viewers: (reach figures can be found at the bottom of the Alexa page cited above [2]). The early part of this list shows only one-week average, but from December 2004 the daily figures are also shown. Another way to look at these figures is in percentage terms. When Wikipedia's reach per million hit 10,000 in June 2005 that meant that 1% of internet users with the Alexa toolbar were visiting Wikipedia each day. In January 2006 this figure reached three per cent. The percentage of internet users who visit Wikipedia in a longer period such as a week or a month will be higher than that, as further internet users visit it each day, but it cannot be calculated from the information published by Alexa.
7 February 2003, 125
15 February 2003, 155
23 February 2003, 125
15 March 2003, 210
28 March 2003, 265
12 April 2003, 285
16 April 2003, 270
6 May 2003, 360*
18 May 2003, 300
29 May 2003, 330
16 June 2003, 330
2 July 2003, 420
13 July 2003, 530
17 July 2003, 530
8 August 2003, 665*
2 October 2003, 905
21 October 2003, 990*
3 November 2003, 880
13 November 2003, 910
25 November 2003, 950
3 December 2003, 945
6 December 2003, 1,010
8 December 2003, 1,050
12 December 2003, 1,050
15 December 2003, 1,070*
1 January 2004, 905
12 January 2004, 1,105*
24 January 2004, 1,285*
28 January 2004, 1,390*
1 February 2004, 1,290
14 February 2004, 1,390
20 February 2004, 1,340
27 February 2004, 1,380
3 March 2004, 1,345
8 March 2004, 1,440*
14 March 2004, 1,465
20 March 2004, 1,515*
21 March 2004, 1,565
30 March 2004, 1,630*
2 April 2004, 1,625
16 April 2004, 1,740*
22 April 2004, 2,000*
23 April 2004, 1,845
1 May 2004, 1,700, (hardware problems affecting traffic)
10 May 2004, 1,660, (problems continue, new hardware is on order)
12 May 2004, 1,695
13 May 2004, 1,685
16 May 2004, 1,840
19 May 2004, 1,885
20 May 2004, 1,950
27 May 2004, 1,770
1 June 2004, 1,845
8 June 2004, 1,940
16 June 2004, 1,585
22 June 2004, 1,535
23 June 2004, 1,560
24 June 2004, 1,625
29 June 2004, 1,650
19 July 2004, 1,755
22 July 2004, 1,910, (Making a comeback)
25 July 2004, 2,020*
27 July 2004, 2,105*
28 July 2004, 2,115*
31 July 2004, 2,030
4 August 2004, 1,735
13 August 2004, 1,505, (a big drop)
23 August 2004, 1,515
31 August 2004, 1,870, (after installing 4 new servers)
2 September 2004, 1,945
9 September 2004, 1,930
10 September 2004, 1,895
12 September 2004, 1,950
14 September 2004, 1,935
15 September 2004, 1,880
17 September 2004, 1,835
21 September 2004, 1,710
22 September 2004, 1,715
23 September 2004, 1,730
24 September 2004, 1,735
25 September 2004, 1,760
26 September 2004, 1,770
27 September 2004, 1,770
30 September 2004, 1,740
04 October 2004, 2,040
05 October 2004, 2,235*
06 October 2004, 2,405*
07 October 2004, 2,600*
08 October 2004, 2,810*
09 October 2004, 2,985*
11 October 2004, 2,950
12 October 2004, 2,915
13 October 2004, 2,910
14 October 2004, 2,935
15 October 2004, 3,000*
16 October 2004, 3,250*
18 October 2004, 3,160
19 October 2004, 3,260*
20 October 2004, 3,320*
21 October 2004, 3,365*
23 October 2004, 3,425*
26 October 2004, 3,615*
31 October 2004, 3,315
19 November 2004, 3,570
20 November 2004, 3,655*
22 November 2004, 3,970*
23 November 2004, 4,045*
25 November 2004, 4,025
5 December 2004, 4,200*
10 December 2004, 4,065
22 December 2004, 3,840
29 December 2004, 3,570 (daily: 4,300)
01 January 2005, 3,940 (daily: 4,700)
03 January 2005, 4,535* (daily: 5,300)
04 January 2005, 4,710* (daily: 5,450*)
06 January 2005, 4,905* (daily: 5,300)
19 January 2005, 4,735 (daily: 5,400)
24 January 2005, 4,955* (daily: 5,450)
1 February 2005, 4,825 (daily: 5,150)
4 February 2005, 4,980* (daily: 5,000)
8 February 2005, 4,955 (daily: 5,600*)
11 February 2005, 5,185* (daily: 5,600)
12 February 2005, 5,245* (daily: 4,900)
15 February 2005, 5,340* (daily: 5,500)
19 February 2005, 5,385* (daily: 5,800*)
1 March 2005, 4,950 (daily: 5,450), recovering from server crash
19 March 2005, 5,365 (daily: 4,700)
22 March 2005, 5,455* (daily: 5,900*)
23 March 2005, 5,515* (daily: 6,100*)
30 March 2005, 5,825* (daily: 6,400*)
2 April 2005, 6,125* (daily: 6,300)
3 April 2005, 6,820* (daily: 7,700*)
4 April 2005, 6,995* (daily: 7,650)
5 April 2005, 7,080* (daily: 7,400)
6 April 2005, 7,280* (daily: 7,750*)
8 April 2005, 7,600* (daily: 8,100*)
12 April 2005, 7,900* (daily: 8,300*)
19 April 2005, 7,900 (daily: 9,850*)
20 April 2005, 8,100* (daily: 9,150)
21 April 2005, 8,200* (daily: 8,300)
24 April 2005, 7,900 (daily: 4,750)
1 May 2005, 7,300 (daily: 4,150)
6 May 2005, 8,150 (daily: 9,350)
11 May 2005, 8,500* (daily: 8,500)
23 May 2005, 8,500 (daily: 8,900)
2 June 2005, 8,400 (daily: 8,650)
11 June 2005, 8,100 (daily: 7,700), dropping
12 June 2005, 8,100 (daily: 8,800), going up again
18 June 2005, 8,650* (daily: 7,850)
19 June 2005, 8,650 (daily: 8,900)
20 June 2005, 8,750* (daily: 9,450)
22 June 2005, 8,800* (daily: 8,950)
26 June 2005, 9,050* (daily: 10,300*), first daily reach over 10,000
28 June 2005, 9,450* (daily: 10,450*)
29 June 2005, 9,650* (daily: 10,350)
30 June 2005, 9,900* (daily: 10,700*), 12.5% increase in 8 days
3 July 2005, 10,450* (daily: 10,900*), first weekly reach over 10,000
4 July 2005, 10,550* (daily: 11,400*)
8 July 2005, 11,300* (daily: 10,900)
9 July 2005, 11,350* (daily: 10,250)
10 July 2005, 11,400* (daily: 11,300)
11 July 2005, 11,500* (daily: 12,100*)
12 July 2005, 11,500 (daily: 11,500)
14 July 2005, 11,350 (daily: 11,550)
15 July 2005, 11,400 (daily: 11,100)
17 July 2005, 11,500* (daily: 12,000)
18 July 2005, 11,500 (daily: 12,100)
19 July 2005, 11,650* (daily: 13,100*)
21 July 2005, 11,750* (daily: 11,850)
22 July 2005, 11,750 (daily: 11,050)
23 July 2005, 11,800* (daily: 10,550)
24 July 2005, 11,800 (daily: 11,900)
25 July 2005, 12,050* (daily: 13,900*)
26 July 2005, 11,900 (daily: 12,200)
27 July 2005, 11,850 (daily: 11,550)
29 July 2005, 11,850 (daily: 11,200)
31 July 2005, 11,750 (daily: 11,450)
1 August 2005, 11,400 (daily: 11,500)
6 August 2005, 11,550 (daily: 10,850)
8 August 2005, 11,750 (daily: 12,750)
9 August 2005, 11,850 (daily: 13,000)
11 August 2005, 12,200* (daily: 13,000)
13 August 2005, 12,350* (daily: 11,600)
15 August 2005, 12,500* (daily: 13,050)
17 August 2005, 12,450 (daily: 12,800)
18 August 2005, 12,450 (daily: 13,150)
19 August 2005, 12,500 (daily: 12,400)
22 August 2005, 12,500 (daily: 13,100)
23 August 2005, 12,500 (daily: 12,950)
24 August 2005, 12,550* (daily: 13,150)
1 September 2005, 12,750* (daily: 13,400)
2 September 2005, 12,850* (daily: 12,550)
4 September 2005, 13,100* (daily: 13,100)
5 September 2005, 13,200* (daily: 13,650)
6 September 2005, 13,300* (daily: 14,500*)
8 September 2005, 13,450* (daily: 14,850*)
11 September 2005, 14,100* (daily: 15,000*)
26 September 2005, 11,950 (daily: 14,600)
29 September 2005, 12,350 (daily: 15,350*)
1 October 2005, 13,450 (daily: 13,700)
2 October 2005, 14,450* (daily: 15,750*)
4 October 2005, 15,000* (daily: 17,650*)
10 October 2005, 15,400* (daily: 15,800)
16 October 2005, 15,700* (daily: 15,850)
26 October 2005, 16,500* (daily: 16,950)
3 November 2005, 16,450 (daily: 16,900)
6 November 2005, 16,750* (daily: 18,050*)
13 November 2005, 17,150* (daily: 17,700)
25 November 2005, 16,450 (daily: 15,400)
27 November 2005, 16,450 (daily: 18,050)
4 December 2005, 16,950 (daily: 18,250*)
6 December 2005, 17,200* (daily: 18,900*)
8 December 2005, 17,750* (daily: 19,200*)
10 December 2005, 18,400* (daily: 17,900)
11 December 2005, 18,750* (daily: 20,750*) first daily reach over 20,000
12 December 2005, 19,150* (daily: 20,900*)
13 December 2005, 19,500* (daily: 21,300*)
14 December 2005, 19,700* (daily: 20,100)
15 December 2005, 19,900* (daily: 20,500)
16 December 2005, 20,050* (daily: 19,000) first weekly reach over 20,000
17 December 2005, 20,150* (daily: 18,450)
18 December 2005, 20,300* (daily: 21,750*)
19 December 2005, 20,400* (daily: 21,850*)
20 December 2005, 20,450* (daily: 21,400)
21 December 2005, 20,600* (daily: 21,250)
22 December 2005, 20,600 (daily: 20,350)
24 December 2005, 20,550 (daily: 18,250)
25 December 2005, 20,050 (daily: 18,300)
29 December 2005, 19,700 (daily: 22,000*}
1 January 2006, 20,750* (daily: 22,050*)
2 January 2006, 21,950* (daily: 26,450*)
3 January 2006, 22,800* (daily: 26,900*)
4 January 2006, 23,600* (daily: 26,850)
5 January 2006, 24,200* (daily: 26,300)
7 January 2006, 25,150* (daily: 25,550)
8 January 2006, 26,300* (daily: 27,500*)
9 January 2006, 26,450* (daily: 27,400)
10 January 2006, 26,550* (daily: 27,800*)
11 January 2006, 26,800* (daily: 28,400*)
13 January 2006, 27,050* (daily: 27,000)
17 January 2006, 26,300 (daily: 26,950)
18 January 2006, 26,350 (daily: 29,000*)
21 January 2006, 27,450* (daily: 26,750)
22 January 2006, 28,300* (daily: 30,550*) first daily reach over 30,000
23 January 2006, 28,550* (daily: 29,650)
24 January 2006, 29,000* (daily: 30,150)
25 January 2006, 29,200* (daily: 30,200)
26 January 2006, 29,650* (daily: 31,750*)
27 January 2006, 30,150* (daily: 31,900*) first weekly reach over 30,000
28 January 2006, 30,550* (daily: 29,750)
29 January 2006, 31,250* {daily: 35,300*)
30 January 2006, 32,200* {daily: 36,250*)
31 January 2006, 32,950* {daily: 35,550)
1 February 2006, 33,500* (daily: 33,900)
2 February 2006, 33,950* (daily: 34,750)
8 February 2006, 32,800 (daily: 32,150)
15 February 2006, 32,300 (daily: 32,300)
19 February 2006, 31,800 (daily: 31,250)
25 February 2006, 31,050 (daily: 28,550)
5 March 2006, 31,900 (daily: 37,150*)
7 March 2006, 32,450 (daily: 33,650)
12 March 2006, 33,450 (daily: 35,750)
14 March 2006, 34,050* (daily: 36,200)
15 March 2006, 34,450* (daily: 36,650)
17 March 2006, 34,850* (daily: 34,000)
18 March 2006, 35,050* (daily: 32,500)
19 March 2006, 35,250* (daily: 37,350*)
20 March 2006, 35,350* (daily: 36,000)
30 March 2006, 34,150 (daily: 34,550)
6 April 2006, 34,100 (daily: 34,250)
12 April 2006, 34,400 (daily: 35,900)
16 April 2006, 35,500* (daily: 37,300)
17 April 2006, 35,650* (daily: 37,550*)
18 April 2006, 36,050* (daily: 39,000*)
19 April 2006, 36,200* (daily: 37,000)
20 April 2006, 36,700* (daily: 38,850)
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Alexa page views per million measurement for wikipedia.org
Alexa page view statistics for wikipedia.org per million overall page views; the score of 1,000 reached in September 2005 meant in theory that Wikipedia was getting 0.1% of all internet page views for all sites; a score of 10,000 would equate to 1% of all internet page views. Since this statistic is only displayed as a graph, rather than a number, you will need to estimate it from the graph displayed via the link given above, and use the date displayed on the graph, which is sometimes not up-to-date. As there is a clear weekly pattern of peaks and troughs, it is best to estimate the average for the last seven days, which will give a more realistic picture of long term trends. This can be done quite accurately using the 7-day graph here.
1 January 2003, 10 1 April 2003, 20 1 July 2003, 25 1 October 2003, 70* 1 January 2004, 70 1 April 2004, 110* 1 July 2004, 104 1 August 2004, 110 1 September 2004, 130* 1 October 2004, 140* 1 November 2004, 195* 1 December 2004, 290* 1 January 2005, 330* 20 January 2005, 300 30 January 2005, 318 11 February 2005, 344* 14 February 2005, 358* 18 February 2005, 370* 21 February 2005, 325 27 February 2005, 375* 1 March 2005, 365 3 March 2005, 350 21 March 2005, 435* 22 March 2005, 440* 23 March 2005, 450* 24 March 2005, 380 26 March 2005, 425 30 March 2005, 480* 31 March 2005, 440 3 April 2005, 580* 12 April 2005, 525 23 April 2005, 575 30 April 2005, 590* 6 May 2005, 695* 12 May 2005, 750* 2 June 2005, 620 11 June 2005, 575 12 June 2005, 650 18 June 2005, 640 19 June 2005, 700 20 June 2005, 625 22 June 2005, 650 28 June 2005, 660 30 June 2005, 680 4 July 2005, 730 8 July 2005, 740 10 July 2005, 840* 14 July 2005, 720 15 July 2005, 800 17 July 2005, 860* 18 July 2005, 825 21 July 2005, 805 22 July 2005, 765 23 July 2005, 760 24 July 2005, 780 25 July 2005, 750 27 July 2005, 745 29 July 2005, 750 31 July 2005, 800 1 August 2005, 750 6 August 2005, 800 8 August 2005, 800 9 August 2005, 795 11 August 2005, 810 13 August 2005, 840 15 August 2005, 845 19 August 2005, 855 22 August 2005, 900* 24 August 2005, 840 1 September 2005, 860 5 September 2005, 920* 11 September 2005, 1,020* 4 October 2005, 1,140* 16 October 2005, 1,090 21 October 2005, 960 26 October 2005, 1,010 1 November 2005, 1,040 9 November 2005, 1,025 23 November 2005, 950 27 November 2005, 1,100 3 December 2005, 1,070 5 December 2005, 1,210* 10 December 2005, 1,280* 11 December 2005, 1,595* 12 December 2005, 1,345 13 December 2005, 1,390 15 December 2005, 1,450 16 December 2005, 1,370 17 December 2005, 1,580 18 December 2005, 1,715* 19 December 2005, 1,485 20 December 2005, 1,450 22 December 2005, 1,480 24 December 2005, 1,525 25 December 2005, 1,635 28 December 2005, 1,460 31 December 2005, 1,650 1 January 2006, 1,930* 2 January 2006, 1,980* 7 January 2006, 1,860 8 January 2006, 2,020* 14 January 2006, 1,830 16 January 2006, 2,060* 20 January 2006, 2,260* 26 January 2006, 2,485* 27 January 2006, 2,540* 30 January 2006, 2,700* spike during the Chinese New Year season 4 February 2006, 2,540 15 February 2006, 2,300 25 February 2006, 2,300 7 March 2006, 2,400 29 March 2006, 2,450 12 April 2006, 2,500 16 April 2006, 2,600
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Alexa country rankings
In April 2006 Alexa introduced rankings on a by-country basis. [3] A selection of Wikipedia's rankings are shown in the table below. These are subject to the aforementioned caveats about Alexa rankings and also the additional caveat that not all internet addresses can accurately be sourced to a specific country. Many of the sites ahead of Wikipedia in each country are portals/search engines/ISP sites so its rankings are influenced by the degree of consolidation in these markets in each country.
| Country | 13 Apr 06 | 18 Apr 06 | 21 April 06 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| Austria | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Brazil | 27 | 27 | 27 |
| Canada | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| China (see note) | >100 | >100 | >100 |
| Egypt | 58 | 56 | 59 |
| France | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Germany | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Hong Kong | 96 | 95 | 95 |
| India | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Ireland | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| Israel | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Italy | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Japan | 29 | 28 | 27 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Mexico | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| Philippines | 21 | 21 | 22 |
| Poland | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Russia | 25 | 25 | 27 |
| Saudi Arabia | >100 | >100 | >100 |
| Singapore | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| South Africa | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| South Korea | >100 | >100 | >100 |
| Spain | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Sweden | 21 | 20 | 20 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Taiwan | >100 | >100 | >100 |
| Thailand | 86 | 85 | 83 |
| Turkey | 45 | 42 | 37 |
| Ukraine | 20 | 20 | 22 |
| United Kingdom | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| United States | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Note: Access to Wikipedia has been blocked in mainland China since 19 October 2005. See Blocking of Wikipedia in mainland China.
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Alexa topic categories
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Top Reference sites
On 10 March 2005, Wikipedia was listed in Alexa's list of reference sites [4] at #4.
10 March 2005, #4 22 March 2005, #4 26 March 2005, #4 (but traffic rank has now outstripped that of #3, dictionary.com) 2 April 2005, #4 1 May 2005, #4 (traffic rank and reach still higher than #3, dictionary.com) 13 May 2005, #3 (at last! #3, after #2 www.mapquest.com, and #1 my.yahoo.com) 26 June 2005, #2 (mapquest.com finally conquered!) 21 October 2005, #2 (still behind My Yahoo!) 9 February 2006, #1 (don't know when it achieved #1, but it's there as of Feb.)
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Top Kids and Teens sites
On 9 July 2005, Wikipedia was listed in Alexa's list of top kids and teens sites [5] at #2. By 1 October 2005 it has moved up to #1. This list is based on reach, rather than rank.
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Top "School Time" sites
On 3 August 2005. Wikipedia was listed in Alexa's top list of "School Time" sites [6] at #1.
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Encyclopedias
On 3 August 2005, Wikipedia was listed in Alexa's top online Encyclopedia list [7] at #1.
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Wikiquote
On 3 August 2005, Wikiquote was listed in Alexa's top quotations list [8] at #5.
3 August 2005, #5 30 September 2005, #5 16 November 2005, #5 14 February 2006, #4 12 April 2006, #3
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Wiktionary
On 14 November 2005, Wiktionary was listed in Alexa's top online dictionary list [9] at #19.
14 November 2005, #19 24 November 2005, #20 6 December 2005, #18 24 December 2005, #17 16 January 2006, #16 9 February 2006, #13 14 February 2006, #12 17 March 2006, #11
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So how many people visit Wikipedia?
It isn't easy to put these figures into context. No-one knows exactly how many people use Wikipedia. One way to look at it is that as of 15 February 2006 Wikipedia's 7-day average reach was 32,300, while the Internet Movie Database's was 14,850 and it claimed over 35 million unique users a month. Crunching these numbers suggests 76 million unique users a month for Wikipedia. This could be out by a very wide margin (the true number could easily be either half that or double it, due mainly to different frequencies of visits by users over a month and the skewing effect of the Alexa toolbar being available only in English), but it does give a rough idea of the order of magnitude of Wikipedia's number of visitors. The number of "unique users" (ie. ISP addresses) and number of individuals will not be the same, but the number of individuals is as likely to be higher than the number of unique users (due to proxy servers at ISPs such as AOL, and multiple people using the same account at schools, workplaces and libraries, not to mention at home) than lower (due to some people visiting through more than one computer or ISP).
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