Wikipedia:awareness statistics

Image:Alexa_traffic_ranking_for_wikipedia.png

Alexa [http://www.alexa.com] traffic ranking to main English Wikipedia site – lower is better, 1 is theoretically the most popular site on the Internet. Alexa users are a self-selecting group, so they do not necessarily represent all Internet users in the correct proportions.

For comparison purposes, a snapshot of the one-week top 10 sites, as ranked by Alexa on 2 March 2007, together with their corresponding one-week reach and page views figures, was as follows:

Reach P.Views R/W V/W

1 yahoo.com 26.8 6.0 4.25 13.3

2 msn.com 30.1 3.6 4.78 8.0

3 google.com 25.1 2.3 3.98 5.1

4 youtube.com 8.9 1.6 1.41 3.6

5 myspace.com 4.4 2.4 0.70 5.3

6 live.com 14.6 0.63 2.32 1.3

7 baidu.com 6.1 1.2 0.97 2.7

8 qq.com 5.3 0.73 0.84 1.6

9 orkut.com 2.6 1.4 0.41 3.1

10 wikipedia.org 6.3 0.45 1 1

11 yahoo.co.jp 2.8 0.93 0.44 2.1

Where reach and views figures are percents, 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 [http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/www.wikipedia.org 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 February 2005, 115* (daily: 124)

27 February 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.

25 April 2006, 17 (daily: 17) It's gone down, even though 7-day average reach has set new records 10 days in a row.

1 May 2006, 17 (daily: 14) This day was a public holiday in China.

22 May 2006, 17 (daily: 17)

3 June 2006, 17 (daily: 18)

8 June 2006, 16 (daily: 16)

29 June 2006, 16 (daily: 17)

28 July 2006, 16 (daily: 16)

13 August 2006, 16 (daily: 14)

19 August 2006, 15 (daily: 14) First top 15 weekly ranking not caused by China-related special events.

20 August 2006, 15 (daily: 13)

29 August 2006, 15 (daily: 15)

17 September 2006, 15 (daily: 13)

27 September 2006, 15 (daily: 13)

3 October 2006, 13* (daily: 12)

4 October 2006, 13 (daily: 11*)

12 October 2006, 12* (daily: 13)

13 October 2006, 12 (daily: 11)

17 October 2006, 12 (daily: 11)

8 November 2006, 12 (daily: 11)

12 November 2006, 12 (daily: 10*) First daily ranking in the top 10.

18 November 2006, 12 (daily: 13)

11 December 2006, 12 (daily: 10)

12 December 2006, 11* (daily: 11)

22 December 2006, 12 (daily: 12)

31 December 2006, 12 (daily: 12)

3 January 2007, 11 (daily: 9*)

7 January 2007, 10* (daily: 9) First weekly ranking in the top 10.

10 February 2007, 11 (daily: 11)

15 February 2007, 10 (daily: 10)

19 February 2007, 11 (daily: 8*) Chinese New Year spike

24 February 2007, 9* (daily: 11)

24 March 2007, 9 (daily: 10)

16 April 2007, 9 (daily: 9)

7 May 2007, 9 (daily: 9)

29 May 2007, 9 (daily: 8)

29 July 2007, 8* (daily: 8)

4 September 2007, 8 (daily: 8)

21 September 2007, 8 (daily: 8)

16 December 2007, 9 (daily: 9)

16 March 2008, 9 (daily: 9)

14 April 2008, 7* (daily: 8) Alexa has recalculated rankings; leap frogged Hi5 and Facebook

26 May 2008, 8 (daily: 8)

29 September 2008, 8 (daily: 8)

20 February 2009, 7 (daily: 7*)

25 September 2009 6* (daily: 6*)

17 May 2010, 6 (daily: 7)

11 October 2011, 6 (daily: 6)

Image:Alexa ranking for global top 500.png

In October 2004, Wikipedia appeared in Alexa's [http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites?ts_mode=global&lang=none 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. Now Wikipedia is in the top 20; rival sites differ considerably in popularity and so Wikipedia's ranking is much more stable than in the past.

12 October 2004, #468

28 October 2004, #403

01 November 2004, #393

09 November 2004, #378

15 November 2004, #329

24 November 2004, #293

10 December 2004, #255

22 December 2004, #221

29 December 2004, #209

04 January 2005, #200 (First time in global top 200)

13 January 2005, #188

29 January 2005, #175

07 February 2005, #167

12 February 2005, #163

27 February 2005, #146

10 March 2005, #136

19 March 2005, #132

30 March 2005, #124

9 April 2005, #119

19 April 2005, #108

23 April 2005, #103

1 May 2005, #100 (First time in global top 100)

12 May 2005, #94

23 May 2005, #88

8 June 2005, #81

18 June 2005, #78

26 June 2005, #69

8 July 2005, #65

18 July 2005, #60

25 July 2005, #58

6 August 2005, #57

23 August 2005, #55

2 September 2005, #53

5 September 2005, #50 (First time in global top 50)

24 September 2005, #49

2 October 2005, #47

10 October 2005, #46

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

13 May 2006, #16

29 June 2006, #17 (Overtaken by YouTube.com)

16 July 2006, #16

23 July 2006, #17

14 August 2006, #16

17 September 2006, #17 (Overtaken by Orkut.com)

13 October 2006, #15

7 November 2006, #14

15 November 2006, #13

6 December 2006, #12

27 February 2007, #11

26 March 2007, #10 (First time in global top 10)

8 April 2007, #11 (Battle with yahoo.co.jp)

26 April 2007, #10

18 May 2007, #9

22 May 2007, #10 (Battle with qq.com)

29 May 2007, #9

20 October 2007, #8

23 January 2008, #9

16 March 2008, #9

14 April 2008, #7 (Alexa revise rankings)

29 September 2008, #8

20 February 2009, #7

25 September 2009 #6 (msn.com overtaken)

17 May 2010 #6

Image:Alexa_reach_measurement_for_wikipedia-logscale.pngic scale. It is also available plotted on a linear scale here.]]

Alexa reach per million viewers: (reach figures can be found at the bottom of the Alexa page cited above [http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=wikipedia&p=Det_W_g_40_M1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikipedia.org%2F]). 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 September 2006 this figure reached 50,000 or 5%. 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 average 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 average 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 average 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)

21 April 2006, 37,300* (daily: 36,750)

22 April 2006, 37,350* (daily: 35,100)

23 April 2006, 37,600* (daily: 39,200*)

24 April 2006, 37,900* (daily: 39,600*)

25 April 2006, 38,050* (daily: 39,900*)

26 April 2006, 38,450* (daily: 39,700)

1 May 2006, 38,350 (daily: 44,000*) first daily reach over 40,000. This day was a public holiday in China.

2 May 2006, 38,650* (daily: 41,900)

3 May 2006, 38,800* (daily: 40,900)

4 May 2006, 39,450* (daily: 43,250)

5 May 2006, 40,100* (daily: 41,400) first weekly average reach over 40,000

7 May 2006, 40,900* (daily: 39,300)

22 May 2006, 40,200 (daily: 42,850)

3 June 2006, 40,300 (daily: 36,550)

8 June 2006, 41,350* (daily: 43,900)

9 June 2006, 41,600* (daily: 39,950)

10 June 2006, 41,700* (daily: 37,450)

11 June 2006, 41,850* (daily: 41,950)

12 June 2006, 42,000* (daily: 43,850)

9 July 2006, 40,300 (daily: 40,950)

12 July 2006, 41,450 (daily: 44,150*)

24 July 2006, 42,150* (daily: 45,350*)

26 July 2006, 42,200* (daily: 42,850)

28 July 2006, 42,300* (daily: 42,000)

31 July 2006, 42,000 (daily: 45,350*)

2 August 2006, 42,450* (daily: 45,000)

3 August 2006, 42,850* (daily: 44,750)

8 August 2006, 40,800 (daily: 47,550*)

13 August 2006, 43,800* (daily: 45,400)

14 August 2006, 45,250* (daily: 48,050*)

15 August 2006, 45,250* (daily: 47,550)

20 August 2006, 45,150 (daily: 48,150*)

22 August 2006, 44,250 (daily: 48,650*)

23 August 2006, 44,500 (daily: 49,300*)

25 August 2006, 46,150* (daily: 45,200)

26 August 2006, 46,250* (daily: 43,500)

27 August 2006, 46,300* (daily: 48,750)

28 August 2006, 47,750* (daily: 50,550*) first daily reach over 50,000

29 August 2006, 47,900* (daily: 49,650)

30 August 2006, 48,000* (daily: 50,200)

31 August 2006, 48,150* (daily: 49,350)

1 September 2006, 48,400* (daily: 46,800)

6 September 2006, 45,250 (daily: 51,300*)

10 September 2006, 48,850* (daily: 51,800*)

11 September 2006, 50,750* (daily: 54,700*) first weekly average reach over 50,000

14 September 2006, 51,050* (daily: 51,850)

17 September 2006, 51,200* (daily: 52,650)

19 September 2006, 51,350* (daily: 54,400)

26 September 2006, 51,500* (daily: 56,500*)

27 September 2006, 52,000* (daily: 55,250)

3 October 2006, 49,750 (daily: 59,200*)

4 October 2006, 50,350 (daily: 59,600*)

5 October 2006, 53,950* (daily: 55,800)

7 October 2006, 54,550* (daily: 47,850)

9 October 2006, 55,450* (daily: 56,600)

13 October 2006, 54,700 (daily: 62,150*) first daily reach over 60,000

14 October 2006, 55,500* (daily: 52,950)

15 October 2006, 56,850* (daily: 60,550)

16 October 2006, 57,350* (daily: 60,150)

17 October 2006, 57,900* (daily: 59,650)

18 October 2006, 58,450* (daily: 59,800)

19 October 2006, 58,900* (daily: 57,250)

23 October 2006, 57,500 (daily: 63,100*)

6 November 2006, 58,750 (daily: 63,350*)

7 November 2006, 59,150* (daily: 62,350)

8 November 2006, 59,500* (daily: 60,800)

12 November 2006, 60,000* (daily: 64,000*) first weekly average reach over 60,000

13 November 2006, 60,450* (daily: 66,400*)

14 November 2006, 60,700* (daily: 63,950)

17 November 2006, 61,750* (daily: 57,150)

3 December 2006, 63,100* (daily: 62,300)

22 December 2006, 51,200 (daily: 45,800)

31 December 2006, 46,500 (daily: 43,750) holiday period slump

3 January 2007, 50,600 (daily: 59,250)

7 January 2007, 55,050 (daily: 56,800)

4 February 2007, 59,500 (daily: 58,500)

15 February 2007, 61,350 (daily: 62,850)

19 February 2007, 61,800 (daily: 69,600*) Chinese New Year spike - daily peak reach

21 February 2007, 63,150* (daily: 67,900)

23 February 2007, 64,350* (daily: 63,200)

25 February 2007, 65,150* (daily: 60,950) Chinese New Year spike - weekly peak reach

16 April 2007, 63,250 (daily: 67,600)

2 May 2007, 63,750 (daily: 70,750*) first daily reach over 70,000

6 May 2007, 66,000* (daily: 67,700)

7 May 2007, 66,900* (daily: 70,850*)

29 May 2007, 63,700 (daily: 69,450)

9 August 2007, 65,000 (daily: 69,450)

13 August 2007, 67,350* (daily: 70,950*)

14 August 2007, 67,550* (daily: 71,500*)

15 August 2007, 67,950* (daily: 72,200*)

16 August 2007, 68,100* (daily: 71,000)

17 August 2007, 68,650* (daily: 67,150)

18 August 2007, 69,000* (daily: 63,550)

20 August 2007, 69,850* (daily: 74,650*)

21 August 2007, 70,450* (daily: 75,650*) first weekly average reach over 70,000

22 August 2007, 71,000* (daily: 76,050*)

28 August 2007, 74,050* (daily: 80,350*) first daily reach over 80,000

4 September 2007, 71,450 (daily: 80,700*)

6 September 2007, 74,100* (daily: 79,600)

7 September 2007, 75,950* (daily: 74,600)

8 September 2007, 76,200* (daily: 68,550)

9 September 2007, 77,200* (daily: 80,550)

11 September 2007, 77,400* (daily: 83,350*)

12 September 2007, 77,950* (daily: 83,650*)

13 September 2007, 78,250* (daily: 81,950)

15 September 2007, 78,550* (daily: 70,900)

17 September 2007, 79,850* (daily: 84,000*)

26 September 2007, 81,000* (daily: 86,850*) first weekly average reach over 80,000

27 September 2007, 81,050* (daily: 80,650)

1 October 2007, 81,700* (daily: 87,600*)

5 October 2007, 82,000* (daily: 75,600)

10 October 2007, 78,550 (daily: 88,650*)

14 October 2007, 83,100* (daily: 86,000)

15 October 2007, 84,550* (daily: 90,600*) first daily reach over 90,000

16 October 2007, 86,000* (daily: 91,400*)

17 October 2007, 86,100* (daily: 89,300)

18 October 2007, 86,600* (daily: 89,500)

22 October 2007, 85,850 (daily: 91,550*)

26 October 2007, 87,200* (daily: 83,300)

27 October 2007, 87,700* (daily: 78,900)

30 October 2007, 87,600 (daily: 92,400*)

9 November 2007, 88,350* (daily: 83,800)

10 November 2007, 88,800* (daily: 80,950)

11 November 2007, 89,250* (daily: 93,650*)

13 November 2007, 89,650* (daily: 94,050*)

19 November 2007, 90,000* (daily: 94,850*) first weekly average reach over 90,000

23 January 2008, 90,300* (daily: 94,550)

29 January 2008, 91,450* (daily: 97,400*)

5 February 2008, 94,600* (daily: 96,800)

11 February 2008, 93,200 (daily: 98,200*)

3 March 2008, 94,450 (daily: 99,500*)

5 March 2008, 94,650* (daily: 97,800)

10 March 2008, 94,650 (daily: 100,000*) first daily reach over 100,000

31 March 2008, 96,600* (daily: 102,400*)

2 April 2008, 97,600* (daily: 102,200)

6 April 2008, 99,050* (daily: 105,450*)

7 April 2008, 99,600* (daily: 104,100)

8 April 2008, 99,750* (daily: 103,200)

10 April 2008, 99,950* (daily: 101,100)

1 June 2008, 114,200* (daily: 116,600) * new records after gap in Alexa updates

3 June 2008, 114,200 (daily: 118,600) *

5 June 2008, 115,500* (daily: 114,500)

17 May 2010, 131,600* (daily: 123,000*)

11 October 2011, 147,500* (daily: 147,000*)

Alexa page view statistics for wikipedia.org per million overall page views; the score of 2,000 reached in January 2006 meant in theory that Wikipedia was getting 0.2% of all Internet page views for all sites or one pageview in five hundred; 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 [http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&compare_sites=&y=p&q=&size=large&range=7d&url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page 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

21 April 2006, 2,625

27 April 2006, 2,640

2 May 2006, 2,755*

5 May 2006, 2,830*

22 May 2006, 2,740

3 June 2006, 2,780

12 June 2006, 2,800

9 July 2006, 2,895*

11 July 2006, 2,955*

13 July 2006, 2,985*

14 August 2006, 2,980

15 August 2006, 3,005*

20 August 2006, 3,075*

22 August 2006, 3,055

26 August 2006, 3,140*

28 August 2006, 3,210*

1 September 2006, 3,245*

11 September 2006, 3,380*

26 September 2006, 3,385*

5 October 2006, 3,415*

9 October 2006, 3,575*

13 October 2006, 3,705*

14 October 2006, 3,785*

15 October 2006, 3,865*

17 October 2006, 3,895*

7 November 2006, 3,825

14 November 2006, 3,915*

18 November 2006, 4,050*

3 December 2006, 4,160*

31 December 2006, 3,900

8 January 2007, 4,250*

15 February 2007, 4,410*

25 February 2007, 4,680*

24 April 2007, 4,800*

9 August 2007, 5,175*

13 August 2007, 5,300*

21 August 2007, 5,500*

26 September 2007, 5,775*

18 October 2007, 5,900*

16 December 2007, 5,500

17 May 2010, 5,722

11 October 2011, 5,629

In April 2006 Alexa introduced rankings on a by-country basis. [http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries] 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 those markets in each country.

Note: Access to Wikipedia has been blocked in mainland China most of the time from 19 October 2005 to date. See Blocking of Wikipedia in mainland China.

On 10 March 2005, Wikipedia was listed in Alexa's list of reference sites [http://www.alexa.com/browse?&CategoryID=10] 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.)

19 July 2006, #1 (still at the top!)

31 December 2006, #1 (still there!)

21 May 2008, #9 (how did it drop?)

15 August 2008, #5 (no idea, but it's back up to #5 now)

10 November 2008, #1 (they list wikipedia.org and English Wikipedia (now at #8) separately..)

17 May 2010, #1 (and has been for quite some time)

On 9 July 2005, Wikipedia was listed in Alexa's list of top kids and teens sites [http://www.alexa.com/topsites/category/Top/Kids_and_Teens] at #2. By 1 October 2005 it has moved up to #1. In April 2010, the English version of Wikipedia had dropped to #5. This list is based on reach, rather than rank.

On 3 August 2005, Wikipedia was listed in Alexa's top list of "School Time" sites [http://www.alexa.com/browse?&CategoryID=468933] at #1.

On 3 August 2005, Wikipedia was listed in Alexa's top online Encyclopedia list [http://www.alexa.com/browse?&CategoryID=251] at #1.

On 21 May 2008, Wikipedia was listed in Alexa's top Software list [http://www.alexa.com/browse?&CategoryID=109] at #1.

On 3 August 2005, Wikiquote was listed in Alexa's top quotations list [http://www.alexa.com/topsites/category/Top/Reference/Quotations] at #5.

3 August 2005, #5

30 September 2005, #5

16 November 2005, #5

14 February 2006, #4

12 April 2006, #3

22 April 2006, #2

8 May 2006, #2

12 July 2006, #2

24 August 2006, #2

13 October 2006, #1

2 January 2007, #1

21 May 2008, #1

11 November 2009, #2

17 May 2010, #3 (beaten by thinkexist.com at #1, and brainyquote.com at #2)

On 11 November 2009, it had an overall rank of #3,019.

On 14 November 2005, Wiktionary was listed in Alexa's top online dictionary list [http://www.alexa.com/topsites/category/Top/Reference/Dictionaries] at #19.

On 21 May {{when?}} Wiktionary had an overall rank of #1,316.{{fact}}

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

8 May 2006, #10

4 July 2006, #9

7 July 2006, #8

13 October 2006, #6

2 January 2007, #6

13 March 2007, #6

21 May 2008, #6

27 April 2010, #7 (beat out by dict.cc)

On 21 May 2008, Wiktionary was listed in Alexa's list of reference sites [http://www.alexa.com/topsites/category/Top/Reference] at #19. In April 2010, it had dropped to #22.

21 May 2008, #19

27 April 2010, #22

In May 2006 comScore World Metrix, a new global internet tracking system, placed what it calls "Wikipedia Sites" (presumably actually all Wikimedia sites as it makes a point of grouping all sites under common ownership) seventh on its list of "Online Properties Worldwide", with an estimated 131 million unique visitors aged 15+ in March 2006, or 19% of all internet users aged 15+, based on comScore's estimate that there were 694 million of them that month.

The difference from Wikipedia's Alexa ranking is accounted for in part by comscore's grouping of related sites, as Alexa has 2 Microsoft sites and 2 Google sites ahead of Wikipedia, but comScore counts each owner only once. In addition, some sites with much higher daily "Page Views per user", as recorded by Alexa, are ahead of Wikipedia in the Alexa rankings, but not in comScore's rankings, as comScore measures only breadth of use, not intensity of use. By January 2007 Wikipedia's estimated unique user number was 189.0 million, and it was ranked sixth.

• Wikipedia:Awareness statistics/obsolete
• Wikipedia.org is more popular than...

• [http://www.google.com/trends?q=wikipedia Google trends displaying the usage of the word "Wikipedia" in Google searches]

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