Happy Birthday Wikipedia 2024

Wikipedia, a free, web-based encyclopedia, was founded on January 15, 2001, by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. It revolutionized the way information is compiled and accessed. Unlike traditional encyclopedias, Wikipedia is collaboratively written by volunteer contributors from around the world, allowing for a diverse and expansive range of topics. Notable milestones in Wikipedia's history include reaching its first million English articles in 2006 and its ten-millionth article in all languages in 2007. By 2013, it had surpassed 30 million articles in all languages, illustrating rapid growth and widespread acceptance. As of January 14th 2024, Wikipedia has over 59 million articles across 300 languages. It's among the top ten most visited websites globally. Its user base spans millions of unique visitors each month. Unthinkable if we realize that when it started, there were powerful competitors, MS Encarta and all paper Encyclopedias. The most popular languages on Wikipedia in terms of the number of articles and user activity are English, with 6.7M articles, Cebuano, and German. Cebuano articles, like Swedish which is the 5th largest by the number of articles, have been mostly written by bots. Wikipedia is a free, gigantic, central hub of knowledge in our digital age. Its impact in our generations cannot be measured by numbers nor words. More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Wikipedia ... /List_of_Wikipedias Art by Dall-E, Kapwing, ezgif. Text supported by ChatGPT.