Announcing Wikipedia’s top 25 most-read articles of 2025
New Wikipedia data shows the events, people, movies, and more that captured global attention in 2025.
How does the Wikimedia Foundation use donations to Wikipedia?
Here is a fun fact for your next party: Of the top-ten most-visited websites in the world, Wikipedia is the only one to be run by a nonprofit: the Wikimedia Foundation.
How is Wikipedia funded?
For over almost 25 years, Wikipedia has grown to become the backbone of knowledge on the internet. What started as a wildly ambitious and probably impossible dream is now an essential knowledge resource for humanity.
Wikipedia 25 anniversary toolkit
Wikipedia is turning 25 and we’re celebrating together! Your guide to the celebration For 25 years, people from every corner of the world have built, shared, and shaped what has become the backbone of knowledge on the internet. Thank you for being here to celebrate this incredible milestone with us. We’ve created this page to….
The art of disagreement: How Wikipedia navigates disputes
On Wikipedia, disagreement is never a sign of failure. It’s evidence that people care deeply about getting the facts right.
In the AI era, Wikipedia has never been more valuable
AI relies on human-documented knowledge resources like Wikipedia.
7 reasons you should donate to Wikipedia
Here are 7 reasons to donate to the Foundation that also clarify who we are, what we do, and why your donations matter.
Love Wikipedia? Get to know the nonprofit behind it
Most people don't know that Wikipedia is hosted by a nonprofit. Accurate information online is needed now more than ever, as is the work of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Wikipedia Recognized as a Digital Public Good
The UN-endorsed Digital Public Goods Alliance has added Wikipedia to its registry, affirming the important role its volunteer editors play in making the internet better for everyone.
Transparency builds trust: Lessons from Wikipedia
How many times have you seen a post pop up on an app or social media feed and wondered where the information really came from?
Photo credits
Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards
ICFJ
Bobby Shabangu and Michał Buczyński
JPC Photography and Jason Krüger for Wikimedia