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For media inquiries about Wikipedia, Wikimedia, or the Wikimedia Foundation, please email us at press@wikimedia.org.
For all general, public inquiries, or other concerns, please use our contact page.
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If you have a public speaking request for a Wikimedia spokesperson, please email press@wikimedia.org with details of the event and request.
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Wikimedia facts and figures
- Wikipedia was started in 2001.
- Today, Wikipedia exists in nearly 300 languages across more than 65 million articles.
- Wikipedia is accessed by more than 1.5 billion unique devices every month.
- Nearly 250,000 volunteer editors contribute to Wikipedia every month.
- Wikipedia is read more than 15 billion times every month.
Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia images
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Maryana Iskander
Chief Executive Officer, Wikimedia Foundation

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Founder, Wikipedia and Wikimedia Foundation

Regional Wikimedia press contacts
Wikimedia is a global free knowledge movement with contributors around the world. If you would like to speak with a Wikimedia spokesperson in a specific region or language, please find more contact information below.
The Wikimedia Foundation Communications Department can also assist with connecting to local Wikimedia spokespeople in many languages and geographic regions. For assistance, please email press@wikimedia.org.
Please note, these organizations do not speak in an official capacity on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation.
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