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We support protect fund openhuman knowledge We are the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia. We support the people, technology, and policies that enable reliable information to be shared with the world. Help us support everyone’s access to reliable information. Why donate? Amount $ Frequency Just once Give monthly Donate now Learn something new every day with the Wikipedia app The reading challenge is a fun and easy way to expand your knowledge and explore new topics on the go. Read more Celebrate Wikipedia’s 25th birthday Mark this milestone by paying tribute to the hundreds of thousands of people that edit, write, and fact check the backbone of knowledge on the internet. Join the party By the numbers Wikipedia is the backbone of the internet’s knowledge. From students to chatbots, everyone learns from it. Wikipedia receives nearly 15 billion views each month. The Wikimedia Foundation supports nearly 265,000 volunteers every month. Every minute 324 new edits are made to Wikipedia. With over 65 million articles, in 300+ languages, Wikipedia is the home of trusted information online. Wikipedia is the only website among the top 10 most visited that is hosted by a nonprofit organization. Our work Read more about how we are supporting the people, policies, and products that make Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects possible. Our projects Want to learn more? Download the Wikipedia app Wikimedia Foundation Wikimedia Foundation joins Digital Public Goods Alliance to champion open knowledge infrastructure Community The winners of the 2025 Wiki Loves Monuments photo contest Community “Cinematic intensity”: The winners of Wiki Loves Earth 2025 Our projects ICFJ and Wikimedia Foundation Seek Applications for Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards in Africa Our projects Wikipedia celebrates 25 years of knowledge at its best Wikimedia Foundation Wikimedia Foundation Welcomes Two New Board Trustees Wikimedia Foundation Wikimedia Foundation appoints Bernadette Meehan as Chief Executive Officer Our projects Announcing Wikipedia’s top 25 most-read articles of 2025 Built for people, by people Wikipedia is built by nearly 250,000 volunteers from all kinds of backgrounds. They edit articles, check facts, fix code, and help make the internet’s knowledge better. Meet some of them. Taufik Rosman Malaysia The 2023 Wikimedian of the Year, Taufik has been editing since he was 8 years old. He has expanded the Malay Wiktionary with nearly 11,000 changes. “Each of our contributions matters greatly,” Taufik says. Siobhan Leachman New Zealand Siobhan expands English Wikipedia with knowledge about notable women in biodiversity and natural history. Thanks to her, Wikipedia has information about all of New Zealand’s 1,800 endemic moth species. Armine Aghayan-Flisch Switzerland Writing a Wikipedia article each day for a hundred straight days is a feat. Arminé has done it thirteen times on the Armenian Wikipedia, while also uploading over 20,000 open-licensed images. Donatien Kangah Côte d’Ivoire The most visible part of Donatien’s French Wikipedia work is in the site’s coverage of African football. But behind the scenes, Danatien also runs an organization that expands Wikipedia’s knowledge of Côte d’Ivoire. Wilfredo Rodríguez Canada Prolific photographer Wilfredo has shared over 50,000 images with Wikimedia projects. Many come from his home country of Venezuela to preserve its beauty for the world’s benefit. Ellie Méndez El Salvador Ellie has collaborated with multiple El Salvadorean cultural institutions to expand Wikipedia’s coverage of women’s sports in Spanish and train people in updating the site. Mónica Paola Bonilla-Parra Colombia As the head of Wikimedia Colombia, Mónica works to encourage people to share knowledge on Wikipedia. “There are no limits to participating and contributing,” she says. “If you don’t do it, who will?” Alberto Leoncio Brazil Most work on Wikipedia happens behind the scenes and is performed by volunteers like Alberto. The time Alberto spends on technical tasks makes life easier for all other Portuguese Wikipedia editors. Alaa Najjar MENA region Alaa’s nearly 600,000 edits on Wikimedia projects have expanded the sites’ knowledge of medicine, anatomy, and biology. In thanks, he received the prestigious 2021 Wikimedian of the Year award. Nkem Osuigwe Nigeria Nkem is a connector: she brings volunteer Wikimedia editors and librarians from Africa together. Her work in organizing the first African Librarians Week generated nearly 28,000 improvements on Wikipedia. Ananya Mondal India A clinical nutritionist by trade, Ananya singlehandedly spearheaded an initiative to upload more images of butterflies onto Wikimedia projects. She’s since inspired people to upload over 15,000 new photos. Netha Hussain Sweden Netha uses her expertise as a doctor to ensure medical content on Wikipedia is accurate, well-sourced, and easily understood—from COVID-19 content during the pandemic to documenting misinformation around women’s health. Rosie St...