As of December 2024, the English subdomain of Wikipedia was by far the largest in terms of participation, with more than 122 thousand active registered users and by number of published articles. The languages French and German followed, each over 18 thousand users. Overall, Wikipedia's English subdomain was the largest subdomain of the website by number of entries, with around 6.91 million published articles.
Number of active registered users on Wikipedia.org as of December 2024, by language
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Wikimedia. (December 4, 2024). Number of active registered users on Wikipedia.org as of December 2024, by language [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1427623/wikipedia-org-language-active-registered-users/
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