As of December 2023, the English subdomain of Wikipedia had around 6.91 million articles published, being the largest subdomain of the website by number of entries and registered active users. German and French ranked third and fourth, with over 29.6 million and 26.5 million entries. Being the only Asian language figuring among the top 10, Cebuano was the language with the second-most articles on the portal, amassing around 6.11 million entries. However, while most Wikipedia articles in English and other European languages are written by humans, entries in Cebuano are reportedly mostly generated by bots.
Number of published articles on Wikipedia.org as of December 2024, by language
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