The Popularity of Wikipedia in Australia
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==Number of Wikipedia editors in Australia== | ==Number of Wikipedia editors in Australia== | ||
The Wikimedia Foundation have statistics on the number of active editors on Wikipedia, and they split them into two groups. | |||
* Editors who made between 5-99 edits in a month | |||
* Editors who made 100 or more edits in a month | |||
In both cases, the top five most active countries are USA, UK, India, Canada, and Australia. | |||
Since January 2015, Australians have consistently been the fifth most active Wikipedia editors in the world, with a few exceptions. In August 2018, May 2019, and June 2019, Australians were the fourth most active. | |||
Between January 2015 and June 2023, there has been an average of ???? editors in Australia making between 5-99 edits in a month. The highest number was in May 2019 with 3,400 editors, and the lowest was in December 2022 with 1,790. | |||
Overall there is a downwards trend for the number of editors on Wikipedia, and this is shown worldwide. | |||
When comparing the top five most active Wikipedia editing countries, they have all | |||
==Comparing the number of editors worldwide== | ==Comparing the number of editors worldwide== |
Revision as of 08:56, 12 July 2023
Wikipedia is the 6th most visited website in Australia.
When you search for anything online Wikipedia is often the top result, and digital assistants like Siri or Alexa use it to answer questions too.
But Australians don't just read Wikipedia, they're actively contributing to it too.
Who can edit Wikipedia?
Number of Wikipedia editors in Australia
The Wikimedia Foundation have statistics on the number of active editors on Wikipedia, and they split them into two groups.
- Editors who made between 5-99 edits in a month
- Editors who made 100 or more edits in a month
In both cases, the top five most active countries are USA, UK, India, Canada, and Australia.
Since January 2015, Australians have consistently been the fifth most active Wikipedia editors in the world, with a few exceptions. In August 2018, May 2019, and June 2019, Australians were the fourth most active.
Between January 2015 and June 2023, there has been an average of ???? editors in Australia making between 5-99 edits in a month. The highest number was in May 2019 with 3,400 editors, and the lowest was in December 2022 with 1,790.
Overall there is a downwards trend for the number of editors on Wikipedia, and this is shown worldwide.
When comparing the top five most active Wikipedia editing countries, they have all
Comparing the number of editors worldwide
Comparing the number of editors worldwide to each countries populations shows generally 0.01% of each country is editing Wikipedia. In 2022 Australia recorded a population of 25,978,935 people according to The World Bank Group.
In December 2022 there were 1,790 people in Australia editing Wikipedia, representing 0.01% of the total population at the time.
Denmark had 160 editors in December 2022 and were the 38th most active. But they had the highest percentage of their population editing Wikipedia, with 0.22% of the country contributing.
Full list of Worldwide editors in December 2022
Rank | Country Name | Total Editors |
1 | United States of America | 21100 |
2 | United Kingdom | 6430 |
3 | India | 4350 |
4 | Canada | 2990 |
5 | Australia | 1790 |
6 | Germany | 1250 |
7 | Philippines | 1110 |
8 | Indonesia | 880 |
9 | Brazil | 850 |
10 | Italy | 850 |
11 | France | 690 |
12 | Malaysia | 690 |
13 | Netherlands | 530 |
14 | Ireland | 530 |
15 | Spain | 520 |
16 | Bangladesh | 450 |
17 | Japan | 420 |
18 | Poland | 390 |
19 | Sweden | 390 |
20 | Hong Kong, SAR China | 380 |
21 | New Zealand | 380 |
22 | Greece | 350 |
23 | Korea (South) | 340 |
24 | Nigeria | 340 |
25 | Israel | 290 |
26 | Mexico | 270 |
27 | Taiwan, Republic of China | 260 |
28 | Switzerland | 240 |
29 | Belgium | 230 |
30 | Portugal | 230 |
31 | South Africa | 230 |
32 | Argentina | 210 |
33 | Norway | 210 |
34 | Romania | 210 |
35 | Finland | 200 |
36 | Czech Republic | 170 |
37 | Serbia | 170 |
38 | Denmark | 160 |
39 | Hungary | 160 |
40 | Ukraine | 160 |
41 | Peru | 160 |
42 | Bulgaria | 140 |
43 | Nepal | 140 |
44 | Chile | 140 |
45 | Austria | 130 |
46 | Croatia | 130 |
47 | Colombia | 120 |
48 | Sri Lanka | 110 |
49 | Kenya | 80 |
50 | Lithuania | 70 |
51 | Morocco | 70 |
52 | Slovakia | 70 |
53 | Puerto Rico | 70 |
54 | Estonia | 60 |
55 | Macedonia, Republic of | 60 |
56 | Uganda | 60 |
57 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 60 |
58 | Unknown | 50 |
59 | Albania | 50 |
60 | Armenia | 50 |
61 | Costa Rica | 50 |
62 | Cyprus | 50 |
63 | Dominican Republic | 50 |
64 | Georgia | 50 |
65 | Latvia | 50 |
66 | Qatar | 50 |
67 | Slovenia | 50 |
68 | Tunisia | 50 |
69 | Ecuador | 40 |
70 | Jordan | 40 |
71 | Cambodia | 40 |
72 | Kuwait | 40 |
73 | Lebanon | 40 |
74 | Malta | 40 |
75 | Kosovo | 40 |
76 | Algeria | 30 |
77 | Iceland | 30 |
78 | Kyrgyzstan | 30 |
79 | Montenegro | 30 |
80 | Maldives | 30 |
81 | Oman | 30 |
82 | Panama | 30 |
83 | Uruguay | 30 |
84 | Brunei Darussalam | 20 |
85 | Ghana | 20 |
86 | Guatemala | 20 |
87 | Honduras | 20 |
88 | Jamaica | 20 |
89 | Luxembourg | 20 |
90 | Mongolia | 20 |
91 | Paraguay | 20 |
92 | El Salvador | 20 |
93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 20 |
94 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 20 |
95 | Zambia | 20 |
96 | Isle of Man | 10 |
97 | Monaco | 10 |
98 | Namibia | 10 |
99 | Sierra Leone | 10 |
100 | Zimbabwe | 10 |
101 | Cameroon | 10 |
102 | Dominica | 10 |
103 | Faroe Islands | 10 |
104 | Guernsey | 10 |
105 | Gambia | 10 |
106 | Guam | 10 |
107 | Cayman Islands | 10 |
108 | Macao, SAR China | 10 |
109 | Mauritius | 10 |
110 | Nicaragua | 10 |
111 | Palestinian Territory | 10 |
112 | South Sudan | 10 |
113 | British Virgin Islands | 10 |
114 | Congo (Brazzaville) | 10 |
115 | Côte d'Ivoire | 10 |
116 | Cape Verde | 10 |
117 | Curacao | 10 |
118 | Fiji | 10 |
119 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 10 |
120 | Gabon | 10 |
121 | Grenada | 10 |
122 | Gibraltar | 10 |
123 | Greenland | 10 |
124 | Guinea | 10 |
125 | Guadeloupe | 10 |
126 | Andorra | 10 |
127 | Guyana | 10 |
128 | Haiti | 10 |
129 | Angola | 10 |
130 | Jersey | 10 |
131 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10 |
132 | Aruba | 10 |
133 | Saint Lucia | 10 |
134 | Liberia | 10 |
135 | ALA Aland Islands | 10 |
136 | Moldova | 10 |
137 | Mali | 10 |
138 | Barbados | 10 |
139 | Northern Mariana Islands | 10 |
140 | Martinique | 10 |
141 | Burkina Faso | 10 |
142 | Malawi | 10 |
143 | Mozambique | 10 |
144 | Saint-Barthélemy | 10 |
145 | New Caledonia | 10 |
146 | Niger | 10 |
147 | Bermuda | 10 |
148 | French Polynesia | 10 |
149 | Papua New Guinea | 10 |
150 | Bolivia | 10 |
151 | Réunion | 10 |
152 | Seychelles | 10 |
153 | Bahamas | 10 |
154 | Senegal | 10 |
155 | Suriname | 10 |
156 | Bhutan | 10 |
157 | Sint Maarten | 10 |
158 | Saint Vincent and Grenadines | 10 |
159 | Botswana | 10 |
160 | Virgin Islands, US | 10 |
161 | Vanuatu | 10 |
162 | Belize | 10 |
163 | Congo, (Kinshasa) | 10 |