Wikimedia celebrates Wikipedia's 25th anniversary, marking its growth from 100 pages to 65M+ articles with nearly 15B monthly views, and releases a docuseries
When Wikipedia launched 25 years ago today …Simon Sharwood /The Register:Wikimedia's 25th birthday gift: Letting more AIs scour pages volunteers createdWikimedia Foundation:Celebrate Wikipedia's 25th BirthdayWikimedia Foundation:Wikipedia celebrates 25 years of knowledge at its bestWikipedia:25 years of Wikipedia — From dial-up days to now, travel through Wikipedia's history.Diff:Let the birthday festivities begin! Wikipedia turns 25John Koetsier /Forbes:Wikipedia Turns 25, Sells Access To Ama
The Verge Emma Roth
Related Coverage
- Wikipedia at 25: What the web can be — When Wikipedia launched 25 years ago today … Anil Dash
- Wikimedia's 25th birthday gift: Letting more AIs scour pages volunteers created The Register · Simon Sharwood
- Celebrate Wikipedia's 25th Birthday Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikipedia celebrates 25 years of knowledge at its best Wikimedia Foundation
- 25 years of Wikipedia — From dial-up days to now, travel through Wikipedia's history. Wikipedia
- Let the birthday festivities begin! Wikipedia turns 25 Diff
- Wikipedia Turns 25, Sells Access To Amazon, Meta, Microsoft And Other AI Giants Forbes · John Koetsier
- Wikipedia commemorates 25th anniversary by inking AI licensing deals The Independent · Kelvin Chan
- Wikipedia's Existential Threats Feel Greater Than Ever Wired · Stephen Harrison
- At 25, Wikipedia Navigates a Quarter-Life Crisis in the Age of A.I. Observer · Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
- Wikipedia turns 25 today but faces more threats than ever before 9to5Mac · Ben Lovejoy
- Wikipedia's 25th birthday proves the power of free speech Freedom of the Press Foundation · Kunal Mehta
- Wikipedia:25th anniversary — On 15 January 2026, Wikipedia is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its founding in 2001. Wikipedia
- Today, Wikipedia turns 25 years old. It's never been more important — or under more attack from those who find thriving communities, and accurate information, to be a threat. … Anil Dash
- Happy 25th Birthday to Wikipedia! Critical digital society infrastructure has no equal: https://wikipedia25.org/en/ @joebeone@techpolicy.social · Joseph Lorenzo Hall, PhD
- AI Pays Wikipedia Shelly Palmer
- I was honored to be part of Wikimedia's 25th anniversary celebration. Access to high‑quality, trustworthy information is at the heart of how we think about the future of AI at Microsoft. … Tim Frank
- Wikipedia turns 25! Even in the age of AI, it's where Google sends us to quickly check specific things, and it remains one of the best places … Jason W. Eckert
- Wikipedia Signs AI Licensing Deals On Its 25th Birthday Slashdot · Msmash
Discussion
-
@lsanger
Larry Sanger
on x
Happy 25th anniversary, Wikipedia!
-
@lsanger
Larry Sanger
on x
I remember making this subject-based front page. Probably better than the one they have now.
-
@25yearsagolive
@25yearsagolive
on x
A new online encyclopedia, “Wikipedia,” is launched as a side project of encyclopedia Nupedia. [image]
-
@amritat
Amrita Tripathi
on x
The best thing you can do for @Wikipedia is find something that needs improving and make one edit says @jimmy_wales in conversation with @tweeter_anita as Wikipedia runs 25 🔥 @JaipurLitFest [image]
-
@trevortimm
Trevor Timm
on x
Celebrating Wikipedia's 25th birthday at @FreedomofPress : “It's important to understand and appreciate that Wikipedia only exists because of the robust free speech and free press protections that exist in the United States.” https://freedom.press/...
-
@chrisoregan
Chris O'Regan
on bluesky
It genuinely is good and important. And it still represents one of the best things about the Web.
-
@celebrityhottub
Ryan Nanni
on bluesky
Man how is Wikipedia only 25, what a fuckin champ of a website [embedded post]
-
@depthsofwikipedia
@depthsofwikipedia
on bluesky
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! “good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory” - …
-
@newsguy
Steve Herman
on bluesky
As it celebrates its 25th anniversary the non-profit Wikipedia announces new partnerships with Big Tech as it further monetizes its content to train Large Language Models. wikimediafoundation.org/news/ ...
-
@wikimediafoundation.org
@wikimediafoundation.org
on bluesky
Twenty-five years ago, Wikipedia was an unlikely idea: a place where anyone could share free knowledge. — Today, it's one of the most visited sites on Earth, not powered by corporate ads, but by people. [image]
-
@wikimediafoundation.org
@wikimediafoundation.org
on bluesky
Across 300+ languages, volunteers have written and refined over 65 million articles, helping readers find context, learn, and understand the world. — Here's to 25 years of free knowledge, built by a volunteer community for everyone ➡️ 25.wikipedia.org — #Wikipedia25 [image]
-
@kottke@mastodon.social
@kottke@mastodon.social
on mastodon
Wikipedia turns 25 years old. (I can't believe it's only been around for 25 years...trying to imagine the web without it is impossible at this point.) https://wikipedia25.org/...