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WIKIPEDIA SIZE COMPARISON - a/o 08/13/2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Size_comparisons#Comparison_of_encyclopedias

Calculations

Wikipedia est words/wiki-eng => 6.4×102 words/article TIMES 6.7×106 articles-eng => 43.14×108 total words (a/o 20211104)

Wikipedia est words/wiki-eng => 6.4×102 words/article TIMES 6.2×106 articles-eng => 39.68×108 total words (a/o 20210101)

Wikipedia est words/wiki-eng => 6.4×102 words/article TIMES 5.9×106 articles-eng => 37.76×108 total words - old

EncyBrit est words/2013print => 6.5×102 words/article TIMES 4.0×104 articles => 0.26×108 total words

EncyBrit est words/online => 3.7×102 words/article TIMES 12.0×104 articles => 0.44×108 total words

Conclusions

Wikipedia is "over 166 times" larger than EncyBrit/2013print (43.14/0.26 = 152.62 times) (a/o 20231114)

Wikipedia is "over 98 times" larger than EncyBrit/online (43.14/0.44 = 90.18 times) (a/o 20231114)

Wikipedia is "over 145 times" larger than EncyBrit/2013print (39.68/0.26 = 152.62 times) (a/o 20210101)

Wikipedia is "over 90 times" larger than EncyBrit/online (39.68/0.44 = 90.18 times) (a/o 20210101)

Wikipedia is "over 85 times" larger than EncyBrit/online (37.76/0.44 = 85.82 times) - old

As of 02:43, November 17, 2024 (UTC).

TOTAL

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63,955,872 => Total Wikipedia articles

ENGLISH

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6,911,746 => English articles

6,911,746 => English2 articles

SIMPLE

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259,883 => Simple articles

 

(Overview by Dr. Dennis Bogdan)
Wikipedia Facts
Topics of 1000 randomly sampled articles (2016).
Size of a printed version of Wikipedia (2010).

WIKIPEDIA – The 5th most popular site on the Internet, was launched on January 15, 2001 (1st edit by co-founder Jimmy Wales), is currently published in over 300 languages, has been freely available worldwide for 23 years, 10 months and 2 daysWikipedia has 63,955,872 total articles (6,911,746 in English (stats); 259,883 in Simple English) – *VITAL ARTICLES*: 101001000; *BEST ARTICLES*: 51,665; *POPULAR ARTICLES*: Last 24 hours; Last Week: Top25; Top5000 – and has (for the English version) 852 administrators and 121,641 active editors (includes over 1,400 stated PhDs and over 130 MDs) – as of 02:43, November 17, 2024 (UTC).