FA growth
editPercentage Growth in FA Categories, 2008–2019, Legend:
Considerably above average, Above average, Average
Below average , Considerably below average, Disastrous
Featured Article Category as of | Feb 23, 2008 |
Sep 16, 2008 |
Sep 16, 2010 |
Dec 1, 2011 |
Jan 1, 2015 |
Jan 1, 2020 |
Pct chg Feb 2008 to 2011 |
Pct chg Feb 2008 to 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Art, architecture and archaeology | 65 | 72 | 117 | 128 | 175 | 271 | 97% | 317% |
Awards, decorations and vexillology | 24 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 1.3% | 0% |
Biology | 130 | 155 | 261 | 326 | 456 | 625 | 151% | 381% |
Business, economics and finance | 16 | 19 | 22 | 44 | 73 | 116 | 175% | 625% |
Chemistry and mineralogy | 29 | 31 | 34 | 37 | 40 | 46 | 28% | 59% |
Computing | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 5.9% | −18% |
Culture and society | 40 | 48 | 61 | 65 | 77 | 104B | 63% | 160% |
Education | 30 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 40 | 27% | 33% |
Engineering and technology | 35 | 37 | 38 | 40 | 43 | 49 | 14% | 40% |
Food and drink | 11 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 21B | 18% | 91% |
Geography and places | 148 | 158 | 181 | 185 | 213 | 232 | 25% | 57% |
Geology and geophysics | 9 | 12 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 29 | 122% | 222% |
Health and medicine | 31 | 36 | 42 | 43 | 51 | 52 | 39% | 68% |
History | 146 | 154 | 189 | 201 | 239 | 308 | 38% | 111% |
Language and linguistics | 17 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 15 | −24% | −12% |
Law | 29 | 34 | 41 | 49 | 65 | 72 | 69% | 148% |
Literature and theatre | 108 | 134 | 161 | 191 | 258 | 316B | 77% | 193% |
Mathematics | 13 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 31% | 38% |
Media | 159 | 171 | 221 | 231 | 324 | 424 | 45% | 167% |
Meteorology | 61 | 78 | 111 | 126 | 147 | 168 | 107% | 175% |
Music | 153 | 182 | 232 | 254 | 331 | 398 | 66% | 160% |
Philosophy and psychology | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 0% | 17% |
Physics and astronomy | 67 | 82 | 98 | 101 | 127 | 153 | 51% | 128% |
Politics and government | 62 | 67 | 98 | 117 | 166 | 217 | 89% | 250% |
Religion, mysticism and mythology | 36 | 44 | 73 | 84 | 105 | 121 | 133% | 236% |
Royalty, nobility and heraldry | 75 | 90 | 94 | 108 | 124 | 173 | 44% | 131% |
Sport and recreation | 119 | 162 | 268 | 298 | 365 | 449 | 150% | 277% |
Transport | 47 | 74 | 107 | 128 | 171 | 213 | 172% | 353% |
Video gaming | 72 | 96 | 127 | 137 | 180 | 222 | 90% | 208% |
Warfare | 145 | 173 | 318 | 366 | 537 | 729 | 152% | 403% |
Total | 1,906 | 2,239 | 3,046 | 3,417 | 4,431 | 5,695 A | 79.3% | 198.8% |
- Note A: Total is off by one; not worth looking for the error.
- Note B Three food biographies moved [1] per discussion at WT:FAC
- Note: The very odd dates used in earlier years result from pulling old data from the talk page at WP:FAS.