Wikipedia:Good article statistics
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Wikipedia:Good articles was initiated on 11 October 2005, with the current nominations system instituted on 10 March 2006. This table gives a monthly overview of article count, and compares it to that for featured articles. Monthly increases are not the same as new listings, since articles may be removed from both the good articles list and featured article status. Also, good articles that become featured articles are removed from the good articles list. Article counts are those stated on the good articles list and featured article list at 0:00 UTC on the listed date. There may be (relatively) small inaccuracies in these data.
- Note that the number of GAs and total number of articles are approximate starting with February 2013; as the bot formerly used to collect the data no longer runs, the data are collected by hand on the last day of the month, introducing more error.
The number of good articles has been rising as a proportion of the total number of articles, while the proportion of articles featured has been relatively stable since 2006. To interpret these figures, note that the total number of articles on Wikipedia rose exponentially for some time, but since about August 2006, article growth rates have stopped increasing, and now (in 2015) article growth is approximately linear rather than exponential. The proportion of GAs is still increasing, and the proportion of FAs remained approximately constant for several years.
- Note: When comparing the good articles statistics page and the featured articles statistics page, it may appear that the two tables are a month off. They are not; this has to do with how they are set up. The good articles statistics page gives a snapshot at the beginning of every month, while the featured articles statistics page gives a snapshot at the end of every month.
Table of statistics[edit]
Date
|
Articles
(1000s) |
Good
articles |
Monthly
increase |
% of
articles |
Are 1 in
... articles |
Featured
articles |
Monthly
increase |
% of
articles |
Are 1 in
... articles |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 November 2015 | 4999 | 23033 | 198 | 0.461 | 218 | 4653 | 36 | 0.0931 | 1080 |
1 October 2015 | 4977 | 22835 | 145 | 0.459 | 218 | 4617 | 27 | 0.0928 | 1080 |
1 September 2015 | 4957 | 22690 | 205 | 0.458 | 219 | 4590 | 25 | 0.0926 | 1090 |
1 August 2015 | 4933 | 22485 | 223 | 0.456 | 220 | 4565 | 19 | 0.0925 | 1090 |
1 July 2015 | 4905 | 22262 | 195 | 0.454 | 221 | 4546 | 14 | 0.0927 | 1080 |
1 June 2015 | 4882 | 22067 | 123 | 0.452 | 222 | 4532 | 21 | 0.0928 | 1078 |
1 May 2015 | 4861 | 21944 | 184 | 0.451 | 222 | 4511 | 17 | 0.0928 | 1080 |
1 April 2015 | 4850 A | 21760 | 126 | 0.449 | 219 | 4494 | 20 | 0.0927 | 1080 |
1 March 2015 | 4731 | 21634 | 196 | 0.457 | 219 | 4474 | 23 | 0.0946 | 1060 |
1 February 2015 | 4708 | 21438 | 307 | 0.455 | 223 | 4494 | 20 | 0.0945 | 1060 |
1 January 2015 | 4682 | 21131 | 177 | 0.451 | 222 | 443 | 9 | 0.0946 | 1060 |
1 December 2014 | 4661 | 20954 | 169 | 0.449 | 223 | 4422 | 22 | 0.0949 | 1060 |
1 November 2014 | 4636 | 20785 | 201 | 0.448 | 224 | 4402 | 18 | 0.0950 | 1060 |
1 October 2014 | 4613 | 20584 | 112 | 0.446 | 225 | 4380 | 23 | 0.0949 | 1060 |
1 September 2014 | 4594 | 20472 | 143 | 0.446 | 225 | 4357 | 33 | 0.0948 | 1060 |
1 August 2014 | 4571 | 20329 | 160 | 0.445 | 225 | 4324 | 25 | 0.0946 | 1060 |
1 July 2014 | 4546 | 20169 | 149 | 0.446 | 226 | 4299 | 29 | 0.0946 | 1060 |
1 June 2014 | 4526 | 20020 | 95 | 0.442 | 226 | 4270 | 35 | 0.0943 | 1060 |
1 May 2014 | 4504 | 19925 | 176 | 0.442 | 226 | 4235 | 26 | 0.0940 | 1064 |
1 April 2014 | 4483 | 19749 | 217 | 0.441 | 227 | 4209 | 28 | 0.0939 | 1065 |
1 March 2014 | 4462 | 19532 | 234 | 0.438 | 229 | 4181 | 15 | 0.0937 | 1068 |
1 February 2014 | 4438 | 19297 | 252 | 0.435 | 230 | 4166 | 32 | 0.0939 | 1066 |
1 January 2014 | 4413 | 19045 | 219 | 0.432 | 232 | 4134 | 18 | 0.0937 | 1067 |
1 December 2013 | 4390 | 18826 | 116 | 0.429 | 234 | 4116 | 31 | 0.0938 | 1067 |
1 November 2013 | 4365 | 18710 | 192 | 0.429 | 234 | 4085 | 31 | 0.0936 | 1070 |
1 October 2013 | 4339 | 18518 | 164 | 0.427 | 235 | 4054 | 33 | 0.0934 | 1071 |
1 September 2013 | 4318 | 18354 | 212 | 0.425 | 236 | 4021 | 41 | 0.0931 | 1080 |
1 August 2013 | 4294 | 18142 | 257 | 0.422 | 237 | 3980 | 37 | 0.0927 | 1080 |
1 July 2013 | 4270 | 17885 | 260 | 0.419 | 239 | 3943 | 34 | 0.0923 | 1084 |
1 June 2013 | 4246 | 17625 | 212 | 0.415 | 241 | 3909 | 43 | 0.0921 | 1086 |
1 May 2013 | 4223 | 17410 | 243 | 0.412 | 243 | 3866 | 24 | 0.0915 | 1093 |
1 April 2013 | 4199 | 17167 | 252 | 0.409 | 245 | 3842 | 37 | 0.0915 | 1093 |
1 March 2013 | 4175 | 16915 | 184 | 0.405 | 245 | 3805 | 11 | 0.0911 | 1098 |
1 February 2013 | 4156 | 16731 | 318 | 0.403 | 248 | 3793 | 21 | 0.0913 | 1096 |
1 January 2013 | 4135 | 16413 | 215 | 0.397 | 252 | 3772 | 22 | 0.0912 | 1096 |
1 December 2012 | 4109 | 16198 | 166 | 0.394 | 254 | 3750 | 35 | 0.0912 | 1096 |
1 November 2012 | 4090 | 16032 | 179 | 0.392 | 255 | 3715 | 33 | 0.0908 | 1101 |
1 October 2012 | 4065 | 15853 | 153 | 0.389 | 257 | 3682 | 35 | 0.0906 | 1104 |
1 September 2012 | 4042 | 15700 | 157 | 0.388 | 257 | 3647 | 34 | 0.0902 | 1108 |
1 August 2012 | 4020 | 15543 | 400 | 0.387 | 258 | 3613 | 28 | 0.0899 | 1110 |
1 July 2012 | 3988 | 15143 | 512 | 0.380 | 263 | 3585 | 25 | 0.0899 | 1112 |
1 June 2012 | 3960 | 14631 | 269 | 0.369 | 271 | 3560 | 20 | 0.0899 | 1112 |
1 May 2012 | 3938 | 14362 | 158 | 0.365 | 274 | 3540 | 19 | 0.0899 | 1112 |
1 April 2012 | 3910 | 14204 | 132 | 0.363 | 275 | 3521 | 33 | 0.0900 | 1110 |
1 March 2012 | 3886 | 14072 | 134 | 0.362 | 276 | 3488 | 28 | 0.0897 | 1114 |
1 February 2012 | 3860 | 13938 | 214 | 0.361 | 277 | 3460 | 24 | 0.0896 | 1116 |
1 January 2012 | 3835 | 13724 | 463 | 0.358 | 280 | 3436 | 19 | 0.0896 | 1116 |
1 December 2011 | 3812 | 13261 | 148 | 0.348 | 287 | 3417 | 8 | 0.0896 | 1116 |
1 November 2011 | 3784 | 13113 | 229 | 0.347 | 289 | 3409 | 22 | 0.0909 | 1110 |
1 October 2011 | 3755 | 12884 | 175 | 0.343 | 291 | 3387 | 15 | 0.0902 | 1109 |
1 September 2011 | 3725 | 12709 | 267 | 0.341 | 293 | 3372 | 28 | 0.0905 | 1105 |
1 August 2011 | 3697 | 12442 | 205 | 0.337 | 297 | 3344 | 31 | 0.0905 | 1105 |
1 July 2011 | 3671 | 12237 | 194 | 0.333 | 300 | 3313 | 27 | 0.0902 | 1108 |
1 June 2011 | 3648 | 12043 | 181 | 0.330 | 303 | 3286 | 35 | 0.0900 | 1110 |
1 May 2011 | 3626 | 11862 | 214 | 0.327 | 306 | 3251 | 29 | 0.0897 | 1115 |
1 April 2011 | 3600 | 11648 | 499 | 0.324 | 309 | 3222 | 30 | 0.0895 | 1117 |
1 March 2011 | 3571 | 11149 | 226 | 0.312 | 320 | 3192 | 26 | 0.0894 | 1119 |
1 February 2011 | 3544 | 10923 | 275 | 0.308 | 324 | 3166 | 38 | 0.0893 | 1119 |
1 January 2011 | 3517 | 10648 | 201 | 0.303 | 330 | 3128 | 27 | 0.0889 | 1124 |
1 December 2010 | 3490 | 10447 | 213 | 0.299 | 334 | 3101 | 22 | 0.0889 | 1125 |
1 November 2010 | 3458 | 10234 | 333 | 0.296 | 338 | 3079 | 20 | 0.0890 | 1123 |
1 October 2010 | 3430 | 9901 | 206 | 0.289 | 346 | 3059 | 40 | 0.0892 | 1121 |
1 September 2010 | 3399 | 9695 | 200 | 0.285 | 350 | 3019 | 46 | 0.0888 | 1126 |
1 August 2010 | 3367 | 9495 | 179 | 0.282 | 356 | 2973 | 43 | 0.0883 | 1133 |
1 July 2010 | 3338 | 9316 | 120 | 0.279 | 358 | 2930 | 32 | 0.0878 | 1139 |
1 June 2010 | 3309 | 9196 | 163 | 0.278 | 360 | 2898 | 31 | 0.0876 | 1142 |
1 May 2010 | 3277 | 9032 | 631 | 0.276 | 363 | 2867 | 31 | 0.0875 | 1143 |
1 April 2010 | 3238 | 8402 | 190 | 0.260 | 385 | 2836 | 25 | 0.0876 | 1141 |
1 March 2010 | 3208 | 8212 | 159 | 0.256 | 391 | 2811 | 42 | 0.0876 | 1141 |
1 February 2010 | 3179 | 8053 | 201 | 0.253 | 395 | 2769 | 39 | 0.0871 | 1148 |
1 January 2010 | 3145 | 7852 | 145 | 0.250 | 401 | 2730 | 22 | 0.0868 | 1152 |
1 December 2009 | 3111 | 7707 | 150 | 0.248 | 404 | 2708 | 33 | 0.0870 | 1149 |
1 November 2009 | 3081 | 7557 | 145 | 0.245 | 408 | 2675 | 43 | 0.0868 | 1152 |
1 October 2009 | 3048 | 7412 | 166 | 0.243 | 411 | 2632 | 34 | 0.0864 | 1157 |
1 September 2009 | 3021 | 7246 | 142 | 0.240 | 417 | 2598 | 18 | 0.0860 | 1163 |
1 August 2009 | 2976 | 7104 | 131 | 0.239 | 419 | 2580 | 20 | 0.0867 | 1153 |
1 July 2009 | 2928 | 6973 | 27 | 0.238 | 420 | 2560 | 34 | 0.0874 | 1144 |
1 June 2009 | 2899 | 6946 | 171 | 0.240 | 417 | 2526 | 30 | 0.0871 | 1148 |
1 May 2009 | 2863 | 6775 | 192 | 0.237 | 423 | 2496 | 18 | 0.0872 | 1147 |
1 April 2009 | 2820 | 6583 | 220 | 0.234 | 426 | 2478 | 37 | 0.0879 | 1138 |
1 March 2009 | 2767 | 6363 | 383 | 0.230 | 435 | 2441 | 35 | 0.0882 | 1134 |
1 February 2009 | 2721 | 5980 | 279 | 0.220 | 455 | 2406 | 41 | 0.0884 | 1131 |
1 January 2009 | 2679 | 5701 | 167 | 0.213 | 470 | 2365 | 45 | 0.0882 | 1133 |
1 December 2008 | 2642 | 5534 | 183 | 0.210 | 477 | 2320 | 25 | 0.0878 | 1139 |
1 November 2008 | 2608 | 5351 | 271 | 0.205 | 487 | 2295 | 40 | 0.0880 | 1136 |
1 October 2008 | 2568 | 5080 | 234 | 0.198 | 506 | 2255 | 41 | 0.0878 | 1139 |
1 September 2008 | 2539 | 4846 | 227 | 0.191 | 524 | 2214 | 51 | 0.0872 | 1146 |
1 August 2008 | 2484 | 4619 | 205 | 0.186 | 538 | 2163 | 48 | 0.0871 | 1148 |
1 July 2008 | 2435 | 4414 | 170 | 0.181 | 552 | 2115 | 45 | 0.0869 | 1151 |
1 June 2008 | 2396 | 4244 | 200 | 0.177 | 565 | 2070 | 38 | 0.0864 | 1157 |
1 May 2008 | 2355 | 4044 | 215 | 0.172 | 582 | 2032 | 51 | 0.0863 | 1159 |
1 April 2008 | 2313 | 3829 | 200 | 0.166 | 603 | 1981 | 60 | 0.0856 | 1167 |
1 March 2008 | 2261 | 3629 | 143 | 0.161 | 622 | 1921 | 59 | 0.0850 | 1174 |
1 February 2008 | 2203 | 3486 | 201 | 0.158 | 632 | 1862 | 73 | 0.0845 | 1183 |
1 January 2008 | 2153 | 3285 | 151 | 0.153 | 655 | 1789 | 55 | 0.0831 | 1203 |
1 December 2007 | 2109 | 3134 | 117 | 0.149 | 673 | 1734 | 69 | 0.0822 | 1216 |
1 November 2007 | 2071 | 3017 | 133 | 0.146 | 686 | 1665 | 32 | 0.0803 | 1244 |
1 October 2007 | 2029 | 2884 | 64 | 0.142 | 704 | 1633 | 61 | 0.0805 | 1242 |
1 September 2007 | 1985 | 2820 | 121 | 0.142 | 702 | 1572 | 48 | 0.0792 | 1260 |
1 August 2007 | 1925 | 2699 | 233 | 0.140 | 713 | 1524 | 53 | 0.0791 | 1263 |
1 July 2007 | 1858 | 2466 | 183 | 0.133 | 753 | 1471 | 64 | 0.0792 | 1263 |
1 June 2007 | 1811 | 2283 | 114 | 0.126 | 794 | 1407 | 33 | 0.0777 | 1287 |
1 May 2007 | 1762 | 2169 | 140 | 0.123 | 813 | 1374 | 36 | 0.0780 | 1282 |
1 April 2007 | 1715 | 2029 | 159 | 0.118 | 845 | 1338 | 71 | 0.0780 | 1282 |
1 March 2007 | 1662 | 1870 | 90 | 0.113 | 914 | 1267 | 34 | 0.0761 | 1315 |
1 February 2007 | 1611 | 1780 | 157 | 0.105 | 905 | 1233 | 28 | 0.0765 | 1307 |
1 January 2007 | 1559 | 1623 | 65 | 0.104 | 960 | 1205 | 30 | 0.0778 | 1286 |
1 December 2006 | 1511 | 1558 | 34 | 0.103 | 970 | 1175 | 35 | 0.0773 | 1293 |
1 November 2006 | 1483 | 1524 | 64 | 0.103 | 974 | 1140 | 23 | 0.0768 | 1301 |
1 October 2006 | 1412 | 1460 | 65 | 0.103 | 967 | 1117 | 23 | 0.0791 | 1264 |
1 September 2006 | 1363 | 1395 | 78 | 0.102 | 977 | 1094 | 29 | 0.0803 | 1246 |
1 August 2006 | 1290 | 1317 | 118 | 0.102 | 980 | 1065 | 37 | 0.0825 | 1212 |
1 July 2006 | 1227 | 1199 | 146 | 0.0977 | 1023 | 1028 | 38 | 0.0838 | 1194 |
1 June 2006 | 1166 | 1053 | 74 | 0.0903 | 1107 | 990 | 31 | 0.0849 | 1178 |
1 May 2006 | 1108 | 979 | 112 | 0.0884 | 1132 | 959 | 29 | 0.0866 | 1155 |
1 April 2006 | 1054 | 867 | 70 | 0.0823 | 1216 | 930 | 25 | 0.0882 | 1133 |
1 March 2006 | 999 | 797 | 152 | 0.0798 | 1253 | 905 | 26 | 0.0906 | 1104 |
1 February 2006 | 947 | 645 | 130 | 0.0681 | 1468 | 879 | 30 | 0.0928 | 1077 |
1 January 2006 | 894 | 515 | 316 | 0.0576 | 1736 | 849 | 28 | 0.0950 | 1053 |
1 December 2005 | 848 | 199 | 87 | 0.0235 | 4261 | 821 | 29 | 0.0968 | 1033 |
1 November 2005 | 799 | 112 | 112 | 0.0140 | 7134 | 792 | 33 | 0.0991 | 1009 |
A The unusually large increase in the number of articles in March 2015 was caused by a maintenance script running for the first time on 29 March. The purpose of the maintenance script was to correct the automatically updated count, which was missing roughly 95,000 articles. Since the maintenance script will run on the 29th of each month from now on, the reported count should stay much closer to the true count.
Number of good and featured articles[edit]
Number of good and featured articles per million articles[edit]
Monthly growth rates for good and featured articles[edit]
These figures are averaged over the preceding 12 months to eliminate seasonal variations.
Total number of articles on en.wikipedia (thousands) by month[edit]
See also[edit]
- Wikipedia:Featured article statistics
- User:Dr pda/Good article statistics, a 2008 snapshot