Wikkapedya esa frii online ensiiklopedya written an maintained b' a community o' volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through upn collaboration an ve wiki software mediawiki. Founded b' Jimmy Wales an Larry Sanger en 2001, Wikkapedya haufs been hosted since 2003 b' ve Wikkamiidya Foundation, wun Merikan nonprofit organization funded mainly b' donations from readers. Wikkapedya esa t' larges an most-read reference wark en histrei.
Initially available only en inglish, Wikkapedya haufs grown ti over 300 languages an es wan o' ve woral's moes visited websites adda 2026. T' Inglish Wikkapedya, wi' over 7 million articles, remains ve larges o' ve editions, which t'gether comprise more than 67 million articles an attract more than 1. 5 billion unique device visits an 13 million edits per manth (about fyv edits per sekan on average) adda iepril 2024. Adda disemba 2025, over 25% o' Wikkapedya's traffic comes from Yunitid Staits, time Japan accounts f' nearly 7%, an ve Yunitid Kingdum, Jermanii, an Rusha each represent araun 5%.[1]