Wikipedia is Slowing Down

It is probably inevitable that Wikipedia’s growth would begin to taper. I mined all of these charts from Stats.Wikimedia.Org. They show Wikipedia’s growth statistics from its inception in 2001.

New Wikipedians per Month
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Edits per Month
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New Articles per Day
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The question is, is growth tapering because potential topics have maxed out? Or because of disgruntled Wikipedians leaving the site.

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One Response to “Wikipedia is Slowing Down”

  1. More Sites Take on Wikipedia « ValueWiki Blog Says:
    February 28, 2007 at 12:19 pm

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