Estonian Wikipedia
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 Main Page of the Estonian Wikipedia in December 2013 | |
Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
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| Available in | Estonian |
| Headquarters | Miami, Florida |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| URL | et.wikipedia.org |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 24 August 2002 |
Content license | Creative Commons Attribution/ Share-Alike 4.0 (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL) Media licensing varies |
The Estonian Wikipedia (Estonian: Eestikeelne Vikipeedia) is the Estonian version of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, started on 24 August 2002. As of 20 August 2025, it has 254,319 articles and is the 47th-largest Wikipedia.
On 7 December 2008 Estonian Wikipedian Andres Luure was one of fifteen individuals recognized for volunteerism in Estonia for 2008.[1] In 2013 he received Order of the White Star for his contributions to Wikipedia.[2]
The first article competition was held in spring 2009 and first photo competition in summer 2010. Since then those kinds of competitions have been common in Estonian Wikipedia.[3]
As of February 2021, it was the most visited language Wikipedia in Estonia.[4] It ranked before the Russian Wikipedia and the English Wikipedia.[5][6]
Statistics
As of August 2012, The Estonian Wikipedia has the 3rd greatest number of articles per speaker among Wikipedias with over 100,000 articles, and ranks 10th overall.[7] These figures were based on Ethnologue's estimate of 1,048,660 Estonian speakers.
The Estonian Wikipedia is the 41st edition to reach the milestone of 100,000 articles and the third edition in a Uralic language to do so, after the Finnish and Hungarian Wikipedias.[8]
As of August 2012, the Estonian Wikipedia's number of articles accounts for approximately 23% of all the articles written in a Finno-Permic language, making it the second largest edition in the family after Finnish, which accounts for 70% of Finno-Permic articles.[9]
The Estonian Wikipedia has a relatively high percentage of administrators per regular active users (over 9%) compared to the Finnish Wikipedia, where only 2.5% of active users are administrators.[10] As of August 2025, the edition has 425 active contributors and 34 administrators.[10]
The overwhelming majority of its edits originate from Estonia, while a minority of contributions come from neighboring Northern European countries, which account for most of the remaining share of editors.
| Articles | Date |
|---|---|
| 100 | December 2002 |
| 500 | September 2003 |
| 1,000 | October 2003 |
| 5,000 | July 2004 |
| 10,000 | 15 May 2005 |
| 15,000 | 12 February 2006 |
| 20,000 | 22 July 2006 |
| 25,000 | 30 October 2006 |
| 30,000 | 1 February 2007 |
| 35,000 | 12 May 2007 |
| 40,000 | 30 August 2007 |
| 45,000 | 23 January 2008 |
| 50,000 | 4 June 2008 |
| 55,000 | 19 October 2008 |
| 60,000 | 21 February 2009 |
| 65,000 | 15 July 2009 |
| 70,000 | 15 December 2009 |
| 75,000 | 18 May 2010 |
| 80,000 | 30 November 2010 |
| 85,000 | 1 June 2011 |
| 90,000 | 12 November 2011 |
| 95,000 | 30 March 2012 |
| 100,000 | 25 August 2012 |
| 105,000 | 6 January 2013 |
| 110,000 | 22 April 2013 |
| 115,000 | 7 September 2013 |
| 120,000 | 23 January 2014 |
| 200,000 | 12 August 2019 |
| 250,000 | 1 January 2025 |
Local community
The first meeting for local Wikipedians was held in 2007.[11]
The Estonian Wikimedia chapter named Wikimedia Eesti was founded in 2010 to support Estonian Wikipedia.
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First summer meetup for Estonian Wikipedians (Viki village, 2009) -
First Finno-ugric wikiseminar in 2014 -
Photomeetup in Osmussaar, 2015 -
Estonian Wikipedia summer days 2021
See also
References
- ^ An ETV archive of the 2008 Aasta Vabatahtlik award ceremony. Andres Luure's time segment: 39:48-41:33 Archived 13 February 2012 at archive.today
- ^ Presidendilt saab tänavu teenetemärgi 99 inimest ERR (in Estonian)
- ^ Vikipeedia:Võistlused Estonian Wikipedia
- ^ Page views by country - Estonian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Statistics
- ^ Page views by country - Russian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Statistics
- ^ Page views by country - English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Statistics
- ^ http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias_by_speakers_per_article List of Wikipedias by speakers per article
- ^ http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias List of Wikipedias
- ^ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias_by_language_group List of Wikipedias by Language Group
- ^ a b http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias_by_speakers_per_article List of Wikipedias by Speakers per Article
- ^ "ETV: Vikipeedia administraatorid said esmakordselt kokku" Postimees, 16 December 2007
External links
Media related to Estonian Wikipedia at Wikimedia Commons- (in Estonian) Estonian Wikipedia
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