Overview
- Wikimedia data show an estimated 8% year‑over‑year drop in human page views in October 2025, reflecting shifting search habits toward generative AI and social platforms.
- New active editors fell about 20% from 2019 to 2024, and English‑language administrators have decreased from roughly 1,900 in 2010 to about 1,000 today.
- To counter participation losses, the Wikimedia Foundation and volunteers are easing mobile editing, pairing newcomers with experienced users, and piloting AI‑assisted moderation.
- An Ahrefs study found Wikipedia is the most cited source in ChatGPT, and editors continue to update breaking news within minutes, a pace large language models do not match.
- xAI’s Grokipedia launched in 2025 with nearly 885,000 AI‑generated entries, positioning itself as an alternative as debates over neutrality and quality intensify and smaller editions, such as Greenlandic, report harm from error‑ridden AI text.