The Afrikaans Wikipedia () is the Afrikaans edition of the Web-based free-content encyclopedia Wikipedia. This Wikipedia was created on 16 November 2001 and it was the 16th Wikipedia to be created, meaning among the first."Wikipedia:2001", English-language Wikipedia (16 December 2006) In December 2016 it was the 84th largest Wikipedia by number of articles. As of , it has articles and is the -largest Wikipedia.
Apart from South Africa and Namibia, the Afrikaans Wikipedia is used and maintained by users in Europe, North America and Oceania.
Visits and edits The Afrikaans Wikipedia makes up 0.008% of all Wikipedia searches. In the period of time between 1 July 2009 and 30 September 2013, the Afrikaans Wikipedia was visited the most by
(64.0%) (5.5%) (4.1%) (26.4%)
The Afrikaans Wikipedia makes up 2.2% of all searches in South Africa, after the 92.7% of the English Wikipedia. In Namibia, the Afrikaans Wikipedia is used 1.2% of the time, after the English (85.3%), German (5.7%) and Portuguese (1.5%) Wikipedias.Wikimedia Traffic Analysis Report – Wikipedia Page Views Per Country – Breakdown . Stats.wikimedia.org. Retrieved on 23 November 2013.
0.1% of all German, 0.3% of all Belgian and 24.4% of all South African edits take place on the Afrikaans Wikipedia.Africa . Stats.wikimedia.org. Retrieved on 23 November 2013. Netherlands and Belgium's involvement in the Afrikaans Wikipedia is most likely due to the language relationship between Afrikaans and Dutch.
Milestones According to statistics,Wikipedia Statistics Afrikaans . stats.wikimedia.org the following milestones were reached by the Afrikaans Wikipedia:
Number of articlesDate First article November 2001 100 articles April 2003 500 articles November 2003 1 000 articles January 2004 2 500 articles March 2004 5 000 articles March 2006 9 000 articles 29 December 2007 10 000 articles June 2008 15 000 articles 7 May 2010 20 000 articles 11 November 2011 25 000 articles 27 November 2012 28 000 articles 7 August 2013 30 000 articles 21 January 2014 31 000 articles 14 April 2014 32 000 articles 5 July 2014 33 000 articles 14 September 2014 34 000 articles 4 January 2015 35 000 articles 5 April 2015 36 000 articles 16 July 2015 37 000 articles 13 September 2015 38 000 articles 17 December 2015 39 000 articles 28 February 2016 40 000 articles 5 May 2016 41 000 articles 8 August 2016 42 000 articles 14 October 2016 43 000 articles 14 December 2016 44 000 articles 5 March 2017 45 000 articles 28 May 2017 46 000 articles 17 July 2017 47 000 articles 20 September 2017 48 000 articles 18 December 2017 49 000 articles 28 February 2018 50 000 articles 15 June 2018 55 000 articles 30 August 2018 60 000 articles 24 September 2018 65 000 articles 5 November 2018 70 000 articles 6 February 2019 75 000 articles 10 March 2019 80 000 articles1 June 2019 85 000 articles11 October 2019 90 000 articles21 April 2020 95 000 articles27 November 2020 100 000 articles8 September 2021 105 000 articles19 October 2022 110 000 articles 13 August 2023 115 000 articles 29 February 2024 120 000 articles 18 November 2024 121 000 articles 31 December 2024
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External links
Afrikaans Wikipedia Afrikaans Wikipedia mobile version (homepage not yet configured) Statistics for Afrikaans Wikipedia by Erik Zachte