Last updated: September 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-09
#30
AI visibility: Grade A+
92
SEO health: Latest audit
100
Visits
6.0B
per month, estimated
Keywords
40.1M
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
6.0B organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
141 lines AI engines can read
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wikipedia.org Company Profile
Wikipedia functions as an extensive online encyclopedia that remains freely available to everyone who has an internet connection. Volunteers from various countries contribute by creating and revising entries on countless subjects, ensuring the information stays current and relevant over time. The Wikimedia Foundation oversees the platform, managing the infrastructure so that access stays open without any cost to read…
Founded in 2001 (about 25 years ago), Wikipedia is based in San Francisco, United States. Its workforce is listed as between 501 and 1,000 employees. It was founded by Jimmy Wales. Its profile files it under Information Technology, with further tags for Online Education, Collaborative Knowledge and Non-Profit. Products on record for it: Wikipedia Website, Wikipedia Mobile App and Wikimedia Commons. Total funding on record is Bootstrapped. Its tagline reads: "The Free Encyclopedia".
- Sector
- Information Technology
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Founded
- 2001
- Employees
- 501-1000
- Revenue
- Not Disclosed
- Funding
- Bootstrapped
- Founders
- Jimmy Wales
- Products
- Wikipedia Website, Wikipedia Mobile App, Wikimedia Commons
wikipedia.org Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- Wikipedia (Information Technology) is ranked #30 worldwide in our September 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 100, the same position it held in August 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 6.0 billion visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 40.1 million ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 92 out of 100 (grade A+), with a published llms.txt of 141 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 100/100, with "Implement a Sitemap" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | #30 | — |
| August 2026 | #30 | ▲ 1 |
| July 2026 | #31 | ▼ 2 |
| June 2026 | #29 | — |
| May 2026 | #29 | ▼ 1 |
| April 2026 | #28 | ▼ 21 |
| March 2026 | #7 | — |
| February 2026 | #7 | — |
What this company does
Wikipedia functions as an extensive online encyclopedia that remains freely available to everyone who has an internet connection. Volunteers from various countries contribute by creating and revising entries on countless subjects, ensuring the information stays current and relevant over time. The Wikimedia Foundation oversees the platform, managing the infrastructure so that access stays open without any cost to read…
Our read on the site
Excellent! Strong performance and SEO.
wikipedia.org Traffic and Visitor Engagement
Search engines send wikipedia.org an estimated 6.0 billion visits a month. Effectively all of it is organic — about 6.0 billion visits from unpaid results. Spread across 40.1 million ranking keywords, that averages roughly 149 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
6.0B
Latest estimate
Change
No monthly history yet
It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
6.0B
100% of all traffic
Paid visits
0
No paid search detected
Organic vs paid
100%
0%
We don't hold a month-by-month history for this domain yet.
The traffic dashboard builds one from the first scan onwards.
wikipedia.org AI Visibility
wikipedia.org scores 92 out of 100 on our AI visibility scale, grade A+. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt, SEO health and Structured data. The biggest gap is Crawlability, at 5 of 10 points (robots ✓ · sitemap ✗), worth 5 points if closed. It also loses points on Company profile (22/25).
Grade A+
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
7/8 core fields
100/100
robots ✓ · sitemap ✗
Detected
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wikipedia.org LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on wikipedia.org runs to 141 lines (6,256 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in February 2026. It introduces the site as "Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia". It tells AI engines the business works in Information Technology, Online Education and Collaborative Knowledge. It describes 3 products, with prices such as Wikipedia Website at Free, Wikipedia Mobile App at Free and Wikimedia Commons at Free. Services it lists include Knowledge Sharing Platform and Educational Content Development. The audience it names is Students, Educators, Researchers, General Public, aged All ages (Global). Technologies it mentions include MediaWiki, PHP, MySQL, Linux and Apache. The keywords it claims start with "Wikipedia", "free encyclopedia", "online encyclopedia" and "Wikimedia Foundation". It gives the company type as Public and says it is hiring.
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
141
In the file
Size
6.3K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated Feb 6, 2026
What the file says
# Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ## About Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia created and edited by volunteers around the world, hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. It serves as a comprehensive knowledge base, providing information on a vast array of topics to users globally. With its collaborative model, Wikipedia allows anyone to contribute and edit content, ensuring a diverse range of perspectives and information. Its mission is to make knowledge accessible to everyone, fostering a culture of sharing and learning. **Areas of Work:** Information Technology, Online Education, Collaborative Knowledge ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://wikipedia.org - **Address:** 149 New Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94105, United States - **Contact:** [email protected] - **Phone:** +1-415-839-6885 - **Hours:** 24/7 - **Timezone:** America/Los_Angeles - **Currency:** USD - **Company Type:** Public - **Employees:** 500 employees - **Revenue:** Not Disclosed - **Hiring Status:** Yes, actively hiring ## Products - **Wikipedia Website** (Free): A free online encyclopedia with millions of articles in multiple languages, created and edited by volunteers worldwide. - **Wikipedia Mobile App** (Free): A mobile application for accessing Wikipedia content on the go, available on iOS and Android platforms. - **Wikimedia Commons** (Free): A repository of free-use images, sounds, and
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- Wikipedia WebsiteFree
- Wikipedia Mobile AppFree
- Wikimedia CommonsFree
Services it tells AI about
- Knowledge Sharing PlatformFree
- Educational Content DevelopmentFree
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
Students, Educators, Researchers, General Public · All ages · Global
Company type
Public · actively hiring
wikipedia.org Organic Keywords
Google lists wikipedia.org for about 40.1 million keywords, which together bring an estimated 6.0 billion organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
40.1M
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
6.0B
Estimated organic visits a month
Top ranking keywords
No ranked-keyword data cached for this domain yet.
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What it ranks for
wikipedia.org SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of wikipedia.org scored 100 out of 100 overall. All 3 sub-scores are 90 or above. The audit makes 10 recommendations in all, and 1 of the 4 listed first are rated high priority or critical.
Overall
Excellent
SEO
Excellent
Performance
Excellent
Accessibility
Excellent
Fix these first
- HighImplement a Sitemap
- MediumOptimize Meta Descriptions
- MediumUse Structured Data Markup
- MediumImprove Internal Linking
6 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
wikipedia.org Competitors and Alternatives
Wikipedia's company profile names britannica.com, quora.com and stackexchange.com as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds encyclopedia.com, scholarpedia.org, infoplease.com, citizendium.org and wikihow.com. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are amazon.com, azure.com, gtld-servers.net and github.com.
wikipedia.org Traffic by Country
Which markets this brand actually serves, and where the web links to it from.
Top customer markets
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Where its backlinks come from
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wikipedia.org Backlink Analytics
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