wikiHow:Statistics

Edit Growth of wikiHow

wikiHow has experienced some impressive growth since we launched on January 15, 2005.

Edit Alexa Rank

As of April 2012, www.wikiHow.com is the 590th most popular website in the world. Below is some regional ranks from certain countries.

wikiHow's regional traffic ranks for top countries.

Edit January 2012 Update

In January, wikiHow had over 35.5 million unique readers from over 200 countries or territories. These over 35.5 million different people visited us a total of over 44 million times in the month. While it isn't a directly applicable comparison, it is interesting to note that the daily circulation of the New York Times is about 1 million, the LA Times is 800,000, the Washington Post is 670,000 and the Boston Herald is 185,000.

Edit 2011 Summary

• 299,075,104 people visited wikiHow in 2011.
• wikiHow was read in 235 different countries. Note that only 192 countries are in the UN.
• Quantcast ranks wikiHow as the 177th most popular website in the U.S. Alexa ranks us as the 735th most popular website in the world.
• Many other websites reprinted our instructions or published them offline making our true readership numbers much larger.
• Congratulations to all wikiHow contributors who made this great resource freely available to anyone! Each of you has truly helped millions of people learn new things and solve the problems of everyday life. Thanks!

Edit Milestones

• Site launched - January 15, 2005
• 1,000 articles - June 15, 2005
• 2,000 articles - September 8, 2005
• 4,000 articles - December 19, 2005
• 5,000 articles - February 2, 2006 - Do a Frontside 360 on a Snowboard
• 10,000 articles - August 7, 2006 - Taste Dark Chocolate
• 15,000 articles - December 22, 2006 - Make a Power Outage Bearable
• 20,000 articles - June 1, 2007
• First article to reach 1 million page views - July 26, 2007 - How to French Kiss
• 25,000 articles - September 21, 2007
• 30,000 articles - January 28, 2008
• 35,000 articles - April 8, 2008
• 40,000 articles - July 2, 2008
• 45,000 articles - October 5, 2008
• 50,000 articles - January 27, 2009 - Obtain a Copy of Your Birth Certificate in New Mexico
• 60,000 articles - August 16, 2009 - Survive Running out of Breath at the School Gym
• 70,000 articles - January 17, 2010 - How to Make Spicy Geranium Tea
• 75,000 articles - April 5, 2010 - Blow Out Eggs (Two Hole Method)
• First article to reach 5 million page views - April 11, 2010 - Lose Weight Fast
• 80,000 articles - June 22, 2010 - How to Make a Rag Doll With No Pattern
• 100,000 articles - March 11, 2011 - How to Choose a Housemate

Edit Numbers and Statistics

• Total Number of Pages: 1,845,995
  
  
• Total Number of Articles: 137,060
  
  
• Total Number of Images and Other Files: 168,589
  
  
• Total Number of Registered Users: 458,823
  
  
• Total Number of Edits Made on wikiHow: 8,255,475
  
  
• Total Number of Admins: 105
  
  
• Total Number of Bureaucrats: 2

Edit Track our Progress

• Read our Press Mentions.
• Read our Popular Pages.
• Read the Best of Fan Mail.
• Click here, here and here for traffic statistics. These numbers are lower than our internal log data, since they only capture U.S. visitors.