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Every Friday, the Communications department shares the “Article of the Week” on Wikipedia’s social media channels.

The Article of the Week is selected based on relevancy and its timeliness to current global events and conversations. Its objective is to connect Wikipedia content to current events, thereby engaging readers and diverse groups, and bringing in new social media followers. It does not replace or replicate “Today's featured article.”

The Communications department shares the selected Article of the Week in advance on this page for awareness. We do our best to share the article at least 12 hours in advance.

If you would like to make a suggestion for an upcoming Article of the Week, please send an email to talktocomms@wikimedia.org or write directly in the talk page. Please submit articles from any language. We cannot promise that we will post everything that is submitted, but we will do our best to respond to each submission.

This week

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27 December 2024: Brain rot

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Oxford Word of the Year for 2024 captures the mental deterioration caused by endless scrolling and low-quality content.

Past articles

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2024

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20 December 2024 Christmas and holiday season
13 December 2024 Friday the 13th
6 December 2024 Saint Nicholas Day
29 November 2024 Thanksgiving dinner
22 November 2024 The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays
15 November 2024 Georgia O'Keeffe
8 November 2024 We Are the World
1 November 2024 Samhain
25 October 2024 Zombie
18 October 2024 C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)
11 October 2024 List of Nobel laureates in Physics
4 October 2024 Moo Deng
27 September 2024 United Nations General Assembly Building
20 September 2024 2024 Pacific typhoon season
13 September 2024 James Earl Jones
6 September 2024 Paralympic Games
30 August 2024 Public health emergency of international concern
23 August 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
16 August 2024 Perseids
9 August 2024 Indigenous peoples
2 August 2024 Wikimania
26 July 2024 Olympic Games
19 July 2024 Classic book
12 July 2024 Malala Yousafzai
5 July 2024 Caesar salad
28 June 2024 LGBT rights by country or territory
21 June 2024 Yoga
14 June 2024 50th G7 Summit
7 June 2024 Alan Turing
31 May 2024 Doge (meme)
24 May 2024 Artificial Intelligence Act
17 May 2024 May 2024 solar storms
10 May 2024 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
3 May 2024 Freedom of the press
26 April 2024 Moulin Rouge (French Wikipedia)
19 April 2024 Stunt performer
12 April 2024 Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024
5 April 2024 2024 Hualien earthquake
29 March 2024 Hot cross bun
22 March 2024 Human right to water and sanitation
15 March 2024 Hayao Miyazaki
8 March 2024 Women in computing
1 March 2024 Women's History Month
23 February 202 Disinformation
16 February 2024 LGBTQI+ rights in Greece
9 February 2024 Lunar New Year
2 February 2024 Groundhog
26 January 2024 Smart Lander for Investigating Moon
19 January 2024 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
12 January 2024 State of emergency
5 January 2024 Befana

2023

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29 December 2023 Caroline Island
22 December 2023 Whamageddon
15 December 2023 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference
8 December 2023 Anime
1 December 2023 2023 Uttarakhand tunnel rescue
24 November 2023 Lucy (Australopithecus)
17 November 2023 2023 Cricket World Cup
10 November 2023 Tongue twister
3 November 2023 Warming stripes
27 October 2023 Generative artificial intelligence
20 October 2023 16 Psyche
13 October 2023 Concrete bus shelters in Canberra
6 October 2023 List of Nobel laureates
29 September 2023 Digital media use and mental health
22 September 2023 List of unsolved problems in mathematics
15 September 2023 Venetian glass
8 September 2023 Bouba/kiki effect
1 September 2023 Mexican cuisine
25 August 2023 Cat righting reflex
18 August 2023 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
11 August 2023 Cueva de las Manos
4 August 2023 Women in brewing
28 July 2023 Bioluminescence
21 July 2023 Shades of pink
14 July 2023 Champs-Élysées
7 July 2023 Chocolate
30 June 2023 Leap second
23 June 2023 Enceladus
16 June 2023 Bloomsday
9 June 2023 Pride parade
2 June 2023 Italia turrita
26 May 2023 The Little Mermaid
19 May 2023 Sanja Matsuri
12 May 2023 Sagittarius A*
5 May 2023 Dorothy Garrod
28 April 2023 Green children of Woolpit
21 April 2023 2023 Sudan conflict
14 April 2023 Sinking of the Titanic
7 April 2023 Rwandan genocide
31 March 2023 Transgender flag
24 March 2023 Matilda effect
17 March 2023 Shamrock
10 March 2023 Women in science
3 March 2023 Kumkuma
24 February 2023 Four-day workweek
17 February 2023 High-altitude balloon
10 February 2023 List of Super Bowl halftime shows
3 February 2023 Glossary of artificial intelligence
27 January 2023 Incandescent light bulb
20 January 2023 Lucile Randon
13 January 2023 2023 invasion of the Brazilian Congress
6 January 2023 Pelé

2022

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30 December 2022 New Year's resolution
23 December 2022 Santa's workshop
16 December 2022 Word of the year
9 December 2022 Pinocchio paradox
2 December 2022 Slavery in the 21st century
25 November 2022 Mirabal sisters
18 November 2022 2022 FIFA World Cup
11 November 2022 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference
4 November 2022 2022 Brazilian general election
28 October 2022 Jack-o'-lantern
21 October 2022 List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by length of tenure
14 October 2022 Ales Bialiatski
7 October 2022 274301 Wikipedia
30 September 2022 Same-sex marriage in Cuba
23 September 2022 Mermaid
15 September 2022 Self-determination
9 September 2022 Elizabeth II
2 September 2022 Artemis 1
26 August 2022 LGBTQI+ rights in Singapore
19 August 2022 Salman Rushdie
12 August 2022 Serena Williams
5 August 2022 Monkeypox
29 July 2022 Canadian Indian residential school system
22 July 2022 Effects of climate change on human health
15 July 2022 James Webb Space Telescope
8 July 2022 Hajj
1 July 2022 Roe v. Wade
24 June 2022 Francia Márquez
17 June 2022 Heat waves of 2022
10 June 2022 Antoni Gaudí
3 June 2022 Mona Lisa
27 May 2022 2022 UEFA Champions League Final
20 May 2022 Anti-racism
13 May 2022 iPod
6 May 2022 Vesak
29 April 2022 List of the verified oldest people
22 April 2022 Earth Day
15 April 2022 Sessho-seki (殺生石) (Killing Stone, Japanese Wikipedia)
8 April 2022 World Health Organization
1 April 2022 April Fools' Day
25 March 2022 1915 Çanakkale Bridge
18 March 2022 Holi
11 March 2022 Maria Prymachenko
4 March 2022 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
25 February 2022 Brazilian Carnival
18 February 2022 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
11 February 2022 Whitney Houston
4 February 2022 2022 Winter Olympics
28 January 2022 Wordle
21 January 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai
14 January 2022 Vaccine
7 January 2022 Betty White

2021

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31 December 2021 Hogmanay
24 December 2021 Snowflake
17 December 2021 Multiverse
10 December 2021 Same-sex marriage in Chile
3 December 2021 Barbados
26 November 2021 Totem pole
19 November 2021 Little Amal
12 November 2021 Benin Bronzes
5 November 2021 Vanessa Nakate
29 October 2021 Vampire
22 October 2021 Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba
15 October 2021 Jellyfish Lake
8 October 2021 Coral reef
1 October 2021 Akyaaba Addai-Sebo
24 September 2021 Khoekhoe language
17 September 2021 Dolores Huerta
10 September 2021 United Airlines Flight 93
3 September 2021 National Covid Memorial Wall
27 August 2021 The Famous Five (Canada)
20 August 2021 Zarifa Ghafari
13 August 2021 Wikimania
6 August 2021 Voting Rights Act of 1965
30 July 2021 Frenemy
23 July 2021 2020 Summer Olympics
16 July 2021 The Catcher in the Rye
9 July 2021 Extreme ironing
2 July 2021 Emoji
25 June 2021 Tour de France
18 June 2021 Juneteenth
11 June 2021 Cicada
4 June 2021 Beverley Palesa Ditsie
28 May 2021 Simone Biles
21 May 2021 Eurovision Song Contest
14 May 2021 Panic buying
7 May 2021 Internment of Japanese Americans
30 April 2021 Ramadan
23 April 2021 Hank Aaron
16 April 2021 Harriet Quimby
9 April 2021 Marian Anderson
2 April 2021 Nawal El Saadawi
26 March 2021 2021 Suez Canal obstruction
19 March 2021 Enheduanna
12 March 2021 Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
5 March 2021 2021 Myanmar protests
26 February 2021 Sojourner Truth
19 February 2021 Baseball color line
12 February 2021 Lunisolar calendar
5 February 2021 Greenwood District, Tulsa
29 January 2021 The Raven
22 January 2021 Kamala Harris
15 January 2021 Wikipedia
8 January 2021 Falkirk Wheel
1 January 2021 The Great Gatsby

2020

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25 December 2020 Gävle goat
18 December 2020 Tristan da Cunha
11 December 2020 Mount Everest
4 December 2020 Utah monolith
27 November 2020 Zitkala-Sa
20 November 2020 Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten
13 November 2020 Friday the 13th
6 November 2020 United States Electoral College
30 October 2020 Día de Muertos
23 October 2020 Mole (unit)
16 October 2020 CRISPR gene editing
9 October 2020 The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
2 October 2020 Oktoberfest
25 September 2020 København (ship)
18 September 2020 Gender pay gap
11 September 2020 National September 11 Memorial & Museum
4 September 2020 2020 Beirut explosion
28 August 2020 I Have a Dream
21 August 2020 ഓണം (Onam)
14 August 2020 Kölner Dom
7 August 2020 Alice Huyler Ramsey
31 July 2020 Premchand
24 July 2020 مسبار_الأمل (Emirates Mars Mission, Arabic Wikipedia)
17 July 2020 森林浴 (Forest bath, Japanese Wikipedia)
10 July 2020 Gendered impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
3 July 2020 What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?