Wikimedia Foundation/Annual Report/2016-2017

Wikimedia Foundation 2016-2017 Annual Report
Knowledge belongs to all of us.

Wikimedians gather in Berlin, Germany in March 2017

We are

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  • Billions of readers
  • Millions of donors
  • Thousands of volunteers
  • Hundreds of affiliates and partners
  • And you

Your impact in 2017

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  • You visited Wikipedia 15,000,000,000 times each month
  • You made 6.1 million donations in support of free knowledge
  • You increased Wikipedia by 5 million new articles
  • You supported 119 Wikimedia chapters and user groups in more than 50 countries
  • You learned from Wikipedia 6,000 times each second

Thank you!



 
Wikimedians gather in Esino Lario, Italy in June 2016




 
The word Share is painted with a small flashlight in Esino Lario during Wikimania 2016.


9¢ is our cost to raise $1


In 2017, we received four stars from Charity Navigator — their highest rating.