{
  "meta": {
    "key": "wikipedia_articles",
    "title": "English Wikipedia Articles",
    "unit": "articles",
    "category": "Knowledge",
    "source": "Wikipedia milestone announcements + live count",
    "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Size_of_Wikipedia",
    "verified": "2026-09-06",
    "url": "https://exponentialtracker.com/curve/wikipedia_articles",
    "csv": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/wikipedia_articles.csv",
    "json": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/wikipedia_articles.json",
    "retrievedFrom": "Compiled by Exponential Tracker and re-derived from the source named above. Rebuilt on every deploy, so re-fetch rather than trusting a saved copy to be current.",
    "rights": "The underlying data belongs to Wikipedia milestone announcements + live count. This compilation may be reused with attribution to Exponential Tracker. No licence is claimed or implied over the source data.",
    "citation": "Exponential Tracker, \"English Wikipedia Articles\", exponentialtracker.com/curve/wikipedia_articles, data verified 2026-09-06. Underlying source: Wikipedia milestone announcements + live count."
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "year": 2005.21,
      "value": 500000,
      "label": "500,000 (18 Mar 2005)"
    },
    {
      "year": 2006.16,
      "value": 1000000,
      "label": "1 million (1 Mar 2006)"
    },
    {
      "year": 2007.69,
      "value": 2000000
    },
    {
      "year": 2009.63,
      "value": 3000000
    },
    {
      "year": 2012.53,
      "value": 4000000
    },
    {
      "year": 2015.84,
      "value": 5000000
    },
    {
      "year": 2020.06,
      "value": 6000000,
      "label": "6 million (23 Jan 2020)"
    },
    {
      "year": 2025.41,
      "value": 7000000,
      "label": "7 million (28 May 2025)"
    },
    {
      "year": 2026.68,
      "value": 7235239,
      "label": "Live count, Sep 2026"
    }
  ]
}