Is Wikipedia down?
Wikipedia is the free online encyclopedia run by the Wikimedia Foundation.
Are other people having problems with Wikipedia?
Tap or hover a bar to see what was reported.
What is going wrong? Pick everything that applies.
Reports are anonymous and unverified, and each visitor can report each problem once every 30 minutes. They show how many people say they are affected, not why.
If Wikipedia is not loading for you
- Busy news events can overload a site for a few minutes, so wait and reload.
- Try a different page of the same site. A single broken page is different from a site-wide outage.
- If the page shows old content, hard-reload it with Ctrl+F5 to skip your cached copy.
- A mobile data connection will show whether your home network is the problem.
- Public services and news sites often post updates on their official social accounts.
Still stuck? Work through our website not loading checklist, or read why a site can be down for some people and not others.
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A snapshot from probes on the public Globalping network, refreshed every few hours. It shows whether the site answers from other countries, not what every visitor sees.
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Questions about Wikipedia
Is Wikipedia down right now?
Look at the live status box at the top of this page. It shows the result of our latest automatic check of wikipedia.org, repeated every few minutes. If it says the site is up but things still fail for you, the problem is probably on your side or limited to one feature or region.
Why is Wikipedia not working for me when it works for others?
A site can fail for some people and not others because of DNS caching, regional servers, your internet provider, a firewall or VPN, or a problem with your device or app. Our guide on why a website can be down for some people and not others explains how to tell which one it is.
How do I report a problem with Wikipedia?
Use the report buttons on this page and choose what is going wrong. Reports are anonymous and unverified, and each visitor can report each problem once every 30 minutes. They are shown as a chart so you can see whether other people are having the same problem.
How does siteupdown.com check Wikipedia?
Our server loads wikipedia.org every few minutes, the way a browser would, and records the response code and how long it took. A site is only called down after two server errors in a row. Our page on how the checks work has the details.
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