WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION REACH: 2006-2011

WIKIPEDIA'S SCALE, BY THE NUMBERS

Audience* 414 million readers** 20-50% of Internet users* 5th largest website*

Content* 18 million article, in 270 Languages* 10 million media* 14.6 billion page requests

Community* <90,000 active editors* 14.3 Million user accounts* ? unregistered users

*comScore, Inc. February 2011

WIKIPEDIA: SCALE ACCELERANTS why the model works

* Community* Open technology* Peer production model * Freely licensed content * Platform * Quality (scales w/growth) * Broadly shared principles* Global demographic* Grassroots* Decentralized * Many stakeholders, including...

WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATIONScaling the organization behind Wikipedia

* Priorities: infrastructure, technology, community* Growing tech and program capacity* Small, agile, adaptable* Sustainable funding model* Research-driven * Hire well: culture fit, community* Sharing our findings, and data, with you!* Transparent, OPEN in all that we do* Leverage the models that work* Don't force models that don't work* Strategic focus: ambitious 5-year plan

Reach

2015: Goals, Challenges

* Goals:Reach: 1 billion readersContent: 50 million articlesQuality: 25 percent higher Participation: 2x active editors; 2x female Editors: 37% more editors in Global South

* Getting there: #1 challenge: participation

Opportunity

Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.