| Afrikaans Wikipedia | |
| Screenshot Alt: | The homepage of the Afrikaans Wikipedia |
| Collapsible: | yes |
| Url: | af.wikipedia.org |
| Type: | Internet encyclopedia project |
| Language: | Afrikaans |
| Registration: | Optional |
| Owner: | Wikimedia Foundation |
The Afrikaans Wikipedia (af|Afrikaanse Wikipedia) is an Afrikaans edition of the Web-based free-content encyclopedia Wikipedia. The project was started on 16 November 2001, and was the 11th Wikipedia to be created.[1] In December 2016 it was the 84th largest Wikipedia by number of articles. the Afrikaans Wikipedia has articles and is the largest Wikipedia edition.[2]
Apart from South Africa and Namibia, the Afrikaans Wikipedia is used and maintained by users in Europe, North America and Oceania.
The Afrikaans Wikipedia makes up 0.008% of all Wikipedia searches. In the period of time between 1 July 2009 and 30 September 2013, the Afrikaans Wikipedia was visited the most by
South Africa (64.0%)
United States (5.5%)
Germany (4.1%)
(26.4%)
The Afrikaans Wikipedia makes up 2.2% of all searches in South Africa, after the 92.7% of the English Wikipedia. In Namibia, the Afrikaans Wikipedia is used 1.2% of the time, after the English (85.3%), German (5.7%) and Portuguese (1.5%) Wikipedias.[3]
0.1% of all German, 0.3% of all Belgian and 24.4% of all South African edits take place on the Afrikaans Wikipedia.[4] Netherlands and Belgium's involvement in the Afrikaans Wikipedia is most likely due to the language relationship between Afrikaans and Dutch.
According to statistics,[5] the following milestones were reached by the Afrikaans Wikipedia:
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| Number of articles | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| First article | November 2001 | |
| 100 articles | April 2003 | |
| 500 articles | November 2003 | |
| 1 000 articles | January 2004 | |
| 2 500 articles | March 2004 | |
| 5 000 articles | March 2006 | |
| 9 000 articles | 29 December 2007 | |
| 10 000 articles | June 2008 | |
| 15 000 articles | 7 May 2010 | |
| 20 000 articles | 11 November 2011 | |
| 25 000 articles | 27 November 2012 | |
| 28 000 articles | 7 August 2013 | |
| 30 000 articles | 21 January 2014 | |
| 31 000 articles | 14 April 2014 | |
| 32 000 articles | 5 July 2014 | |
| 33 000 articles | 14 September 2014 | |
| 34 000 articles | 4 January 2015 | |
| 35 000 articles | 5 April 2015 | |
| 36 000 articles | 16 July 2015 | |
| 37 000 articles | 13 September 2015 | |
| 38 000 articles | 17 December 2015 | |
| 39 000 articles | 28 February 2016 | |
| 40 000 articles | 5 May 2016 | |
| 41 000 articles | 8 August 2016 | |
| 42 000 articles | 14 October 2016 | |
| 43 000 articles | 14 December 2016 | |
| 44 000 articles | 5 March 2017 | |
| 45 000 articles | 28 May 2017 | |
| 46 000 articles | 17 July 2017 | |
| 47 000 articles | 20 September 2017 | |
| 48 000 articles | 18 December 2017 | |
| 49 000 articles | 28 February 2018 | |
| 50 000 articles | 15 June 2018 | |
| 55 000 articles | 30 August 2018 | |
| 60 000 articles | 24 September 2018 | |
| 65 000 articles | 5 November 2018 | |
| 70 000 articles | 6 February 2019 | |
| 75 000 articles | 10 March 2019 | |
| 80 000 articles | 1 June 2019 | |
| 85 000 articles | 11 October 2019 | |
| 90 000 articles | 21 April 2020 | |
| 95 000 articles | 27 November 2020 | |
| 100 000 articles | 8 September 2021 | |
| 101 000 articles | 15 November 2021 | |
| 102 000 articles | 11 February 2022 | |
| 103 000 articles | 29 April 2022 | |
| 104 000 articles | 23 July 2022 | |
| 105 000 articles | 19 October 2022 | |
| 106 000 articles | 3 December 2022 | |
| 107 000 articles | 14 March 2023 | |
| 108 000 articles | 13 May 2023 | |
| 109 000 articles | 14 July 2023 |