Arabic Wikipedia
The logo of Arabic Wikipedia, a globe with puzzle pieces featuring several glyphs from various writing systems. In response to the Gaza war, the pieces are in the colours of the Palestinian flag. | |
Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
|---|---|
| Available in | Modern Standard Arabic |
| Headquarters | Miami, Florida |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Created by | Arab wiki community |
| URL | ar |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 9 July 2003 |
The Arabic Wikipedia (Arabic: ويكيبيديا العربية) is the Modern Standard Arabic version of Wikipedia. It started on 9 July 2003. As of June 2025, it has 1,267,356 articles, 2,727,107 registered users and 55,331 files and it is the 17th largest edition of Wikipedia by article count, and ranks 7th in terms of depth among Wikipedias. It was the first Wikipedia in a Semitic language to exceed 100,000 articles on 25 May 2009, and also the first Semitic language to exceed 1 million articles, on 17 November 2019.
Three varieties of Arabic have their own Wikipedia: Standard, Egyptian, and Moroccan. Additionally, Maltese, derived from Arabic, has its own Wikipedia.