he French Wikipedia (French: Wikipédia en français) is the French-language edition of the

free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. This edition was started in March 2001, and
has 1,992,469 articles as of June 15, 2018, making it the fifth-largest Wikipedia overall, after
the English-, Dutch-, German-, Swedish- and CeWikipedia and Germaique visitors in June 2006);
2.7 visits per visitor during the period (2.0 visits in June 2006); had held the 12th position (21st in
2006) in "the Top 30 most visited sites in Fr competition from the French edition of Wikipedia.[2]
As of June 2014, Wikipedia has an Alexa ranking of 6 and 5.06% of those visits are to the French-
language edition.[3] As of June 2018, there are 3,132,000 users, 162 admins and 54,695 files on the
French Wikipedia.[4]
On December 2, 2014, the French-language Wikipedia encyclopedia became the 3rd[5] linguistic
edition by number of registered users since its creation, overtaking for the first time the German
edition, with 2,022,504 registered users,[6][7] behind the English (23,300,456)
ance, excluding Internet applications," according to the criterion of the number of unique visitors and
12th position in "the Top 30 most visited sites in France, including Internet applications,"
like eMule or Real Networks (22nd position in June 2006).
By August 2011, French Wikipedia was the 7th most visited site in France, with nearly 16 million
unique visitors a month (according to Médiamétrie). In April 2012, it had 20 million unique visitors per
month, or 2.4 million per day[12] with over 7
n Wikipedia, to exceed 1 million encyclopedia articles: this occurred on 23 September 2010.[1] In April
2016, the project had 4657 active editors who made at least five edits in that month.
In 2008, the French encyclopaedia, Quid, cancelled its 2008 edition, citing falling sales on
competition from the French edition of Wikipediabuano-language editions, the largest Wikipedia
edition in a Romance language. It has the third-largest number of edits. It was also the third edition,
after the English Wikipedia and Germaique visitors in June 2006); 2.7 visits per visitor during the
period (2.0 visits in June 2006); had held the 12th position (21st in 2006) in "the Top 30 most visited
sites in France, excluding Internet applications," according to the criterion of the number of unique
visitors and 12th position in "the Top 30 most visited sites in France, including Internet applications,"
like eMule or Real Networks (22nd position in June 2006).
By August 2011, French Wikipedia was the 7th mos
-language editions, the largest Wikipedia edition in a Romance language.
2012, it had 20 million unique visitors per month, or 2.4 million per day[12] with over 7
n Wikipedia, to exceed 1 million encyclopedia articles: this occurred on 23 September 2010.[1] In April
2016, the project had 4657 active editors who made at least five 12, it had 20 million unique visitors
per month, or 2.4 million per day[12] with over 7
n Wikipedia, to exceed 1 million encyclopedia articles: this occurred on 23 September 2010.[1] In April
2016, the project had 4657 active editors who made at least five edits in that month.
In 2008, the French encyclopaedia, Quid, cancelled its 2008 edition, citing falling sales on
competition from the French edition of Wikipedia.[2]
As of June 2014, Wikipedia has an Alexa ranking of 6 and 5.06% of those visits are to the French-
language edition.[3] As of June 2018, there are 3,132,000 users, 162 admins and 54,695 files on the
French Wikipedia.[4]
On December 2, 2014, the French-language Wikipedia encyclopedia became the 3rd[5] linguistic
edition by number of registered users since its creation, overtaking for the first time the German
edition, with 2,022,504 registered users,[6][7] behind the English (23,300,456)