This page is dedicated to gathering statistics about featured articles, featured article candidates, and related content-review statistics. There are currently 6473 featured articles, and the current percentage of Wikipedia articles that are featured articles is 0.0950%.
Note: Some of the numbers linked to by the historical version do not match the numbers on this page. In such cases, the numbers on this page are correct.
Tables
By month
Growth of featured and reviewed articles by month:
Current FACs – the # of FACs (closed after 1–2 weeks, in general) on the FAC list at the date in question. Towards the end of 2004, FAC moved from a two-week evaluation period to a one-week period, cutting the number of current-FACs more or less in half. Some nominations are given more than the usual period to overcome objections.
Peer reviews this month – to December 2004, the # of entries on Wikipedia:Peer review which were submitted after the start of the month and are still on the list on the date in question; from December 2004, the number of entries contained in that month's archive; from February 2008, the number of peer reviews in that month's category.
B The unusually large increase in the number of articles in March 2015 was caused by a maintenance script running for the first time on 29 March. The purpose of the maintenance script was to correct the automatically updated count, which was missing roughly 95,000 articles. Since the maintenance script will run on the 29th of each month from now on, the reported count should stay much closer to the true count. See note for more information.
C The month-end total FAs listed for March 2013 through October 2014 do not match the number listed in this table because of two errors [1] [2] that were found and corrected in November 2014.[3] The numbers in this table are audited and correct; the numbers in the linked diffs at month-end were incorrect.
By year
Growth of featured articles by year. The totals below reflect the total number of FA promotions and demotions from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2020.
Date (end of year)
# of articles (in thousands)
# of FAs
FA proportion #FAs ÷ #articles
FA promotions
FA demotions
ΔFAs (promotions − demotions)
2020
6220
5899
0.0949%
268
64
204
2019
5989
5695
0.0951%
280
14
266
2018
5774
5429
0.0940%
235
29
206
2017
5545
5223
0.0942%
338
12
326
2016
5321
4897
0.0920%
227
11
216
2015
5045
4683
0.0928%
303
51
252
2014
4682
4431
0.0946%
322
24
298
2013
4413
4133
0.0937%
390
29
361
2012
4136
3772
0.0912%
375
39
336
2011
3835
3436
0.0896%
355
47
308
2010
3519
3128
0.0888%
513
115
398
2009
3145
2730
0.0868%
522
157
365
2008
2679
2365
0.0883%
719
143
576
2007
2154
1789
0.0831%
773
192
581
2006
1559
1208
0.0775%
560
201
359
2005
0894
0849
0.0950%
437
61
376
2004
0447
0473
0.1058%
358
137
221
Gross totalA
6,975
1,326
5,649
Net totalB
6,913
1,262
5,651
Adjusted totalC
7,172
1,262
5,910
AGross total refers to the number of article promotions from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2020 (including duplicates) minus the number of article demotions from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2020.
BNet total refers to the number of unique articles promoted from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2020 (deleting duplicates) minus the number of unique articles demoted from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2020 (also deleting duplicates). Duplicates refers to articles that have been promoted, demoted, and then promoted again. These articles should only count once for being promoted and do not count as demoted articles, since they are currently FAs. As of 31 December 2020, there were [64 such articles].
CAdjusted total refers to the number of unique articles promoted from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2020 (6,913) plus the 259 existing FAs at the beginning of January 2004 minus the number of unique articles demoted from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2020 (1,262). This number should be equal to the number of FAs on 31 December 2020 (5,899), but is slightly higher (5,910).
Graphs
Total number of GAs and FAs
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Number of GAs and FAs as % of articles
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Net monthly increase in number of GAs and FAs
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Total number of articles on English Wikipedia (thousand)
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