For historical purposes, yearly article counts are recorded here. (These should be recorded every time the standard is changed on the Main Page, as a minimum.)
Annual count
Date
|
Article Count
|
Notes
|
01 October, 2006 |
2,684 |
|
01 January, 2007 |
3,175 |
491 new articles since launch
|
01 January, 2008 |
5,186 |
2,011 new articles in 2007
|
25 January, 2009 |
6,397 |
1,211 new articles in 2008
|
01 January, 2010 |
9,191 |
2,794 new articles in 2009
|
01 January, 2011 |
12,333 |
3,142 new articles in 2010
|
01 January, 2012 |
14,235 |
1,902 new articles in 2011
|
01 January, 2013 |
15,766 |
1,531 new articles in 2012
|
01 January, 2014 |
17,713 |
1,947 new articles in 2013
|
01 January, 2015 |
18,822 |
1,109 new articles in 2014
|
01 January, 2016 |
19,370 |
548 new articles in 2015
|
01 January, 2017 |
20,109 |
739 new articles in 2016
|
01 January, 2018 |
21,545 |
1,436 new articles in 2017
|
01 January, 2019 |
25,315 |
3,770 new articles in 2018
|
01 January, 2020 |
28,475 |
3,160 new articles in 2019
|
01 January, 2021 |
31,631 |
3,156 new articles in 2020
|
Milestones
Date
|
Article Count
|
Notes
|
08 September 2006 |
|
Site becomes a wiki
|
01 October, 2006 |
2,684 |
|
21 November, 2006 |
3,145 |
|
Late, 2007 |
4,000 |
|
Late, 2007 |
5,000 |
Major Milestone
|
Late 2008 |
6,000 |
|
Spring 2009 |
7,000 |
|
Summer, 2009 |
8,000 |
|
December, 2009 |
9,000 |
|
12 March, 2010 |
10,000 |
Major Milestone
|
May, 2010 |
11,000 |
|
24 October, 2010 |
12,000 |
|
16 May, 2011 |
13,000 |
|
September, 2011 |
14,000 |
|
June, 2012 |
15,000 |
Major Milestone
|
Spring, 2003 |
16,000 |
|
August, 2013 |
17,000 |
|
February, 2014 |
18,000 |
|
February, 2015 |
19,000 |
|
26 October, 2016 |
20,000 |
Major Milestone
|
Late, 2018 |
25,000 |
Major Milestone
|
Early, 2019 |
26,000 |
|
05 September, 2019 |
27,000 |
|
24 October, 2019 |
28,000 |
|
11 March, 2020 |
29,000 |
|
9 June, 2020 |
30,000 |
Major Milestone
|
30 September, 2020 |
31,000 |
|
26 February 2021 |
32,000 |
|
06 June, 2021 |
33,000 |
|
21 July 2021 |
34,000 |
|
08 September 2021 |
34,712 |
15th Anniversary
|
04 October, 2021 |
35,000 |
Major Milestone
|