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Is Wikipedia down?
Up · checkedNo, Wikipedia is not down right now: wikipedia.org answered our check at 18:20 UTC, and Wikipedia’s status page reports no problems.
Wikipedia is the free online encyclopedia written by volunteers and run by the Wikimedia Foundation.
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Wikipedia is up
wikipedia.org answered our last check in 202 ms. The official status page reports no problems.
- Last checked
- Response
- HTTP 200 · 202 ms
- Checked from
- Stockholm, New York and London
- Uptime since 27 Oct
- 100%
Official status: All Systems Operational
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Having problems with Wikipedia?
Tell us what isn’t working. Reports are anonymous and show up here within about a minute, so everyone can see whether Wikipedia is failing for others too.
What isn’t working?
Reports, last 24 hours
Per 15 minutes, in UTC
- Last hour
- 0
- Usually per hour
- 0
- Last 24 hours
- 0
No problems with Wikipedia reported in the last 24 hours.
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Wikipedia not working? Common problems and fixes
What usually helps when Wikipedia fails for you while it works for others.
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A page won’t load or shows without styling
Reload the page, or open it in a private window to rule out an extension. If other websites load and Wikipedia doesn’t, look at the Wikimedia status above.
You can’t edit a page
Some articles are protected against editing, and editing can be blocked for an account or an IP address, including shared networks and some VPNs. The message says which. Reading isn’t affected.
An article changed or is gone
Anyone can edit Wikipedia, and articles can be moved, merged or deleted. The article’s View history tab shows every change, and a moved page usually redirects to its new name.
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Wikipedia response time
How long wikipedia.org took to answer our checks from Stockholm, New York and London, averaged per 15 minutes.
- Average
- 124 ms
- Slowest
- 172 ms
- Failed checks
- 0
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Wikipedia uptime, last 90 days
- 24 hours
- 100%
- Since 27 Oct
- 100%
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Recent Wikipedia outages
Since we started checking Wikipedia on 27 Oct 2026, our checks every 2 minutes have not found Wikipedia down. Wikipedia’s status page reported one incident in that time, on 28 Oct 2026.
- Outages in our checks, since 27 Oct
- 0
- Downtime, since 27 Oct
- None
- Longest outage
- –
- Status page incidents, since 27 Oct
- 1
Outage timeline
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28 Oct 2026, 04:57 UTC · 1 h 16 min · status page
Open on Wikipedia’s status page
No open incidents on Wikipedia’s status page right now.
Wikipedia components on its status page
- Reading Operational
- Editing Operational
Every Wikipedia outage since our checks started, with start, end and duration, and an Atom feed for your reader or Slack.
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About Wikipedia outages
Is Wikipedia down right now?
No, Wikipedia is not down right now: wikipedia.org answered our check at 18:20 UTC, and Wikipedia’s status page reports no problems.
When was Wikipedia last down?
Our checks haven’t found Wikipedia down since we started checking it on 27 Oct 2026. Wikipedia’s status page last reported an incident on 28 Oct 2026: “Wikimedia API is unavailable”.
How often does Wikipedia go down?
Since we started checking Wikipedia on 27 Oct 2026, our checks every 2 minutes have not found Wikipedia down. Wikipedia’s status page reported one incident in that time, on 28 Oct 2026.
How does Uptimecheck check Wikipedia?
We request https://www.wikipedia.org/ every 2 minutes from Stockholm, New York and London. Any answer below HTTP 500 within 10 seconds counts as up, since large sites often answer automated requests with 403. A failure only counts once a second check confirms it. We also read Wikipedia’s official status page every 2 minutes.
What can I do when Wikipedia is down?
Check Wikipedia’s official status page for updates and try again in a few minutes. If wikipedia.org works for us but not for you, try another network or browser, or clear your DNS cache. If your own product depends on Wikipedia, tell your customers on your status page before they email support.
Why is Wikipedia not working for me when it is up?
Our check shows that wikipedia.org answers. Your own network, a VPN, browser extensions, an outdated app or a problem with your account can still break Wikipedia for you alone. The common problems on this page list what usually helps, and when many people report the same problem, it shows here.
Can I get an alert when Wikipedia has an outage?
Yes. Start a free trial and Uptimecheck watches Wikipedia’s official status page for you and alerts you by email, SMS, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Telegram or webhook when it reports an outage, and again when it is resolved.
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